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Wal-Mart's plan to use smart tags raises privacy concerns

Wal-Mart Stores is putting electronic identification tags on men's clothing like jeans starting Aug. 1 to gain more control of its inventory. But the move is raising eyebrows among privacy experts.

USA TODAY

Number of dead, injured at German music festival rises

The death toll from the stampede at a German music festival is at 19, police in Duisburg, Germany, said. The number of people injured when chaos broke out has also risen to 400, police said.

CNN

Stampede at German music festival

YouTube

BP chief Hayward 'negotiating exit deal'

BP's chief executive Tony Hayward has been negotiating the terms of his exit from the company, the BBC has learned. A formal announcement is likely within the next 24 hours.

BBC

Oil spill may claim 17,000 jobs this year

Economic Times

Bonnie fizzles; crews hurry back to fix Oil well

YouTube

Iowa flood flows southeast and worries those in path

The rain-swollen waters of the Maquoketa River smashed through a 300-foot section of the Lake Delhi Dam letting loose a surge of floodwaters inundating homes and farmland.

Des Moines Register

Dam fails in eastern Iowa, causing flooding

CNN

Epic battle looms in Washington over expiring Bush tax cuts

An epic fight is brewing over what Congress and President Obama should do about the expiring Bush tax cuts, and it could shape the fall elections and fiscal policy for years to come.

MSNBC

NATION

Migrants' place in the ‘underground’ economy reflects culture and caution

Work a job and you can be paid in many ways. But traditional cash payments still play a major role in Ariz., often greasing the wheels of commerce for illegal immigrants.

Arizona Republic

Search ends for Lake Michigan crash survivors

Authorities abandoned hope of finding alive four people missing since a small plane plunged into Lake Michigan while flying a cancer patient to the Mayo Clinic.

Houston Chronicle

Eastern US cooks in summer heat, temps reach 100s

Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and residents scrambling for shade or just staying indoors.

AOL News

Heat waves moves to East Coast

ABC News

POLITICS

Ex-mayor makes Memphis, Tenn., primary about race

In the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a once-unbeatable former mayor wants the Democratic congressional primary to be a referendum on race.

NPR

Rangel proceeding worries Dems and puzzles ethics experts

The timing of Rep. Charles Rangel’s (D-N.Y.) public House ethics trial has many House Democrats panicked while leaving ethics watchdogs puzzled.

The Hill

BUSINESS

US stocks rally, almost erasing 2010 loss for Dow's industrial average

U.S. stocks rose, almost wiping out the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 2010 loss, after better-than-estimated earnings at companies from UPS to Apple and Ford Motor.

Bloomberg

US week ahead: earnings, economic reports

MarketWatch

Taking on a second job

For most working women, a full-time job is enough to keep us juggling 24/7. But for some 27 million Americans, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a single job is only the tip of the work/life iceberg.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Baby turtles being released to Gulf

Biologists are releasing thousands of endangered baby sea turtles, betting that by the time the silver dollar-sized swimmers make it to the waters of the eastern Gulf, BP will have cleaned up its goopy mess.

CBS News

Rare freshwater species making a comeback thanks to new ponds

Hundreds of freshwater pools which have been built in the past year have quickly become home to animals such as water voles, natterjack toads, great crested newts and golden ringed dragonflies.

Telegraph.co.uk

HEALTH

Your olive oil may not be the virgin it claims to be

A new study from the University of California — Davis claims more than two-thirds of imported so-called extra-virgin olive oil don't make the grade.

NPR

Dallas ISD taking lead role in making school lunches more nutritious

Dallas school students can also say goodbye to high-sugar cereals, potato chips and sundry other snacks when they return to school this fall.

Dallas Morning News

SF finds new way in fight against HIV

HIV-positive people who have been slipping through the cracks undetected will soon be better identified by San Francisco officials.

San Francisco Examiner

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Schorr's legacy: speaking truth to power

He wasn't the most famous of the dashing "Murrow Boys" of CBS News, but Schorr, who died Friday at 93, left many journalistic legacies all his own.

NPR

Georges Perrier puts Le Bec-Fin up for sale

Georges Perrier said that he planned to close Le Bec-Fin, his world-renowned French restaurant, by spring as he starts a new chapter in his culinary career.

Philadelphia Inquirer

A new journalism on the horizon

The demands on those that deliver the news is changing, says Andrew Marr, and this new media age could bring with it a better, more rigorous kind of journalism.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (William Galston):

Americans are angry and the parties are clueless

The New Republic

Column (Doug Saunders):

Was the boom worth it?

Globeandmail.com

Column (Ellen Shell):

Obesity debate suffers from a myth of ‘choice’

The Atlantic

Column (Chris Kromm):

The real story of racism at the USDA

The Nation

Column (Arthur Delaney):

GOP deficit hawks are 'extremist obstructionist lying hypocrites'

Huffington Post

Column (Justin Miller):

Americans like political dynasties

The Atlantic

Column (Tom McCarthy):

Technology and the novel

Guardian

Editorial:

Danger rides along on every cop's shift

Detroit Free Press

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Yagmur Guller, Rachel Barrus, Ashley Nawn, Samantha Floyd and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Though Towson Catholic is closed, class of 2010 celebrates together

Bittersweet gatherings like the “graduation” ceremony are likely to continue as the Archdiocese of Baltimore closes schools that are steeped in deep traditions and central to their communities.

Baltimore Sun

Teen wins soap box derby with his late sister’s car

Sean Brown rolled to victory in the Rally Super Stock Division in a way that no script writer ever imagined. He won in the car that had been driven by his late sister.

MSNBC

WORLD

US, South Korea begin military exercises

Amid heightened tensions with North Korea, the United States and South Korea began joint military exercises, according to a spokesman.

CNN

North Korea threatens 'sacred war'

YouTube

5 US troops killed, 2 in Taliban hands

The Afghanistan Taliban claims to have abducted two U.S. Navy service members who vanished in a dangerous region of eastern Afghanistan, reports say.

AOL News

EDUCATION

TAKS predictions leave room for error

TAKS report cards sent to Texas parents included a new piece of information: predictions of whether their kids are on track to be ready for college.

Dallas Morning News

DC teachers get pink slip

D.C.'s public school system will fire more than 200 employees for poor performance, and is putting another 700 employees on notice they will be fired if their performance doesn't improve.

CBS News

241 teachers fired in DC

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Gadget makers must label parts from war-torn Congo

A new U.S. law requires companies to certify whether their products contain minerals from rebel-controlled mines in Congo and surrounding countries.

MSNBC

Apple's iPhone 4 bumper giveaway may cost $175M

To allow for giving away iPhone 4 bumpers, Apple will set aside $175 million of iPhone 4 revenue in the September quarter, according to Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer.

PC World

SPORTS

Barry Bonds likely to go to trial in March

Barry Bonds is likely to stand trial in March on perjury charges in the BALCO steroids case, as prosecutors moved forward.

San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

Barry Bonds statistics and history

Baseball-reference.com

Alberto Contador on verge of Tour de France 2010 title after stage 19

The tussle for the 2010 Tour de France title is set to end in Alberto Contador's favour after the defending champion increased his advantage in the penultimate stage.

Guardian

Tour de France: stage 19

Universal Sports

Yanks not including Chamberlain in proposed Haren trade discussions

The Yankees have balked at including Joba Chamberlain in the proposed deal for Dan Haren, but talks are continuing with the Diamondbacks.

Sports Illustrated

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslim immigrants benefit from Catholic church’s support

European nationalists, Catholics among them, worry about the Islamicization of Europe, but the Vatican has been steadfast in its support for immigrants.

Kansas City Star

Pope grants broad powers to Legionaries of Christ delegate

The pope has granted broad powers to the archbishop he selected to overhaul the Legionaries of Christ following revelations that the order's founder led a double life.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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