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An Egyptian anti-Mubarak protester flashes a noose outside the police academy in Cairo, Egypt. Ousted President Hosni Mubarak — along with his two sons, his security chief and six top police officers — faces trial on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters. (Photo by Amr Nabil / AP)

Groupon groupies

The avalanche of deal-a-day websites has created an army of addicts who can’t seem to resist the lure of a discount. The website Groupon alone boasts a total of 83 million users worldwide.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Wash. Indian tribe allows gay marriage

Standing up before Suquamish Tribal members at a council meeting, Heather Purser asked for recognition of same-sex marriages at the tribe’s Washington state reservation. Now she can marry.

Seattle Times

Hosni Mubarak appears in court on gurney

Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak has denied charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters, on the opening day of his trial in Cairo.

BBC

Hosni Mubarak: Egypt’s fallen dictator

Khaleej Times

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Live from Egypt

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Mubarak Trial Live Blog

Health care law: 2 eagerly anticipated rulings expected

Although the Obama administration’s health care law is frequently challenged, court rulings are expected that could determine whether the issue eventually lands in front of the Supreme Court.

ABC News

Medicare, Medicaid tab keeps growing

USA TODAY

PTSD drug fails test in combat veterans

A medication used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans may not be effective in reducing overall PTSD severity, a new study shows.

MSNBC

NATION

Loss of home equity downsizes retirement for many

Nearly 32 percent of adults over age 50 say their home has substantially declined in value, according to a survey. Many may not recover those losses by the time they reach retirement age.

USA TODAY

No relief in sight from the blistering heat — even at night

Overnight temperatures seem more like daytime highs. Excessive heat warnings are being issued stretching from the Southwest to the Deep South.

CNN

US dependence on petroleum imports has been falling

The federal Energy Information Administration reported that in 2010 oil imports had fallen far more than many realized — to only 49 percent of the country’s needs.

Kansas City Star

POLITICS

Giffords’s return: A nod toward 2012?

Gabrielle Giffords’s triumphant return to Congress has rekindled questions about whether she is moving closer toward what was at one point thought unthinkable: a 2012 campaign.

Politico

States monitor insurance premium hikes under new health care law

The Government Accountability Office released a report on ways state governments have used the new health care law to monitor and control health insurance premiums.

C-Span

Obama signs debt bill into law

The Senate passed emergency legislation to avoid a first-ever government default, rushing the legislation to President Barack Obama for his signature just before the deadline. The vote was 74-26.

San Jose Mercury News

Debt plan cheat sheet

CNN

Moody’s affirms AAA rating, lowers outlook

CNNMoney

BUSINESS

Private sector adds 114,000 jobs, but layoffs on the rise

Private sector payrolls rose at a faster pace than expected in July, but U.S. job cuts in the private sector have risen to a 16-month high, separate reports showed.

CNBC

Panel sees odds of US recession rising

Bloomberg

Job cuts by the thousands

CNNMoney

Google+ draws 25M visitors in a month

Google Inc.’s new social-networking service drew about 25 million visitors in less than a month, outpacing Facebook Inc. and MySpace in their early days, according to market researcher ComScore Inc.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Hurricanes and space: a ‘give-and-take’ affair

As tropical storm Emily approaches, there is the possibility that the tempest might hamper the launch of the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter.

National Geographic

NASA’s eyes in the sky study pollution on Earth

NPR

‘Fields of learning’

Over the course of more than a century, the quantity, philosophy and purpose of student farms have all changed dramatically. But one thing has stayed the same: They’re still changing students’ lives.

Inside Higher Ed

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

In sickness and in health

Nonprofit group Wish Upon a Wedding provides wedding and vow renewals to people facing terminal illness, regardless of their sexual orientation.

Star Tribune

Taking on crime in a racially divided DC

All of George Pelecanos’ crime novels have been set in Washington, D.C. — but he isn’t writing about politicians, lawyers or lobbyists. Instead, Pelecanos’ stories look at the city’s seamy underside.

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Wentzville teen distributes packages like the 1 she got

Elena Hagemeier was with her family at a church service when the congregation was encouraged to fill a shoe box for Operation Christmas Child. The logo that flashed on the overhead projector jogged her memory.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Despite objections, jury hears tapes in polygamist sect leader’s trial

The state of Texas is expected to rest its case soon in the sexual assault trial of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, playing tapes of alleged interactions between him and his underage “wives.”

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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Treating sewage like a rock star

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Living very narrowly

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USA TODAY

Editorial:

Americans should be frightened by the handling of the debt crisis

Fresno Bee

Blog (Jason Paur):

Boeing flies giant ‘747′ pattern across United States

(Wired)

Autopia

Interview (Thomas Rogers):

Why we need more mentally ill leaders

Salon

Column (Ben Shapiro):

Apocalyptic thinking leads to the apocalypse

Creators Syndicate

Column (Joshua Kucera):

Kazakhstan rising

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Rescued herons stretch their wings

The last two birds found in the tornado-ruined rookery on the Mississippi River have a new home at a lake in Inver Grove Heights, Minn.

Star Tribune

Man, 40, becomes 1st Briton allowed home with artificial heart

A 40-year-old man who was critically ill with heart failure has become the first person in Britain to be allowed home with an artificial heart.

Guardian

Woman who runs the school cafeterias refuses to let kids go hungry

For a lot of kids summertime means hunger, because 32 million rely on school lunch programs for the poor, but one Thomasville, N.C. woman simply refuses to let the children in her town go hungry.

CBS News

WORLD

Fighting during Ramadan threatens Somali famine relief