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President Barack Obama applauds new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the start of a reception in the East Room of The White House in Washington. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)

Obama fetes Justice Sotomayor

President Obama hailed new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation as "yet another step closer to that more perfect union which we all seek."

The Hill

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Swearing-in is one thing. A White House do is another.

Reuters

Accidental entrepreneurs a sign of today's struggling economy

A July report from the Small Business Administration documents the self-employment surge nationwide. In 2008, the number of people working for themselves jumped 8.1 percent.

San Francisco Chronicle

Looking for a job? Try LinkedIn or Twitter

Reuters

Under fire, Obama takes health plan West

President Barack Obama is turning his eyes West and hitting the Web as he steps up his counteroffensive against critics of a proposed health care overhaul.

CBS News

The Democrats' senior problem

Politico

Obama wants to separate fact from fury

ABC News

Health care showdown

YouTube

US Marines and Harrier jets assault Taliban town in Afghanistan

Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan in an operation to secure the country.

ABC News

Preparing to vote in Afghanistan

MSNBC

Microsoft and Nokia announce alliance to rival BlackBerry

Microsoft Corp. and Nokia announced an alliance to bring advanced business software to smartphones in a bid to counter the dominance of Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry device.

CNNMoney

NATION

House prices drop in most US cities

Housing prices continue to drop in most U.S. cities, with the National Association of Realtors saying more than 80 percent of urban areas in a recent survey reported lower home prices than a year ago.

Reuters

Mortgage applications drop as loan rates rise

CNBC

Lured back to prime neighborhoods

CNNMoney

Officials see rise in militia groups

Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends.

Seattle Times

POLITICS

Green to require photo ID at town halls

A Texas congressman, worried about disruptions at his town halls, wants to weed out people who want to attend but don't live in his district.

The Hill

Liberal lawmakers urge Obama to do more in Honduras

A group of liberal lawmakers urged President Barack Obama to do more to reverse the coup in Honduras, such as freezing the assets of those involved and deny them entry into the United States.

The Hill

A vindication for Iglesias?

Newsweek

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Cops suspect TV crime-show host of killing off his competition

In one murder after another, the "Canal Livre" TV show had an uncanny knack for being first on the scene, gathering graphic footage of the victim.

Star Tribune

Golden Age of TV postage stamps debut

On sale are the Early TV Memories Stamps, featuring images of 20 beloved Golden Age television shows.

Denver Post

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Science meets football: Players swallow electronic monitors

By gulping down vitamin-size capsules, Tar Heel football players began sweating out data that will help determine whether higher body temperatures increase the possibility of concussions.

McClatchy

Google offers testers a sip of caffeine

Google's new search tech is code-named "Caffeine," and it's asking any and all testers to compare the results they get from the standard engine with those from the caffeinated one.

TechNewsWorld

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Best search engine: Do the blind test

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Honda backs hydrogen as US favors battery-run vehicles

Honda Motor Co. is backing hydrogen power for the cars of the future, waving aside a decision by the Obama administration to drop the fuel-cell technology in favor of battery-run vehicles.

Bloomberg

Ocean acidity: 'the other carbon problem'

Known as "the other carbon problem," the increased amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide (caused by burning fossil fuels) also have been absorbed into the world's oceans during the past 200 years.

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Is aspirin a new weapon in the fight against colon cancer?

There is good news in the fight against the second deadliest form of cancer, colorectal cancer: a treatment could be as close as your very own medicine cabinet.

CBS News

Swine flu among US soldiers in Iraq

The Iraqi health ministry says the number of American troops in Iraq diagnosed with swine flu has climbed to 67.

Guardian

Costa Rica's president contracts swine flu

Telegraph.co.uk

Columns And Op-Ed

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Health care alone can't make nation healthier

Sacramento Bee

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3 big health care myths

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Rep. David Scott targeted with Swastikas

Politics Daily

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There’s a solution in Afghanistan — but not the way we’re headed

Truthdig

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Mommies who drink: the Schuler tragedy

TIME

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Reform health care based on facts

Detroit News

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How to free Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi

Christian Science Monitor

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Health care rationing by any other name

The Atlantic

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15 myths and facts about cavities

WebMD

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Key to affordable health care: lifestyles

LiveScience

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GOOD NEWS

Shriver poured her heart and soul into helping disabled

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of a president and U.S. senators, was lauded after her death for a towering achievement of her own: ending the stigma associated with mental disabilities.

USA TODAY

Ted Kennedy to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom in absentia

President Barack Obama will award Senator Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., a Presidential Medal of Freedom which is the nation's highest civilian honor.

ABC News

WORLD

World population projected to reach 7 billion next year

The world's population is forecast to hit 7 billion next year, the vast majority of its growth coming in developing and, in many cases, the poorest nations.

CNN

World condemns Suu Kyi verdict