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British police officers arrest a protester in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the front of the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London. Assange entered the embassy to prevent him from being extradited to Sweden, where he faces allegations of sex crimes. (Photo by Sang Tan / AP)

Newfound galaxy cluster spawning stars at record rate

It seems too good to be true: a superbright newfound galaxy cluster more massive than any other known, forging fresh stars nearly a thousand times faster than normal.

National Geographic

Fastest growing galaxy cluster discovered

SPACE.com

Software reveals the most influential Victorian novelists

In terms of influence on other writers, the biggest hitters of the era were not necessarily Dickens and Hardy, but those behind romance novels and a boyhood adventure yarn.

New Scientist

Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange

Ecuador has granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the U.K.

BBC

Q&A: What is going on with Julian Assange and the Ecuador embassy?

Telegraph.co.uk

Special section:

Julian Assange: live updating

Guardian

US wildfires biggest in 10 years

Hundreds of people in Idaho towns have left ahead of a massive blaze, joining scores of weary residents across the West that are dealing with one of the worst fire seasons in memory.

CBS News

Wildfires blaze across US West, threaten Idaho

Reuters

Wildfire leads to state of emergency

CNN

Little change in US jobless claims as market continues to stabilize

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits changed little, a sign that the labor market has stabilized after employment picked up in July.

Bloomberg

NATION

2 police shot dead, 2 injured in Louisiana after attack

Two police officers have been shot and killed and two others were wounded after an attack in Louisiana.

BBC

Navy Pier: a modern-day Ellis Island

Navy Pier was transformed into a modern-day Ellis Island as thousands of undocumented people arrived in the hopes of staking a claim to the American dream.

Chicago Sun-Times

Does jobs recovery favor singles?

Could employers be favoring single workers? That is unlikely, economists say. The real story probably lies in other demographic factors.

CNNMoney

POLITICS

Can new voter-ID laws affect the outcome of an election?

Could tough new voter-identification laws affect the outcome of the presidential race? The question took on new urgency after a ruling upheld a voter-identification law in Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia Inquirer

This current Congress least productive since 1947?

Congress is on pace to make history with the least productive legislative year in the post-World War II era. Just 61 bills — 2 percent of all proposed laws — have become law so far in 2012.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Approval of Congress falls to all-time low

(Yahoo! News)

The Ticket

BUSINESS

The accounting trick behind the world’s biggest scandals

Three notorious scandals — junk-bond securities fraud, the Enron scandal and the subprime mortgage meltdown — are linked by their use of an accounting mechanism called a “special purpose entity."

TIME

Freddie, Fannie push bank bad debt cost to $84B

Bloomberg

Heat is too hot for retailers to handle

With plants shriveling up and outdoorsy types feeling too hot to be active, small business owners with seasonal enterprises are not ringing up robust sales.

Seattle Times

EDUCATION

Early-college model brings lessons, results in North Carolina

Four schools that allow students to earn college credits while still in high school boasted 100 percent graduation rates this past school year, and another three had rates higher than 90 percent.

Education Week

Has ‘Teach for America’ nonprofit betrayed its mission?

Teach for America made teaching cool again. But critics contend that policies promoted by TFA-trained reformers threaten to damage the very schools they once set out to save.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

New ocean health index measures the global state of the seas

The U.S. beat China in the overall medals race at the 2012 London Olympics, and now Americans can add another trophy to their case: a better score on ocean protection.

National Geographic

Map:

A new ocean health index shows clean water but poor management

Scientific American

Weather gone wild

Rains that are almost biblical, heat waves that do not end and tornadoes that strike in savage swarms are just the start.

National Geographic

Drought disaster 2012

The Weather Channel

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

‘Maser’ source of microwave beams comes out of the cold

A microwave-emitting version of the laser, called a maser, could be used in applications ranging from medical diagnostics to astronomy.

BBC

Unmanned military hypersonic craft fails in attempt to fly

An unmanned experimental aircraft failed during an attempt to fly at six times the speed of sound in the latest setback for hypersonic flight.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Persuading banks to give homeowners a bit of a break

Over the past four years, Bruce Marks has been on a traveling road show to help people avoid foreclosure. He says his nonprofit has helped 202,000 people get lower mortgage payments.

NPR

Boy thanks dying dog with ‘lick it list’

Cole Hein, 11, owes his life to Bingo, a 14-year-old Jack Russell terrier. And now that Bingo’s life is coming to an end, Cole wants the world to help him thank his dog.

Yahoo! News

Program aims to curb youth from repeating crimes

A pilot program aimed at reducing the number of underage offenders sent back to juvenile detention has been initiated in Illinois.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Tech companies make progress on ‘blood phones’ and ‘conflict minerals’