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Robert Dudley, executive vice president for the Americas and Asia for BP is replacing CEO Tony Hayward. BP had said that Dudley will take over the long-term response to the spill. (Photo by Steven Senne / AP)

Neighborly lending growing

In these difficult economic times, many Americans are wary of buying items they'll use just once or twice. But for those times you really need something there's a social networking site called NeighborGoods.net.

NPR

Helping migrant workers prove who they are – and avoid exploitation

When Haitians cross into the Dominican Republic to work, they often lack official documents that can help protect them from abuse. That's where Johnny Rivas steps in.

Christian Science Monitor

Immigrant groups criticize fingerprint initiative

MSNBC

BP replaces CEO Hayward with American

BP's CEO Tony Hayward will be replaced by American Robert Dudley on Oct. 1, while the company reported a record quarterly loss and set aside $32.2 billion to cover the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

ABC News

Hayward's resignation inevitable

Bloomberg

WikiLeaks’s action a breach of federal law: White House

WikiLeaks’s decision to post on its website more than 92,000 classified documents related to war in Afghanistan is a breach of federal law and an investigation is on the leak of secretive Pentagon documents.

The Hindu

Afghan war log leak: Around the web

CBC News

WikiLeaks founder speaks out

CNN

'Glimmers of improvement,' but state woes remain over costs

State tax revenue is improving, but only slightly, and may not be enough to end steep spending cuts or replace the loss from the federal stimulus plan that expires in December, according to a report.

Reuters

NATION

Desperate search for toddler who vanished on camping trip

Authorities in Rimrock, Arizona, were searching for a 2-year-old boy who went missing while camping with a family that was preparing to adopt him, a spokesman for the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said.

CNN

The search for Syler Newton

Prescott Daily Courier

Migrants sell up and flee Ariz. ahead of state law crackdown

Scores of illegal immigrant families across Phoenix haul the contents of their homes into the yard as they rush to sell up and get out before the state law takes effect.

Reuters

Protest held as Ariz. bill poised to become law

ABC7.com

POLITICS

Agents want piece of health reform pie

A group of lawmakers, many of whom voted against the Democrats’ health care overhaul, are asking the administration to preserve a role in the renovated health system for insurance agents and brokers.

Politico

Obama marks 20th anniversary of landmark disabled rights law

President Barack Obama commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by signing an executive order to increase government employment of disabled people.

CNN

Important updates to ADA

CNN

BUSINESS

Government austerity: the good, the bad and the ugly

Governments all over the world have hit the wall. National, state and local government budgets are in crisis. This cannot continue. Major policy shifts are underway. The time for austerity has come.

Forbes

IRS extends deadline for small charities

Thousands of small charities, in danger of losing their tax exempt status because they missed a tax filing deadline, were given a reprieve by the Internal Revenue Service.

USA TODAY

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Ansel Adams photos found at garage sale worth $200 million

Rick Norsigian's hobby of picking through items at garage sales has paid off. Two boxes the Fresno, Calif., painter bought 10 years ago for $45 are now estimated to be worth at least $200 million.

CNN

Are iPads, smartphones and the mobile Web rewiring the way we think?

Multitasking on smartphones, iPads, and the mobile Web makes some feel smarter and others just more scattered. Is it changing how we think?

Christian Science Monitor

The latest mini gadgets

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Holding off dementia

A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge has discovered that people who have received more education are less likely to develop dementia.

Environmental News Network

Biologists release endangered turtles into Gulf

Hundreds of tiny baby turtles with their dime-sized paddle-like feet dragged through the sand heading for a new home in the Gulf of Mexico despite the threat of oil some 400 miles away.

Houston Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslims party on despite crackdown

A morality crackdown has seen Malaysian Islamic authorities hand out caning and jail sentences for illicit drinking and sex, and launch raids on homes and clubs in the glare of media flashlights.

The Syndey Morning Herald

Sacred Music Foundation celebrates religious music's classical roots

Ross Hauck sought a way to merge music with worship. As artistic director of the two-year-old Sacred Music Foundation (SMF), Hauck can invite other Christian artists to use their classical training.

Seattle Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Karooro Okurut):

The eyes of the world are focused on the AU

The New Vision

Column (James C. Capretta):

Obamacare’s future

National Review

Blog (Ari Berman):

Soap opera politics: It’s the '90s all over again

(The Nation)

The Notion

Column (David Francis):

Deficit-cutting ax may fall on Social Security

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial (Mary Kate Cary):

Could Bush’s Americans with Disabilities Act pass today?

U.S. News & World Report

Editorial:

Climate change plan collapses in Senate

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Dan Gillmor):

The WikiLeaks war logs change everything

Salon

Column (Ben Mattlin):

Looking back on 20 years of disability rights

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

'Villages' let elderly grow old at home

The explosive growth of the U.S.'s older population is fueling a grass-roots "village" movement in neighborhoods across the country to help people age in their own homes.

USA TODAY

Eye telescope brings a world of sight

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment that could help millions of older adults who are nearly blinded by macular degeneration.

NPR

WORLD

Prime minister expresses 'anger' at slow pace of Turkish EU negotiations

David Cameron has promised to "fight" for Turkey's membership in the European Union, saying he is "angry" at the slow pace of negotiations.

BBC

Venezuela warns of aggression