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Researcher Samuel Belknap III poses with a skull of a domestic dog at the University of Maine in Orono. Belknap found a bone fragment of what he says is the oldest-known domesticated dog in North America. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty / AP)

Old dog, new tricks: Study identifies 9,400 year old mutt

Nearly 10,000 years ago, man’s best friend provided protection and companionship — and an occasional meal. Researchers have found a bone fragment from the earliest domesticated dog in the Americas.

NPR

Hospital visitation rights for gay, lesbian partners take effect

Patients will now be allowed to decide who has visitation rights and who can make medical decisions on their behalf — regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or family makeup.

ABC News

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Gays greener than heterosexuals: Poll

(USA TODAY)

Green House

US shifts focus to press China for market access

American companies concerned with being left out by China-backed businesses have given President Barack Obama support to pursue a tough approach with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

New York Times

Chinese president to attend state dinner, hold talks with Obama

CNN

The rise of Hu Jintao

TIME

Doing business with China

MSNBC

Tucson rampage caught on tape: FBI reviews surveillance video

The FBI is reviewing video of the Tucson shooting rampage that shows the horrific scene, and acts of heroism including federal Judge John Roll being gunned down as he tries to help another man.

ABC News

Young people are less empathetic

A recent study finds a decline in empathy among young people in the U.S. Research found that college students’ self-reported empathy has declined since 1980.

Scientific American

NATION

JFK’s words still inspire 50 years later

In 1961, John F. Kennedy gave an inaugural address that became one of the most famous speeches in American history. It shaped the lives of many. But will the message fade as generations pass?

NPR

Destructive device found along Spokane MLK parade route

A backpack containing a potentially deadly device capable of inflicting “multiple casualties” was found along the route of a Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. parade.

CNN

2 wounded at Los Angeles school when gun in backpack fires

A gun in a 10th-grader’s backpack discharged when he dropped the bag, wounding two students at a high school, including one who remained in critical condition, police said.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Random weapon searches occurred ‘once in a blue moon,’ Gardena student says

Los Angeles Times

POLITICS

Survey: Doctors fear health care reform

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. doctors surveyed fear health care reform could worsen care for patients as well as flood their offices and hurt their income.

Reuters

Health care repeal vote set to go down in house

Huffington Post

Sargent Shriver is dead at age 95

R. Sargent Shriver, the man responsible for launching the U.S. Peace Corps after joining John F. Kennedy’s White House, has died at age 95.

CNN

The life of Sargent Shriver

LIFE.com

Joe Lieberman unlikely to seek reelection

Sen. Joe Lieberman is retiring from the Senate in 2012, closing out a two-decade career that saw him rise to the Democratic presidential ticket only to be dismissed by his own state party a few years later.

Politico

EDUCATION

Teacher-led school innovates with student regrouping

A Detroit school has put “differentiated instruction” into operation to help those at risk of falling further behind.

Education Week

Training the education legislators

Legislatures in the vast majority of states will convene this month. North Carolina’s General Assembly convenes next week, and new legislators will fill the House and Senate chambers here as elsewhere.

Inside Higher Ed

ENVIRONMENT

Climate report warns of food gap

If emissions of greenhouse gases continue to increase unchecked, they could push the Earth’s surface temperature up by at least 4.3 degrees by 2020 and have devastating ramifications for global food production.

LiveScience

Oil giant plans new platform near feeding ground of critically endangered whale

Sakhalin Energy Investment Company — partly owned by Shell — has announced plans to build a major oil platform near the crucial feeding habitat of the Western North Pacific gray whale population.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fish can count ... up to 3

Fish can distinguish between larger and smaller quantities, with an additional ability to “count” up to three, according to research on tropical angelfish.

Discovery News

‘Suicide’ comet storm hits sun — bigger sun-kisser coming?

A recent storm of small comets that pelted the sun could herald the coming a much bigger icy visitor, astronomers say.

National Geographic

SPORTS

NFLPA files collusion claim

The NFL players’ union filed a collusion claim against the league’s owners, another move between the opposing sides as they near the expiration of their labor contract.

ESPN

Eric Staal, Nicklas Lidstrom named NHL All-Star captains

Players gave a nod to seniority and to the home team, opting for Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom and Carolina Hurricanes center Eric Staal as All-Star captains.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Ivor Tossell):

Do easy digital answers put us in jeopardy?

Globeandmail.com

Column (Andrew Sharpless):

Ocean acidity: small change, catastrophic results

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Joseph Goldstein):

The oldest bench ever

Slate

Column (Robert Levy):

Gun control measures don’t stop violence

CNN

Column (Edward Wasserman):

When journalists do their jobs correctly

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Marc Dion):

Don’t shoot anyone important

Creators Syndicate

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Mr. Hu goes to Washington

(Economist)

Asia view

Column (Megan McAardle):

You can have my double space when you pry it from my dead hands

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

An $11.2M pledge for a mental hospital pioneers a legacy

Two years ago, Caroline Amplatz donated $50 million to name University of Minnesota’s new hospital in honor of her father. But her latest gift is just as personal: It’s in memory of her mother.

Star Tribune

Web application to give voice to Sept. 11

Their voices tell their stories — witnesses and first responders recounting where they were and what they saw on Sept. 11. Now, a Web startup called Broadcastr is putting those oral histories on the Internet.

Detroit Free Press

Williams going to bat against hunger

Former New York Yankees legend Bernie Williams’ charity Hillside Food Outreach was created to provide food to those in need throughout counties near Williams’ home in upstate New York.

AOL News

WORLD

‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier charged with corruption in Haiti