22-Aug-2012 19:01

NJ mom in child decapitation once lost custody - Atlanta Journal Constitution :: http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nj-mom-in-child-1503844.html

News Summary: Turkish Cypriot tycoon guilty - Huffington Post :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120822/eu-britain-tycoon-trial-summary-box/

LL Cool J: Rapper, actor, burglar catcher - Washington Post (blog) :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/ll-cool-j-rapper-actor-burglar-catcher/2012/08/22/fafae594-ec74-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_blog.html

Tootsie Roll's Secret Empire :: A CEO in his 90s helms an attractive takeover target. So what's next for Tootsie Roll Industries? No one really knows.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443713704577603662120397078.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Akin still defiant, but leaves door open to quitting Senate race :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/YwW5hxd0RvI/us-usa-campaign-akin-idUSBRE87K0VW20120822

Tropical Storm Isaac threatens Caribbean, Republican Convention - Reuters Africa :: http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL2E8JM4ZF20120822

Russia says foreign criticism of Pussy Riot trial biased - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/22/uk-russia-pussyriot-idUKBRE87L0PB20120822

Editorial: What the G.O.P. Platform Represents :: The mean-spirited platform circulating ahead of the convention shows that Republican politics has moved so far to the right that the extreme is now the mainstream.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/opinion/what-the-gop-platform-represents.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Widows of Bill Veeck and Wendell Smith Keep a Pioneering Legacy Alive :: Mary Frances Veeck and Wyonella Smith, both 91, share a long friendship nurtured over the years by baseball and their husbands who are honored in the Hall of Fame: Bill Veeck and Wendell Smith.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/sports/baseball/widows-of-bill-veeck-and-wendell-smith-keep-a-pioneering-legacy-alive.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Europe Pressures Intensify :: Germany's Merkel faces one of the toughest choices of her career: whether to risk the unraveling of the euro zoneâ€"or her government.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443713704577603402312940524.html?mod=rss_most_emailed_day_europe

Merkel: No Greek deal with Samaras - Fin24 :: http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Merkel-No-Greek-deal-with-Samaras-20120822

Which party the middle class favors - CNN :: http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/22/news/economy/middle-class-election/index.html

Mayans themselves may have aided collapse of empire - NBCNews.com :: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48752012/ns/technology_and_science-science/

How ‘Call Me Maybe’ and Social Media Are Upending Music :: This summer’s pop hit, Carly Rae Jepsen’s cheerfully flirty “Call Me Maybe,” shows how much the hitmaking machine, and the music industry, has been upended by social media.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/business/media/how-call-me-maybe-and-social-media-are-upending-music.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Planning Your Menu With Some Help :: Meal-planning services let cooks decide what’s important to them â€" price, nutrition â€" then outsource the work of making menus that reflect those choices.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/dining/planning-your-menu-with-some-help.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Usain Bolt of racing notches 13th straight win - euronews :: http://www.euronews.com/sport/1632118-usain-bolt-of-racing-notches-13th-straight-win/

Locked-In Syndrome Victim Dies Aged 58 - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/975676

Report Sees Risk of Recession if Budget Stalemate Persists - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/business/economy/cbo-projects-recession-possible.html

Wireless Carrier Competition Heating Up, Sprint At Risk? - Barron's (blog) :: http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/08/22/wireless-carrier-competition-heating-up-sprint-feeling-the-heat/

Costs Seen in Romney’s Medicare Savings Plan :: The $716 billion that Mitt Romney has promised to restore to hospitals and insurers would hasten the program’s insolvency, some experts say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/us/politics/costs-seen-in-romneys-medicare-savings-plan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss