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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2nd left, greet merchants as they tour a crafts bazaar in Kabul. (Photo by Paul J. Richards, Pool / AP)

Donner Party member carried Lincoln documents on journey

Researchers made an unexpected discovery among items a member of the Donner Party carried on the group's ill-fated journey to California: a document with Abraham Lincoln's handwriting on it.

CNN

Housing starts fall, permits offer hope

Housing starts hit an eight month low in June, further evidence the economy lost momentum in the second quarter. A rise in permits offered hope that home-building was poised to pick up.

Reuters

Homebuilders less confident in housing market

MSNBC

Conference endorses Afghan goal

A major conference on Afghanistan has endorsed President Hamid Karzai's goal that Afghan forces should lead security operations across the country by 2014.

BBC

The Afghanistan reckoning

CBS News

Conference discusses Afghanistan’s future

Euro News

Gel 'helps prevent' HIV infection

Researchers in South Africa have found that a vaginal microbicide gel containing a prescription drug reduced the HIV infection rate by 39 percent over two and a half years, in women.

Al Jazeera

Gel prevents HIV infection

ABC News

Steps to detect breast cancer are prone to error

Diagnosing breast cancer in its earliest stages can sometimes be very wrong, according to an examination of breast cancer cases by The New York Times.

CBS News

NATION

US to send National Guard to Mexican border in August

U.S. National Guard troops will begin deploying along the U.S.-Mexico border August 1st, officials say.

BBC

Guard troops to head to US border states Aug. 1

MSNBC

1,200 troops head to Mexican border

YouTube

BP considers new plan to permanently seal well

As scientists allayed concerns that BP’s well in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged, the company said it was considering an alternative plan that could permanently seal the gusher sooner.

New York Times

Payout force unlikely partnerships with BP

MSNBC

POLITICS

Kagan approaches confirmation finish line

After over two months in the national spotlight and over 17 hours of grueling testimony, Elena Kagan is poised to take one step closer to a permanent seat on the Supreme Court of the United States.

MSNBC

Special section:

Elena Kagan Supreme Court confirmation process

C-Span

With 60 votes in place, Democrats ready to extend jobs money

With a 60th vote that will break a Republican filibuster, Senate Democrats are preparing to restore jobless checks for 2.5 million people whose benefits ran out during a standoff over deficit spending.

ABC News

Obama to Republicans: 'Pass jobless aid'

Reuters

HEALTH

Eating nutritiously a struggle when money is scarce

The Obama administration has pledged to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. A key element of that challenge is to make sure the food children eat is nutritious.

NPR

Hate needles? Flu patch may take sting out of your fears

In what would be a boon for needle-phobes of all ages, researchers have developed a skin patch that vaccinates against the flu and could be available in five years.

Houston Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Furniture to be greener, but pricier

A law limiting amount of formaldehyde in wood is expected to lead to higher furniture and cabinet prices, but healthier — and greener — homes. It's also likely to increase consumer awareness.

USA TODAY

Bangladesh plans new court to punish polluters with jail time

Bangladesh has proposed the setting up of an environment court with powers to jail polluters for up to five years.

Reuters

SPORTS

Sources: Padres' Black to get extension

The San Diego Padres have extended manager Bud Black's contract for three years through the 2013 season, with club options for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

ESPN

Jordan: 'No way' I'd have recruited Magic

Michael Jordan confirmed what many suspected: He'd never collude to form super team, how LeBron James and Chris Bosh have joined Dwyane Wade in Miami.

Sporting News

Jordan: James joining Heat reflects new era

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Forget contraceptives, church teaches

As the pill marks its 50th anniversary, the Catholic Church tries to persuade the faithful to practice natural family planning, arguing that artificial birth control violates church doctrine.

Detroit Free Press

Ahmadi sect struggles for recognition, respect from other Muslims

The Ahmadi movement, founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, a native of India who said he was the messiah foretold by the Prophet Muhammad, claims more than 10 million followers.

Huffington Post

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Thomas Sowell):

Race-card fraud

National Review

Column (John W. Schoen):

Jobless benefits: It's the economy, stupid

MSNBC

Blog (Libby Copeland):

Why shouldn't 'refudiate' be a word?

(Slate)

XXfactor

Column (Steve Killelea):

Africa's compelling progress toward peace and prosperity

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (David Corn):

Elizabeth Warren vs. Timothy Geithner: a big decision for Obama

(Politics Daily)

Deep Background

Blog (Glenn Greenwald):

The real US government

(Salon)

Unclaimed Territory

Editorial:

'Kumbaya' it wasn't

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (Steve Kornacki):

Why is John McCain doing this to himself?

(Salon)

War Room

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GOOD NEWS

Wigs aren't the only thing offered as nonprofit expands

Maggie Varney created Wigs 4 Kids, for children with cancer or other conditions causing hair loss, in the back of her St. Clair Shores, Mich., salon seven years ago.

Detroit Free Press

100-year-old doctor still making rounds

Dr. Walter Watson of Augusta, Ga., still sees a few patients every day. Then, he drives himself down the block to University Hospital where he still serves as chairman of his department.

CBS News

WORLD

China is world's top energy consumer

For the first time in more than a century, a country other than the U.S. consumed more energy than any other nation, as China grabbed the top spot last year.

CBC News

World warned energy path unsustainable