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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., arrives for a news conference on debt ceiling legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Congress is reportedly getting close to a deal on the debt ceiling. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

Blind teens rely on their senses to focus on chemistry

For some kids, summer camp season means crafts, campfires and sunshine. For teenagers at one Northern California camp, the focus is chemistry.

NPR

Etiquette for helping blind people

WebMD

‘World’s best restaurant’ serves up last ever supper

The 50 diners fortunate to eat the last meal served at El Bulli, a three Michelin stars restaurant on the Costa Brava bay in Spain, feasted on a 49-course menu.

Daily Mail

Senate leaders cite progress for debt deal

Democrats and Republicans are “very close” to reaching a $3 trillion deal that would avoid a possible government default in coming days, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

CNN

Blog:

Caution in Capitol Hill

(ABC News)

The Note

In focus: America’s financial fallout

CBS News

Syrian tanks storm city of Hama

At least 45 civilians have reportedly been killed and dozens of others wounded after tanks stormed Hama, Syria, shooting indiscriminately, residents said.

Al Jazeera

Blog:

Live from the Middle East

(Guardian)

News Blog

Catholic group protests against church

A group called “Call to Action” is leading a high-profile protest among American priests that challenges the Roman Catholic Church’s ban on ordination of women.

New York Times

Blog:

Do you speak Christian?

(CNN)

Belief Blog

NATION

Montford, North Carolina, Marines: few, proud and black

In 1942, African Americans began joining the Marine Corps. They fought racism at home and a war overseas.

CNN

Sept. 11 ground zero: Why has its rebirth turned sour?

Ten years on from the 9/11 attacks, the project to rebuild New York’s World Trade Center site is still riven by political and professional infighting.

Guardian

FBI’s News Corp. 9/11 investigation said to be in early stage

Bloomberg

Juvenile offenders helping clean up homes in foreclosure

This is what it’s come to amid the collapse of the housing market: 31 kids, some of them gang members, weeding and trimming the front yard of a foreclosed home in northeast Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Sun

Blog:

Entire SD town goes up for sale

(TIME)

News Feed

POLITICS

Texas Gov. Rick Perry stresses personal opposition to gay marriage

Potential Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry of Texas repeated his personal opposition to gay marriage in a speech to conservatives in Denver, Colo.

Houston Chronicle

Obama administration mulls India-style nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia

U.S. officials are planning to hold talks with Saudi Arabia over a potential civilian nuclear pact. But Israeli concerns and Saudi Arabia’s rivalry with Iran could also complicate matters.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Florida back-to-school spending expected to be down

High unemployment, rising clothing costs and even the debt-ceiling battle in Washington are all making Florida parents reluctant to splurge on their children heading back to school.

Orlando Sentinel

Debt and data suggest more losses

Stocks are likely to face more selling pressure as the deadline draws near for raising the U.S. debt ceiling and Washington remains paralyzed by political brinkmanship.

Reuters

Apple holds more cash than US govt.

Though it was founded 200 years after the United States, Apple has more cash in the bank than the world’s largest economy. The company recently reported that revenue for its just-ended quarter soared 82 percent.

San Jose Mercury News

Blog:

Could Apple pull a JPMorgan and bail out the US government?

Los Angeles Times

ENVIRONMENT

UK plastic bag boom despite promises

An extra 300 million plastic bags were handed out by supermarkets in Britain last year, despite government promises to slash the numbers of bags.

Dailymail.co.uk

Eco-goats are latest graze in Maryland

Cities and organizations in Maryland have found an original and ecologically sound method to cut the weeds from their parks and gardens: Bring in the goats.

PhysOrg.com

Bears moving to the city, in Texas!

Environmental News Network

‘Unexpected’ source of sea level rise

In the whodunit-style search for the culprit behind drastic sea level rise many thousands of years ago, new research may have cleared one falsely accused party.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

Education policy critics march on the White House

Teachers and supporters gathered near the White House to cheer, and march for changes they hope to see in public schools most notably, a shift away from standards- and testing-based accountability.

Education Week

North Carolina cuts squeeze state’s education programs

As states pass their budgets in trying times, education spending is taking one of the hardest hits. In North Carolina, for instance deep cuts in funding for education were inevitable.

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

`Debtpocalypse’ and America’s fascination with the end

For many Americans, nothing is as exciting as an impending apocalypse, except perhaps for the thrill of waking up the next day and discovering that Armageddon did not arrive and we have been spared.

Religion News Service

Judge tosses atheist attempt to stop Perry’s prayer rally

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop Gov. Rick Perry from sponsoring a national day of Christian prayer and fasting.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Still no closer to avoiding default

Denver Post

Blog (Nick Eaton):

Microsoft’s Windows Phone revenue: $613M, at the very most

The Microsoft Blog

(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Column (Mike Hendricks):

Before banning a book, read it

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Judge Perry’s orders threaten the constitutional right of access to the courts

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Adi Jaffe, Ph.D.):

Stop it — You’re not addicted to ‘The Bachelor’

(Psychology Today)

All About Addiction

Column (Mark Changizi):

Do language and music mimic nature?

Scientific American

Blog (Jon Lee Anderson):

Killing Abdul Younes

(The New Yorker)

News Desk

Editorial:

Government and science do mix

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Hopkins team helps children with face-saving surgery

While still attending undergraduate school, Dr. Patrick J. Byrne made a promise: If he had the good fortune to go into medicine and become a doctor, he would do something for the underserved.

Baltimore Sun

Millions awarded for birth innovations

About $14 million was awarded to innovations, such as gadgets and health care delivery models, aimed at saving the lives of mothers and children in the developing world.

ABC 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

WORLD

Iraq boosts purchase of US jets, but no decision on troops