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A munson boat pulls away from the Pacific Responder oil skimming vessel before pulling oil boom near vessels assisting in the capping of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, top, on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana.  (Photo by Patrick Semansky / AP) US wilting under heat wave On the heels of an earlier heat wave that set records in parts of the country, Americans are bracing for round two of what's becoming a very steamy summer. CBS News Special section: Heat wave MSNBC Riding the heat wave ABC News The generals who ended Goldman’s war The SEC and Goldman Sachs settled an epic battle — one waged over whether the storied investment bank defrauded investors in a transaction that regulators said Goldman had built to self-destruct. New York Times   BP's confidence growing in well integrity The pressure on BP's Macondo well continued to rise slowly, now sitting at about 6,745 pounds per square inch, with no signs of leaks, BP's Kent Wells said. Houston Chronicle Critical test to continue in fight to contain oil spill Baltimore Sun 'Mystery plumber' may be brains behind containment cap ABC News Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster MSNBC Incarcerated pregnant women laboring and delivering in shackles Across the U.S., there are stories of pregnant women going from jails or prisons to hospitals, where they labor and sometimes even deliver while restrained with handcuffs, leg shackles or both. NPR Apple sets up cots for engineers working ‘butts off’ on iPhone CEO Steve Jobs said that employees started a round-the-clock effort to improve the iPhone 4's antenna reception amid complaints since the device’s debut. Bloomberg Apple's iPhone fix YouTube   NATION 'I Write Like' site erupts online For anyone who has ever thought Charles Dickens was inside his or her prose, a new website claims it can find your inner author. NPR $251 million Medicare fraud crackdown in metro Detroit Dozens of people, including several from metro Detroit, were arrested in what federal authorities described as the nation's biggest Medicare fraud crackdown. Detroit Free Press Medicare fraud arrests CBS News POLITICS Obama chides Republicans for thwarting jobless extension President Barack Obama stepped up criticism of Republicans for blocking jobless aid, hammering home a Democratic election year attack line that casts the opposition as the party of the rich. Baltimore Sun Calif.'s Chiang can delay Schwarzenegger minimum wage plan California Controller John Chiang can delay complying with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s order to slash the pay of almost 200,000 state workers to the minimum wage until a budget is passed. Bloomberg SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Techies reject coasts for 'Silicon Prairie' Midwestern tech is coming into its own. Jeff Slobotski produces an event called Big Omaha that includes more than 500 of the region's workers. CNN French crack secrets of Mona Lisa French researchers studied 7 Leonardo da Vinci paintings, including the "Mona Lisa," to analyze a technique that gave his works their dreamy quality. CNN Astronomers discover rare cosmic lens Astronomers have discovered the first known case of a distant galaxy being magnified by a quasar acting as a gravitational lens. ScienceDaily Mapping space in infrared CBSNews ENVIRONMENT Sea-level rise will be worse for some, we just don’t know who The Seychelles could see up to 10 percent more sea-level rise than the global average. Or the sea level around the islands could drop. It depends on who you ask. Wired Photos 'show Himalayan glaciers receding' "The melt rate in this region of central and eastern Himalaya is extreme and is devastating," mountaineer David Breashears said at New York's Asia Society. The Age LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Ala. man remembers going over Niagara Falls as boy Fifty years ago, Roger Woodward earned bragging rights as one of the few people to survive a plunge over Niagara Falls. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Carlos Santana back at Woodstock Carlos Santana returns to the site of the fabled 1969 Woodstock festival for a concert just yards from the stage where he played during the "three days of peace and music" that helped define the 1960s. San Francisco Chronicle EDUCATION Alliance Defense Fund demands U of I reinstate professor The Alliance Defense Fund asked the University of Illinois to reinstate a professor fired amid complaints he engaged in “hate speech” by teaching Catholic beliefs on homosexuality. CSN Changes urged for Mass. schools The state’s commissioner of elementary and secondary education recommended replacing its academic standards for English and math with a uniform set of national standards. Boston Globe University of California considers online bachelor's degree The University of California hopes to become the country's first top-tier research institution to offer an online bachelor’s degree that is comparable in quality to its campus program. Christian Science Monitor   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Tom Carney): Don't follow Arizona's lead on immigrants Des Moines Register Column (Shaun Rein): Blame yourself for the recession Forbes Column (Jesse Bering): Do stray dogs have qualitatively different kinds of canine minds? Scientific American Editorial: Census sets off a battle to redraw voter districts — and power in Congress Christian Science Monitor Column (Larry Kudlow): Business knows more than Team Obama RealClearPolitics Column (Brian Goldsmith): Defending the 'bailout' The Atlantic Blog (Daniel Gross): Goldman's best trade ever  (Slate) Moneybox Editorial: Racist brew leaves bad taste Philadelphia Inquirer   Site edited by: John Allen, Adrian Smith, Alen Amini, Michael Makofka, Jessica Duncan, Elizabeth Quinn, Jeff Bromberg, Brigitte Leschhorn, Charles Weiss and Paul Wertheim.   GOOD NEWS Volunteer work provides 'lifeline' to city Jim McNally works about 700 hours per year for the Aurora Police Department. In return, he gets to learn new skills and work with people — a reimbursement he says is greater than any monetary value. Aurora Sentinel Cerebral palsy camp uses wheelchairs At one summer camp power wheelchairs were the art tools instead of paintbrushes. Young people with cerebral palsy attend the camp for the sports they don't normally get to play. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Government to ban dangerous cribs Members of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted in favor of tougher safety standards for cribs. The proposal needs some more work and another vote before it becomes final.  (NPR) Shots WORLD Iran accuses US and UK of supporting group behind mosque attacks General Hossein Salami, deputy commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, claimed that the victims "were martyred by the hands of mercenaries of the U.S. and U.K." Guardian Fire rages after oil pipeline in busy Chinese port explodes An oil pipeline at a Chinese port exploded, causing a massive fire. State-run media reported that more than 2,000 fire fighters worked to control the flames. MSNBC Abbas says Israel must accept foreign border force The Palestinian president says he'll go to direct peace talks if Israel accepts its 1967 frontier as a baseline for the borders of a Palestinian state. Houston Chronicle BUSINESS AIG to pay $725 million in fraud case American International Group Inc. agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running securities fraud lawsuit led by three Ohio public pension funds, in one of the largest class action settlements in U.S. history. Reuters Dollar weakens versus euro on signs of economic slowdown The dollar fell against the euro and dropped to a lower level versus the yen as economic reports added to evidence that the U.S. recovery is losing momentum. Bloomberg RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY 1st woman Lutheran bishop resigns The first woman ever elected as a Lutheran bishop has resigned from her post in northern Germany amid allegations she failed to thoroughly investigate reports of a sexually abusive pastor. Seattle Times Billboard’s right-to-die message raises eyebrows, concerns in NJ A billboard stating “My Life, My Death, My Choice, FinalExitNetwork.org” went up in New Jersey, paid for by a group that provides guidance to adults seeking to end life of constant pain from incurable illness. Religion News Service HEALTH Researchers discover novel therapeutic for chronic pain Columbia scientists working to combat injury-related depression, substance abuse and suicide due to persistent pain may have discovered a new way of treating that pain. Medical News Today Menthol: Mystery ingredient in cigarettes enters the spotlight A panel of experts is mulling over menthol and trying to come up with some advice for the FDA on whether menthol should be forbidden as an additive. NPR SPORTS Pyrenees loom large after Contador's attack puts Schleck on notice The real impact of Spaniard Alberto Contador's attack on Tour de France race leader Andy Schleck could be revealed tonight when the three-week race enters the Pyrenees. Sydney Morning Herald Special section: Tour de France LeTour.fr Packers offer Lambeau Field as site for Big 10 title game The Green Bay Packers are interested in hosting a potential Big Ten conference championship game at Lambeau Field. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT 4 days in 'cooling bag' saves baby's life A 16-week-old baby who was born with an undiagnosed heart defect is warming his parents' hearts after surviving an unconventional surgery. The infant was "frozen" for four days to repair his heart. 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