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The new Frank Gehry skyscraper joins the Manhattan skyline near the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. A new study suggests that, in stressful situations, people who live in cities show extra activity in a part of the brain that is involved in mental illness. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP)

Homemade ‘Mars in a Bottle’ tortures bacteria

It’s hard to believe that nearly 35 years ago we conducted the first — and so far last — experiments to find life on Mars.

Discovery News

Furious effort to raise levees in Minot, ND

As many as 10,000 people raced to evacuate as water began spilling over Minot’s levees. The river that flows for a short distance through North Dakota was set to inundate homes and businesses.

CBS News

North Dakota prepares for historic river crest

TIME

Obama: 33,000 troops leaving Afghanistan

President Barack Obama announced he was pulling home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the “surge” of forces he had sent to rescue a flailing effort.

CBS News

France to begin gradual Afghan withdrawal

Reuters

President Obama announces Afghanistan troop reduction

C-Span

Afghan soldiers step up training in the wake US troop withdrawal

YouTube

Hepatitis C: A new anti-viral drug is found to cure most patients

A new anti-viral drug that recently won federal approval to treat hepatitis C can cure most patients of the infectious disease, which for more than 20 years has been notoriously difficult to treat.

San Francisco Chronicle

Food like you’ve never seen before

Nathan Myhrvold, who considers himself a molecular gastronomist, creates culinary oddities and explores food science in his groundbreaking new anthology.

Smithsonian

NATION

Fed cuts US growth forecast

The U.S. central bank said it would complete the planned purchase of $600 billion in treasury securities, and then pause its three-year-old economic rescue campaign.

TODAYonline

Blog:

What interest rates does the Federal Reserve control?

(About.com)

Saving for College

Texas firms to open up on ‘fracking’

Texas is the first state to require energy firms to disclose information about the chemicals they are pumping into the ground in order to release natural gas during the hugely controversial process.

The Independent

Rural Colorado received benefits from recreation on interior-managed lands

Land managed by the U.S. Department of Interior in Colorado supported 13,216 recreational jobs statewide and contributed $1.3 billion in economic output in 2010, the agency said.

Denver Post

POLITICS

Calif. stops paying its legislators. What happens now?

The decision by a California official to stop paying state legislators until they pass a balanced budget means Democrats are under increasing pressure to act.

Christian Science Monitor

Comprehensive immigration reform effort relaunched in Senate

Senate Democrats launched a new effort for comprehensive immigration reform, even though they so far have no Republican support for a bill that would allow some undocumented immigrants.

Huffington Post

Obama treading carefully on gay issues in 2012 bid

President Barack Obama has delivered important political victories for gays but is unlikely to push his support for gay rights much further before the 2012 election in case he alienates independent voters.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

The junk food fight: Should ads stop targeting teens?

The government says junk food marketers shouldn’t advertise to kids. Not just on TV, but also online, in schools and in stores. The guidelines being proposed are voluntary; food companies can opt out.

NPR

Saab teeters on brink as cash runs dry

Swedish carmaker Saab has said it does not have enough money to pay its employees’ wages. Owner Swedish Automobile said it was in discussions with lenders to try and obtain short-term funding.

BBC

EDUCATION

College price calculators may not paint complete picture

When the annual college search season gets under way this fall, parents and students will have a new tool that they can use.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Study: ACT test may not accurately predict college success

While students have long contested (and whined about) the dreaded standardized test — a new study shows the ACT test may not actually be a valid predictor of college success.

TIME

Timberlane high school students build yurt, hovercraft

Geometry students finished building a yurt while a physics class tested out a hoverboard. Both projects were part of a new hands-on curriculum focus at the Timberlane Regional High School.

Eagle-Tribune

HEALTH

Red wine’s heart-helping chemical unlocked synthetically

Fancy receiving the heart protecting abilities of red wine without having to drink a glass every day?

New Scientist

Chips, fries, soda are most to blame for long-term weight gain

The edict to eat less and exercise more is far from far-reaching, as a new analysis points to the increased consumption of potato chips, french fries, sodas and red meat as a major cause of weight gain.

HealthDay

5 foods that make you fat, 5 that don’t

WebMD

SPORTS

Tiger Woods won’t play in AT&T

Tiger Woods will miss another golf tournament as he recovers from injuries to his left leg, saying he will not play in the AT&T National outside Philadelphia.

ESPN

Sources: 48 percent share for players

Among the details NFL commissioner Roger Goodell revealed to owners at the league’s meeting is that in the next proposed agreement players will receive a 48 percent share of “all revenue.”

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Phil Bronstein):

I was duped by Jose Vargas, illegal immigrant

Bronstein at Large

(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Blog (Allison Linn):

I’ll marry you ... when you get a job

(TODAY)

Life Inc.

Column (Connie Schultz):

A grim landscape in Wal-Mart nation

Creators Syndicate

Column (David Weigel):

Are members of Congress getting tired of signing pledges?

Slate

Column (Steve Sebelius):

Heck stands up to Obama on Libya war

Las Vegas Review Journal

Editorial:

Anti-immigrant bills would hurt workers, businesses and state

Detroit Free Press

Column (Mohamed el-Erian):

PIMCO CEO: Egypt needs stronger outside support

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Medicaid: The cruelest cuts

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

First lady Michelle Obama urges Africa to advance women’s rights

First lady Michelle Obama urged young Africans to fight for women‘s rights and battle the stigma of AIDS, using her husband’s “yes, we can” campaign slogan to motivate youth across the continent.

Reuters

In South Africa, Michelle Obama helps rebuild trust and wows the young women

Christian Science Monitor

First lady tells young Africans: Yes, we can!

ABC News

Businessman hopes giving a motorcycle to a veteran will change a life

Tim Bernard of Boise wants to say thank you to military veterans and those on active duty, and he’s doing it with more than words. He’s giving away a motorcycle: a new Kawasaki KLR 650.

Idaho Statesman

Developer gives $40M to Wishard; new hospital to bear family’s name