The Obama fundraising machine continues to roll on, as the campaign announced today that it raised $51 million in July. This nearly doubles Republican John McCain’s haul of $27 million.

Researchers have suggested that wine is produced as a result of yeast altering their environment to ensure they will outlive other microbes.

An Australian researcher has found a group of microbes that can break down some of the worst cancer-causing substances released by pollution.

A senior military official close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is assassinated. Damascus has so far refused to comment on the alleged shooting.

Skip Caray, a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray, died in his sleep at home on Sunday, the team said. He was 68. The cause of death was not immediately known,

Review of the Bank of America keep the Change forced savings program. Using Keep the Change with your BofA savings account can drastically improve your effective savings rate.

[could be interesting...] Baghdad High. The story of senior year through the eyes of four students from Tariq bin Ziad High School for Boys in Iraq.

Finely riding that razored edge between tragedy and comedy, the New York Times reports that not only did the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket lose its three satellites and fail to reach orbit during a recent launch, but it also destroyed the remains of actor James