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A doorman looks up Lexington Avenue as he waits in the rain outside a midtown building in NYC. Urban areas where local residents can live without a car, and walk to fulfill all their needs, are predicted to be the next key interest in the real estate market. (Photo by Charles Krupa / AP)

The next major real estate cycle: Is it walkable urbanism?

Not too long ago, developers were not very interested in mixed-use, compact projects. Now, walkable urbanism is becoming a key real estate market.

The Atlantic

Man swallows $13K diamond in Sri Lanka

A man visiting a gem exhibition in Sri Lanka’s capital swallowed a 1.5 carat diamond in front of the owner and was taken by police to a hospital, where an X-ray showed the $13,000 stone inside him.

FOX News

5 things we learned from day one of the DNC

Democrats opened their convention with attacks against Republicans and a robust defense of President Barack Obama. They finished it with a loving portrait by first lady Michelle Obama.

CNN

Map:

DNC schedule

demconvention.com

Speech:

Michelle Obama’s 10 most memorable DNC lines

Politico

Planned Parenthood’s chief takes center stage in Charlotte, N.C.

After protesting in Tampa, Cecile Richards will take the stage in Charlotte.

Daily Beast

Pentagon says book written by an ex-SEAL contains secrets

A former Navy SEAL’s insider account of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden contains classified information that can potentially provide enemies with dangerous insight into U.S. operations.

San Francisco Chronicle

Review:

‘No Easy Day’

BusinessWeek

NATION

Florida schools begin, but teachers missing

Schools have been open for a couple of weeks across much of Florida, but not all of the students know who their teachers are yet.

NPR

Alabama 1st state to scan fingerprints of prison visitors

The Alabama Department of Corrections has enacted a policy requiring visitors at the state’s prisons to have their fingerprint scanned before they are allowed to enter the facilities.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Judge rules Massachusetts to pay for murder inmate’s sex change

State prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder.

Associated Press

Blog:

More employers’ health plans include benefits for transgender people

(NPR)

Shots

Inmate granted sex change operation

Yahoo! News

Californians debate death penalty as vote to end it nears

Opposing viewpoints will play out in the coming weeks over Proposition 34, which asks voters to end the death penalty in Calif. and allow death-row inmates to be resentenced to life in prison without parole.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will not sell shares for 1 year

With his company’s shares sinking to record lows and concerns about its business growing by the day, Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is finally breaking his silence.

BusinessWeek

iPhone 5 prepares to take flight: Will it soar above rivals?

Apple’s iPhone 5 is not likely to win feature-set comparisons with its competitors, but it does not need to in order to be a success.

CNET News

Car sales post strong August

Car sales jumped in August as major automakers all reported better-than-expected numbers in what is shaping up to be one of the best months in years.

CNNMoney

How much have US car sales recovered?

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Forget the fat: It is being fit that matters

Rising obesity is one of the world’s greatest health challenges, but it may be that fatness is the wrong target for concern and fitness is what really counts.

The Independent

Millions have high blood pressure

USA TODAY

Frozen IVF embryos may result in less birthing complications, healthier babies

Women who become pregnant with previously frozen IVF embryos tend to have healthier babies than those who have fresh embryos implanted.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why time ‘slows’ for sport stars

The oft-repeated statement that the very best sportsmen and women seem to have more time may have a kernel of truth, according to neuroscientists.

BBC

Passing on your downloads when you pass

Digital media are not physical objects, just bits of information on your computer or iPod. That might be obvious, but your ownership rights may not be.

ABC News

How your cellphone hurts your relationships

Most of us are no stranger to this scenario: A group of friends sits down to a meal together, laughing, swapping stories and catching up on news — but not necessarily with the people near them.

Scientific American

SPORTS

Rory McIlroy holds on to Deutsche Bank Championship win

Rory McIlroy got the start he wanted at the Deutsche Bank Championship, erasing a three-shot deficit in just five holes.

USA TODAY

Alex Zanardi: Ex-Formula One driver takes on new race

Alex Zanardi, the former Formula One driver, is vying for a Paralympic medal in paracycling at the Brands Hatch race track, where he once raced cars.

Indianapolis Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Peter Grier):

Betty White: Would she improve the Democratic convention?

(Christian Science Monitor)

DC Decoder

Editorial:

Melting ice and rising seas

Virginian-Pilot

Column (Kate Leaver):

Facebook notification: Bieber is not really your friend

The Global Mail

Column (Markos Moulitsas):

Dems have reins after GOP flubs convention

The Hill

Column (Lois Gellar):

Social media marketing: What is the point?

Forbes

Column (Erika Christakis and Nicholas A. Christakis):

Is academic dishonesty on the rise?

TIME

Editorial:

Put potheads on alert

Boston Herald

Column (Stephen L. Carter):

Is the NFL ready for some football?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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GOOD NEWS

Michigan man uses carnival skills to win toys for kids

When Peter Drakos was a kid, he loved to play baseball and help his father with his linen company, never imagining that those hobbies would help make him one of the best carnival game players around.

ABC News

Hackers set sail to save the world

When you combine one boat with 26 hackers and 100 days at sea, what do you get? The voyagers hope it adds up to real-world solutions for the globe’s most pressing issues.

CNNMoney

Paraplegics take steps with ‘Ekso’ robot

Chris Tagatac fell 25 feet from his Vermont roof and was paralyzed from the sternum down. But with the aid of a wearable robot called Ekso — short for exoskeleton — he took his first steps.

ABC News

WORLD

Dr. Love to boost Singapore’s fertility