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A broker speaks on the phone in a trading room in Paris. Worries over the debt problems afflicting a number of European countries as well as the U.S. have knocked confidence over the global economic recovery and triggered turmoil in financial markets around the world. (Photo by Jacques Brinon / AP)

Is US farming feeding the obesity epidemic?

Americans, on average, spend less than 10 percent of our money on food. A lot of people buy too much fast food — but from an economic standpoint, it is a good decision.

NPR

No shortage of ideas on creating jobs

Economic renewal ideas represent a small fraction of job creation schemes now circulating, some put forth by think-tanks and advocacy groups, others by unions as well as by politicians of both parties.

ABC News

Demands for ratings agencies reforms

Reuters

UK to look to US on how to fight street gangs during civil unrest

Declaring “we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets,” Prime Minister David Cameron said that police had made over 1,200 arrests over the country’s worst civil unrest in memory.

MSNBC

‘Calm down and go home, please,’ father of man killed in Britain urges

CNN

Special section:

UK riots

Al Jazeera

UK riots cool but tourists are beginning to worry

Reuters

Study doubles the number of genes known to multiple sclerosis

Scientists have discovered almost 30 genes for multiple sclerosis in landmark research that brings the hope of better and safer drugs for the devastating disease.

Daily Mail

Texas’ relentless drought may end up costing billions

It isn‘t the longest drought in the state’s history, but the severity of it is nevertheless affecting the profitability of the Lone Star State’s agriculture.

TIME

Desperate to drink, West Texas turns to wastewater

CNN

NATION

Obama honors Muslim-Americans in wake of 9/11

At a White House Iftar dinner, a month before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, President Obama discussed the impact of the terrorist attacks on Muslim Americans.

USA TODAY

Facebook will close several accounts of US prison inmates

Facebook has begun closing the accounts of California prison inmates after a convicted child molester viewed the pages of his victim from behind bars, authorities and the social networking site said.

Reuters

Boy’s ode to his fallen dad inspires tears in responses

The story of a 10-year-old who posted an iReport honoring his dad who died in the recent Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan has sparked a huge outpouring.

CNN

POLITICS

Department of Energy panel wants answers on gas fracking

A Department of Energy panel hopes new recommendations — if implemented — will restore the public’s trust in hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” for natural gas.

NPR

Report: GOP retains Wisconsin Senate control in recall battle

It has been reported that Republicans retained four of the six state Senate seats that were in jeopardy in recent recall elections in Wisconsin.

CNN

GOP holds Wisconsin Senate

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Stock futures higher, Cisco gains in premarket after sharp drop

Equity index futures rose after a sharp drop for stocks in the previous session as Wall Street headed for another session of volatility.

Reuters

Financial turmoil evokes comparison to 2008 crisis

It feels eerily familiar: Stocks are plummeting. The economy is slowing. Politicians are scrambling to find solutions but are mired in disagreement.

New York Times

HEALTH

New leukemia treatment ‘exceeds wildest expectations’ in new study

Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania say the treatment made the most common type of leukemia completely disappear in two of the patients and reduced it by 70 percent in the third.

MSNBC

Sleep apnea may lead to dementia in older women, research claims

A new study conducted by researchers has found that elderly women who suffer from sleep apnea may be at a greater risk for cognitive impairment and dementia.

HealthNews

Complex caters to HIV, AIDS patients, makes living affordable

The nonprofit Aid for AIDS of Nevada has renovated a residential complex in Las Vegas for people with HIV or AIDS. To keep it safe, the address is kept confidential, as those with HIV are still stigmatized.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Special section:

HIV and AIDS health center

WebMD

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Detroit native Philip Levine to become US poet laureate

Philip Levine has been appointed poet laureate by the U.S. Librarian of Congress. The Library’s 18th poet laureate consultant, Levine, 83, will open the library’s annual literary season with a reading of his work.

Detroit Free Press

Blog:

Meet Philip Levine, the new poet laureate

(Houston Chronicle)

Bookish

Wildlife art portrays untamed country

This summer in Jackson Hole, Wyo., a novel art exhibition of contemporary and historical paintings is calling attention to the inhabitants of the continent’s longest “eco-region.”

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pastor updates hymns on Facebook

Alabama’s First Christian Church pastor Rebecca Littlejohn has rewritten the lyrics to a handful of hymns and turned to her Facebook friends for advice in polishing the poetry.

Florida Times-Union

All-nighters for Michigan football team during Ramadan

A Michigan high school’s football team has practices coinciding with Ramadan, the Islamic holy month when adherents refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.

New York Times

Blog:

Obama marks 9/11 at Ramadan dinner

(ABC News)

Political Punch

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Peter Hartlaub):

‘Angry Birds’ perfection: winners in 3-star club

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog (Amy Davidson):

Casting the supercommittee

(The New Yorker)

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Bartering, Las Vegas style

Las Vegas Sun

Blog (Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D.):

The past: Don’t dwell on it, revision it!

(Psychology Today)

Evolution of the Self

Blog (Mark Miller):

Tea party downgrade? Here’s what S&P actually said

(Reuters)

Reuters Money

Blog (J. G.):

London burns

(Economist)

Blighty

Editorial:

Underlying cause of panic very real

Business Day

Column (Anthony Daniels):

Behind England’s riots, a violent and entitled generation

NY Daily News

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GOOD NEWS

Laura Moulton brings books to the homeless – by bike

Laura Moulton pedals her bicycle-powered Street Books library to locations around Portland, Ore., providing books to the city‘s homeless who don’t qualify for library cards.

Christian Science Monitor

Wampanoag students get boost from summer program

Native Tribal Scholars, a six-week program in the Boston area, took 38 tribal teens and put them in an intensive academic setting in hopes that the program will lead all its participants to graduate high school.

Cape Cod Times

Potential bone-marrow donors recruited at rock concerts

A nonprofit is developing a global pool of potential bone-marrow donors by asking people at music festivals, rock concerts and other events to swab the inside of their cheeks to be tested as a match.

Denver Post

WORLD

Turkey joins Greece, South Korea in curbing short sales after global rout