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A new family of spiders called Cave Robber (Trogloraptor marchingtoni), for its fearsome claws, was discovered by amateur cave explorers in 2010 in a cave outside Grants Pass, Ore. It is the first family to be found since the 1870s. (Photo by Anonymous / California Academy of Sciences / AP)

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New family of spiders found in US cave

Amateur cave explorers have found a new family of spiders in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon, and scientists have dubbed it Trogloraptor — Latin for cave robber — for their fearsome front claws.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Trogloraptor: America’s newest cave spider

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Schools make room for religion

Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court banned official prayers in public schools, religion remains alive and well on school campuses because students have the right to freely practice their faith.

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USA TODAY

Suicide ‘epidemic’ on rise in Army

Even as the Afghanistan war winds down, suicides among troops are on the rise. Among all branches, the number is up 22 percent from a year ago, and July was the Army’s worst month.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Suicide in the recruiters’ ranks

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TIME

Support for jailed Russian rockers questioned — is it useful?

Some are already starting to question whether the outpouring of support for Pussy Riot is little more than a star-studded fad — and if it can do anything tangible to help them.

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NBCNews.com

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Protests over Russian punk group sentencing spread around world

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CBS News

Border gathering welcomes Dakota back home to Minnesota

About 300 people gathered on the border between South Dakota and Minnesota to symbolically welcome home Dakota people exiled from the state following the U.S.-Dakota War.

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Star Tribune

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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation community storytelling project

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National Geographic

NATION

Transgender pilots cleared for takeoff as FAA changes rule

The FAA has now instituted a new policy that does not categorically impose a previously required battery of extensive — and expensive — psychological tests on transgender pilots.

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ABC News

NRA locked in gun battle with Pennsylvania mayors over town laws

With Congress loath to act, the gun law battles have shifted to state capitals, where the NRA has successfully backed more expansive self-defense laws.

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Bloomberg

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Colorado University to segregate dorms for students with concealed carry permits

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Denver Post

POLITICS

Romney says he never paid less than 13 percent in taxes

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney declared he has paid at least 13 percent of his income in federal taxes every year for the past decade.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Romney on taxes

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Hotsheet Live (CBS News)

What potatoes say about the state of American democracy

The debate in Congress over whether potatoes should be curbed in school lunches is emblematic of the modern-day crisis in U.S. government.

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Spiegel International

BUSINESS

Freddie and Fannie get the squeeze

The Treasury Department revamped its financial support of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to accelerate the pace at which the mortgage-finance giants will pay back the government for its rescue four years ago.

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Daily Beast

Government tightening its reins on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

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Apple reaches record and $600 billion value on iPad rumor

Apple’s shares rose to a record high and the company’s market value surpassed $600 billion on speculation that production has started on a smaller version of the iPad as well as a new television product.

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Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Obama renews call to halt teacher layoffs

Tight school budgets have meant fewer teachers, larger classes and shorter school years, according to a White House report. Obama is touting a jobs plan to help keep teachers on the job.

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Christian Science Monitor

Teens with ADHD may need help making transition to college

For students with ADHD, making the transition to college can be especially difficult. But by adopting certain strategies, freshman with ADHD can do well.

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HealthDay

ENVIRONMENT

Treasure Island radiation discovery casts shadow over expansion plans

It was called Treasure Island in honor of Stevenson’s pirate classic, but the artificial island off San Francisco Bay has nothing but trouble buried in its soil: radioactive contamination left by the U.S. Navy.

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Guardian

Citizen scientists may beat the pros in identifying at-risk species

A new tally shows that citizen-driven listings under the Endangered Species Act are just as valid as those identified by the pros.

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Ars Technica

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Text book encoded in DNA

Harvard researchers have reported in the journal Science that they encoded an entire book into DNA. Not only that, they read back the text.

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What is the roundest object ever known?

The roundest natural object ever precisely measured, astronomers say, shines light that takes roughly eight minutes to reach Earth.

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National Geographic

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (David Rohde):

Immigration is the important debate the campaigns aren’t having

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The Atlantic

Blog (James Zogby):

America has a good story — but it’s not the one the politicians tell

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(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (Jonathan Bernstein):

Joe Biden: the ‘practically perfect’ vice president

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Salon

Blog (Marissa Fessenden):

Will the candidates tell us about their policies on pandemics?

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(Scientific American)

Observations

Column (Ian Bremmer):

Pussy Riot is only the beginning

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NPR

Column (Don Watkins):

Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’: a paean to American liberty

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Guardian

Arab Spring — US should do more to shape Syria’s future

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McClatchy Newspapers

When slower means faster, safer

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Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Nonprofit opens kitchen for use by carts

A nonprofit organization has developed a facility that gives small-business owners the ability to prepare their food in an up-to-code commercial kitchen, allowing them to conform to food-safety standards.

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Columbus Dispatch

After cash flew away, good Samaritan and fellow workers help charity group

Ray Leuthauser found some money Jane Corbett lost on the highway, then helped raised the amount that couldn’t be recovered. The money was for buying food to feed homeless people.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Maykah builds girls’ interest in science

Three women have teamed up to form Maykah, a startup aiming to create toys that encourage young girls to study science, technology, engineering and math.

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San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Assad makes rare public appearance

Syria’s state-run TV aired footage of President Bashar Assad performing Eid prayers in a mosque in Damascus, his first appearance in public after a bombing in the Syrian capital last month.

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ABC News

Chinese to become biggest spenders as record numbers head overseas

The Chinese are on the verge of becoming the nation whose tourists spend the most money overseas, as the idea of foreign travel captures the imagination of millions of newly affluent Chinese citizens.

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Guardian

HEALTH

West Nile virus outbreak: How to protect yourself this year

Nearly half of all West Nile cases in the U.S. so far this year are in Texas. If the trend continues, 2012 will be the worst West Nile year in state history.

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CBS News

E-cigarettes: no smoke, but fiery debate

Researchers say that electronic cigarettes may induce kids to become addicted to nicotine or irritate bystanders with their vapor, but the industry says they do far more good than harm.

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USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Ayn Rand: Why is she so popular?

One of Ayn Rand’s former devotees, Paul Ryan, has become Mitt Romney’s running mate in the U.S. presidential election. So why is Ayn Rand and her most famous work, “Atlas Shrugged,” so popular?

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BBC

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Ayn Rand Institute finds dilemma in radical author’s evolving legacy

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Guardian

‘Salsa Sundays’ heat up summer for nearly 50 years

Each summer Sunday afternoon, an empty lot at Orchard Beach in the Bronx is transformed into an asphalt dance floor.

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Wall Street Journal

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

9/11 museum, atheists spar over cross

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum’s planned presentation of the World Trade Center cross-shaped steel beam is being legally challenged by an atheist group.

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CBS News

Books and art pit freedom of religion against free speech in Tunisia

The riots by ultra-conservative Muslims in Tunisia over issues of blasphemy threaten to destabilize the fledgling democracy, leading legislators to consider some limits to free speech.

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Yahoo! News

SPORTS

Swisher’s 2 homers propel Yanks

Yankees’ Nick Swisher basked in the glow of full awesomeness after his multi-homer performance, a game in which he homered from both sides of the plate for the 12th time in his career.

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ESPN

NFLPA disputes Goodell’s bounty claim

The NFL Players Association filed documents in federal court disputing commissioner Roger Goodell’s sworn statement that he was prepared to discipline Saints players in March.

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CBSSports

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Fehr says players not surprised by NHL lockout threat

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Sports Illustrated

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NFL: Saints bounty scandal

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Creating community: The local food movement is changing how we eat

The local food movement was once dismissed as a marketing tactic for a tiny niche. But the number of farmers’ markets and community-supported agriculture programs have gone up and up.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Willemstad, Curacao’s Shendrik Apostel scores past Ramstein, Germany’s Kyle Glenn at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. (Photo by Matt Slocum / AP)

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