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In this image provided by Shaam News Network, a woman holds a child in front of their destroyed home in Tremseh, Syria, about nine miles northwest of the central city of Hama. (Photo by Shaam News Network / AP)

Toddlers’ TV habits linked to size

Toddlers’ TV-viewing habits have a direct impact on their fitness and fatness in later childhood, a study has shown. Every extra hour of weekly TV also led to almost half a millimeter increase in waist circumference.

The Independent

Schools join fight against obesity with improved child nutrition programs

San Francisco Chronicle

A new way to get the economy moving

The president is out on the road trying to secure a second term, while the economy once again teeters on the brink of bad possibilities. The governors of the Federal Reserve Board seem to understand this.

NPR

Activists report clashes in Syrian capital

Syrian troops and rebels clashed inside the tightly controlled capital. Activists say it has been some of the worst fighting since the country’s crisis began.

ABC News

Conflicting reports on Tremseh killings

BBC

UN releases video of Tremseh aftermath

Telegraph.co.uk

Some schools cut student grants and scholarships post recession

After helping families cope during the recession, some colleges are now cutting back on grants and scholarships that students do not have to pay back.

Wall Street Journal

Students trade dorm for home to afford college

Reuters

Retail purchases in US unexpectedly decrease 0.5 percent

Retail sales in the U.S. unexpectedly declined for a third straight month, a sign that limited employment gains are taking a toll on the biggest part of the economy.

Bloomberg

NATION

Service businesses lead uneven jobs recovery: analysis

Service businesses are leading an uneven jobs recovery that has pushed sectors such as warehouse club retailers back to their pre-recession employment.

USA TODAY

Auditors say billions likely wasted in Iraq rebuilding work

After years of following the paper trail of $51 billion provided to rebuild a broken Iraq, the U.S. government can say with certainty that too much was wasted — but it cannot say how much.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Ron Paul: Is it all over for his campaign?

At the Nebraska state GOP convention, Ron Paul failed to collect enough delegates to be nominated. But Paul and his supporters say they are working on a movement, not just a single presidential campaign.

Christian Science Monitor

Green Party nominates Jill Stein for president at Baltimore convention

Jill Stein, a Massachusetts physician, was formally nominated to be the Green Party’s contender for the U.S. presidency at the downtown Baltimore Holiday Inn hotel.

Baltimore Sun

Obama, Romney and a turn in the debate on jobs, economy

The substance of the dispute over Bain Capital is surely a muddle to many voters. But the political impact of the heated exchanges over that question seem clear.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Afghanistan may attract more energy firms as Exxon shows interest

More energy companies are likely to join the race to explore oil and gas in Afghanistan after a publicly-traded firm showed interest in drilling.

Reuters

Euro crisis: why Italy has the most motivation to quit the euro

Italy, not Greece, is the country that has the strongest case for leaving the euro, says a new report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

BusinessWeek

Don’t take inheritance for granted

Millions of Americans endured a seismic shift in their economic outlook. Huge hits to home values and retirement-fund accounts have drained assets from seniors and their offspring.

Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why all men are not created equal

Though some might dream of utopias in which no one has any more power or importance than another, social hierarchies always rear their head eventually.

BBC

The next step in photo apps

Walgreens and Fujifilm have developed new systems that allow users to go from phone to photo in one step by ordering prints directly from an iOS or Android device.

Ars Technica

Light trick to see around corners

Scientists have found a novel way to get images through “scattering” materials such as frosted glass or skin, and even to “see around corners.”

BBC

EDUCATION

More than half of US states now have approval for NCLB waivers

Re-authorization of the No Child Left Behind Act remains stalled in Congress, but the Obama administration continues to push ahead with big changes to the core of the accountability system.

Education Week

Penn State report shows limits of campus crime law

A report by former FBI director Louis Freeh found that “awareness and interest” in the federal law known as the Clery Act was “significantly lacking.”

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

‘Nikahnama’ should be accepted as marriage certificate

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board passed a resolution that the Nikahnama, or the testimony of marriage in Islam, should be accepted as a marriage registration certificate by government agencies.

Times of India

German Jews and Muslims blast circumcision ban

The German government has stepped in to try to settle a controversy in the country over the right of some religious groups to practice ritual circumcision.

CBC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Too many neighborhoods ruled by fear

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Richard Whitmire):

Poverty not all to blame for lousy school outcomes

USA TODAY

Column (Robert Fisk):

Where is a Goya who could chronicle today’s conflict?

The Independent

Column (Jack Kelly):

The failure of nation building

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (Mitch Albom):

Pills-a-poppin’: our medication nation

Detroit Free Press

Column (Michael Tomasky):

Obama is winning because of the shrinking GOP

Daily Beast

Editorial:

The education system’s pendulum: thinkers or test takers?

Los Angeles Times

Column (Bob Greene):

Andy Griffith’s achievement

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

America’s new business model: sharing

Americans with heaps of stuff, skills and time are connecting online with tech-savvy adopters eager to share and rent homes, cars, tools and services in exchange for deep savings.

USA TODAY

Medical community seeks to increase use of donor breast milk in Maryland

Sinai Hospital, which opened its milk bank in May, is part of a growing movement in the Maryland health community to make breast milk donated by other mothers more available in hospitals.

Baltimore Sun

Wounded veteran gets dream backyard

Brian Vargas no longer has to stare at the dirt and seemingly endless growth of waist-high weeds in his backyard. The Iraq veteran and his wife, Monica, now enjoy neatly manicured landscaping.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

For us or against us: Egyptians confront Clinton with conspiracy theories