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Cast members from the comedy "Modern Family" pose in the press room after the show. "Modern Family" won outstanding comedy series during the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello / AP)

Emmys honor new broadcast comedies, familiar cable dramas

Television's awards show honored the hot new broadcast comedies "Modern Family" and "Glee," while sticking with more familiar favorites from cable in drama.

Baltimore Sun

A 'Glee'ful Emmy open

YouTube

Portland streetcar success has fueled interest elsewhere

The success of streetcars in Portland, Ore., is helping to fuel a renaissance of electric streetcars on tracks in cities across the U.S., and the Department of Transportation is on board.

USA TODAY

Biden traveling in Iraq to mark end of US combat mission

The United States' official combat mission in Iraq is scheduled to conclude on Tuesday. Roughly 50,000 troops, however, will remain in the country until the end of 2011. Their mission will be to train Iraqis.

CNN

US leaving billions in 'legacy of waste' in Iraq, special inspector general says

Los Angeles Times

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Reflections of an Iraq War veteran

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Mark Mardell's America

Earl becomes a major hurricane

Earl grew into a Category 3 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said. It passed over the northern Leeward Islands on its way to the Virgin Islands.

CNN

Hurricane Earl strengthens, could swipe US East

Reuters

Consumer spending in US rises more than forecast, incomes lag

Consumer spending in the U.S. rose more than forecast, exceeding gains in incomes, a sign that the improvement will not last without more jobs.

Bloomberg

NATION

High seas force delay in key step needed to kill Gulf oil well

High seas in the Gulf of Mexico have forced the postponement of an operation to remove the capping stack on the ruptured underwater oil well, detach the blowout preventer and replace it with a new one.

CNN

Obama: Criticism of spill response 'not accurate'

MSNBC

Economic reports could push Fed to take action

A flurry of new economic data may pressure Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to act on his vow to help a wavering recovery.

USA TODAY

Jobs report critical to investors and politicians

MarketWatch

Memories of Katrina's chaos, rebirth

Strangers shared an umbrella and a somber embrace as they scanned 163 names on a marble wall honoring those who died when Hurricane Katrina wracked the region.

Denver Post

Katrina: then and now

CNN

POLITICS

Obama nears pivotal Middle East moment

Straddling war and peace, President Barack Obama is about to end the divisive U.S. combat role in Iraq and restart talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

TIME

Abbas says talks will collapse if Israel expands settlements in West Bank

Bloomberg

Imam says politics has stoked controversy over center

The imam behind the proposed Islamic center near ground zero, Feisal Abdul Rauf, told a Middle Eastern newspaper that he believed election politics had stoked the debate over the project.

New York Times

BUSINESS

Young entrepreneur gets some recognition and some help for college

Zachary Gosling created GozBay.com, an Internet auction site he rebuilt after hackers destroyed it. That won him a scholarship he will use to attend Drexel University.

Philadelphia Inquirer

An end-of-summer puzzle for investors

Investors returning to the markets as the Northern Hemisphere's summer comes to a close face an unusual situation.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Virus-built wearable batteries

Batteries, built by viruses, could be sprayed onto military uniforms as wearable power sources. Researchers have used two different viruses to create the cathode and anode for a lithium ion battery.

ABC News

3rd edition of OED unlikely to appear in print format

Publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary have confirmed that the third edition may never appear in print.

Guardian

SPORTS

Dodgers sending Manny to White Sox

Sources say Manny Ramirez will be sent to the White Sox, most likely in a pure waiver claim. A straight waiver deal would mean the Dodgers get no players in return.

Sports Illustrated

Pakistan cricket players questioned over 'betting scam'

Three Pakistan cricket players have been questioned by police over claims they were involved in a betting scam, the team manager has said.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

In Egypt, more people call for civil instead of religious marriage

Controversial cases in Egypt have spotlighted a legal system that leaves regulation of marriage and divorce to religious institutions, limiting individuals’ freedom to make personal decisions.

Christian Science Monitor

Feds probe fire at proposed Tenn. mosque site

Authorities are investigating a fire that damaged at least one construction vehicle at a Tennessee site where a new mosque is being built.

Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Concert unites area where immigrant teen was shot

After an immigrant teen was gunned down, a concert in a St. Louis park, Mo., is helping create a sense of community among its diverse residents.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Schoolchildren smoking less, but decline is losing steam

The number of middle and high school children who use tobacco products has dropped since 2000, but the decline has been slowing down, according to a new CDC report.

Medical News Today

WORLD

Muslim states vow $1B Pakistan aid

Muslim countries and organizations have pledged nearly $1 billion in cash and supplies to relief efforts for flood victims in Pakistan, the head of a group of Islamic states has said.

Al Jazeera

Floodwaters in south Pakistan 'begin to recede'