CRIME: Faked IDs beat inspection

Latest counterfeit IDs are so good they’re dangerous - The Washington Post

DEBT CEILING: wHAT IF? 5 DAYS AND COUNTING!

The US debt ceiling: What if the talks fail? | The Economist

GOVERNING: Unstoppable Force (Obama) Meets Immovable Object (Republicans)

Debt talks show breakdown in governing - The Washington Post

DEBT CEILING 11 Days and Counting

Lawmakers Renew Push to Reach Deal on Cutting Deficit - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY: Debt Explained

Five truths about the deficit and the national debt - The Washington Post

COGNITION: Internet replacing memory pro/con

Piece of Mind: Is the Internet Replacing Our Ability to Remember?: Scientific American

NEUROSCIENCE: Debt Crisis, Distrust, and game theory

The Neuroscience of the Debt Debate, or Why Cooperation Takes a Backseat to Mistrust: Scientific American

POLITICS: Bachmann Husband gay, say rumors

Bachmann Rumor Grows Louder

ECONOMY: The Consumer spending bust

How the Bursting of the Consumer Bubble Continues to Hold the Economy Back - NYTimes.com

CRIME: Bath Salts - a new, dangerous drug

An Alarming New Stimulant, Sold Legally in Many States - NYTimes.com

UNEMPLOYMENT: Silicon Valley v. The rest of America

A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America - The Washington Post

ECONOMY: The silent credit killers

Little-known firms tracking data used in credit scores - The Washington Post

PSYHOLOGY: 18 Attributes of Liars

Bering in Mind: 18 Attributes of Highly Effective Liars

DEBT CEILING: What a total mess!

With no debt deal, Obama would face tough choices Aug. 3 about what bills to pay - The Washington Post

ROBOTICS: Problems with AI & Perception

In Robotics, Human-Style Perception and Motion Are Elusive - NYTimes.com

FORENSICS: 18 elements composing the effective liar

Good Liars 18 factors going into the development of the effective liar

UNEMPLOYMENT: Major slowing in hiring, with rate rising

Unemployment rose to 9.2 percent in June as US employers add only 18,000 jobs - The Washington Post

EMPLOYMENT: Recruitment - Gaming the System

Recruiting Software: 10 Ways Job Seekers Can Beat the System CIO.com

EDUCATION: Atlanta school cheating scandal

Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System - NYTimes.com

EDUCATION: Atlanta school cheating scandal

Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System - NYTimes.com

EVOLUTION: Fairness/Reciprocity heritable attributes?

Tendency Toward Egalitarianism May Have Helped Humans Survive - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY: Who loses when debt ceiling remains unchanged?

What failure to raise the debt ceiling will look like - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

SCOTUS: Teaches "Big Guys," how to screw "Little Guys"

The Supreme Court shows corporate America how to screw over its customers and employees without breaking the law. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine

MATH: Modeling predicts terrorist attack frequency

Terrorists Get Better with Practice: New Mathematical Model Shows How Fatal Attacks Escalate Over Time: Scientific American