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Workers watch as the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer stack is lowered onto red supports on the deck of the Helix Q4000 in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / AP)

The future of I-95

When Interstate 95 was being built 50 years ago, high-speed roadways and high-tech cars were a fantasy of things to come. In some ways, that fantastical dream has become reality.

NPR

Tests of political wind

Ten key races will indicate whether the nation stays the course or Republicans are swept in.

Houston Chronicle

Democrats mobilize to thwart the GOP 'tsunami'

Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

Interactive 2010 election map

CBS News

Key oil spill evidence raised to surface

Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.

Houston Chronicle

Public invited to share ideas on spill response

Anchorage Daily News

Special section:

Disaster in the Gulf

CBS News

Tropical storm Earl makes landfall in Nova Scotia after passing Nantucket

Tropical Storm Earl raced across Nova Scotia, nearing the end of its march up the Atlantic coast, after making landfall near the community of Western Head.

Bloomberg

NC in the wake of Hurricane Earl

ABC News

Hurricane Earl brings only good waves for surfers and beautiful weather

NY Daily News

All the Globe's a stage — now including women writers

Nell Leyshon will make history at the Globe in central London with her new play Bedlam, which chronicles the goings on at London's notorious Bethlem psychiatric hospital in the 18th century.

The Independent

NATION

For US Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other before it

American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the U.S. ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring trouble.

Philadelphia Inquirer

30 mosques in 30 days

TIME

Muslims fight 'Islamophobia' with PSA

ABC News

On employment, US now ranks worse than similar nations

U.S. unemployment remains at historically high levels. Another reminder of that came when the government reported the unemployment rate had risen another tenth of a percentage point to 9.6 percent.

NPR

POLITICS

What a tea party looks like in Europe

Marine Le Pen is moving her father’s far-right party away from the fringe, and redefining French politics in the process.

Newsweek

Waning support for Congressional Dems, Obama, health care law

As the fall campaign begins in earnest over Labor Day weekend, dissatisfaction with the nation's direction is higher and support for the party in power is lower than it was in previous tumultuous midterms.

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Adult services section replaced by 'censored' on Craigslist

Embattled online classified service Craigslist apparently made a change to its website, censoring its adult services section. The website has been under fire for allegations that it promotes prostitution.

CNN

Blog:

Censored! Craigslist adult services blocked

(Wired)

Epicenter

Off-the-shelf lasers could ward off attacks on military helicopters

A newly developed broad-spectrum laser mounted on choppers could effectively dazzle shoulder-launched antiaircraft weapons in flight, and prevent them from finding and destroying their targets.

Scientific American

HEALTH

Hair provides link between chronic stress and heart attack

Researchers have provided the first direct evidence, from hair, that chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks.

ScienceDaily

Soldiers return to face a new enemy

Though thousands of soldiers are diagnosed with PTSD, many more suffer without treatment. Among the treated, doctors are finding another problem called traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

NPR

Support for deployed soldier's significant others

Philadelphia Inquirer

America's new drug crisis

A new drug problem is emerging in the United States: an alarming national epidemic of prescription drug abuse so bad it's now being called "Pharmageddon."

CBS News

CDC: 1 in 5 high schoolers abuse drugs

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican decries stoning in Iran as 'brutal'

The Vatican raised the possibility of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery.

USA TODAY

Daylong religious event held to protest gay marriage, abortion

Thousands of Christian conservatives spent 12 hours praying and fasting in front of California's state Capitol at a gathering organizers described as spiritual repentance "when there is no hope for a nation."

San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Bill Bonner):

Economy stuck? Print money watch out

The Daily Reckoning

(Christian Science Monitor)

Column (Daniel Indiviglio):

Is the economy going to get worse?

The Atlantic

Column (Jacob Weisberg):

Obama's moral cowardice

Slate

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

In defense of Alan Simpson

Salon

Column (George Bisharat):

Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem intolerant?

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Michael Reilly):

The Haiti and New Zealand quakes: a fair comparison?

Discovery News

Column (Sandra Guy):

Author aims to keep kids away from drugs, gangs

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

Bonus for drivers

Columbus Dispatch

Editorial:

Fla. can't leave oil spill relief to Washington

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial:

We're not last?

Las Vegas Review Journal

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GOOD NEWS

Nonprofit raises dogs for the blind

The nonprofit, Guide Dog Foundation, trains puppies to become perfect companions for the blind.

NY Daily News

Young blood by the pint

As overall donations decrease, teens are helping to keep the blood supply fresh. The Red Cross has had 14,215 donations from 16-year-olds since October.

Columbus Dispatch

WORLD

Spain's Eta 'declares ceasefire'

Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for independence.

BBC

Israel agreed to honor Olmert concessions