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How your cellphone hurts your relationships

Most of us are no stranger to this scenario: A group of friends sits down to a meal together, laughing, swapping stories and catching up on news — but not necessarily with the people near them.

Scientific American

McDonald’s facing Hindu protests over restaurants near holy sites

McDonald‘s, home of the Big Mac, has been threatened with protests over plans to open restaurants in two of India’s most revered religious centers and pilgrimage sites.

Telegraph.co.uk

Junk food can stunt the growth of developing children, experts report

Times of India

Convention to call for 4 more Obama years

The U.S. Democratic Party has launched its national convention as it seeks to convince voters that President Barack Obama deserves a second term.

BBC

Who is Julián Castro, the keynote speaker?

The Atlantic

Blog:

2012 Democratic National Convention live

Reuters

DNC schedule

C-Span

FBI agent’s laptop hacked to grab 12 million Apple IDs

Three years ago Christopher Stangl urged people with computer science degrees to join the FBI. Last night hackers answered that call: they published more than 1 million IDs for Apple devices.

Forbes

Check if you own 1 of the million hacked iPhones and iPads

Yahoo! News

Car sales post strong August

Car sales jumped in August as major automakers all reported better-than-expected numbers in what is shaping up to be one of the best months in years.

CNNMoney

How much have US car sales recovered?

Bloomberg

NATION

Labor Day visitors turned away from big California blaze

A wildfire northeast of Los Angeles spoiled Labor Day for thousands of visitors as firefighters bore down for a long fight against the big blaze.

Huffington Post

After Isaac, Louisiana and Mississippi residents face dangerous heat conditions

As more residents in southern Louisiana return home after Hurricane Isaac, many must now contend with a new obstacle: rebuilding their lives amid blistering temperatures and no air conditioning.

CNN

The most destructive US hurricanes of all time

TIME

Hurricane Isaac damage could top $2 billion

CBS News

POLITICS

Judge rules Massachusetts to pay for murder inmate’s sex change

State prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder.

Associated Press

Inmate granted sex change operation

Yahoo! News

Blog:

More employers’ health plans include benefits for transgender people

(NPR)

Shots

Californians debate death penalty as vote to end it nears

Opposing viewpoints will play out in the coming weeks over Proposition 34, which asks voters to end the death penalty in Calif. and allow death-row inmates to be resentenced to life in prison without parole.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Small-business tech security can be had at lower costs

Small businesses are using technology to help them operate more efficiently and cost-effectively in an increasingly competitive environment.

USA TODAY

Campbell Soup profit rises amid turnaround push

Campbell Soup is preparing to flood supermarket shelves with dozens of new products, but the push to revive its soup business comes at a time when consumers are spending less on groceries.

Salt Lake Tribune

HEALTH

Forget the fat: It is being fit that matters

Rising obesity is one of the world’s greatest health challenges, but it may be that fatness is the wrong target for concern and fitness is what really counts.

The Independent

Millions have high blood pressure

USA TODAY

Frozen IVF embryos may result in less birthing complications, healthier babies

Women who become pregnant with previously frozen IVF embryos tend to have healthier babies than those who have fresh embryos implanted.

Guardian

Coconut oil could combat tooth decay

Scientists found that when coconut oil was treated with digestive enzymes it became a powerful killer of mouth bugs.

Telegraph.co.uk

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA: 35 years later, Voyager 1 is heading for the stars

Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, Voyager 1 is reaching for the stars. Sooner or later, the workhorse spacecraft will bid adieu to the solar system and enter a new realm of space.

ABC News

Voyager at age 35 — break on through to the other side

NASA

Voice mail in decline with rise of text

With the rise of texting and instant chat, people are ditching the venerable tool that once revolutionized the telephone business, displaced armies of secretaries and allowed us to eat dinner in peace.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Rory McIlroy holds on to Deutsche Bank Championship win

Rory McIlroy got the start he wanted at the Deutsche Bank Championship, erasing a three-shot deficit in just five holes.

USA TODAY

Murray beats Raonic, Rain to join Federer in US Open final 8

Andy Murray advanced to his eighth quarterfinal in a row at a major tennis tournament, completing a straight set victory over Milos Raonic at the U.S. Open minutes before rain started to fall.

Bloomberg

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Erika Christakis and Nicholas A. Christakis):

Is academic dishonesty on the rise?

TIME

Editorial:

Put potheads on alert

Boston Herald

Column (Stephen L. Carter):

Is the NFL ready for some football?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Column (Anna Blundy):

Forget Mars and Venus

Salon

Column (Daniel Bor):

When do we become truly conscious? It’s an ethical dilemma

Slate

Blog (Simon Rosenberg):

Why Romney’s and Ryan’s lies matter

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Cartoon (Shadi Ghanim):

Syria mission

The National

Blog (Catherine Pepinster):

‘Out-of-date’ Catholic church must listen to its late cardinal

(Guardian)

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GOOD NEWS

Hackers set sail to save the world

When you combine one boat with 26 hackers and 100 days at sea, what do you get? The voyagers hope it adds up to real-world solutions for the globe’s most pressing issues.

CNNMoney

Veteran starts nonprofit to offer creative writing workshops to soldiers

Sam Ellison first started writing in his plywood barrack in Afghanistan to help him deal with his anger. Now, he’s started his own nonprofit to provide vets with free creative writing workshops.

Austin American-Statesman

Restaurants donate profits to charities

If you think a neighborhood bar that serves beer from the local microbrewery and donates all proceeds to charity sounds like something straight out of a hipster utopia, you wouldn’t exactly be wrong.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Afghans seek a homegrown plan for the nation’s security

American troops have begun leaving Kandahar province and are handing security responsibilities over to Afghan forces. But many residents are now turning to a third party for help.

NPR

‘Record numbers’ of refugees flee Syria

The UN refugee agency says 100,000 refugees fled Syria in August alone, the highest monthly total since the uprising began.

Al Jazeera

Why no safe zone in Syria yet? 5 complications

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Syria: complete coverage

CBS News

Iraqi youths rebel against modest traditional dress

For much of Iraq’s youth, sporting makeup, slicked-up hair and skintight jeans is just part of living the teenage dream. But for their elders, it’s a nightmare.

NY Daily News

EDUCATION

Strike looms as Chicago students head back to class

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s signature longer school day and year kicks off citywide amid the drama of a threatened teacher strike that could halt classes after only four days.

Chicago Sun-Times

All for naught? Law schools and their ranking bid

Marketing materials by law schools, designed to help them in the rankings, are widely called “law porn.” These materials have been widely criticized for years, yet most law schools still mail them out.

Inside Higher Ed

ENVIRONMENT

Illegal wildlife trading in Internet’s deepest, darkest corners

Organized wildlife criminals are using online tools more commonly associated with serious financial crime, drug trafficking and child pornography.

Guardian

Species multiply as Earth heats up

Rather than kicking off the expected cycles of extinction, periods of gentle warming in Earth’s history were accompanied by increased biodiversity. Quick heating, though, can be a problem.

Nature

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Religious labels matter less during 2012 campaign season

There are not any white Protestants on the presidential ballot this year — a first in American history.

Religion News Service

Multicultural parishioners brought closer together after fire guts church

After a fire gutted St. Patrick’s Proto Cathedral in San Jose, Calif., leaders and parishioners expressed the need to overcome their language and cultural differences and rebuild their church.

San Jose Mercury News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54

Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in “The Green Mile,” is dead at age 54.

CBS News

Michael Clarke Duncan through the years

CNN

How much do you want to know about your baby?

Clare Epstein and her husband opted for genetic tests before trying to conceive a longed-for second child by IVF. But a shocking discovery made them wonder how much knowledge is too much.

The Independent

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