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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he attends the high level meeting on rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. (Photo by Richard Drew / AP)

Meteorites from Mars and moon going up for sale

If you’ve ever yearned to own something from out of this world, here’s your chance. Fragments of Mars, the moon and asteroids that have fallen to Earth are to go up for sale in Manhattan.

CBS News

Space rocks: photos of meteorites for sale

LiveScience

Fertility clinic offers gender selection, draws women from abroad

Each year, more than 200 women travel to The Fertility Institutes’ New York and Los Angeles locations from countries where gender selection is banned, according to clinic director Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg.

ABC News

Ahmadinejad: Israel will be ‘eliminated’

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad disregarded a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric and declared that Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be “eliminated.”

Reuters

Ahmadinejad under attack at home and away as departure nears

Bloomberg

Mass riot erupts at Foxconn China plant

Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology, a major supplier for Apple, has halted production at a plant in northern China after a fight broke out among workers.

BBC

Foxconn: ‘Hidden dragon’ out in the open

newsof2012.com

Riot updates

Engadget

South Carolina voter ID law gets federal judges’ scrutiny

South Carolina is in federal court arguing that its new law requiring people prove their identity at the polls won’t make voting so tough that it reduces turnout of African-Americans, Hispanics and others.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Voter ID fights continue in presidential battleground states

Macon Telegraph

NATION

‘New Deal’ town turns 75, Utopian ideals long gone

The town of Roosevelt, N.J. was born out of an era not much different from today. It was 1937, the economy was in the toilet, and the country was bitterly divided.

NPR

Other states watch how Pennsylvania handles life-terms for juveniles

The Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center estimates about 470 inmates are serving life sentences for crimes they committed before their eighteenth birthday, a penalty that’s now unconstitutional.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Fear of violence could keep offenders in jail

ABC News

POLITICS

Philadelphia man is Nazi probe target

Germany has launched a war crimes investigation against an 87-year-old Philadelphia man it accuses of serving as an SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp.

Houston Chronicle

Voting rule changes may deter 10-million Hispanic voters

The combined effects of voter roll purges, demands for proof of citizenship and photo identification requirements in several states may hinder at least 10 million Hispanic citizens who seek to vote.

St Louis Post Dispatch

Michelle Obama: Voters’ rights are ‘the march of our time’

Closing out the Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference, first lady Michelle Obama focused on the importance of preserving the right to vote.

Atlanta Black Star

Blog:

‘Top-down’ economics never works, Obama tells Milwaukee crowd

Alabama.com

BUSINESS

5 non-partisan job creation ideas that could actually work

Unless the pace of job growth accelerates to at least 175,000 per month, the U.S. unemployment rate will remain above eight percent — an unacceptable level that will cause long-term social, structural harm.

The Atlantic

Village Voice newspaper chain to split from controversial ad site

Village Voice Media will split off from its controversial Backpage.com online advertising site and create a new company for its struggling chain of alternative weekly newspapers and websites.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Homeland’ and ‘Modern Family’ win big at 64th Emmys

Showtime’s psychological thriller “Homeland” upstaged more established dramas at the Primetime Emmys, winning four awards, including top drama series.

CNN

Complete list of winners from Emmy broadcast

CBS News

Emmys 2012: red carpet

San Francisco Chronicle

How paparazzi culture affects women

The fight over topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge continues. But Kate is not alone. Young women everywhere are becoming victims of internet-age voyeurism.

Guardian

Blog:

Are women the right role models for girls?

Babble.com

All-American history of Sunday night TV

Like raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, if you watch “Girls” or “Breaking Bad,” your favorite things may be on Sunday night.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bill Nye warns: Creation views threaten US science classrooms

The man known to many as “The Science Guy” is condemning efforts by some Christian groups to cast doubts on evolution and lawmakers who want to bring the Bible into science classrooms.

Houston Chronicle

On Yom Kippur, secular Jews honor one another, not the One

Introducing Shir Shalom, a Philadelphia-area congregation of secular Jews who embrace the rituals of Judaism, stripped of what they call “the supernatural.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (James Fallows):

Throwing like an American, throwing like T-Rex

The Atlantic

Column (Dave Helling):

GOP isn’t helping Romney by using far-right talking points

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Susan Tompor):

Don’t expect a dramatic economic rebound

Detroit Free Press

Editorial:

Governor Scott has listened, now must lead on education

Orlando Sentinel

Column (Paul Harris):

Lena Dunham: the new queen of TV’s golden girls

Guardian

Blog (DL Hughley):

No country for old, white men

(Huffington Post)

Black Voices

Editorial:

It is time to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana

Seattle Times

Column (Anna M. Clark):

America’s miasma of misinformation on climate change

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Arts in Philly economy: a pretty picture

Arts and cultural organizations have a great impact on the Philadelphia region’s economy, and are among the nation’s most productive in creation of jobs and stirring up economic activity.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Courthouse dogs calm victims’ fears about testifying in court

Seven years after King County became the first in the nation to use an assistance dog to provide comfort for victims in a courthouse setting, the practice has been upheld by an appeals-court ruling.

Seattle Times

Genetic clues to breast cancer found

Scientists report that they have completed a major analysis of the genetics of breast cancer that they hope will lead to more effective treatments.

NBCNews.com

WORLD

Google and Gmail blocked in Iran

Iran has blocked access to Google’s relatively secure Gmail service amid first steps by the Islamic republic to establish a walled-off national intranet separate from the worldwide internet.

The Age

How food prices impact the world

Has the world learned valuable lessons since the food shocks of 2008?

Christian Science Monitor

Dangerous and deepening divide between Islamic world, West

For those who believe in a clash of civilizations between the Islamic world and Western democracy, the last few weeks must seem like final confirmation of their theory.

Reuters

Pakistan minister offers $100,00 bounty for death of anti-Islam filmmaker

Examiner

EDUCATION

Immigrants’ college dreams come true

Since Obama announced plans to offer certain illegal immigrants temporary protection from deportation and work permits, there has been a sharp increase in immigrant college applications.

Houston Chronicle

Scores fall at probed city schools

When officials released state test scores last week, all eyes were on the 53 Philadelphia public schools and three charters still being probed for possible cheating.

Philadelphia Inquirer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

When the crowd is playing along

A new internet-based funding model can help make creative dreams come true, but can also bring great pressure.

The Age

From shopping to warfare, maps shape our minds as well as our planet

Apple’s new mapping software is under intense scrutiny, but a series of new books and an exhibition demonstrate that cartography is a huge and growing influence.

Guardian

HEALTH

SARS-like virus detected in Middle East

Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another in critical condition in Britain.

boston.com

At school, overweight children carry a heavy burden

One in three children in the United States is overweight or obese, grappling with difficult-to-manage health problems, especially during the school day.

NPR

SPORTS

Ravens defeat the Patriots 31-30 on late FG by Tucker

Rookie Justin Tucker kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Ravens a 31-30 victory over the New England Patriots in a rematch of the AFC championship game.

Sports Illustrated

Brandt Snedeker wins Tour Championship and FedEx Cup bonus

Brandt Snedeker won golf’s FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus after capturing the season-ending Tour Championship yesterday as Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods failed to challenge for either title.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Fruit flies at boiling point

Researchers have shown that many species of fruit fly won’t survive an increase in temperature.

The Age

Decades of federal dollars helped fuel the gas boom

From the shale fields of Texas and Wyoming to the Marcellus in the Northeast, the federal government contributed more than $100 million in research to develop fracking.

CBS News

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