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The mysteries of Lyme disease

On the 35th anniversary of its discovery, Lyme disease continues to be a tricky diagnosis. Lyme disease is caused by the B. burgdorferi bacterium, which is mainly transmitted by black-legged ticks.

Newsweek

Obama's 'recovery summer' withers amid economic gloom

After months of withering job losses and weak economic growth, summer was going to be the season of recovery, the Obama administration said.

ABC News

Drilling ban would cost 23,000 jobs

Bloomberg

Al-Shabab avow 'massive' Somali war

Al-Shabab fighters have attacked a hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, killing at least 35 people, a day after declaring a "massive, final" war against what they called "invaders."

Al Jazeera

More African Union troops deployed

Africa News

Special section:

Somalia's al-Shabab rebels

Reuters

Federal judge halts stem cell expansion

A federal judge in Washington temporarily blocked the Obama administration’s efforts to expand stem cell research, ruling in a case brought by a former MIT scientist and others who oppose the research.

Boston Globe

US troops in Iraq fall below 50,000

The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000. The drop comes ahead of President Barack Obama's deadline to bring down troop levels by August 31.

ABC News

NATION

State Department details Blackwater violations of US laws

The company formerly known as Blackwater violated U.S. export control laws nearly 300 times, the State Department said.

McClatchy Newspapers

Existing home sales hit a 15-year low

Sales of existing homes plunged to the lowest level in 15 years, dashing hopes that a rebound in housing would jolt the economy out of its post-recession malaise.

NPR

How Americans will build wealth after recession

Newsweek

US commander: Afghanistan more than a year away from training security forces

A senior U.S. commander warned that NATO needs at least another year to train enough soldiers and police officers.

Star Tribune

Afghanistan

Yahoo! News

POLITICS

Sherrod turns down job offer from Agriculture Department

Shirley Sherrod, who received an apology after being forced to resign from the Agriculture Department, declined an offer to serve as the agency's deputy director of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach.

CNN

Ariz. primary: Why McCain is set to beat the anti-incumbent backlash

Polls suggest Sen. John McCain is set to win his upcoming primary. Some voters have been turned off by his attack ads and big spending in the race against J.D. Hayworth. But it has worked.

Christian Science Monitor

US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report

The Obama administration has told the United Nations that America's human rights record is less than perfect but stressed that the U.S. political system has built-in safeguards that promote improvements.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

BUSINESS

Online hiring halls rely on labor pool

In a nation desperate for jobs and hopeful that small firms will fill the role of doing most of the new hiring, sites such as oDesk and Guru.com create a global labor pool for any sort of computer-based task.

San Francisco Chronicle

What you get from a $14/hour overseas worker

CNNMoney

New credit card restrictions take effect

New rules, designed to protect credit card users from "unreasonable late payment and other penalty fees," went into effect as a result of the Credit Card Act of 2009.

CNN

Credit card reform

CNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Too much pollution: Grand Canyon at risk

The Grand Canyon faces challenges from water, air and noise pollution in addition to insufficient funding.

Salt Lake Tribune

Green living in communes and eco-villages on the rise

Shared eco-friendly living is becoming increasingly popular in places that range from communes to co-housing, eco-villages or intentional communities.

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Radiologists call for curbs on overuse of imaging tests

Doctors are ordering too many unnecessary imaging tests, raising the cost of health care and exposing patients to excess amounts of radiation, imaging experts said.

Reuters

How vitamin D can protect us from cancer

Vitamin D protects the body against a range of serious illnesses by binding to the DNA of the body's cells and directly controlling the genes implicated in diseases such as multiple sclerosis and cancer.

The Independent

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Renovated church gets new life as Brooklyn Arts Center

About three months ago, carpenters began the process of preserving, renovating and building what the new owner envisions as a multi-purpose event center for weddings, galas, conferences, concerts and festivals.

Star-News

NY archbishop saddened by suspected bias attacks on Hispanics

Archbishop Timothy Dolan told parishioners during Mass that he was saddened by a spate of suspected anti-Hispanic attacks that has left some Latin American immigrants fearing for their safety.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Neva Khan):

Things will be much more difficult once the world's attention wavers

The Independent

Column (Andrew McCarthy):

Inventing moderate Islam

National Review

Editorial:

Unaccompanied minors

Columbus Dispatch

Column (Max Fisher):

4 reasons why Americans aren't giving for Pakistan flood relief

The Atlantic

Column (Esther J. Cepeda):

Latinos making baseball better

Chicago Sun-Times

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

The 'mosque' debate is not a 'distraction'

Salon

Column (Laura Gottlieb):

Funding healthy society helps cure health care

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (MJ Rosenberg):

Iran bomb 'not imminent'

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Rachel's challenge: inspiring a chain reaction of compassion

Rachel Joy Scott, who was killed in the Columbine High School shootings, left a legacy that inspires Crockett County, Tenn., students to begin a chain reaction of kindness.

Jackson Sun

Rachel's challenge

WFAA

Germany's opposition leader breaks from politics to donate kidney to wife

Frank-Walter Steinmeier prepares for an operation to save the life of his partner of 20 years. She has suffered from a kidney disorder that worsened significantly and recently became life-threatening.

Guardian

WORLD

Trapped Chilean miners start receiving food and water

The Chilean miners trapped underground have started receiving food, water and oxygen from rescuers who are working to reinforce the 8 cm borehole that will be their lifeline for the next few months.