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The flags of Scandinavian countries fly at half-staff in front of the nordic embassy building in Berlin, Germany. A Norwegian is reported to have set off an explosion in Oslo, Norway before going on a shooting spree on a nearby island, killing 93 people. (Photo by Axel Schmidt / AP)

NASA’s big asteroid plan is one engineers will ‘eat up’

With the space shuttle now history, NASA’s next great mission is so audacious, the agency’s best minds are wrestling with how to pull it off: send astronauts to an asteroid in less than 15 years.

Star Tribune

Atlantis crew returns to Houston

YouTube

Stifling heat wave torments millions from the Midwest to Northeast

The National Weather Service is predicting 103 degrees in what some might call the Baked Apple. The city broke its all-time record for power demand recently.

ABC News

Authorities: Norway terror suspect confesses

The man accused of killing some 93 people in Norway has said he carried out the bombing and mass shooting, authorities said, as Norweigan King Harald V led the nation in mourning.

CNN

Norway gun suspect ‘acted alone’

BBC

Horror in Norway

Denver Post

Texas shooting: Gunman kills 5 in fight at roller skating rink

A gunman killed five people during a birthday party at a roller skating rink in Texas before turning the gun on himself, police say.

The Telegraph

Leaders seek debt deal before Asian markets open

Obama administration officials and congressional Republicans clashed over extending the nation‘s debt limit, with the White House threatening a veto.

Houston Chronicle

Debt talks impasse leads to market fears

NPR

Special section:

Factbox: How the Obama/Boehner debt talks unraveled

Reuters

NATION

Heat records topple; little relief in sight

A heat wave that spread from the Midwest to the Northeast tormented millions with blasts of 100-degree temperatures, broken high-temperature records and dozens of heat-related deaths.

MSNBC

States look to fees, fines to solve several fiscal woes

States and cities across the nation are raising fees to bring in new money for governments reeling from spending cuts and other revenue shortfalls.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Red-light cameras aren’t the bonanza cities expected

Red-light cameras aren’t the bonanza cities anticipated. Drivers are beating the tickets — and maybe driving more safely.

Miami Herald

POLITICS

Bachmann builds a base of the faithful

One of the most electrifying moments in Michele Bachmann’s quest for the White House came when she took to the pulpit of an evangelical mega-church in Des Moines’ suburban edge.

Star Tribune

After long wait, same-sex couples marry in New York

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples across New York State began marrying — the culmination of a long battle in the Legislature and a new milestone for gay rights advocates.

New York Times

Factbox: Gays form line at altar to be 1st to wed in NY

Reuters

In Washington, new law bans anonymous sperm and egg donors

A new law guarantees children conceived with gametes from Washington sperm banks and egg donation agencies access — when they’re 18 — to their donors’ medical histories and their full names.

TIME

BUSINESS

Apple to consider a bid for Hulu

Apple Inc. (AAPL), with $76.2 billion in cash and securities on its books, is considering making a bid for the Hulu online video service, two people with knowledge of the auction said.

Bloomberg

A boom in corporate profits, but a bust in jobs, wages

Strong second-quarter earnings from McDonald’s, General Electric and Caterpillar are just the latest proof that booming profits have allowed corporate America to leave the recession far behind.

Denver Post

ENVIRONMENT

Ring peddled polar bear hides, walrus tusks for cash and more

Eskimo hunters on an island in the Bering Sea were offered cash, firearms and more for walrus ivory tusks and polar bear hides that were illegally sold, according to federal prosecutors.

ABC News

Rescuers save 44 beached whales but many more die on Scottish loch shore

Rescuers returned 44 pilot whales to open water after a mass stranding in the estuary of a sea loch in the Scottish Highlands. 25 whales died at the Kyle of Durness when they beached at low tide.

Guardian

Cleveland volcano in Alaska shows signs of impending eruption

Recent satellite images of a remote Alaska volcano along a flight route for major airlines show it may be poised for its first big eruption in 10 years, scientists said.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Valencia to ban smoking on all campuses starting in 2012

Valencia College, one of Florida’s largest public state colleges, will ban smoking on all its campuses starting with the 2012 academic year.

Orlando Sentinel

New report lays out framework for K-12 science education

A new report offers what some consider to be a new framework to guide K-12 science education that calls for a shift in the way science is taught in the U.S.

EducationNews.org

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Rich and famous flock to wonder rabbi

Some of the wealthiest and most powerful people can be found in a living room in an Israeli seaside city, waiting to have a few minutes with a rabbi they see as an advisor, guru or miracle worker.

USA TODAY

Catholic church’s plea could rule out damages for priests’ abuse

Victims of sexual abuse by priests will no longer be able to sue the Catholic church for damages if a landmark judgment rules that priests should not be considered as employees.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (David Sirota):

A terrorist threat we might be ignoring

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Cliff Corcoran):

Where does Alomar rank among game’s best second basemen?

Sports Illustrated

Editorial:

The Kurdish case

Jerusalem Post

Blog (Thomas Scheff, Ph.D.):

Meditation as a form of witnessing

(Psychology Today)

Let's Connect

Column (Frank Lewis):

Urge kids to write creatively; witness growth in brain power

Plain Dealer

Column (Elizabeth Hovde):

About protesting funeral protesters

The Oregonian

Column (Joe Starkey):

Amazin’ Pirates baseball’s story of the year

CNN

Column (Conor Friedersdorf):

Grover Norquist’s pledge is a colossal failure

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Convict cowboys train horses, seek redemption at Nevada camp

Nevada prisoners train wild horses to be sold at auction to the highest bidder. The Nevada Department of Agriculture started the program to handle animals found wandering.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Student scores high in helping others

Meredith Good-Cohn celebrates her 19th birthday. She is already a woman of tomorrow, a community activist, a scholar, a filmmaker, a volunteer and the state’s recycler of the year.

Baltimore Sun

UN humanitarian fund gives millions for food aid across Horn of Africa

The United Nations-managed humanitarian fund has allocated more than $51 million to deliver food aid to thousands of needy people across the Horn of Africa, experiencing famine.

UN News Service

WORLD

Chinese bullet train derails, 32 killed