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In this 2004 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, delivers a speech at George Washington University in Washington. Sen. Ted Kennedy has died after battling a brain tumor. (Photo by AP / File photos)

New home sales jump 9.6 percent, the most in 4 years

Purchases of new homes in the United States jumped more than forecast in July, adding to signs that the economy is rebounding from the worst recession since the 1930s.

Bloomberg

Mortgage applications rise 7.5 percent

MarketWatch

New Hampshire is poised to offer kindergarten to all

New Hampshire will lose its distinction as the last holdout in the nation not to offer public kindergarten.

EducationNews.org

Bush CIA insider key to Obama plan

President Obama has chosen a man who was at the heart of Bush’s intelligence effort to play a key role in overseeing the new interrogation policies.

Politico

'Lion of the Senate' dead at 77

Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died at his home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

CNN

Obama: Kennedy, greatest senator of our time

TIME

Ted Kennedy's legislative accomplishments

ABC News

Milestones: Edward M. Kennedy

New York Times

Georgia regions mark 'independence'

Russia has called for international recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, one year after formally acknowledging the two Georgian breakaway regions as independent states.

Al Jazeera

Sony launches Amazon challenger

Sony has launched a wireless e-reader that allows users to download electronic books on the go.

BBC

Recovery sign: Hedge funds, trading desks are hiring again

Hedge funds and bank trading desks are hiring again and have already snapped up some of the most talented managers, who were dislodged while firms struggled in the credit crisis, industry insiders said.

CNBC

NATION

Americans to travel less on Labor Day

Americans will cut their Labor Day holiday travel plans dramatically to save money in a tough economy and to keep their children near home at the start of the school year.

Reuters

Tropical storm Danny forms in Atlantic

Tropical Storm Danny has formed in the open Atlantic off the Bahamas. Forecasters say the storm has top winds of 45 mph and is moving to the west-northwest.

CBS News

Household appliances get their own recycled clunkers programs

The federal government is making money available to states so consumers can get rebates of $50 to $200 for new, more energy-efficient appliances in a so-called "cash for appliances" program.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told to resign by Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer

Two Republican state lawmakers met with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, under fire for an extramarital affair and questionable spending, and told him to resign, but the governor rejected their advice.

CNN

Federal Reserve chief Bernanke gets a chance to finish what he started

Armed with a fresh four-year appointment, the Federal Reserve chief must nurse back to health a U.S. economy hobbled by a staggering deficit, a broken banking system and a historic housing slump.

Globeandmail.com

Bernanke may redefine Fed mission in financial-market stability

Bloomberg

Special section:

Ben S. Bernanke

New York Times

HEALTH

Experts: Student steroid tests get an ‘F’

With the start of the school year, thousands of high school student-athletes will be urinating into cups so they can be tested for steroids, just like the pros.

MSNBC

Hormone therapy for early prostate cancer not always best

Men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and who also have underlying heart disease may not benefit from treatment with hormones, new research suggests.

HealthDay

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

'Nowcasts' enables early thunderstorm warnings

A new system for predicting where thunderstorms will go next will soon be in use, after outperforming existing methods.

New Scientist

Researcher tracks rice bugs to help farmers, consumers

When there’s something bugging rice farmers, a large segment of the world’s population is likely to find out.

ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Wagner heading to Boston in waiver deal with Mets

Billy Wagner has agreed to waive his no-trade clause and will go to the Boston Red Sox in a waiver deal with the New York Mets.

Sports Network

Ellsbury steals way to club record

After doubling to lead off the game, the speedy center fielder stole third base off White Sox starter Freddy Garcia and, in the process, broke the club's single-season stolen base record.

MLB.com

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Supreme Court: Catholic abuse documents can't stay sealed

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut, saying that thousands of documents against six priests for alleged sexual abuse cannot remain sealed.

USA TODAY

First Amendment battle: School officials face trial in prayer case

Two Florida school officials will be in court next month to answer charges that they violated a court order when they prayed in public after a school secretary was cleared on similar charges.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Envoys from the 2 Koreas meet to discuss family reunions

Delegations from South and North Korea are meeting to discuss the resumption of family reunions. Thousands of families remain separated by the political division of the Korean peninsula.

VOA News

Teen offenders find a future in Missouri

Getting arrested for stealing cars after his 16th birthday may be the best thing that ever happened to Terrence Barkley.

CNN

WORLD

Karzai widens lead in Afghan vote

President Hamid Karzai widened his lead over his top challenger after Afghan officials released more partial vote results. The new total pushed him closer to the 50 percent threshold.

TIME