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The source of the Mississippi River at the north end of Lake Itasca (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

All Things Considered - NPR

Battle Over Michigan's New Swine Rules Goes Hog Wild

Luciana Souza: From Bossa Nova To Chet Baker

Romney Tours Damage From Isaac In Louisiana



American Water Intelligence Project

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Allendale O&M

Fulshear O&M



BBC
Cardinal lashes 'tired' Church

Top Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini says in an interview published the day after his death that the Catholic Church is "200 years behind" the...  

Mali Islamists overrun key town

Songwriter Hal David dies at 91

• Birds hold 'funerals' for dead
  When they encounter a fallen bird, western scrub jays call out and gather around the body, scientists discover.
  August-31-12 7:27:22 PM
• Blind fish share common ancestor
  A family of eyeless, colourless cave-dwelling fish, separated millions of years ago, have turned up on either side of the Indian Ocean.
  August-31-12 10:20:11 AM
• Isaac drove Mississippi backwards
  Instruments measuring the flow and height of the Mississippi River find that it ran backward for 24 hours, driven by the storm surge of Hurricane Isaac.
  August-31-12 4:10:06 AM
• Cave girl's DNA gives up secrets
  Scientists analyse the DNA of an 80,000-year-old Denisovan girl, shedding more light on her relation to our closest extinct evolutionary kin.
  August-31-12 12:17:28 AM
• Wyoming wolves lose US protection
  The US government ends its protection of gray wolves in Wyoming, allowing the western state to shoot wolves on sight in most areas.
  August-31-12 4:50:47 PM
• 'Spineless' animals under threat
  A fifth of invertebrates - animals without backbones - could be at risk of extinction, according to scientists.
  August-31-12 1:35:52 AM

Blog of Rights - ACLU

Torture with Impunity

This Week in Civil Liberties (8/31/2012)

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights






CNN
Romney team hopes RNC makeover changes dynamics

Republicans expended an enormous effort to make Mitt Romney more appealing to everyday Americans, and strategists believe that could pay dividends...  

Democrats aim to blunt Romney bump

What we learned









CNET

Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm arrested in Cambodia

This week in Crave: The imposter edition

Did we listen to just as much music before the iPod?









Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

A Sustainable Vision for Our Community: Alternative Municipal Budget for the Halifax Regional Municipality

Next Up: Calling young leaders in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon

Bargaining Power and Job Quality in the United States

Carbon Farmers of Australia

Introducing Dr. Peter McGee - New confirmed Carbon Farming Conference presenter

Finalised Carbon Farming Conference presenter - Dr. Brian Murphy

Are the changes to the Carbon Trade good for farmers?






Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Carbon Forum North America 2012

What can Hurricane Isaac teach us about climate vulnerability?

July/August 2012 Newsletter






Circle of Blue water news

Infographic: Climate Change in the Great Lakes

The Stream, August 31: Hurricane Isaac Causes Shipping Headaches on Mississippi River

Price of Corn and Soybeans Reached All-Time Highs in July, World Bank Says









Commentators

Grace Dent: I foolishly thought I could just watch ten minutes of Big Brother – now I’m back in the habit

The big questions: Should Atos be sponsoring the Paralympics? Is a wealth tax a good idea?

George Keleny: Every Thursday night, Dad's there with his trusty OED

Daily Bell

Ben Bernanke Plots More Mayhem?

Mitt Romney Game Changer

Don't Be Like Buffett?









Democracy Now!

Federal Court Strikes Down Texas Voter ID Law in Ruling That Could Help Decide 2012 Election

Near Where RNC Attendees Harassed a CNN Camerawoman, Alabama Delegate Discusses Black Support of GOP

Key Florida "Stand Your Ground" Backer Bill Bunting Comments on Killing of Trayvon Martin












Discovery

Couple Finds Deep Well Under Sofa: DNews Nugget

This English couple doesn't know what to make of a well and two bombs found on their property.  

Two Pages That Sparked Higgs Boson Hunt

California Approves Robot Cars: DNews Nugget















EPA Radiation News

EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Plan for the White Chemical Corporation Superfund site in Newark, New Jersey

EPA to Extend Public Comment Period On Air Permit for Arecibo Waste to Energy Facility; Agency Will Hold Five Public Hearing Sessions August 25, 26 and 27

EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Congressmember Rodney Frelinghuysen Announce System to Treat Contaminated Ground Water at Rockaway Borough, NJ Superfund Site; Tour Six Superfund Sites in Morris and Essex Counties'



EPA Water Science News

Final National Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Carbaryl--2012

Fish Advisories with EPA's Improved Online Tools

2012 Beach Grants

Food and Water Watch

Allentown’s Water Gambit: An Irresponsible and Risky Lease

Most Americans Want Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods

Can We Defuse Next Time Bomb of Herbicide-Laced GE Crops?









food consumer
Dietary cholesterol raises cancer risk

By David Liu, PHD Saturday Sept 1, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Eating meat, particularly processed and red meat has been associated with increased...  

Drinking whole milk raises risk of prostate cancer death - study

Recalled: Cut fruit and salsa products that contain Daniella Mangoes

Force Change
Dan iel Larsen, Found ‘Not Guilty’ in 2010, Still Behind Bars

End Painful and Useless Horse Branding

Applaud Prime Minister of France for Introducing Marriage Equality Bill

FreakOut Nation

Mitt needs people skills: Romney to Louisiana flood victim, “There’s no assistance out there”

Jon Stewart calls “Bull fucking shit” on Convention speakers & their fictitious talking points

Education? Republicans Say We Don’t Need It

Guardian UK

Romney hits the road after presidential pitch

Mitt Romney visits Louisiana on first full day as official GOP nominee after 'workmanlike' speech to Republican conventionMitt Romney's election...  

Golan Heights divided by support for Assad

Markets pick up as Fed chairman signals possibility of third round of QE









Hayride

URGENT: Immediate, Mandatory Evacuation For Area Between Locks 1&2 On Pearl River Diversion Canal

This Seat’s Taken

HOLDER BLINKS: DOJ Shuts Down Probe Of Sheriff Joe Arpaio









Huffington Post

A WAY OUT?
California Community Considers Bold Response To Foreclosure Crisis

Inside Facebook

Facebook re-opens notifications channel for developers to send users custom messages

Facebook to increase automated efforts to remove false Likes

Word of Mouth at Scale with Facebook: Understanding PTAT












Lifehacker

SwitchResX Enables Resolution Switching From Your Mac's Menubar [Mac Downloads]

Turn Any Laptop Into a Money-Saving Wi-Fi Hotspot For Your Hotel Room [Clever Uses]

Top 10 Tricks for Turning Your Junk Into Money [Lifehacker Top 10]












LobeLog

Former Mossad chief: nuclear Iran not existential threat, prevention not “necessarily by means of force”

Dempsey discourages Israel strike against Iran, Shapiro and Netanyahu Quarrel

IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Capacity

memorandum

Romney's bounce from convention looks short-lived: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Alina Selyukh/Reuters)

Harry Reid: Mitt Romney Trip To Louisiana 'Height Of Hypocrisy' (Elise Foley/The Huffington Post)

Team Obama downplays expectations, predicts 'close' race after Charlotte (Elise Viebeck/The Hill)

Steve Munro

McCaul Street Construction

Queen East Construction News (Updated August 28)

Service Changes Effective October 7, 2012

NPR

Four More Beers? Well, Here Are Two From The White House

'Why I'm A Republican'

'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' Author Richard Bach Injured In Plane Crash

NRC

12-097: NRC Finalizes Guidance Documents for Post-Fukushima Requirements

I-12-034: NRC Assigns New Resident Inspector to Seabrook Nuclear Plant

II-12-055: NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant









New Scientist

Mirrors take root in pitch-black nanotube forest

Cool clue to body clock's workings

Vitamin D may increase IVF success - depending on race









News 24
Religious spat in cyberspace

Centuries-old theological disputes have broken out in cyberspace as religions aim to influence the future presentation of faith on the internet.  

Phiyega worried about police murders

Soggy Louisiana slowly recovering

Obama Conspiracy Theories

Feds drop criminal investigation of Joe Arpaio

The Obots ate my homework

The blind leading the blind












Open Channel
Medical equipment distributor files libel claim over report on fat-melting device

By Myron LevinFairWarning.orgA medical device distributor has filed a libel claim against FairWarning, the consumer group Public Citizen and...  

Could super PAC-backed third-party candidates sway presidential race?

US ends investigation of terror detainees' deaths without charges









Open Secrets

Romney Bundlers Enjoy Yacht Party At Convention

Capital Eye Opener, August 31: Marriott For Romney, Ryan's Ad-Friendly Zinger and More

Capital Eye Opener August 30: Gabby PAC, What GOP Donors Want, and the NRA Fires Again












Outlook

Bangalore Journo in Plot to Kill Editors, Publisher?

Redefining Secularism

The Long Arm Of The Law












PECAN Group

Russian Expert Predicts Obama Will Declare Martial Law in America by End of 2012

SchoolTeacher Helps Students Cheat BecauseThey’re ‘Dumb As Hell’

Jewish MSU Students’ Mouth Stapled Shut – Hate Crime

Payvand Iran News

NAM summit backs Iran's nuclear program

United for Iran Welcomes UN Chief's Support for Human Rights and Democracy in Iran

Two medals for Iran at Paralympic Games















Pesticide Action Network

EPA pulls toxic apple pesticide. Finally!

Prop 37: Just the facts, please

IQs at risk: Boys beware!


















Philippines News

7.6 Richter quake jolts Philippines

Philippines set to become Asias next economic bright spot

Filipino villagers return home after quake 1 dead

Political MoJo | Mother Jones

Can an iPhone Keep Election Officials From Blocking Your Vote?

Corn on "Hardball": Postgame Analysis of the Clint Eastwood Spectacle

The Holographic Zombie Reagan Lives!















Politics Security Secrecy

Fundamental Review Leads to Some Reductions in Secrecy ...

Daily Maverick - ANC backtracks on key clauses, but the Secrecy Bill ...

The Toronto Post: The United States Government Wages War on ...
A New York Times editorial called it "A Pernicious Drive Toward Secrecy," saying:

"(M)misguided legislation….would severely chill news coverage of national security issues. Drafted in secret without public hearings," enactment will undermine democracy.

Debate on vital issues will be compromised. Issues like government spying, torture, and war won't be discussed.

Whistleblowers will be targeted more than now. Discussing truths too important to conceal will be compromised. Mostly unclassified information is affected.

The measure "draws no distinction between information that is properly classified and the vast pile of information that poses no national risk but has been deemed secret thanks only to a dysfunctional system of over-classification of government documents."


















Psychology Today

This Week's Top Posts

Top 25 List: August 2012

Do You Self Medicate?

Science

Scientist backs discovery of Higgs boson 'God particle'

WISE telescope discovers blisteringly hot 'extreme galaxies' 100 trillion times brighter than our sun and millions of 'supermassive' black holes

Vast methane reservoir could be beneath Antarctic ice


















Science Daily

Flying high: Researchers decipher manic gene

Small male fish use high aggression strategy

Chilling methods could change meat tenderness





















Scientific American

Why Are Trace Chemicals Showing Up in Umbilical Cord Blood?

Can You Make a Sociopath Either Through Brain Injury or Other Types of Trauma?

Chickpeas Undergo a Revolution

Shaleshock Media

Williams Central Compressor Station DEP Public Hearing

Street Theater & March, Albany Pledge to Resist Fracking Rally, 8/27/2012

Delaware Riverkeeper Network video “Don’t Frack New York Rally”

Star Online

Indian nationals working in Malaysia have the least complaints

PM: Pakatan being disrespectful of the Sultan is not surprising

Move to explain Sect 114A of Evidence Act to people












Statesman

Trying new activities benefits the body and the brain

Sunny and hot today, with a small chance of thunderstorms

Willful and experimental and all at once: To celebrate John Cage, more than 50 musicians and five hours of music















TED

London 2012 Paralympics get a little help from 3 TED speakers

Reading List: A selection of must-read ebooks

Playlist: Tales of cultural heritage shared at the TED2013 Talent Search















Techdirt

Nospacesorspecialcharacters's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

Piracy Is A Cultural Opportunity; Embrace It

Common Sense For School Internet Safety Policies

This Week in Science

Mitochondrial Dynamics

Dark Forcing

Vibrating in a Crowd












Trend.Az

Car bomb kills 15 civilians in Damascus' suburb

15 people were killed Saturday when a booby-trapped car exploded at a restive suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus, Xinhua reported quoted the...  

US drought regions get some relief from Isaac

Azerbaijan judoka wins bronze at London Paralympics















USA Today

Three-way civil union in Brazil sparks uproar

Religious labels matter less in this year's election

'Compliance' re-creates McDonald's strip-search ordeal















Unexplained Mysteries

'Compliance' re-creates McDonald's strip-search ordeal

Mars One mission receives first funding

Skydiver survives after parachute fails

Last meal found within fossil dinosaur

Web MD





Beyond Statistics: 2 Faces of West Nile Virus

This year, more than 1,500 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with West Nile virus infection and scores have died.  

Tiny Microgreens Packed With Nutrients

Can't Sleep? It Could Be Your iPad

Weird

RSPCA rescues 'embarrassed' fox with head trapped in floor

Group of swinging baby bears in a tree are an internet hit

'Two-faced' chimera cat Venus is an overnight internet sensation

 White House

Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

Weekly Address: Honoring Our Nation’s Service Members and Military Families

Readout of President Obama’s Call with Parish Presidents, Mayors, and County Leaders from Louisiana and Mississippi 

WhoWhatWhy

Crop Circles or Crap Circles: Who Made These Gems?

TVWho: Russ Baker on RT, with Syria Update

Syria: We Can Learn a Lot From the “Small Stuff”

Clint Eastwood's 'empty chair' routine lives on at night

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US Base in Afghanistan Target of Bomb Attacks

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Isaac's remnants bring rain to drought-hit US Midwest - Reuters

UN Envoy to Assad: Change is Urgently Needed - TIME

	Daily Galaxy	Origins of Supermassive Black Holes --Formed 13 Billion Years Ago (Holiday Feature)
	Image of the Day: Jupiter's Ganymede --Only Moon in Solar System with a Magnetic Field
	"Could There be Life in the Universe Far Older Than Ours?" --Planetary Building Blocks After Big Bang Suggest: "Yes"
	Getting Closer! New SuperEarth Found in Red Dwarf Habitable Zone
	Image of the Day: Strange Weirdly-Shaped Galaxies Observed --"A New Species"

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Renewable energy comes to Chelmsford

Wicked Local

The Vivint Solar van is hard to miss — it's bright orange, covered in writing and it seems to be everywhere. Maybe it is: The company has been installing solar panels on roofs all over town, part of a program that means cheaper electricity for the ...

Why Do We Hold Renewable Energy to a Different Standard than Fossil Fuels ...

CleanTechnica

Now that renewables are receiving some of the same incentives that fossil fuels have enjoyed for nearly one hundred years, we're suddenly being inundated with calls for a purely “free-market” approach to energy development from politicians on the right ...

David Cameron, renewable energy and the death of British property rights.

Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

I know of cases where properties have been rendered unsaleable by wind farms. But whatever the exact figures, I think those of us not in the pay of Big Wind or trotting out propaganda for the preposterous and devious Renewable UK would all agree that ...

Renewables Roundup: Constellation, TerraVerde, Indian Solar Parity, Vestas ...

Environmental Leader

TerraVerde Renewable Partners, an independent energy advisor that aims to help schools, public agencies and private companies reduce energy costs, has announced that three of its large Central Valley, Calif., school district clients, Fowler Unified ...

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Human Habitat

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The Ecology Center to host Green Feast on Sept. 8

Los Angeles Times

The Ecology Center, Orange County's premiere environmental education group, will host its fourth annual Green Feast on Saturday, Sept. 8, at its lush San Juan Capistrano facility. More than 200 people will sit at a lavish outdoor table feasting on a ...

Occidental Arts & Ecology Organic Nursery Open Weekends Thru Nov. 4th

Sonoma County Gazette

For the first time ever, the organic nursery at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center will be open to the public on a regular basis– every weekend from September 8 through November 4, from 10 am- 5 pm– featuring perennial plants. This year OAEC built ...

Ecology releases updated document on fish consumption data

Access Washington

OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has released an update to a technical document that evaluates available data on fish consumption by Washington residents. The public is invited to review and comment on the Fish Consumption ...

Choosy coral are better survivors (Video)

Examiner.com

The discovery, made by researchers at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) , challenges a major theory in the field of coral reef ecology. 8 photos. Bleached branching coral (Acropora sp.) at Heron ...

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Plaquemines distributes water, MREs to residents affected by Isaac

NOLA.com

Plaquemines Parish residents affected by Hurricane Isaac this week can get water and ready-to-eat meals at three places, and they can purchase fuel and diesel at one location, officials said Saturday afternoon. The water and MREs are available at the ...

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Water release continues from Miss. dam

Sacramento Bee

Mississippi officials were bringing in more pumps as efforts continued to release water from a lake swollen with rain from Isaac behind a dam about 15 miles north of Louisiana. Dusty Myers, dam safety engineer for the Mississippi Department of ...

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Water row between Andhra, Rayalaseema hots up

New York Daily News

Hyderabad, Sep 1 — The row over sharing of Krishna river water between two regions of Andhra Pradesh hotted up Saturday with the state government stopping release of water from Srisailam dam after an MP from Rayalseema resigned while opposition ...

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Water in tanks cited in Long Beach plane crash

San Jose Mercury News

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Pilot error and water contamination of the fuel tanks likely caused a plane crash that killed five people at Long Beach Airport last year, according to a federal probe. National Transportation Safety Board investigators interviewed ...

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