- Flooding brought on by now Tropical Storm Isaac's slow moving torrential rains and storm surge have stranded thousands in Louisiana.
- A new study attributes the record low percentage of wages as GDP to union membership being cut in half over the last 40 years.
- Syrian President Bashar al-Asaad made a rare television appearance to rail against Syrian rebels and declare that his forces will beat back "the terrorists" attacking his regime.
- The World Health Organization is warning that more than 40% of tuberculosis cases worldwide are a drug resistant strain that could overwhelm health systems as "virtually untreatable".
- The latest sanctions to hit Iran's population? No access to World of Warcraft.
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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