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Dee Spencer, right, who lost her home in a wildfire near Boulder, Colo., is comforted by Beth Byerlein after a briefing on the fire in Boulder, Colo. Firefighters are fighting the blaze that forced the evacuation of over 3,000 people. (Photo by Ed Andrieski / AP)

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Young adults are shying away from the stock market

Affluent 30-somethings say their tolerance for risky investments is much lower, rivaled only by people over the age of 65, according to a new study by Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management.

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Newsweek

Malpractice liability costs US $55.6B

Medical malpractice liability costs the U.S. health care system more than $55 billion a year, most of it in "defensive" medical practices such as extra tests and scans, according to a report.

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Reuters

At least 92 structures burned in Colo. fire

One of the largest and most destructive fires in the history of Boulder County, Colo., burned at least 92 structures, from mansions to outhouses, officials' preliminary survey of the area northwest of Boulder.

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Denver Post

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Wildfire spreads, homes evacuated

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Examiner

Patreus: 'Quran burnings threaten US troops'

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan has criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration "could cause significant problems" for troops overseas.

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ABC News

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Protesters denounce plan to burn Quran

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YouTube

Google doodle sparks Web mystery

Google users are being confronted with a bizarre animation of morphing, colliding balls that sweep across the page wherever the cursor passes over them.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

When the economy begins to take off, so may many employees

Jobs remain scarce, but as small signs of economic hope emerge more are beginning to jump ship — or at least consider it — for better opportunities, national experts say.

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Charlotte Observer

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Despite economic downturn, resignations rise

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McClatchy Newspapers

Tropical storm Hermine makes landfall

Tropical storm Hermine slammed into Mexico's northern Gulf coast near the U.S. border with winds of 65 mph, threatening heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in Mexico and Texas.

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Tropical storm Hermine

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Houston Chronicle

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Tropical storm Hermine threatens Texas coast

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MSNBC

POLITICS

Polls offer grim outlook for Democrats

A series of polls suggest 53 percent of likely voters said they would vote for the Republican candidate in their district if the midterm elections were today, while 40 percent would vote for the Democrat.

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Political Hotsheet

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Campaign season is under way

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CNN

Marijuana energizes political debate

Marijuana is on the ballot in four states, including the first effort of its kind in California to fully legalize pot, but don't expect politicians to get high on the idea any time soon.

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ABC News

HEALTH

In young kids, lack of sleep linked to obesity later

A study finds that even for infants and preschoolers, a good sleep may be just as important as diet and physical activity. Children up to age 5 need at least 10 hours of sleep while toddlers need more.

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NPR

Low-carb plant-sourced diet better than animal-sourced one

If you want to live longer, you are better off on a low-carb diet which is vegetable based, rather than one whose proteins are sourced from animals.

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Medical News Today

'Magic mushrooms' ingredient beneficial to cancer patients, report says

Researchers find psilocybin improved the anxiety and depression of terminal cancer patients for up to six months. The study is considered a first step in restoring the hallucinogen's respectability.

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Los Angeles Times

EDUCATION

Should kids be held back to get ahead?

Parents must decide over a school dilemma: Will delaying kindergarten give young kids an academic boost?

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MSNBC

Colleges buy land they don't know how they'll use

Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.

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BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Stewart snaps winless string, speeds to Atlanta victory

A 31-race streak without a win came to an end on a slippery, treacherous Atlanta Motor Speedway surface as Tony Stewart took lead in the Emory Healthcare 500 in an unpredictable late-race sprint.

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Alabama Local News

Lacrosse star teaches elementary

When school starts, Brian Spallina will trade in his lacrosse stick for a ruler. Instead of throwing cross checks and accruing penalty minutes, he will correct journals and write subtraction problems on a blackboard.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Douglas County congregation dedicates specially commissioned Torah

It is brand new and unused, yet ancient and eternal — this Torah is the bond between Moses at Mount Sinai and the shiny new suburbs of south metro Denver.

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Denver Post

Cordova Christians put out welcome mat for mosque

The Memphis Islamic Center, a nonprofit organization formed three years ago, is two weeks from breaking ground on the first phase of a multimillion-dollar complex.

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Once a high-tech exec, he now shares his passion for reading in Asia and Africa

John Wood, founder of Room to Read, has spent the past decade building children's libraries and promoting literacy in some of the world's poorest regions.

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Christian Science Monitor

Hidden trail details help a blind man see

Jerry Eastham woke up blind one morning eight years ago. It wasn't a total surprise. His father went blind. So did every one of his 14 older siblings. But over the next few years, he learned to get by.

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Anchorage Daily News

WORLD

Rescue is just the beginning of recovery for trapped miners, NASA says

The rescue of the 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine will only be the beginning of the miners' ordeal, NASA officials told Chilean authorities during a recent visit.

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CNN

Pension rallies hit French cities

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of France to register anger over the government's austerity measures.

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BBC

UNICEF shifts focus onto poorest of the poor kids

UNICEF says it has failed to reach millions of the world's neediest kids in slums and remote countryside and is shifting to a strategy of getting critical health care services to the poorest of the poor.

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MSNBC

BUSINESS

As food prices jump, UN group tries to avoid fueling new crisis

Two years after the food crisis, when soaring prices raised the specter of mass hunger and starvation, food inflation has made a comeback.

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Globeandmail.com

Tech firms shop abroad to avoid taxes

U.S. technology companies are in a bind. Much of their cash is parked abroad and they risk higher taxes if they bring profits from overseas back home.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Immortal signals promise perfect video streaming from Web

A team of optical engineers have devised a way to revitalize light signals being sent down optical fibers, enabling them to send more information down the wires.

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Un-natural selection: human evolution's next steps

Millions of years ago, the natural environment was shaping us into the species we have become. Now we create our own environments and that has its consequences.

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NPR

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The human family tree

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National Geographic

ENVIRONMENT

World's smallest seahorse faces extinction after BP oil spill

One of the world's smallest seahorses faces extinction because of the BP oil spill, conservationists have warned. The minute creatures, barely 2 centimeters tall, were elusive even before the spill.

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Guardian

Ocean 'dead zones' increasing in US

The U.S. Geological Survey and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science finds that the number of so-called "dead zones" in U.S. waters is 30 times more expansive today than it was in 1960.

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AOL News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Fast-food chains in Asia cater menus to local customers

Haagen-Dazs offers fruit flavors that are favorites of consumers in Hong Kong, as well as special products such as moon cakes during the moon festival.

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USA TODAY

How much money do we need to be happy? Try $75,000

People say money doesn’t buy happiness. Except, according to a new study, it sort of does — up to about $75,000 a year.

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TIME

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Teaching kids about money pays off

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Novel approach: reading courses as an alternative to prison

Thousands of offenders across the U.S. are placed in rehabilitation programs where they attend reading groups and discuss literary classics as an alternative to prison.

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Guardian

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Nurses attend a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, in Shenzhen City, China. (Photo by Kin Cheung / AP)

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