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A hotel building collapsed after Typhoon Morakot hit Taitung County in eastern Taiwan. Officials fear climate change will spawn more such storms in the future, straining the ability of nations to cope.  (Photo by AP) Climate change seen as threat to US security The changing climate in coming decades poses the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say. Ledger Typhoon downpours break 1-day records Taiwan News Taiwan typhoon intensifies Reuters Clinton on oil mission to Angola Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shifts the focus of her Africa trip to business as she works to ensure a steady oil supply from key producer Angola and counter China's growing influence. France 24 Chevron discovers oil and gas off Angola Oil & Gas Journal   Secret sessions held on exec bonuses President Barack Obama's compensation czar has been meeting with executives of large, troubled companies as they face a deadline to propose executive compensation levels. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Paulson’s calls to Goldman tested ethics Before becoming Treasury secretary in 2006, Henry M. Paulson Jr. agreed to hold himself to a higher ethical standard than his predecessors. Gainesville Sun EU hits out at Tehran over trial European nations have strongly criticized the latest trials of presidential election protesters in Iran. BBC Iran puts British embassy 'spy' on trial Guardian British, French embassy workers on trial CNN Obama attending 1st US-Canada-Mexico summit in Guadalajara Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper cooperate to handle an expected new wave of cases during North America's upcoming flu season. Google News   NATION As Dems fret, Obama sharpens war goals President Barack Obama will send Congress a new plan for measuring progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in an effort to build confidence among wavering Democrats, White House officials said. CNN 1 Sotomayor sworn in as new justice The swearing in of Sonia Sotomayor as the nation’s first Hispanic and third woman to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States was decidedly nonpolitical. Christian Science Monitor Politics are far from over Christian Science Monitor Calif. farm workers sue over heat laws The ACLU and the blue-chip law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson sued California's occupational health agency for farm workers who became sick or are relatives of workers who have died from heatstroke. TIME POLITICS As Dems fret, Obama sharpens war goals Obama will send Congress a plan for measuring progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan to build confidence among wavering Democrats and give direction to a costly and increasingly bloody war. CNN Demonstrators disrupt health forums As they head home to their congressional districts, lawmakers who support President Barack Obama's health care reform are bracing for protests and demonstrations that threaten to turn violent. ABC News Separating health care fact from fiction NPR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EU prepares for drugs from GM plants Commercial development of plant-derived pharmaceuticals has moved forward with the publication of the first European guidelines for growing these genetically modified plants. Nature Did comets deliver Earth's oceans? A barrage of ice-laden comets may have delivered Earth's oceans around 3.85 billion years ago, a new study suggests. National Geographic LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT Your dog may be smarter than your child Your canine companion might well be smarter than your toddler, according to a body of research on how dogs think. CNN Tarantino: missing in action Quentin Tarantino is perched on the edge of a sofa in a room in London's Soho Hotel, talking nineteen-to-the-dozen as if trying to keep up with the speed of his thoughts. Guardian HEALTH Drug makers and White House make up PhRMA and the White House have made up and the drug industry is now set to launch a $150 million television advertising blitz supporting Obama’s health care reform. ChattahBox Why exercise won't make you thin The conventional wisdom is that exercise is essential for shedding pounds. But is it really true? TIME EDUCATION Code of conduct: Schools say teens' outside actions have consequences Students returning to Morris County, N.J., public schools in September could find themselves called in to the principal's office to account for their out-of-school behavior this summer. Daily Record Teachers treat Facebook with caution Teachers themselves are adopting a broad stance, from refusing to "friend" students to establishing their own interactive Web sites exclusively for student use. The Tennessean RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Spirituality joins nature in parish garden The new memorial garden at Santa Catalina Roman Catholic Parish is a thing of physical and spiritual beauty, landscaped with desert plants and rocks and inhabited by lizards and other desert wildlife. Arizona Daily Star Twitter founder rejects Archbishop's claim Twitter founder Evan Williams has rejected Westminster Archbishop Vincent Nichols' suggestions that social networking sites are causing teenagers to focus too much on the number of friends they have online. Catholic Digest   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Editorial: Is Google playing by the book? Christian Science Monitor Column: The 'me 1st' crowd Truthdig XXXX wrong item type XXXX: Can the Pentagon say no? USA TODAY Column: Craigslist chic Globeandmail.com Video: Republican weekly address C-Span Editorial: Continue struggle against terrorism NY Daily News Editorial: Americans not an 'angry mob' Examiner Column: Mel Martínez and Republican diversity Huffington Post   Site edited by: Randall Rich, Jeff Bromberg, Andreea Chirita, Andrew Evans, Jessie Wright-Mendoza, Brian Levine, Amy Helfman, Walt Chiu and Rachel Wright.   GOOD NEWS Volunteerism up despite recession The latest survey by the Corporation for National and Community Service showed volunteering has remained steady nationwide despite the miserable economy. Bakersfield Californian Suquamish-hosted canoe journey ends For a week, Native Indians from Washington, British Columbia and Alaska have dined, danced, prayed and told stories on the waterfront in Suquamish. Seattle Post-Intelligencer WORLD National security adviser: US believes Mehsud dead The U.S. is nearly certain the Pakistani Taliban's leader is dead and there now is a leadership struggle within the terrorist group, White House national security adviser James Jones said. NPR Militants: Taliban chief Mehsud is alive FOX News Doubts about Mehsud death Reuters Indonesian elite squad guns down Bali bomb mastermind An elite Indonesian police squad has killed a man believed to be the most wanted Islamic militant in southeast Asia, Noordin Mohammad Top, who was linked to bombings in Jakarta and Bali. Times Online Strong earthquake shakes Japan The Japan Meteorological Agency said a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has shaken the Japanese capital of Tokyo and surrounding areas. CBS News BUSINESS US bank failures rise to 72 in 2009 Regulators shut three banks in Florida and Oregon, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures to 72 for the year. Barrons Auto plan probably boosted retail sales: US economy preview The Obama administration’s cash-for- clunkers plan probably gave auto dealers a boost in July, while other retailers struggled to lure customers constrained by ongoing job losses, economists said. Bloomberg Tracing a clunker MSNBC Pandora back from brink of bankruptcy A long dispute over online music royalty payments threatened the viability of the nine-year-old company. Then Pandora and other Webcasters reached an agreement with the record industry over rates. San Francisco Chronicle SPORTS Johnson wins Watkins Glen pole Johnson captured the first road-course pole of his career, turning a lap at 123.633 mph in 71.34 seconds over the 11-turn, 2.45-mile circuit to edge Kurt Busch for the top spot. FOX News Ryan Briscoe snares IndyCar pole Autoweek Magazine Ortiz apologizes to fans David Ortiz apologized for being "a distraction" after reportedly being on the list of players who tested positive for performance-enhancing substances. ESPN David Ortiz challenges steroid allegations MSNBC ENVIRONMENT World's glaciers a canary in the coal mine of global warming A 50-year government study found that the world's glaciers are melting at a rapid and alarming rate. CNN Lionfish invasion threatens Bahamas In 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed an aquarium tank in Florida releasing about a half-dozen spiny, venomous lionfish into the Atlantic Ocean. NPR   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Women 'fight off disease better' Research suggests that men really do have an excuse for supposedly being wimpy about coughs and colds — their immune systems are not as strong as women's. 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