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Judy Wheeler, a support of Andrew Romanoff, candidate in the Democratic Primary race for the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado cries as Romanoff concedes defeat in Denver.  (Photo by Chris Schneider / AP) With the web, curiosity and luck, sperm donor siblings connect Fifteen years ago, sperm donation enabled two mothers to give birth to the children they always wanted. Now the Internet age has allowed their twins to find each other. CNN 1 missing, 10 rescued after being swept away in storm-swollen Iowa creek One person was missing and 10 were rescued after several cars were swept away in a storm-swollen creek in Iowa. Thunderstorms dumped up to 6 inches of rain on parts of the state. MSNBC   Primary night yields good news for Dems President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, who have been starved for good news through much of 2010, finally received a generous helping. Politico Bennet beats Romanoff in primaries Denver Post Discussion: Election 2010 map: Track House, Senate and governor races USA TODAY Ice island from Greenland glacier could pose threat to oil, shipping An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland. Star Tribune 2 cases of global warming CBS News UK Olympic etiquette: Try not to offend Britain's national tourism agency issued guidelines on the etiquette of dealing with the hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors who will be coming to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. CBS News   NATION Fingerprinting program now includes all border counties Immigration officials have access to the prints of every inmate booked into jail in all 25 U.S. counties along the Mexican border. Los Angeles Times The scene at the border Christian Science Monitor Investigators to work plane crash that killed former Sen. Stevens Investigators will be on the scene of a plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others. CNN Sen. Ted Stevens historical gallery Anchorage Daily News POLITICS House passes $26B in state aid The House interrupted its summer recess to approve $26 billion in aid to school districts and states to prevent large-scale layoffs of teachers and public employees. New York Times Democrats: 'Bill spared 1,000s of jobs' PBS Rep. Rangel expects Democratic leaders to help with his growing legal bills Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) expects Democratic leaders to help pay his legal bills, but that appears unlikely. Rangel complained about the mounting costs of defending himself against an ethics investigation. The Hill HEALTH Firms help workers give end-of-life care Pitney Bowes is among several companies now reaching out to employees caring for a loved one with a terminal illness. NPR New strategy to fix a broken heart Engineers have built a scaffold to support the growth of stem cell-derived cardiac muscle cells. This strategy may help overcome the damage to heart muscle from heart attacks. ScienceDaily EDUCATION Obama stresses education President Barak Obama's visit triggered a day of national politics in the Lone Star State with Republicans staging a rally at the Capitol and Democrats shelling out $5,000 a seat at a fund-raising luncheon. Houston Chronicle Countries with the highest graduation rate Christian Science Monitor Ariz., Tucson at odds over ethnic studies Arizona education department officials and administrators for the Tucson Unified School District are set to do battle over whether the school district should continue to offer its ethnic studies. Education Week LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT The young and widowed find solace, 1 another online Widows in their 20s, 30s and 40s are finding through social networking that they're not alone. USA TODAY Famous wills: the last wishes of historical figures More than 6 million Victorian and early 20th-century wills have been made public, revealing the last wishes of the most important figures of the age. The Independent SPORTS The Blue Jays' blueprint for success With a young and hard-throwing pitching rotation, the Toronto Blue Jays seem to have what it takes to compete in the AL East — maybe enough to go all the way. Sports Illustrated Benches-clearing scrum sparks Cardinals to tie Reds for NL Central lead From their first-inning scrum to the final out, the St. Louis Cardinals sent a message: don't demean the defending champs. Not without expecting a fight. ESPN   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Virginia Postrel): Air travel's days of glamor are gone The Atlantic Editorial: Military can take cuts Philadelphia Inquirer Column (Dani Rodrik): The myth of authoritarian growth Moscow Times Editorial: Jobless still unheard in Washington San Francisco Chronicle Column (Dick Morris and Eileen McGann): Why we need to let states go broke New York Post Blog (St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board): America loves pork  (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) The Platform Blog (Richard Benjamin): Why Haiti can't afford a rap star president  (Salon) War Room Column (Remona Aly): 'The tears have dried up' Al Jazeera   Site edited by: Jodi McMaster, Elizabeth Quinn, Tanya Flowers, Maribel Limon, Nabila Dellil, Cat Van Le, Alen Amini, Daishi Sato, Jeff Bromberg, Charles Weiss and Mahvish Kazmi.   GOOD NEWS The Mower Gang cleans up Detroit Tom Nardone, looking for volunteer work that was fun, started the "Mower Gang" to revive unkempt public land in Detroit. Detroit Free Press Each breast cancer walker has a unique reason for participating A group known as the Kindred Spirits has prepared for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure in Michigan, a 60-mile walk that raises money for breast cancer research and treatment. Detroit Free Press WORLD UN launches $459M Pakistan flood victims appeal The U.N. has launched an appeal for $459 million to help victims of Pakistan's flood disaster, which has affected at least 14 million people. BBC Human rights groups ask Wikileaks to censor files A coalition of human rights groups has called on Wikileaks to remove details of civilian Afghans who were named when the website released classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. The Independent BUSINESS Stocks, interest rates fall sharply as investors' gloom grows Stocks and interest rates tumbled as investors around the world took a bleaker view of the U.S. economy. Star Tribune Yen rises, Nikkei slides Reuters Major studios sign on to Netflix Netflix's deal with a joint venture formed by powerhouse studios marks a milestone in the evolution of how Hollywood distributes entertainment to its audience. San Francisco Chronicle SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 'Thor's hammer' found in Viking graves Long dismissed as accidental additions to Viking graves, prehistoric "thunderstones" — fist-size stone tools resembling the Norse god Thor's hammerhead — were actually purposely placed as talismans. National Geographic Ancient language mystery deepens A linguistic mystery has arisen surrounding symbol-inscribed stones in Scotland that predate the formation of the country itself. BBC ENVIRONMENT Russian fires raise fears of radioactivity from Chernobyl fallout There is growing alarm in Russia that fires in regions coated with fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 24 years ago could now be emitting plumes of radioactive smoke. New York Times Fires rage across Russia MSNBC Do your civic duty: Eat this fish! The federal government has thrown its weight behind plans to field a novel weapon — the American appetite — in a bid to halt the spread of the voracious and invasive lion fish. MSNBC RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Turning back the clock for Ramadan Muslims around the world will begin observing the holy month of Ramadan, a time when they reflect on what it's like to go hungry, fasting from dawn to dusk, and sharing with those less fortunate. NPR Blog: During Ramadan, Muslims focus on religious practice, not politics  (Houston Chronicle) Believe It Or Not NY governor offers help moving ground zero mosque New York Gov. David Paterson offered state help if the developers of a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks agree to move the project farther from the site. Seattle Post-Intelligencer   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Scientists reach milestone toward artificial life with synthesized living cell Scientists are reporting that they have made a living cell from DNA that was originally synthesized in a lab. The result is an important, and some would say troubling, step on the road to creating life in the lab. NPR   Photo of the Day Muslim women perform an evening prayer at the beginning of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia.  (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim / AP)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. 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