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This image provided by NASA shows Neil Armstrong posing with a X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at age 82. (Photo by NASA /AP)

Final movie reels play amid digital film conversion

At U.S. moviehouses, a multibillion-dollar switch to digital is on. Say goodbye to film — and to some old theaters, too.

Star Tribune

Small theaters weigh digital movie switch

Colorado Springs Gazette

Singletons: the attraction of solitude

Singledom is on the rise almost everywhere as singletons emerge as the fastest-growing household group in most parts of the world.

Economist

China’s single women compete for love

Times of India

To Armstrong, moonwalk was ‘just’ a job

Armstrong commanded the historic landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, capping the most daring of the 20th century’s scientific expeditions, becoming the first man to walk on the moon.

BusinessWeek

NASA’s pioneering astronauts: Where are they now?

ABC News

TIME’s journey into space: magazine covers

TIME

Florida residents prepare for Isaac

Floridians are warned to prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac, which is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by the time it reaches the Florida Keys.

Detroit Free Press

Blog:

Tropical Storm Isaac poses a significant threat to Gulf coast

(Houston Chronicle)

SciGuy

Special section:

Tropical Storm Issac: tracker

The Weather Channel

Animals are likely to make you sick

According to a recent study, 2.3 billion people contract diarrheal illnesses annually from animals.

Star Tribune

NATION

US court to test South Carolina voter identification law

South Carolina will try to convince a United States federal court its new voter identification law doesn’t discriminate against black voters, contrary to a finding by the federal government.

Reuters

SC voter ID law puts state’s racial past on stand

Rock Hill (S.C.) Herald

‘Endangered’ Atlanta historic district seeks rebirth through preservation

Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn District was listed as endangered for the second time by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This designation often galvanizes efforts at preservation, the group says.

CNN

Locals are putting fashion 1st in Seattle

Jokes about the Northwest’s style-senseless, fleece-forward ways abound, but Seattle still has the fourth-highest concentration of fashion designers in the country.

Seattle Times

POLITICS

Why conventions still matter

Yes, they have become costly infomercials. But political conventions can clarify — and sometimes even electrify.

Christian Science Monitor

Advocates of gay marriage see chance in Maryland referendum

When Marylanders go to the polls in November, the state could become the first to affirm same-sex marriage in a popular vote.

NBCNews.com

BUSINESS

Shopping hauls: a bargain video genre on the rise

Shopping haul videos — short films posted online by customers eager to share the deals and products they’ve picked up — are having their moment. Retailers and shopping centers see potential.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Apple’s victory could mean fewer smartphone options

A federal jury’s verdict that Samsung Electronic Co. stole Apple’s technology to make and market smartphones sends a warning to other companies manufacturing similar devices.

Philadelphia Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT

Researchers propose cloud experiment to fight global warming

University of Washington researchers propose an experiment to combat global warming that aims to shoot saltwater particles into the sky to make clouds reflect more sunlight.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Drought killing off family farms

Triple-digit temperatures and sparse rain this summer produced one of the most severe and widespread U.S. droughts in a half-century.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

English language ‘originated in Turkey’

Modern Indo-European languages — which include English — originated in Turkey about 9,000 years ago, researchers say.

BBC

Puppeteer for Sesame Street’s Count, Jerry Nelson, dies

Jerry Nelson, an American puppeteer who played Count von Count on Sesame Street and Gobo Fraggle on Fraggle Rock, has died. He was 78.

CBC News

SPORTS

The unusual superpowers: Why the little nations thrive

Unlike the Olympics, the Paralympics medal table tells a different story. China and Britain dominate, yet Russia and the US have never even got close to pole position.

The Independent

At 50, Clemens exceeds expectations on the mound

At 50 years old, Roger Clemens said he wanted to have some fun in his latest return to the mound. He did that and more before a sold-out crowd during a brief start with an independent minor-league team.

USA TODAY

How athletes blood dope

Blood doping — the illicit process of increasing the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream to enhance athletic performance — has a decades-long history in the athletic world.

CBC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Gene Seymour):

Neil Armstrong — a hero who shunned fame

CNN

Column (Jeffrey Smith):

What’s the matter with Missouri?

The Atlantic

Editorial:

Debate over puppy-mill law turned into a dog fight

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Steve Lohr):

Apple-Samsung case shows smartphone as legal magnet

New York Times

Column (Robert Fisk):

Syria’s newspapers sound an army victory, shellfire tells the true story

The Independent

Column (Lizzie Widdicombe):

Below the Empire State building

The New Yorker

Editorial:

The president and checks and balances

Las Vegas Review Journal

Editorial:

Lance Armstrong trading yellow jersey for a white flag

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Family helps boy participate in triathlon

Zachary Blakemore, 12, has watched family members train for triathlons and wanted to race as well. But Zachary could not complete a race on his own, so his family decided to give him a hand.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cash from residents, business, foundations supports schools

Individuals, companies and foundations are chipping in to welcome students back to public schools this fall by donating cash and underwriting libraries, iPads and science labs.

USA TODAY

Organizations remodel the Cranberry, Pa., home of a Marine Corps veteran

The Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh joined with the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Football League Players Association to remodel Sgt. Caskey’s home in Cranberry, Pa.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Syrian rebels try to win countrymen