USPS/ Children's Privacy/ Planet with 2 suns

Missoulian: USPS considers moving Missoula, Kalispell mail processing to Spokane

Postal Service Faces New Reality: “Faced with a massive nationwide infrastructure that is no longer financially sustainable, the U.S. Postal Service today proposed sweeping changes designed to save the organization up to $3 billion a year by cutting its network of processing facilities by over half and adjusting service standards.”

Facility Study List

Mashable US & World: How Would You Change the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule?

FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Revisions to Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule “The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, which gives parents control over what personal information websites may collect from children under 13.”

Proposed Amendments

Rule: Title 16: Commercial Practices

Scientific Computing: NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Where the Sun Sets Twice

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers a World Orbiting Two Stars:“The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact. NASA's Kepler mission has made the first unambiguous detection of a circumbinary planet -- a planet orbiting two stars -- 200 light-years from Earth.”

Apple Juice/ Poverty/ BIA

Associated Press: FDA disputes TV doc's warning of apple juice risk

FDA: Apple Juice is Safe To Drink “Donald Zink, Ph.D, senior science advisor at FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), explains that arsenic is present in the environment as a naturally occurring substance or as a result of contamination from human activity. It is found in water, air, food, and soil in organic and inorganic forms.”

Huffington Post: Growing Child Poverty in America: There Is Simply No Excuse

U.S. Census: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010

Missoulian: Feds warn Cherokee nation not to exclude freedmen

Cherokee Nation Registrar v. Nash et al

Economics/Gulf Spill/ NASA

Wall Street Journal: Retail Sales Unchanged

Producer Price Index News Release : The Producer Price Index for finished goods was unchanged in August, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Finished goods prices advanced 0.2 percent in July and declined 0.4 percent in June. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods decreased 0.5 percent in August, and the crude goods index moved up 0.2 percent.

Associated Press: Gulf spill blamed on poor management decisions

Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team Releases Final Report: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)/U.S. Coast Guard Joint Investigation Team (JIT) today released its final investigative report on the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon explosion, loss of life, and resulting oil spill.

USA Today : NASA to unveil heavy-lift rocket

NASA Announces Design for New Deep Space Exploration System is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. The Space Launch System will give the nation a safe, affordable and sustainable means of reaching beyond our current limits and opening up new discoveries from the unique vantage point of space.

Fire/ Jobs Act/ Turkey Recall

Missoulian: Wildlfire smoke likely to linger this week in western Montana

NOAA Area Forecast Discussion: HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN ITS HOLD ON THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TODAY AND WILDFIRES COULD AGAIN PRODUCE ENOUGH SMOKE TO LOWER VISIBILTIES NEAR AIRFIELDS THROUGHOUT WESTERN MONTANA AND CENTRAL IDAHO.

Montana InciWeb

Los Angeles Times: Obama sending jobs bill to Congress

White House: American Jobs Act: Read All the Details

Consumer Reports: Recall: 185,000 pounds of Salmonella-tainted ground turkey

USDA: Arkansas Firm Recalls Ground Turkey Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination