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Tobias Hollerer, graduate research assistant at the Computer Graphics & User Interfaces Lab at Columbia University, wears a mobile augmented reality system as he looks at a building on campus in New York. (Photo by Ron Frehm / File / AP)

Augmented reality gets a grip

Augmented reality has been called the eighth mass medium, after print, recordings, cinema, radio, television, Internet and mobile phones. Now, it is on the verge of becoming a real business.

Reuters

Canon to launch augmented reality platform based on head-mounted displays

PC World

Kids learn from parents’ money mistakes

Why are young people already taking on weighty financial issues? It seems that having grown up during the financial crisis, they were exposed early to the importance of managing money.

U.S. News & World Report

Commerce secretary John Bryson resigns

U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson stepped down, telling President Barack Obama in a letter of resignation that a recent seizure could be a distraction from doing his job.

CNN

Democrats, GOP draw lines in Eric Holder ‘Fast and Furious’ contempt battle

Daily Beast

House panel votes to cite Holder for contempt of Congress

USA TODAY

Bashar Assad could be offered immunity if he relinquishes power

British officials believe that it is now “worth having a go” at attempting to negotiate a “transitional process” for Syria that would involve the president relinquishing power.

Telegraph.co.uk

Blog:

Syrian air force colonel flies to Jordan, gets political asylum

(Msnbc.com)

World News

Public pensions face $1T shortfall

The slow economy in the U.S. is squeezing state budgets, and many cannot find the money to pay the pensions they have promised public employees.

CBS News

NATION

Inequality of wealth by race worsens in wake of financial crisis

The gap between the races widened considerably during the recent economic downturn, which whites weathered better than blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

CNNMoney

Privatization of liquor sales back on hold

The push to privatize liquor sales in Pa. is on the rocks. Mike Turzai conceded that he did not have enough House support to get the measure approved before lawmakers’ summer break.

Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Checkpoint of the future’ takes shape at Texas airport

New cameras, tracking passengers from the parking garage to the tarmac, are a first step in creating a security apparatus that would scrutinize passengers more thoroughly but less intrusively.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Ad spending reflects distaste for health care law

A Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the health care law is expected, but even if the Obama administration wins, evidence suggests it has lost in the court of public opinion.

Msnbc.com

Vice presidents: Behind every good candidate is a strong running mate

Mitt Romney has declared that, contrary to some speculation, he is indeed considering the popular Florida senator Marco Rubio as a possible running mate in November.

The Independent

BUSINESS

Bernanke signals more easing likely if job growth wanes

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is signaling that the Federal Reserve will probably add to its record stimulus should the economy fail to make sufficient progress in creating jobs for 12.7 million unemployed Americans.

Bloomberg

The Fed was too optimistic about recovery

PBS

Economic outlook darkens as Europe sinks, China struggles

The downturn in the eurozone’s private sector is becoming entrenched, and Chinese factories are finding the going increasingly tough, business surveys showed.

Reuters

EDUCATION

New rules change deportation picture for young immigrants

Illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. by their parents while they were kids could get deportation orders stayed based on new rules issued by the president.

EducationNews.org

Confusion can be beneficial for learning

A new study shows that confusion when learning can be beneficial if it is properly induced, effectively regulated and ultimately resolved.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic bishops press cause against federal mandates

U.S. Catholic leaders, claiming religious liberty is under assault from the Obama administration, are launching two weeks of non-stop nationwide teaching, preaching and public events to press their cause.

USA TODAY

New Orleans Southern Baptists debate gay rights vs. civil rights

A day after electing their first African-American president, Southern Baptists considered a resolution opposing the idea that gay rights are the same as civil rights.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog:

New Southern Baptist leader: former street preacher, Katrina survivor

(CNN)

Belief

HEALTH

What are friends for? Good health, maybe

Whether it is the solitude you get after a long, busy day or the independence, living alone has its perks. But isolation may put you at higher risk for functional decline and death, new research finds.

The Atlantic

Health experts: As heat builds, take steps to protect yourself

As the first major heat wave of the summer engulfs the U.S., health experts are urging people to take special precautions when dealing with scorching temperatures and oppressive humidity.

HealthDay

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Investors know truth about private sector, and the president was right

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog (Warwick McFadyen):

A rough guide to refuge in Ecuador

The Age

Editorial:

Exporting natural gas would not hurt US

USA TODAY

Column (Mark Sherman):

Just a third favor Obama health care law

Associated Press

Editorial:

Egypt elections: how to reverse the military power grab

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jeremy Shane):

Curing disease matters more than Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare

FOX News

Editorial:

Council has part to play in overturning Citizens United

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Rule on soot standards was overdue

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Philadelphia leads in green power

Philadelphia became the largest U.S. city to join an Environmental Protection Agency program aimed at getting more people, businesses and towns to purchase electricity generated by “green” sources.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Quaker Oats workers from Iowa claim $241M Powerball pot

Workers at a Quaker Oats plant claimed their share of the largest lottery prize in Iowa history, donning red T-shirts and smiling for news cameras as confetti flew during a celebratory news conference.

Huffington Post

Tunisians opened their homes and hearts to people fleeing Libya

Tunisia had barely drawn breath following its revolution early last year when tens of thousands of people started arriving on its borders as an uprising in neighboring Libya gained momentum.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Ecuador is set to rule on Julian Assange