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An iceberg melts off Ammassalik Island in Greenland. In some parts of Antarctica, ice sheets have been losing 30 feet of thickness per a year since 2003. (Photo by John McConnico / File / AP)

Arctic ice melting at ‘amazing’ speed

Scientists in the Arctic are warning that this summer’s record-breaking melt is part of an accelerating trend as the sea ice is becoming thinner and more vulnerable.

BBC

Search for life in Antarctica’s ice-covered lake

LiveScience

Blog:

3 million years of ice

(Record-Searchlight)

Climate of Change

Most grandparents provide care to their grandchildren, say studies

Most grandparents babysit and provide financial support for their grandkids as they try to save their children money and build family connections, two new studies show.

Detroit Free Press

US declares Haqqani network a terrorist body

The Obama administration declared that the Pakistan-based Haqqani network is a terrorist body, despite how the largely symbolic act could further stall planned Afghan peace talks.

Boston.com

What Haqqani’s new terror status means

CBS News

Clinton says US wants better trade relations with Russia

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Obama administration wants to normalize trade relations with Russia despite legislation that prevents U.S. companies from trading normally with the country.

BBC

Blog:

At APEC, Russia and the US look east

(CNN)

Security Clearance

Smugglers demand ozone-busting gas

The gas HCFC-22 has been phased in the U.S. because it damages the earth’s ozone layer. But it is still produced in China, India and Mexico, making it a profitable commodity for smugglers.

NBCNews.com

Map:

Subsidies for a global warming gas

New York Times

NATION

Weather gone wild

Rains that are almost biblical, heat waves that do not end, tornadoes that strike in swarms — what is going on? The primary forces driving recent disasters have been natural climate cycles.

National Geographic

New Orleans eyes more levees after passing Isaac’s test

Reuters

Interview:

Climate change and hurricanes linked

Discovery News

Planners craft strategies to avoid new US health care taxes

Tax planners are developing ways to help wealthy U.S. clients avoid the full impact of taxes set to take effect next year under President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul.

Reuters

Young adults drop out of the job market

The drop in the unemployment rate is driven mostly by nearly 400,000 people dropping out of the labor force, rather than more people finding jobs. Many young adults are no longer looking for work.

CNNMoney

POLITICS

Must-see TV: Obama-Romney debates

The fall season offers the matchup sure to attract the biggest audience of the campaign: President Barack Obama goes one-on-one with Republican rival Mitt Romney in three prime-time debates.

NPR

Obama approval hits 15-month high

BusinessWeek

Military spending cuts squeeze suppliers

Declines in U.S. defense spending are putting heavy pressure on thousands of small and mid-sized companies that build about 70 percent of major weapons systems, top defense officials warn.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Wall Street withstands jobs disappointment; focus on Fed

Stocks closed out their best week since June as a sharply disappointing jobs report only fueled expectations that the Federal Reserve would act to stimulate the economy.

Reuters

New pipeline from Ohio to ease shortages

A new petroleum pipeline from Ohio would ease gasoline shortages in Western Pennsylvania and help stabilize prices at the pump, experts said.

Columbus Dispatch

HEALTH

Food for thought: Scientists cast doubt on the superiority of organics

In a comprehensive analysis, researchers did not find that organic foods are more nutritious or carry fewer health risks than conventional foods, although organics can reduce the risk of pesticide exposure.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Blog:

Organic industry crafts defense to study

(NBCNews.com)

Life Inc.

Drink to your nonalcoholic heart’s content

A new study has found that drinking red wine can help lower blood pressure, but only if the alcohol has been removed.

ABC News

Prohibition hangover

Economist

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cyborg cockroaches may save human life

A cockroach scuttling across the floor may make you shudder, but cockroaches that are surgically transformed into remote-controlled “biobots” could help locate survivors in hard-to-access areas.

National Geographic

BRCA carriers at extra risk from radiation

Young women at high familial risk for breast cancer may see an even greater risk from diagnostic scans that expose them to chest radiation, including mammograms.

MedPage Today

SPORTS

Hardly an underdog, No. 4 seed Serena faces top-ranked Azarenka in final

After Serena Williams’ punishing 6-1, 6-2 dismantling of Sara Errani in the semifinals, only Victoria Azarenka can stop the fourth-seeded American from taking home her 15th Grand Slam title overall.

CBSSports

Saints players’ bounty suspensions overturned on appeal

A collective bargaining agreement appeals panel has overturned the NFL’s suspensions of four players for their involvement in the New Orleans Saints’ “bounty” program.

NFL.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Blog (Rev. Otis Moss III):

Unseating invisible ‘empty chair’ racism

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

Column (Jonathan Bernstein):

Is Paul Ryan the flip side of Sarah Palin?

Salon

Column (Timothy B. Lee):

How Kansas City taxpayers support Google Fiber

Ars Technica

Column (James Poniewozik):

The base, the ratings and the chair: the conventions and TV

TIME

Editorial:

The next step is up to the Fed

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Employers show Florida the way on texting bans

Orlando Sentinel

Blog (Josh Levin):

ESPN’s lack of coverage of the paralympics is totally indefensible

(Slate)

Five-Ring Circus

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The man in the empty chair

Salt Lake Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

A year after bomb blinded Afghan vet, Paralympic gold

Navy Lt. Brad Snyder was blinded by a blast in Afghanistan one year ago. Now, he is a Paralympic gold medalist after winning the 400-meter freestyle in a performance he hopes will inspire.

Christian Science Monitor

New breed of community partnerships aiding schools

Symbiotic partnerships between school districts and their neighboring communities enable nonprofit organizations and businesses to maximize the use of facilities and money.

Education Week

Phadiela Cooper made a poor township school into one of South Africa’s best

The Centre of Science and Technology is No. 9 — the first township school in the history of the Western Cape province to make the top 10.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Little islands are big trouble in the South China Sea