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In this file photo, biohazard investigators prepare to enter the Dirksen Senate office building in Washington as the hunt for signs of anthrax in congressional office buildings continued. (Photo by Kenneth Lambert / AP)

Anthrax suspect dead

A top U.S. biodefense researcher apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file charges against him in the anthrax mailings that traumatized the nation in 2001.

MSNBC

How the FBI Botched the anthrax case

ABC News

World watches total sun eclipse

A total eclipse of the sun has passed over Canada, Russia and China, casting dramatic shadows and allowing a glimpse of the sun's rarely-seen corona.

BBC

GOP continues full-court press on offshore oil drilling

Republicans pressure congressional Democrats for a vote to lift a ban on offshore drilling before Congress begins its summer recess.

CNN

Profits at oil companies soar

International Herald Tribune

US payrolls drop 51,000 jobs

The U.S. lost jobs in July for a seventh straight month and the unemployment rate rose, increasing the risk that the economic slowdown will worsen.

Bloomberg

Special section:

Full coverage: US economy

Yahoo! News

Pakistanis aided attack in Kabul, US officials say

International Herald Tribune

Pakistan: ISI not behind attack

TIME

GM posts $15.5B second-quarter loss

General Motors announced a staggering $15.5 billion second-quarter loss today as it endeavors to enact its sweeping plan to respond to changes in the U.S. economic landscape.

Detroit Free Press

A look at GM’s brands and their prospects

MSNBC

Travelers’ laptops, other electronic devices may be detained at border

Federal agents may take travelers' laptops or other electronic devices to off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, the Department of Homeland Security said.

MSNBC

NATION

CNN poll: US mood at a historic low

The CNN/Opinion Research poll showed that 24 percent of Americans have a positive outlook for the country, while 76 percent say things are on the wrong track.

CNN

Governor orders layoffs, steep pay cuts for thousands of California state workers

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, one month into a state budget impasse, ordered the layoffs of thousands of state workers and steep pay cuts for most other state employees.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Alaska's Sen. Stevens pleads not guilty

At his arraignment before a federal judge, Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded not guilty to concealing $250,000 worth of gifts from an oil services company.

ABC News

McCain's attack ads could backfire, voters and experts say

John McCain's McCain's recent barrage of negative ads is a risky strategy, as he found out when an attendee at a recent town hall meeting told him he has said he didn't want to engage in mudslinging.

McClatchy Newspapers

The curious mind of John McCain

MSNBC

McCain defends charge that Obama playing race card

CNN

BUSINESS

US economy grew less than forecast in the second quarter

The U.S. economy expanded less than forecast in the second quarter as the drag from housing and rising unemployment blunted the impact of federal tax rebates.

Bloomberg

Commodities and inflation

Financial Times

Health-care reform, corporate style

Company medical clinics are springing up at Toyota, Harrah's, Disney and elsewhere — and the savings are substantial.

BusinessWeek

The new global middle class: potentially profitable, but also unpredictable

A new global middle class is rising up from poverty in emerging economies around the world, providing competition for labor and resources, but also new markets for goods and services.

Knowledge@Wharton

ENVIRONMENT

Salmonella found in irrigation water at Mexican farm, FDA says

A salmonella outbreak in the United States and Canada has been linked to irrigation water and serrano peppers at a Mexican farm.

CNN

Ancient ocean cooling sparked a biodiversity boom

More than 400 million years ago, Earth's dramatically warmer sea temperatures plummeted to almost present-day levels, opening the door for a boom in biodiversity, new research shows.

National Geographic

Global warming's fish-sex effect

TIME

EDUCATION

Higher education bill draws a bead on tuition costs

Legislation aims to point out colleges where costs are rising most, pushing states to pony up.

Christian Science Monitor

New Mexico first state to adopt Navajo textbook for public schools

New Mexico has become the first state to adopt a Navajo textbook for use in the public education system.

USA Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

What's wrong with science as religion?

P.Z. Myers is a true believer, a science crusader with the singled-minded enthusiasm of a televangelist.

Salon.com

Dalai Lama challenged by new generation of Buddhist activists

The Tibetan spiritual leader's moderation is being challenged by a new generation at odds with his willingness to accept Tibetan autonomy within China rather than push for full independence.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog:

Obama: Landstuhl story a tough sell

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Troy Patterson):

'Brideshead Revisited' revisited

Slate

Column:

Why Bush folded on Iran

Salon.com

Editorial:

China’s dash for freedom

Economist

Column:

The end of the SUV

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Ehud Olmert says he’ll go

Economist

Editorial:

Why more illegal aliens self-deport

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Raymond de Souza):

Saint Batman?

National Post

Column (Margaret Carlson):

Sex trumps corruption on Senate sin list

Bloomberg

Column (Jay Cost):

McCain should pick Romney, and soon

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Congress attacks US's number 1 killer

USA Today

Column:

Is killing liberals a hate crime?

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Outsourced jobs make US comeback

Some experts say there is a bright spot on the jobs front: At least a handful of American companies who had relied on workers stationed overseas are now bringing jobs back to the United States.

ABC News

Rowling to publish fairytales for charity

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling announced that she will publish a book of wizarding fairy tales and donate an expected $8 million in proceeds to her charity for vulnerable children.

Bloomberg

Congress acts on toy safety

The House overwhelmingly passed legislation that boosts government regulation of consumer products, including toys that were subject to a rash of recalls last year.

WebMD

WORLD

Support for Darfur mission urged