10 August 2010: Morning
By The Morning News
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As deal nears to guarantee BP's $20 billion payout, U.S. is reluctant to partner up with the oil giant.
New York colleges begin reporting back to their students' high schools, informing them what they forgot to teach.
"You have to be acceptable-looking, but being gorgeous can be a problem." Professors live with the curse of being hot.
French student commits to save the native Alaskan language of Eyak from extinction.
Agencies clash over group depositing oysters into N.J.'s Keyport Harbor: The mollusks clean the water, but make for dangerous seafood.
On Devon Island, astronauts live in total isolation and self-operate--to simulate life on Mars.
Citing "enormous" costs in Mexico's war on drugs, Vicente Fox supports legalization.
Colombian officials struggle to confiscate goods (blue jeans, ecstasy machines) seized from drug lords.
Stories of financial despair mark the 675-mile-long World's Longest Yard Sale.
Goldman Sachs CEO recuses himself from judging the "Business Book of the Year"--he shows up in many of the titles about the crisis.
Data expert explains the climate science of data storage, why emails create greenhouse gas.
As laziness dampens the crowdsourcing fervor, websites rebrand to hang onto free labor.
The hard-working, crafts-oriented Amish image is launching an Amish Industrial Revolution.