- Officials are advising New York and DC citizens of a "credible but unconfirmed" terrorism threat to tunnels in both cities ahead of the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
- Heavy rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee drenched areas of the mid-Atlantic already drenched by Irene, causing flooding that forced some 130,000 to evacuate.
- Weapons seized by Libyan rebels are showing up on the African arms smuggling scene, smuggled into neighboring Egypt.
- Geologists have discovered a substantial oil field off the coast of French Guyana that could put the West African country on the OPEC map.
- Congressional critics are calling a patent office overhaul bill "weak" and a "corporate giveaway" even as the final bill passed the Senate 89-9 to go to President Obama's desk.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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