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Classes set to start again in tornado-ravaged Joplin

The start of the school year for students in Joplin, Missouri, is a bittersweet time for a town still rebuilding from a tornado that killed more than 130 people.

CNN

Schools re-open in Joplin, Mo.

CBS News

Calif. bill would let some inmates appeal lifetime terms

Texas banned juvenile life without parole sentences in 2009. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that life sentences for minors, other than for murder, violate the Constitution. The California measure is not as ambitious.

San Francisco Chronicle

Tobacco companies sue FDA over warning labels

Tobacco companies want a judge to put a stop to new graphic cigarette labels, saying they unfairly urge adults to shun their legal products.

Forbes

Hospitals promote bargain CT scans

McClatchy Newspapers

Cigarette labels to get graphic

MSNBC

New cigarette health warnings: protecting public health

YouTube

SNAP cards give low-income customers access to farmers markets

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for low-income families is accepted in 34 Virginia farmers markets. Nearly 12 percent of U.S. farmers markets can accept SNAP.

Roanoke Times

Stocks rise slightly on earnings reports

Stocks rose modestly after companies reported higher earnings but gave mixed forecasts about how the fragile economy and rising costs will affect their growth.

Kansas City Star

China to US: Focus on economic recovery

Philadelphia Inquirer

NATION

National child welfare survey examines the impact of the recession

A national study on child well-being found Nevada had the highest rate of children whose parents are unemployed, while child poverty increased in 38 states.

San Francisco Chronicle

Report: 36 percent of Michigan children live in jobless households

Detroit News

Industrial output surges as Japan quake impact eases

U.S. industrial output posted its best gain in seven months in July as the auto sector bounced back from supply disruptions wrought by Japan’s devastating earthquake.

Reuters

Fitch Ratings backs US AAA credit rating

MSNBC

BART backs off tactic of cutting cellphone service to thwart protests

BART officials decided that cutting cellphone service to thwart another planned protest would cause more trouble than the protests themselves.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Bachmann touts wide appeal, but has backed few Democratic bills this year

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who has claimed she appeals to voters across the political spectrum, has only co-sponsored three Democratic bills this year.

The Hill

Special section:

Michele Bachmann

PolitiFact

Obama says congressional Republicans are holding back economy

President Barack Obama sharpened his criticism of congressional Republicans, charging that they were handcuffing the country’s ability to pull the economy out of a slump.

Miami Herald

BUSINESS

US places $40M chicken order

The U.S. is stepping in to help bail out another American industry — chicken farmers and meat processors.

CNNMoney

Recruitment shifts from West to East

Global companies are increasingly shifting recruitment for highly-skilled jobs from older markets in Europe and the U.S. to emerging economies in Asia.

CNBC

HEALTH

Inflammation from rheumatoid arthritis tied to heart disease

People with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk of death from heart disease and other cardiovascular events due to RA-related inflammation and other risk factors, a new study indicates.

HealthDay

Special section:

Rheumatoid arthritis health center

WebMD

Genetic markers predict which prostate tumors will kill

A new study associates five genetic markers with fatal cases of prostate cancer. During a study, those who had four or all five of these genetic markers were 50 percent more likely to die from the cancer.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

End of military tuition benefits?

The Defense Department is said to be considering changes to its tuition assistance for active duty military members that would make students responsible for up to 25 percent of tuition.

Inside Higher Ed

Marginal gains in college readiness, but achievement gaps remain

The number of high school graduates who took the ACT and met all four of its college-readiness benchmarks has risen for the third year in a row, with the ACT also testing its largest class ever this year.

Chronicle of Higher Education

SPORTS

Yankees pass test

The New York Yankees entered a pivotal stretch against three playoff-caliber teams. The Yankees were able to battle through that tough stretch with a 4-4 record against the Red Sox, Angels and Rays.

Sports Network

Facebook to broadcast FA Cup match

A Football Association Cup qualifying round that would normally attract a crowd of about 90 people to watch the soccer game could boast a potential global audience of 700 million on Facebook.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (John Baer):

It’s time Pennsylvania righted juvenile-law injustice

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Tighten your belt!

Miami Herald

Blog (Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.):

The mysteries of ADD and high IQ

(Psychology Today)

The Myths of ADD

Column (James Reston Jr.):

Is Afghanistan worth 1 more US soldier?

USA TODAY

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Political, economic jabs

Christian Science Monitor

Interview (Mikhail Gorbachev):

‘They were truly a bunch of idiots’

Spiegel International

Column (Matthew Lasar):

Did San Francisco’s subway ‘pull a Mubarak’?

Ars Technica

Blog (Catherine Mayer):

A week later, the battle to understand England’s riots rages on

(TIME)

Global Spin

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GOOD NEWS

When a doctor isn’t enough

In the growing field known as patient navigation, navigators help patients make informed medical decisions and assist with setting up multiple doctors’ appointments and tests, all at no extra charge.

Wall Street Journal

Virtual hunt for solar technology yields initial results

U.S. researchers have used computer modelling to identify an organic molecule with useful electrical properties, proof that will soon yield new compounds to harvest solar energy in photovoltaic cells.

Nature

Utah teen raises money for Navajo homes with big bike rides

The Hearts and Bikes charity event raised $16,000 for Hearts and Hands, a nonprofit group that builds homes and water systems on the Navajo Nation’s Utah-Arizona border.

Salt Lake Tribune

WORLD

UN Libya envoy to meet both sides as rebels close in on Tripoli

Jordanian former foreign minister holds meetings in Tunisia as rebels fight to cut off supply routes to Tripoli.

Guardian

Gadhafi isolated as Libyan rebels advance

Sydney Morning Herald

Indian PM: Anti-corruption protest was ‘totally misconceived’

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told parliament that the hunger strike by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is “totally misconceived.”

BBC

Is Anna’s arrest justified?

Times of India

How Anna Hazare was sent to jail

New Delhi Television

Russia still lags on democracy 20 years after coup

Russia is still traveling the long and bumpy road to democracy, 20 years after a coup in which hardline communists made a last, desperate attempt to save the Soviet Union.

Reuters

Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘I should have abandoned the Communist party earlier’

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Robotic bugs that can spy

At the Wright–Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, Ph.D. candidates are working on tiny flying machines that are remotely piloted.

NPR

Reversing aging in the immune system

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism controlling aging in white blood cells that could temporarily reverse the effects of aging in the future.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Evidence of early oxygen in the oceans of our planet

Very early in Earth‘s history, O2 was a rare player in the turbulent mix of primordial gases. It wasn’t until nearly 2.3 billion years ago that oxygen made any measurable dent in the atmosphere.

ScienceDaily

Predicting oil leaks

Computer models could be of use to the oil industry. Researchers at MIT’s Impact Laboratory are using the model in car crashes to predict how pipes fracture in offshore drilling accidents.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Lost’ Dr. Seuss stories to be released

New stories, full of whimsical characters and Dr. Seuss’ signature rhyming style, will be bundled together in a new book.

ABC News

The end of the road for motormania

Is the West falling out of love with the car? A combination of our ageing societies and a new zeitgeist among the young seems to be breaking our 20th century addiction to cars.

New Scientist

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslims decry anti-Sharia bill as racist

Prominent Muslim leaders and others announced their opposition to a bill to ban “foreign laws” in Michigan, calling the measure a racist attack on Islam.

Detroit News

Malaysia’s 1st openly gay pastor to wed

Getting married on the upcoming anniversary of Malaysia‘s independence day holds special meaning for the country’s first openly gay pastor, who is seeking greater tolerance.

Reuters

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