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Contents from a home flooded by Hurricane Irene sit in the front yard with a warning sign in Washingtonville, N.Y. Irene destroyed 500 to 600 homes and thousands of acres of farmland and left six people dead upstate. (Photo by Paul Kazdan / AP)

All in your head: Why the return trip seems shorter

Scientists have confirmed something every traveler knows: The trip back from someplace always seems shorter than the trip to get there. In fact, they’ve dubbed it “the return trip effect.”

USA TODAY

White House-backed solar energy company collapses

Solyndra, a renewable energy firm that became the darling of the Obama Administration, shut the doors to its California headquarters, raising fresh questions from the administration’s critics.

ABC News

Home solar system prices have modest drop

San Francisco Chronicle

States struggle as floodwaters surge

Despite the sunny sky, flood warnings remained in effect for several states hard-hit by Hurricane Irene, as authorities struggled to clean up and rebuild roads and bridges in the aftermath of the storm.

CNN

Irene: an opportunity for US investment?

MSNBC

Hurricane Irene damage rattles states

ABC News

Nation’s security to be tight for 9/11

Although there is no specific indication of any attack, the federal government is escalating security around the country in preparation for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog:

‘9/11 Commission’ leaders: Nation‘s security isn’t what it should be

(NPR)

The Two-Way

Ground zero subterranean search

CBS News

Senior citizens learn social media

The Internet has become a way for aging adults to connect to their loved ones and maintain their communities and relationships in powerful ways.

The Atlantic

NATION

Tests show fastest way to board passenger planes

Tests have shown that the normal way of boarding airplanes is inefficient. The Steffen method, which alternates rows in the window-middle-aisle strategy, nearly doubles boarding speed.

BBC

Flood of WikiLeaks cables includes identities of dozens of informants

A torrent of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks has been published, with at least 170 of them naming sources whose identities were meant to be protected.

CNN

Wikileak’s cables leaked or released?

YouTube

Forget Irene: The drought in Texas is the catastrophe that could really hurt

From beef prices to the cost of a pair of socks, the Texas drought of 2011 will leave its mark on family budgets. Losses, so far, are estimated at $5 billion.

TIME

POLITICS

Obama jobs speech request in limbo after Boehner pushback

House Speaker John Boehner threw a serious procedural brushback pitch at President Barack Obama urging Obama to delay his address to Congress by a day.

Politico

Judge strikes parts of Texas sonogram abortion law

A federal judge has blocked key parts of a Texas law that would require doctors to provide a sonogram to pregnant women before they get an abortion, days before the law was set to take effect.

CNN

BUSINESS

Study: Some US firms paid more to CEOs than taxes

According to a study of companies’ payrolls, 25 of the 100 highest paid U.S. CEOs earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax.

Reuters

Sprint stock jumps after US sues to block AT&T deal

Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest U.S. mobile phone carrier, rose as much as 9.9 percent after the U.S. government sued to block rival AT&T Inc.’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Microchip implant monitors tumor growth

Researchers in Germany have developed a microchip sensor that can be implanted close to a tumor to monitor its growth.

BBC

Alzheimer’s clue clarifies musical memory

Damage to the brain’s right anterior temporal lobe in people with some forms of dementia is what leaves them unable to recognize famous melodies, a study suggests.

New Scientist

Caregiver‘s guide to understanding Alzheimer’s

WebMD

Coral could hold key to sunscreen pill

Scientists hope to synthetically replicate in the lab the key compounds found in coral which provide its natural defense against the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays in order to make a sunscreen pill for humans.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Does religion cause terrorism?

In the decade since 9/11, experts in religion and terrorism have elaborated more complex theories for the role religion plays in global violence.

Religion News Service

Road from 9/11: In Dearborn, Mich., a Muslim community endures

While the backlash against Dearborn’s Arab-Muslim population is relatively new, Middle Eastern immigrants have woven themselves into the fabric of Dearborn, Mich., for more than a century.

Star Tribune

Muslim Americans: No signs of growth in alienation or support for extremism

Pew Research Center

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic: great riches, greater challenges

At the rim of the Arctic Circle in Canada, gold mining firm Agnico-Eagle is learning how tough it is to operate in a remote region with temptingly large, but inaccessible, oil, gas and mineral reserves.

Reuters

Germany sets renewables record

Germany set another record with renewable energy. A new report by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries highlights renewables accounted for fully 20.8 percent of power production.

Grist

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (Bryan Toporek):

Time to revisit safety standards of youth football practices?

(Education Week)

Schooled in Sports

Blog (Alex Pareene):

O’Donnell, Bachmann, Palin failures point to growing crazy fatigue

(Salon)

War Room

Cartoon (Various artists):

Editorial cartoons

Sarasota Herald Tribune

Cartoon (Mike Thompson):

Irene’s aftermath

Detroit Free Press

Blog (Elissa Lerner):

When cursive cried wolf

(The New Yorker)

The Book Bench

Column (Evelyn Ganzglass):

High unemployment doesn’t have to be the new normal

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

2022 Olympics? Get in the game

Denver Post

Blog (Lissa Rankin, M.D.):

Turn off the TV

(Psychology Today)

Owning Pink

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Lukas Dregne, Nisha Dubey, Pallavi Sukhia, Conrad Hain and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Intravenous virus eyed as a possible treatment for cancer

Scientists from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada have succeeded in delivering a virus intravenously that only attacks cancer tumors and doesn’t harm healthy tissues.

CBC News

Comcast to introduce low-cost Internet service for low-income families

Fulfilling a pledge to the federal government, Comcast Corp. is launching a program to offer $9.95-a-month Internet service for low-income families with schoolchildren.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Policewoman given medal after attack

A Sydney, Australia policewoman who was attacked repeatedly but returned to work after nearly two years of treatment and rehabilitation has recently received a medal for heroism.

Sydney Morning Herald

WORLD

South Africa: Black farmers sell farms back to whites

South Africa’s government is far behind land reform efforts according to a released document, a setback that could prove explosive in a country with staggering inequality.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

South Africa land reform could cost billions

IOL

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi vows resistance

Fugitive Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, has promised victory for Gadhafi loyalists faced with an ultimatum to surrender.

BBC

Map:

The Gadhafi family — where are they now?

Guardian

Syria feels effects of crippled economy

The bloody crackdown ordered by President Bashar Assad against protesters in cities throughout Syria is having a severe effect in the country’s capital of Damascus, his base of power.

USA TODAY

Syrian protesters under siege

NPR

EDUCATION

San Francisco schools look for No Child Left Behind waivers

Many San Francisco public schools may be in trouble this year unless California gets a waiver from a controversial federal law that requires sanctions for schools that don’t meet test-score targets.

San Francisco Examiner

Will California give scholarships to its undocumented youths?

TIME

Regaining confidence

The University of Southern California announced it would launch a $6 billion fund-raising campaign, the largest ever in higher education.

Inside Higher Ed

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Chemical shortage hampers ‘legal high’ work and progress

Attempts to understand and control new synthetic recreational drugs are being hindered by analysis laboratories’ inability to obtain pure samples of the compounds, experts say.

Nature

US taking initial steps to grapple with space debris problem

A multibillion-dollar radar system should vastly increase the amount of orbital debris under surveillance, but actually removing any debris will be a monumental challenge.

Scientific American

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

More men getting plastic surgery (though they’re not likely to talk about it)

More and more men are willing to have a little nip and tuck to improve the way they look and feel, but many of them aren’t quite ready to let the world know about it.

Florida Times-Union

Live music has wedding comeback

Virginian-Pilot

Coffee break? Walk in the park? Unwinding is hard

Researchers are zeroing in on some of the circumstances that bring about optimal mental refreshment.

Wall Street Journal

SPORTS

Leagues, clubs deal with perception of rise in fan violence

After a near-fatal beating in baseball and the mayhem at an NFL game, experts warn the perception of a rise in fan violence will give Americans reason to attend fewer games if no action is taken.

USA TODAY

Texas A&M officially tells Big 12 it will apply to join another conference

The speculation over whether or not Texas A&M will leave the Big 12 is now officially over. The Aggies have told the Big 12 that they will file an application to join another athletic conference, the SEC.

Bleacher Report

Serena Williams wins in US Open tennis return as Djokovic, Nadal advance

Serena Williams was warmly received by New York fans after winning in her return to the U.S. Open.

Bloomberg

Djokovic and Serena impress at US Open

Reuters

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