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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House floor to take up his postponed legislation that was rewritten overnight to win the support of conservative holdouts demanding action on a constitutional balanced-budget amendment. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

You can lead a virtual horse to water, but you might get sued

A palomino mare named Star grazes on Debbie DeLouise’s clover meadow, hanging out at a salt lick there and frolicking with her foal Holly. But a legal dispute may imperil their pastoral bliss.

Wall Street Journal

Bacterial bioshield could keep HIV at bay

A living microbicide reduces HIV-like infection in monkeys, and might one day provide women with long-lasting defence against the virus.

New Scientist

Democratic debt-limit bill defeated in House

The Republican-led House rejected a Senate Democratic bill to raise the nation’s debt limit just days before the deadline to avert an unprecedented U.S. financial default.

Globeandmail.com

Troops ask amid debt crisis: Will we get paid?

MSNBC

Blog:

Obama sets deadline for debt compromise

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

Find a path to compromise?

CBS News

City turns attention towards elementary science education

Students at Sarah M. Roach Elementary in Baltimore completed a four-week summer science course that is part of an effort by the city to get its long-derailed academic program back on track.

Baltimore Sun

What will we see as drones evolve?

Every week there are reports about U.S. drones — unmanned, remote-controlled aerial vehicles — tracking down terrorists. Now drone technology is seeing new potential for everyday use.

NPR

NATION

Corner-store program brings healthy food to the masses

If you walk into any one of 580 Philadelphia corner groceries, the first thing that hits you is that this is not your mom and pop’s mom-and-pop store.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Tropical storm Don downgraded at landfall; all warnings end

Tropical Storm Don has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved across the Texas coastline near Baffin Bay, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Could a carbon tax help solve our deep budget woes?

With unemployment remaining above 9 percent, Congress and the president continue to be locked in a stalemate over increasing the debt ceiling so that our country can pay its bills.

Grist

Judge orders the release of Nixon’s Watergate grand jury testimony

A federal judge has ordered the release of decades-old secret grand jury testimony from former President Richard Nixon, related to the Watergate scandal.

CNN

Blog:

Were the best world leaders mentally ill?

(New Scientist)

Culture Lab

BUSINESS

US Airways sues pilots to halt slowdown

US Airways Group Inc. sued its pilots union, seeking a court order to halt an alleged illegal slowdown the carrier says is disrupting its operations.

Bloomberg

Tuition’s paid, where are the dorm deals?

According to the National Retail Federation’s 2011 Back-to-College survey, a majority of shoppers say the economy will affect their spending plans.

Hartford Courant

Blog:

Recessions compared

(Economist)

Daily Chart

ENVIRONMENT

Obama unveils a very sharp increase in auto fuel economy

President Barack Obama formally unveiled standards that would dramatically increase U.S. fuel economy standards for cars and trucks by 2025.

Reuters

Volunteer towns sought to accept US nuclear waste by Obama panel

U.S. communities should be encouraged to vie for a federal nuclear-waste site as a way to end a decades-long dilemma over disposing of spent radioactive fuel.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Tenn. wants out of No Child Left Behind

Tennessee leaders asked the federal government for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act after learning that nearly half of their state’s schools failed to meet its requirements.

Tennesean

Interview:

Teachers take lessons of No Child Left Behind Act to DC

CNN

Utah teachers rally against changes they say harm schools

A Utah lawmaker urged teachers and parents to take a more active role in improving education and fighting harmful reforms as part of a Save Our Schools teach-in at the Salt Lake City Main Library.

Salt Lake Tribune

Laughter in all cultures: Chinese students visit a Jacksonville school

Students from the Hangzhou New Century Foreign Language School in China joined Jacksonville’s Trinity Christian Academy students for wucan (lunch): pizza with qishai (soda) and bingqilin (ice cream).

Florida Times-Union

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Nepal will not send delegation to World Youth Day

The Catholic Church in Nepal will not be sending young people to attend World Youth Day in Madrid in August.

CatholicCulture

Polygamist threatens court with biblical repercussions if trial not stopped

A polygamist-sect leader defending himself against sexual-assault charges broke his silence with a sermon defending plural marriage and said God would visit “sickness and death” on those involved in his trial.

Seattle Times

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GOOD NEWS

Real-life guitar heroes

From reveille to marches to taps, music plays a vital role in the life of a soldier. One disabled Iraq veteran says he believes it may play an even more important role for wounded warriors.

CNN

Celebrities take up cause of paralyzed Houston brothers

When two Houston brothers were orphaned and paralyzed in a car crash, attention from celebrities including pop star Justin Bieber triggered an outpouring of support.

Reuters

A US soldier reunites with the little Iraqi girl he saved

Eight-year-old Sadeel giggles and holds up her black hair, revealing the faint scar from a bullet wound. “I’m so happy to see you,” says U.S. Army Capt. Tom Hickey, sounding nervous and overwhelmed.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Turkey’s military is in turmoil as 4 top brass quit