* Questionable claims in the Democratic Party's foreign policy platform. * About that organics study: Nutrition aside, there are many reasons to be aware of what you're buying. * California's landmark 1970 environmental law has become a legislative barrier to today's green effort. * After cooperating
* Last night, the First Lady garnered nearly double the tweets-per-minute during her speech than Romney. * Shooting brings chaos to an election victory rally in Quebec province. * I’ve not heard a single person say it’s too bad that John Edwards is still not around. * Teens' natural
* A guide to college football 2012. * TMN's Nicole Pasulka on surfing legend Eddie Aikau and reminders of Hawaii's complicated past. * Scientists discover that people can train themselves to forget memories. * Romney's muffin-eating habits will not endear him to Asian voters. * Focus group reveals
* More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, highest amount since conflict began in March 2011. * Chinese demand for ivory causes epic elephant slaughter in Africa. * "Afghanistan" mentioned four times during Republican convention. * Now that Obama's beer recipe is set to be released, notes
* IAEA says Iran has doubled its uranium enrichment capacity at an underground facility south of Tehran. * A visit to the Nevada Test Site. * Pentagon considers legal action against former Seal, publisher for divulging classified information in Osama bin Laden book. * The fourth episode of TLC's Honey Boo Boo
* South African miners charged in murder of colleagues shot by police. * Trial of Bradley Manning to begin in February—three years after he was arrested. * This is the last time that any party will try to win an election with just the white vote. * Egyptian leader backs Syrian rebels at
* Bad jokes from the RNC. * Neil Bush, brother of George W., unexpectedly becomes a Chinese internet sensation. * The exact origin of @ is a mystery, but its first documented use was to denote jars of wine. * For centuries, whiskey distilleries have been home to a black fungus; now that it'
* Police bully young drug offenders into becoming informants with few legal protections, massive danger. * NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board is institutionally imbalanced, lets down people treated as customers. * Syrian émigrés in America fundraise for rebels, help provide intel to U.S. * Syria is at the point of no return, sitting
* Why the world's most popular blogger, a 29-year-old Chinese racecar driver, is practically unknown in the West. * Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher to start selling soup (not just chicken). * Yosemite National Park cleans, inspects cabins following recent deaths attributed to rare, rodent-borne hantavirus. * Reviews
* Hurricane Isaac lacks Katrina's ferocity, but overruns a levee 95 miles from New Orleans. * Puerto Rican party functionary shouted down at RNC by nativist chanting. * Gay Marine beaten to bloody pulp to fire up RNC crowd. * Since 2009, 51 Tibetans have died in self-immolations protesting Chinese rule.
