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In this television image from an Israeli news station, a damaged passenger bus is seen after an attack in southern Israel. (Photo by Anonymous / Channel 2 / AP)

Writers are still trying to out-imagine 9/11

Scores of books, films and plays have narrated the terrorist attacks, the causes, and the emotional, cultural and political effects. But no fiction has forced itself into our minds like the events themselves.

San Francisco Chronicle

Early-onset Alzheimer’s affects people in their 50s

The early form of Alzheimer’s is little understood. For a small number of people in their 30s and 40s, genetic factors play a role. But why do other people in their 50s and early 60s get the disease?

Sacramento Bee

Israel launches strikes on Gaza after attacks, 6 dead

Seven people were killed in a string of attacks in southern Israel, prompting the Israeli military to hit back with air strikes on the group it said was responsible.

Al Jazeera

Several killed at Israeli-Egyptian border in series of incidents

BBC

Terror attacks rock Israel

CNN

US consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in July

The consumer price index, tracking the rate of inflation at the retail level, increased 0.5% in July, the biggest gain since March, the Labor Department said.

MarketWatch

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After the crash

(Economist)

Daily chart

When looking for love, women spurn science and math

Finding romantic love can be a distracting goal for anyone, but for women thoughts of romantic goals are particularly distracting from the sciences, new research suggests.

LiveScience

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Women see more value and benefit from college than men

(Education Week)

College Bound

NATION

US inquiry is said to focus on Standard and Poor ratings

The Justice Department is investigating whether Standard & Poor’s improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, according to sources.

New York Times

TSA launching behavior detection program at Boston airport

As part of a pilot program, screeners will engage passengers at Logan International Airport in conversation in an effort to detect suspicious behavior.

Los Angeles Times

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TSA draws ire of black women

(Baltimore Sun)

Consuming Interests

Hackers target BART transport agency, leak private data of 100 officers

Hackers have launched another attack on a transport agency that cut off mobile phone services at San Francisco stations to prevent protests.

BBC

POLITICS

AFL-CIO: Labor will stand by Obama

Organized labor won’t sit out President Obama’s reelection campaign and let a Republican win the presidency, the AFL-CIO’s political director said.

The Hill

Obama administration moves against Alaska oil drilling

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took the first step in granting increased federal protection to a relatively small, oil-rich region within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge known as the “1002 area.”

Grist

The truth about Rick Perry’s ‘Texas miracle’ jobs growth

Rick Perry is a miracle-maker, but only if you ask Rick Perry. The Texas governor touts Texas’s job growth as the “Texas miracle.” However, the story is far more complex than exaggerated figures show.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Cultural exchange or cheap labor?

Hundreds of foreign students walked off their jobs at a plant that packs Hershey’s chocolates, saying a program that was supposed to be a cultural exchange had instead turned them into underpaid labor.

New York Times

How financial speculation in oil prices ruins airline profits

End-users of oil traditionally composed 70 percent of the futures market. But that ratio has been flipped: Investors with no intent of using the oil now make up 70 percent to 80 percent of the market.

McClatchy Newspapers

Dell backs Google, Microsoft tablet software to compete with Apple’s iPad

Dell Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell reaffirmed his backing for tablet software made by Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Dogs sniff out lung cancer

Specially trained dogs can identify most patients with lung cancer by smelling their breath, researchers said.

MedPage Today

Price-gougers hike costs of vital drugs during shortage

Amid growing shortages of life-saving drugs, some back-door suppliers are capitalizing on the problem, raising prices for medications for cancer and other serious problems by up to 4,500 percent.

MSNBC

Gene drug matchmaker may find new uses for old medicines

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Couples hopes to give Tiger a spot in Presidents Cup

Even though Tiger Woods had a disastrous PGA Championship, there’s still a berth on the Presidents Cup team waiting for him. Maybe.

USA TODAY

Soccer: Galaxy trade Juan Pablo Angel to Chivas USA

The Los Angeles Galaxy traded Juan Pablo Angel to Chivas USA, clearing a roster spot for newcomer Robbie Keane. Angel will be expected to provide an offensive boost to Chivas USA.

Sports Illustrated

EDUCATION

New Race to top assessment spurs concerns about testing preschoolers

Some preschool advocates fear the assessment provisions of the new Race to the Top could lead to high-stakes testing of young children and unfair accountability measures imposed on educators.

Education Week

Why are Finland’s schools so successful?

Finland has vastly improved in reading, math and science literacy over the past decade in large part because its teachers are trusted to do whatever it takes to turn young lives around.

Smithsonian Magazine

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Marc Dunkelman):

DC dysfunction reflects nation

Politico

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Gates is gone, but his choices still rule the Pentagon

Daily Star

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USA TODAY

Column (J. Richard Cohen):

Hate crimes are a national problem

CNN

Column (Kate Coveny Hood):

What no one tells you when you have a baby

HealthNews

Blog (Sam Youngman):

Obama 2012: return of the road warrior

(The Hill)

Ballot Box

Interview (Robert Bellah):

Where does religion come from?

The Atlantic

Column (Seema Sengupta):

What lies behind the crackdown on India’s Anna Hazare?

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

A new ‘bionic’ leg gives amputees a natural gait for lower limb

A new lower-limb prosthetic developed at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee allows amputees to walk without the leg-dragging gait characteristic of conventional artificial legs.

ScienceDaily

Eating dried plums really helps prevent osteoporosis and fractures

Postmenopausal women who regularly eat dried plums have a considerably lower risk of developing osteoporosis or fractures compared to other women of the same age.

Medical News Today

Autistic kids invited to special Broadway performance of ‘Lion King’

The Theatre Development Fund, a live theater nonprofit organization, announced it will present an autism friendly performance of “The Lion King” on Broadway, in New York.

MSNBC

WORLD

Obama to demand Assad step down