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Head badminton referee Torsten Berg, third from left, talks to Indonesia’s Greysia Polii, left, and her coach Paulus Firman after Berg issued a black card during a women’s doubles badminton match at the Olympics in London. (Photo by Andres Leighton / AP)

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Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies at 86

Gore Vidal, the novelist, essayist and playwright, will be remembered as much for his outspokenness and scorn for popular culture and politics as for his 60-year writing career.

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USA TODAY

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Gore Vidal’s life

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TIME

Full moon tonight sets stage for ‘blue moon’ at the end of the month

The first of August’s two full moons occurs tonight for the U.S., offering a lunar preview for a so-called “blue moon” rising at the end of the month.

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SPACE.com

Badminton pairs expelled from Olympics

Eight players from four teams in the women’s doubles competition have been thrown out for match-fixing following an inquiry by the Badminton World Federation in London.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Badminton players try to throw match?

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nbcolympics.com

As contraception mandate goes into effect, opponents continue to fight

A controversial contraception coverage mandate goes into effect today, requiring health insurance companies to provide free contraception services for women. Opponents are still fighting the mandate.

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CBS News

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Fact checking free birth control day

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ABC News

Tea Party’s Cruz scores stunning win in Texas Senate primary

Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz scored a stunning upset in a Republican U.S. Senate primary runoff, marking a resurgence of the movement to shrink the size of U.S. government.

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Reuters

Ted Cruz and the GOP’s changing face

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Washington Post

NATION

Is US at risk of becoming a police state?

The “Dark Knight” theater shooting has raised many questions about how much police protection is enough and how much is too much.

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Psychiatrist of Aurora shooting suspect was disciplined for drug prescriptions

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Huffington Post

Massachusetts tries to crack the code on rising costs

Massachusetts was first in the U.S. to pass health-care reform that included an individual mandate to buy insurance. Now it aims to be the first to control costs. Will its plan work?

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Christian Science Monitor

Private sector adds 163,000 jobs in July

The pace of job creation by private employers slowed modestly in July to 163,000 new jobs, though the gain still topped economists’ expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Romney’s proposed tax plan helps rich most, analysis says

Mitt Romney’s proposal to slash individual income taxes by 20 percent across-the-board would primarily boost the income of the wealthiest taxpayers, according to a nonpartisan analysis.

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Reuters

In 3rd party candidates, the Obama team sees promise

Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party are on quixotic runs for the presidency. While they are long shots, they conceivably stand a chance at influencing the election.

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U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

Microsoft saying farewell to Hotmail, hello to Outlook.com

Microsoft launched the preview version of Outlook.com, its new free, personal Web-based email service that combines Hotmail’s personal aspects with Outlook’s business appeal.

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Outlook.com preview: Microsoft reinvents its online email offerings

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Engadget

Health insurance rebates may keep premiums down for everyone

As the last of $1 billion worth of this year’s health insurance rebate checks goes out to consumers this week, insurers and government officials say the new regulation may be keeping premiums low.

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

Stress and anxiety ‘raises risk of early death by 20%’

Even low levels of stress or anxiety can increase the risk of fatal heart attacks or stroke by up to a fifth, and people who suffer from clinical depression have a greater chance of dying early.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Concussions accelerate brain aging

Concussions and even lesser head impacts may speed up the brain’s natural aging process by causing signaling pathways in the brain to break down more quickly.

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ScienceDaily

NYC urges new mothers to breast-feed

New York City is urging new mothers to go the natural route — by breast-feeding. Dozens of city hospitals will ask new mothers to listen to talks about why their natural milk is better than formula.

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Newsday

ENVIRONMENT

Beauty companies return to animal testing to exploit Chinese demand

Efforts by Western beauty giants to sell their brands to China’s fast-growing middle classes are threatening to reverse years of progress in reducing animal testing, say campaigners.

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The Independent

America‘s ’Most Polluted’ lake will soon be much cleaner

Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, N.Y., has often been called the most polluted lake in America, but now the final stage in a $1 billion cleanup is about to begin.

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NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Community rallies in support of black couple blocked by church

Hundreds of people turned out in Crystal Springs, Miss., to support an African-American couple who says a predominantly white Baptist church where they planned to wed turned them away because of race.

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NBCNews.com

First clashes near Christian areas of Damascus: NGO

Clashes erupted near two Christian areas of the Syrian capital for the first time in the nearly 17-month uprising, as the battle for Aleppo entered its fifth day and President Bashar al-Assad hailed the “heroic” army.

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Mitt’s watchdogs abroad

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More medical treatment, more mistakes

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Pass a Violence Against Women Act that protects American Indian women

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The Salem sandwich trials

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Why wrestlers make the best employees

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Forbes

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The truth about fake health food

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Grist

Towns win a round in court against unfettered fracking

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Watching films in the digital age

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GOOD NEWS

‘Popovers for Pigs’ helps green up famous Acadia National Park restaurant

“Popovers for Pigs” is just one of many environmental initiatives undertaken by Jordan Pond House, the only restaurant to operate inside Acadia National Park on the scenic seacoast of Maine.

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Christian Science Monitor

Want to pay less and get more?

Local communities are taking matters into their own hands and have created remarkable citywide fiber-to-the-home broadband networks.

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Slate

Miss Teen USA’s mission to fight bullying

The new Miss Teen USA, Logan West, has made it her mission to continue speaking out against bullying after having delivered her anti-bullying message to nearly 20,000 students in the past two years.

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NBCNews.com

WORLD

Power restored in India after outage

Full power was restored to northern India as officials continue to search for the cause of the country’s worst blackout in at least a decade.

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CNN

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India’s big power blackout: Why coal hasn’t been a savior

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Christian Science Monitor

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Iran nuclear crisis: Barack Obama imposes new sanctions

President Obama ordered economic sanctions against Iran’s energy sector to stop the setting up of payment mechanisms for the purchase of oil to get around existing sanctions.

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BBC

OLYMPICS 2012: LONDON GAMES

Michael Phelps sets career Olympic medal record at games

Michael Phelps swam into history with his 19th Olympic medal, the last major record that wasn’t his alone, being the anchor leg of the freestyle relay for the U.S.

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CBSSports

American women’s team tumbles to gymnastics gold

The Americans won their first Olympic team gold since the “Magnificent Seven” in 1996, finishing with 183.596 points. Russia won silver with 178.530, and Romania took the bronze with 176.414.

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USA TODAY

Special section:

Women’s team final

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NBCSports

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Higgs boson discovery just got even more certain

At the start of July, scientists announced that they’d discovered what they strongly believed to be the Higgs boson. After a handful more experiments, they’re even more certain that they’ve finally got it.

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Gizmodo

Why the whole bar sings along

It’s nearing 1 a.m., the lights are dim in the bar, and the opening rifts of Queen’s “We are the Champions” blare from the stereo. Suddenly, it seems like everyone in the bar is singing.

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NBCNews.com

EDUCATION

Minn. math, reading scores edge upward

Minnesota students in grades three through eight showed big improvements in standardized test scores in math and held steady in reading, but math scores for students in 11th grade declined.

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San Francisco Chronicle

For-profit colleges bilking public?

A senator’s examination of for-profit colleges paints them as dropout factories, where billions of dollars are squandered on financial aid.

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USA TODAY

SPORTS

Rangers get Ryan Dempster

The Texas Rangers acquired veteran starter Ryan Dempster from the Chicago Cubs for two minor leaguers, a position player and a pitcher, just minutes before the trade deadline expired.

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ESPN

Brandon Spikes turns up volume

Linebacker Brandon Spikes, the hard-hitting former Florida Gator participated in live drills for the first time in training camp, and he added some electricity to the field in his return.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Creatives find business niche on Etsy

Painters, potters, designers and artists have found another forum to display and sell their work — Etsy, an online community for creative entrepreneurs who sell gifts, art and supplies.

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Star Tribune

‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy outsells ‘Harry Potter’ on Amazon’s UK website

After four months of increasingly astronomical sales, E.L. James‘s Fifty Shades trilogy has officially outsold J.K. Rowling’s seven-book Harry Potter series on Amazon’s U.K. site.

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Guardian

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Marine receives Medal of Honor

Dakota Meyer of Columbia, Ky., repeatedly ran through enemy fire to recover bodies of fellow American troops. He is the first living Marine to be recognized for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq.

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CNN

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Kazakh born acrobat Katharina Lebedew is silhouetted as she jumps in the air on the terrace of a hotel with the television tower in the background during a photo call in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Gero Breloer / AP)

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