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A car goes through a street flooded due to heavy rains in Key West, Fla. as heavy winds and rain hit the northern coast. Rain bands from Tropical Storm Isaac are expected to continue as the ninth named storm of the 2012 hurricane season continues toward the northern Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Alan Diaz / AP)

Last blue moon until 2015 this week

Skywatchers should circle this Friday on their calendars, for the date offers the last chance to see a so-called “blue moon” for nearly three years.

Huffington Post

Full moon: Why does it happen? How does it affect us?

SPACE.com

A pill that treats and tells

Pills for anything from the common cold to diabetes or cancer can be embedded with tiny ingestible chips that keep track of whether a patient is taking their medicine on time.

Reuters

Isaac gains strength, heads for US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Isaac swirled into the Gulf, disrupting U.S. offshore energy production and threatening to hit Louisiana as a hurricane 7 years to the day after devastating Hurricane Katrina.

Reuters

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Hurricane warning for Gulf coast

The Weather Channel

California shaken by earthquake ‘swarm’

A swarm of hundreds of earthquakes rattled Southern California along the Mexican border. The ground below could continue to rumble for several days.

San Jose Mercury News

Major earthquake hits off El Salvador coast

Seattle Times

Family reacts to California swarm quakes

CNN

Ron Paul’s swan song: Has he launched an enduring movement?

After 3 runs for the White House, Ron Paul is retiring. Will his libertarian brand of Republican politics survive without him? A younger generation of elected officials and activists say it will.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

In US executions, decades of delay and last-minute stays called cruel

Texas convicted murderer John Balentine made the round trip of 100 miles from death row to the execution chamber and back last week, a journey most condemned inmates make one way.

Reuters

Conn. nuclear plant unit closed due to too-warm seawater reopens

Connecticut’s nuclear power plant has returned to full service nearly two weeks after one of its units was forced to shut down because seawater used to cool it down was too warm.

Christian Science Monitor

John Walker Lindh sues for group prayer

U.S. authorities captured John Walker Lindh in Afghanistan after 9/11, when he was allegedly fighting alongside the Taliban. Lindh is now suing for the right to group prayer in prison.

NPR

POLITICS

Ten political conventions that mattered

As the 2 parties bring together their faithful supporters, here’s a look at those conventions in the past that truly made a difference in the country’s political history.

Smithsonian Magazine

Republicans worry about keeping factions reined in

Mitt Romney is set to accept his nomination from the increasingly disparate coalition of factions known as the Republican Party, confronting the challenge of unifying them behind him.

New York Times

GOP convention protesters: Storms won’t keep them away

San Jose Mercury News

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Election 2012

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

High-speed railways: Are they worth their hefty price tag?

It’s wonderful in theory but there’s just one problem: The cost. Amtrak — which for years has drawn criticism for its inability to turn a profit — has admitted that its newest vision would cost $151 billion.

TIME

These days, it’s back to school and then comes shopping

In a shift that is upending retailers’ plans, many children, teenagers and parents are delaying their school purchases. A desire to get the trends right accounts for some of the hesitation.

NBCNews.com

ENVIRONMENT

The orangutan population is on the brink

The natural home of the orangutan is the leafy rain forests on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, but development has devastated their numbers. There are less than 30,000 of the species left today.

CBS News

BPA study brings good news for consumers, environmentalists

Most of the toxic Bisphenol-A contained in products Canadians use every day is either destroyed or winds up in landfills, says a new study for Environment Canada.

Globeandmail.com

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hip-hop hits middle age, still garners less respect despite success

Hip-hop is now older than the average American. Yet rap music, which has grown to be the most reliable moneymaker in the industry, is not always given the respect due a grown-up.

NJ.com

Is hip-hop becoming less homophobic?

Florida Times-Union

Gamers take on grey tinge

The average gamer is aging as new recruits from all stages of life are taking up the pastime.

The Age

Japanese drums tap spiritual music

Riley Lee compares his experience of learning taiko drumming in Japan with going to war. There was no fighting or death. But like a soldier, he learned how one grueling experience can stick forever.

The Australian

SPORTS

Manning looks ready for regular season

Peyton Manning looks like he’s ready for the regular season, although he’ll never admit it. The Broncos’ preseason finale against the Cardinals will be more about determining Manning’s primary backup.

FOX News

Peyton Manning throws first two TDs, but Broncos fall to 49ers

ESPN

USADA: Armstrong could have kept 5 Tour de France titles

Lance Armstrong might have retained most of his cycling titles if he had cooperated with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation, USADA head Travis Tygart says.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Innovative fix for pollution

Columbus Dispatch

Interview:

Obama says Romney has ‘extreme’ views on issues

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Jeff Jacoby):

Which party is extreme on abortion? They both are

Townhall.com

Blog (Jon Hotchkiss):

Sexuality in our schools

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (Gordon G. Chang):

Chinese manufacturing is crashing

Forbes

Column (Rob Christensen):

‘Walmart Moms’ are unhappy with Romney and Obama

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Steve Lipsher):

Make the choice to support small stores

Denver Post

Column (Paul Rosenberg):

How the Republican brain plays defense

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Manhattan VA Hospital helps women

Alarmed by the number of female veterans who have been sexually assaulted during duty in the military, Dr. Nancy Lutwak has launched a female-only emergency room.

NY Daily News

Faiths come together to support Joplin mosque after fire

Since a mosque in Joplin burned to the ground, the beliefs that distinguish and separate the residents of Joplin haven’t seemed to matter. It’s a lesson some say many learned with a tornado.

Kansas City Star

Muslims in Pakistan show compassion, mercy and justice

Islam is a religion of compassion and mercy, considering that the two adjectives most used in the Quran to describe God are the “compassionate” and the “merciful.” It is also a religion of justice.

CNN

WORLD

17 civilians beheaded in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand