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Seagulls fly over rising tides and brisk winds due to Tropical Storm Isaac along the water in west Gulfport, Miss.. Mississippi utility companies have extra crews on hand for possible widespread outages from Isaac. (Photo by Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

‘Retirement age’ is a moving target for the baby boomers

Just how much the Great Recession reshaped what many baby boomers thought retirement would look like is becoming clearer.

McClatchy Newspapers

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Is 90 the new 60?

Huffington Post

Paralympics to attract record number of TV viewers, crowds

Wheelchair rugby player Ross Morrison knows a thing or two about crowds, but never has he experienced anything like London’s Paralympics.

USA TODAY

Officials on the lookout for ‘boosting’

ESPN

Isaac’s storm surge and rainfall biggest concern

Isaac remains a tropical storm with a chance of becoming a weak Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall, but forecasters say the biggest threat will be rainfall and the storm surge.

ABC News

Silver lining for drought-hit states

Alaska Dispatch

Isaac threatens Gulf Coast

CNN

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Isaac’s storm page

The Weather Channel

Israeli army cleared of activist’s death

The Israeli Defense Force has been exonerated of responsibility in the death of an American peace activist, who was crushed to death by a military bulldozer in 2003.

Sydney Morning Herald

Profile: Rachel Corrie

BBC

Smoking marijuana regularly as a teen may lower IQ scores as an adult

More than 1,000 study participants from New Zealand were tested for IQ during five interviews starting at age 13 — likely before any significant marijuana use — and again at age 38.

CBS News

NATION

The 49th anniversary of King’s speech

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington in Washington, D.C.

ABC News

Home prices in 20 US cities mark first gain since 2010

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed in June from a year earlier, the first gain in almost two years, indicating the market that triggered the recession is beginning to rebound.

Bloomberg

Mexican drivers may avoid tolls on El Paso toll road

As El Paso, Texas, prepares for its first toll lanes, officials in the border city are struggling with a question where toll roads are prevalent and proliferating: Will Mexican drivers get a free ride?

Texas Tribune

POLITICS

Why do we have conventions?

As broadcast networks scale back their coverage, both parties will spend millions to stage conventions and cable channels will give them wall-to-wall coverage. Why? Because people watch.

USA TODAY

Ten political conventions that mattered

Smithsonian Magazine

LIFE’s best convention photos: the GOP

LIFE

Romney’s storm-delayed convention limps into motion

Instead of opening with a bang, Mitt Romney’s Republican convention started with a whimper as party leaders staged a low-key session while Tropical Storm Isaac churned through the Gulf of Mexico.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Who wins and who loses from the Apple-Samsung patent ruling

As the epic patent battle between Apple and Samsung ends with the maker of the iPhone being awarded a $1 billion payment for pattern infringement, the “operating system wars” are just getting started.

Forbes

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Apple vs. Samsung

CNET News

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Apple’s $1 billion win over Samsung: Q&A

PC World

The American gratuity war

Is adding extra gratuity to foreign customers’ bills a fair practice in the U.S.? Burlington, Vermont thinks so.

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Monkey see, monkey do? Just 1 percent of kids save any allowance money

Studies have shown that most parents are poor financial role models for their children. So is it any surprise that of the money kids get in allowance, almost none is saved?

TIME

The places where masterpieces are born

If you’ve been admiring your favorite painter’s work in a museum, you’ve only been seeing part of the picture. For the full view, you must visit the artist’s home and studio.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Robots to go spelunking in martian caves

Robots that rappel, hop or lower themselves by tether could reshape the hunt for life beyond Earth.

Discovery News

Laser archaeology

If you think archaeologists spend all their time with a trowel in a muddy ditch, it’s time to think again. More and more are using sophisticated lasers, and opening up a new age of discovery.

BBC

SPORTS

Federer, Murray cruise in opening matches at US Open

Top-seeded Federer played up to his billing, dispatching American Donald Young 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to open his quest for a sixth U.S. Open title, which would be an Open-era record.

CBSSports

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CourtCast live

ESPN

Patriots tight end Hernandez gets new deal

The New England Patriots gave Pro Bowl tight end Aaron Hernandez a new, five-year contract. The deal is worth $40 million, according to reports.

Sports Illustrated

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GOOD NEWS

Fabric turns body heat into electricity

Next time your phone runs out of battery, just grab it with your hand. Researchers have developed a way to turn body heat into electricity, meaning your cell will never go dead again.

Daily Mail

Wind turbine creates fresh water out of thin air

Inspired by the mechanics of a dripping air conditioner, a French inventor has created a solution that could bring fresh water to the most remote and driest parts of the world.

ZeeNews

A cross-border park spurs water cooperation in southern Africa

The decade-old Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park was formed through the cooperation of three nations and has reduced conflicts over natural resources, especially water, while protecting wildlife.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Women withhold sex in bid to unseat Togo’s president