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In this file photo, undocumented Harvard Student Eric Balderas, 19, is photographed in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. Balderas, a Mexican citizen who was raised in the U.S., is facing deportation to Mexico after being detained by immigration authorities. (Photo by Josh Reynolds / AP)

Attractive women ignored for certain jobs

Good looks can kill a woman's chances of snaring jobs considered "masculine," according to a study by the University of Colorado Denver Business School.

Reuters

Seeking tourists, many states try to recast their image

The "Pure Michigan" campaign is a prime example of state "branding," the process by which a state plants a readily identifiable notion of itself in the national imagination.

USA TODAY

Cash-starved states saturate gambling market

Star Tribune

Students spared in deportation increase

The Obama administration, while deporting a record number of immigrants convicted of crimes, is sparing one group of illegal immigrants from expulsion: students who came to the U.S. when they were children.

New York Times

Special section:

Immigration

CNN

In illegal immigration debate, to hire or not?

NPR

Indonesia deals blow to militant Islam with arrest of radical cleric Bashir

In the past, Abu Bakar Bashir has been put on trial for giving spiritual guidance to jihadist movements. But his latest detention is based on alleged material support to a terrorist group.

Christian Science Monitor

Caught in America's legal black hole

Guantanamo still holds 176 detainees, and one of them is about to stand trial — in a test of President Barack Obama's resolve to embrace the rule of law.

The Independent

First Gitmo trial under Obama

CNN

NATION

BP, US agree on spill compensation fund

The U.S. completed negotiations with BP PLC over the company’s agreement to establish a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Justice Department.

Bloomberg

BP oil spill costs pass $6B mark

BBC

Will BP drill for oil in the Gulf again?

ABC News

Slayings won't deter Afghan mission, group says

A Christian charity said it had no plans to leave Afghanistan despite the murders of 10 members of its medical aid team and repeated that the organization does not attempt to convert Muslims to Christianity.

CBS News

10 medical workers, 6 Americans, killed in Afghanistan ambush

Bloomberg

Back to school, not excessive shopping

For retailers, back-to-school is the second most important selling season of the year. But early reports this year are not especially encouraging. Retail sales figures for July were weaker than expected.

NPR

POLITICS

Activists gear up for next round of arguments on gay marriage

A California judge may have overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage, but advocates on both sides of the issue made clear that it is far from a closed case.

CQ Politics

Prop. 8 trial frames debate on marital rights

San Francisco Chronicle

Dems fear more of same after Obama visit

President Barack Obama arrives in Texas for what political professionals call a "bag drag." The term refers to his purpose for being in the state: raising money.

Houston Chronicle

HEALTH

Fido's food could be making kids sick

Fido's food may be making kids sick, a government report warns, detailing the first known salmonella outbreak in humans, mostly young children, linked to pet food.

CBS2 News

Top 7 summer health myths: Mom wasn't always right

Stay away from campfire smoke and don't drink out of the garden hose, but don't believe everything you've been told.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

More choices alter textbook landscape

Between work and rugby practice, Brittany Wolfe would rush to the campus library hoping copies of her advanced algebra textbook had not all been checked out by like-minded classmates.

MSNBC

'In 5 years the best education will come from the Web'

It’s not physical books. Instead, Bill Gates thinks the idea of young adults having to go to universities in order to get an education is going to go away relatively soon, provided they’re self-motivated learners.

TechCrunch

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Hard times at world's longest yardsale

The 'World's Longest Yardsale,' an event that stretches 675 miles from Hudson, Mich., all the way to Gadsen, Ala., could not have come at a better time.

TIME

Auto makers to re-image minivan

The man behind the wheel of a minivan stuffed with children is probably doing more to announce his virility to the world than his Porsche-driving brethren.

Houston Chronicle

The meaning of Mad Men: Philosophers take on TV

Don Draper, meet Friedrich Nietzsche. You might not think that the two have much in common, until you consider their similar views on happiness.

Time

SPORTS

No Americans in men's tennis top 10

The top 10 of ATP Tour tennis rankings lack an American player for the first time since they started in 1973. Andy Roddick was the last American man to win a Grand Slam, at the 2003 U.S. Open.

Bloomberg

What's going on with Tiger Woods?

The hottest issue in the game was all of the low scores being produced recently on the most elite levels, prompting many observers to proclaim that the game was becoming too easy.

ESPN

Tina Thompson sets WNBA record

Los Angeles Sparks forward Tina Thompson scored 23 points to become the WNBA's all-time scoring leader.

San Jose Mercury News

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GOOD NEWS

GreenPath walks to fight hunger

GreenPath Debt Solutions has been committed to supporting the Lighthouse of Oakland County's food pantry program through fund-raising and volunteer efforts like its Hunger Walk.

Detroit Free Press

Teens discover joy of aviation at Worcester Regional Airport

Joshua was one of eight teens to participate in the first Aviation Discovery Weekend at Worcester Regional Airport, and he finished the two-day camp more informed and more excited about flying.

Telegram & Gazette

WORLD

Asia flooding plunges millions into misery

Floods and landslides across Asia plunged millions into misery as rubble-strewn waters killed at least 127 in China and 4 million Pakistanis faced food shortages amid their country’s worst-ever flooding.

Boston Herald

Navy boats travel to reach flood victims