10:20am

Tue August 2, 2011
Politics

Inside The Tea Party's Rising Influence

The battle over the debt ceiling may be over, but Congress remains deeply divided.

"Republicans are now taking a well-deserved victory lap while the Democrats are in a state of near total dejection," says journalist Robert Draper. "The Republicans got some cuts, they kept some revenue off the table but most of all, what they've done is dramatically shift the ethos in Washington."

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10:02am

Tue August 2, 2011
Shots - Health Blog

FDA: Wake Up, People, Those Lazy Brownies Are Unsafe

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The Food and Drug Administration has given the maker of Lazy Larry relaxation brownies a wake-up call.

The Associated Press reported the agency has warned HBB LLC, the Memphis-based company that sells the brownies, that the melatonin in them has not been deemed a safe food additive. And the FDA says it can seize the brownies, which it considers adulterated, if HBB keeps making and selling them.

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10:01am

Tue August 2, 2011
Humans

Under Pressure, Soccer Goalies Tend To Dive Right

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The Japanese women's soccer team stunned the United States a few weeks ago. After a tense match where Team America seemed to have the upper hand throughout, Japan leveled the game with a late equalizer and then went on to win a penalty shoot-out.

New psychological research suggests that soccer goalkeepers and teams aren't only affected by the high stakes pressure of a penalty shoot-out. Without their awareness, goalkeepers also appear to be biased to dive to the right in some situations.

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9:49am

Tue August 2, 2011
The Two-Way

FBI Reveals More About New Possible Skyjack Suspect

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As we reported yesterday, the FBI jump-started D.B. Cooper mania with its revelation it has a new suspect in the unsolved skyjacking that occurred 40 years ago this November.

New details continue to trickle out with each interview with FBI Special Agent Fred Gutt. Among the new bits of information about the man who may or may not prove to be D.B. Cooper:

-- The "suspect" died more than 10 years ago of natural causes

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9:30am

Tue August 2, 2011
The Two-Way

FAA Shutdown Could Cost $1.2 Billion

Originally published on Tue August 2, 2011 2:24 pm

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After last night's vote on the debt ceiling compromise, the House adjourned for the summer but left nearly 4,000 Federal Aviation Administration employees, who have been furloughed because of a funding impasse, in limbo.

Reuters reports that because of the House recess and the fact that a compromise in the Senate faltered last night, it is now near certain that the FAA could be shut down through August.

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9:20am

Tue August 2, 2011
Opinion

The Nation: Sports Don't Need Sex To Sell

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Mary Jo Kane is the director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota.

"The newest kid on the women's sports block is finding that the old formula for attention-getting is as robust as ever. 'Sex sells,' says Atlanta Beat defender Nancy Augustyniak, who was astonished to learn she finished third in a Playboy.com poll of the sexiest female soccer players." — Wendy Parker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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8:49am

Tue August 2, 2011
Opinion

Foreign Policy: Influencing A Murderer's Manifesto

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Phillip Longman, a fellow at the New America Foundation, is author of The Empty Cradle: Why Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity and What to Do About It.

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8:43am

Tue August 2, 2011
Opinion

New Republic: Capitulate In Debt Debate? Not Clinton

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Kara Brandeisky is an intern at The New Republic.

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8:43am

Tue August 2, 2011
Opinion

Weekly Standard: Going Forward, Five Fiscal Lessons

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Fred Barnes is the executive editor for The Weekly Standard.

We've learned a lot from the fight to attach spending cuts to the debt limit increase. Here are five of the lessons:

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8:42am

Tue August 2, 2011
The Two-Way

Deepening Crisis In Somalia; Crackdown Continues In Syria

Good morning!

As we wrote earlier, the big news of the day is the debt ceiling compromise that's making its way through Congress. We'll be following that story throughout the day, but here are some other headlines:

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