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Waves move onto the beach as Hurricane Irene approaches in Nags Head, N.C. Irene slammed into the East Coast with howling winds and drenching rain, as reports came in of flooding and of tens of thousands of people left without power. (Photo by Gerry Broome / AP)

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US advances plan for Texas-Canada oil pipeline carrying oil sands

The State Department removed a major barrier to a proposed oil pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast by concluding that it would not pose ‘significant impacts’ on the environment.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Oil pipeline gets nod from U.S. gov’t

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USA TODAY

Pacifica teen wins award for creating high school garden

It was at a week-long food conference that 17-year-old Naftali Moed got the idea of creating a garden at his California high school. Two years later, he is set to receive $36,000 for his work.

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San Francisco Examiner

Seven dead as Hurricane Irene edges on Virginia

Seven people were dead and the East Coast was a solid wall of red hurricane warnings as Hurricane Irene lashed the North Carolina coast to begin what could be a catastrophic run north.

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MSNBC

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Stocks eye perfect storm of Irene and jobs

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Reuters

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Hurricane Irene

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Irene’s bulls-eye set on NYC

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CBS News

Perry wants to charge DC $349M for illegal immigrant inmates

The man whose disdain for the federal government is a keystone of his presidential campaign billed Washington for nearly $350 million to cover the costs of detaining illegal immigrants.

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Houston Chronicle

Hundreds of Afghan militants attack Pakistani border

Hundreds of militants crossed the Afghan border and attacked three security checkpoints in northwestern Pakistan, killing 26 paramilitary soldiers and police.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Dozens killed in Pakistan border attack

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Al Jazeera

NATION

Mining and police work most dangerous US jobs

Disasters at a U.S. coal mine and aboard an oil rig operated by British Petroleum in the Gulf of Mexico again made mining one of the most dangerous jobs in 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Reuters

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The 10 most hated jobs

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CNBC

Hot Midwest summer erodes harvest

The hottest summer since 1955 in Iowa and Illinois is eroding yield prospects for corn and soybean crops in the U.S., the largest grower and exporter.

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Bloomberg

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Drought in Texas puts ranchers and their cattle in jeopardy

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NPR

Architect’s vision shapes 9/11 memorial

Michael Arad has fought hard to bring “Reflecting Absence” to New York and he hopes it becomes a vital part of the city, despite the controversies that have surrounded its creation.

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Los Angeles Times

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Scientists still struggle to ID 9/11 remains

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POLITICS

Bachmann says that she would consider minimum wage changes

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said that she won’t rule out changes to the federal minimum wage as a way to attract corporations back to the United States.

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Forbes

Arizona sues over Voting Rights Act

Arizona is the first state to challenge the constitutionality of sections of the federal law that forbid states from enacting a law or process that denies or limits peoples right to vote based on their race or color.

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Arizona Republic

BUSINESS

World stocks slip as Bernanke offers no new aid to boost US economy

European and U.S. stocks fell after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated the central bank would take no new steps to boost the U.S. economy and ward off another recession.

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The Independent

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Bernanke said the central bank still has tools to stimulate the economy

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Dailymotion

Facebook ending Deals product after four-month test

Facebook is getting out of the daily deals business after four months of testing, a move that may ease pressure on industry leaders Groupon and LivingSocial.

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Reuters

HEALTH

Heart failure deaths down in US

Death rates in patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure have fallen over the last decade, particularly among the oldest patients, government researchers found.

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Hunger in youth linked to adult heart risk

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U.S. News & World Report

Have scientists found a new drug that can cure nearly any viral infection?

A team of researchers has designed a drug that can identify cells in the body that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill them.

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Daily commutes are tougher on women

Psychologists often study how a person’s job affects their well-being, but a few have looked at the impact of commuting.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

A home for Buddhists

Monks from Columbus, Arizona and Thailand converged at a soybean field to mark an important step toward turning a patch of central Ohio farmland into a center of Buddhist thought and teaching.

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Columbus Dispatch

9/11 gave birth to aggressive, unapologetic ‘New Atheists’

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks that started their movement, people are taking stock of the ideas of ‘new atheists’, who see religion not just as flawed, but as an evil force to be rejected.

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Religion News Service

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists call for better management of the deep sea

The deep sea is in trouble. A recent study has found that it’s being damaged by human activities, and that this is only likely to get worse.

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Environmental News Network

Christmas Mountains Oasis in Texas is a haven for birds

Christmas Mountains Oasis, north of Big Bend National Park, Texas, draws a variety of songbirds, some that breed there and some that pass through during their migration in August and September.

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Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Barry Bonds’ conviction upheld by judge

Barry Bonds’ obstruction of justice conviction was upheld by a federal judge, who denied the home run king’s motion for a new trial or acquittal on the charge.

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Houston Chronicle

Woman reaches K2’s summit, and makes her mark in history

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner became the first woman to climb all 14 of the world’s tallest peaks, including K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, without using any supplementary oxygen.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Bud Kennedy):

Rick Perry, Ron Paul and a tea party

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Kansas City Star

A calm preparation for Hurricane Irene

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Christian Science Monitor

History’s stumbles haven’t dashed Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream

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USA TODAY

Column (Jim Sollisch):

The perennial vacation question: Why don’t we just move here?

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jon Cohen):

On the great divide between humans and chimpanzees

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Slate

Blog (Marlo Thomas):

On Women’s Equality Day, give yourself equal time

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Huffington Post

Column (Michael Sean Winters):

Creating space for religious political debate

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National Catholic Reporter

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New York becomes the ‘Occupied Territories’

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Libyan boy starts his own news agency, elbowing past foreign correspondents

Malik Mohamed, a slight boy armed with an official press pass, pushes his way through hordes of experienced foreign correspondents to interview rebel officials for the Brega News Agency.

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Global News Blog

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UN deploys peacekeepers to help deter violence in South Sudan’s Jonglei state

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan said it has begun sending troops and civilian experts to the country’s Jonglei state to help deter violence and foster reconciliation.

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Homeless hero pulls tot from second-story window of burning building

A 2-year-old and a 5-year-old were in the hospital after being trapped in a burning Bronx, N.Y., home, then rescued by good Samaritans.

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New York Daily News

WORLD

Gadhafi‘s African ‘mercenaries’ leaving Libya in defeat

The United Nations has called on all Libyans to prevent acts of revenge following reports of killings by pro-Gadhafi forces and of attacks on African troops who fought on the government side.

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BBC

Japan PM resigning

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced he is resigning after almost 15 months in office, amid plunging approval ratings over his government’s handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Deadly bomb blast rocks UN building in Nigerian capital

At least 18 people were killed in a bombing at a U.N. building in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, said a police spokesman.

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CNN

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Bomb blast at UN offices in Abuja

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Guardian

Walk-to-school programs value the students’ fitness

Saying “no” to the school bus and walking kids to school instead could be a step — or even more — toward boosting children’s activity levels, a new study shows.

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HealthDay

Idaho school panel OKs online classes

Despite overwhelming opposition at seven statewide public hearings, Idaho’s Board of Education is requiring incoming eighth-graders to complete two online courses before high school graduation.

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Spokesman-Review

The secondary cost of digital

The idea that higher education is creeping toward an all-digital future has turned textbook season into a spectator sport. Will this be the year e-textbooks make their move?

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Inside Higher Ed

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Q-And-A website goes back to school

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Forbes

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Can electric cars win over mass market?

Eager early adopters are waiting months to get their hands on an electric car. But those buyers represent just a small fraction of the entire car market.

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UK’s National Physical Laboratory atomic clock ‘is world‘s most accurate’

An atomic clock at the U.K.’s National Physical Laboratory has the best long-term accuracy of any in the world, research has found.

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BBC

Social media could make undercover policing impossible

Social media can be problematic for professionals who don’t want their bosses to see unflattering college party photos. But it’s even worse for people whose livelihood literally depends on anonymity.

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Popular Science

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

True West magazine honors Buffalo Bill museum atop Lookout Mountain

Buffalo Bill revealed the American West to the world. Nearly a century after his death, curator Steve Friesen transformed the roadside attraction built to honor him into an Old West museum in Cody, Wyo.

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Denver Post

Chocolate doesn’t have to derail a diet

For chocolate lovers trying to drop a few pounds, new research suggests that it’s still possible to lose weight while indulging your sweet tooth every day.

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Reuters

Elderly Jamaican mento band, ‘Jolly Boys,’ a hit on international stages

The Jolly Boys, a trio of elderly Jamaican musicians who play a rollicking type of folk music nearly forgotten by time, are enjoying an unexpected revival after nearly 60 years.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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The ‘Jolly Boys’ cover Amy Winehouse’s megahit ‘Rehab’

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Marine wellness program targets physical, mental health

The rigors of war — endless deployments, broken bodies and frayed nerves at home — are being addressed for Marines through a wellness program.

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Marine Corps Times

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India’s anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gestures in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi during the eleventh day of his hunger strike in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Gurinder Osan / AP)

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