8.1.12
CBS News—8 badminton players disqualified for throwing matches
NBC News—City of San Bernadino, CA, files for bankruptcy
ABCnews.com—Matrix director comes out as transgender and changes name from Larry to Lana
Fox News—Former teacher jailed after confessing to raping students because he thought statute of limitations had passed
USA Today—Amazon releases Instant Video app for the iPad
CNN.com—Gore Vidal dies at 86

8.2.12
BBC News—Star Wars MMO goes free to play after subscriber numbers drop below 1 million
ABCnews.com—Farmer angry over a recent arrest uses his tractor to crush seven police cars
CNN.com—83 million Facebook accounts are fakes
USA Today—Google indefinitely delays Nexus Q home media device, but will send a free one to everyone who has already preordered whenever the device ships
Fox News—Somali comedian who mocked Islamic militants gunned down in the street
CBS News—Baseball card collection found in Ohio attic sells for over half a million dollars at auction

8.3.12
ABCnews.com—Chrome browser extension will replace pictures of babies in your Facebook feed with pictures of cats
USA Today—EA sues Zynga for copyright infringement
CBS News—11 year old cheetah breaks world land speed record
BBC News—Blizzard's Warcraft MMO loses a million subscribers in a single quarter
Fox News—Samsung launches iTunes competitor
CNN.com—Producer Bryan Singer reveals title of next X-Men film

8.6.12
USA Today—Gunman kills six worshippers at Sikh temple in Wisconsin
BBC News—Man arrested after throwing bottle onto track where Olympic final race was being held
CBS News—138 skydivers combine to break world record
ABCnews.com—World's longest yard sale kicks off its annual run
CNN.com—Son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid found dead
Atlanta Journal-Constitution—Chipper Jones says he won't reconsider retirement despite his outstanding farewell campaign

8.7.12
The Daily Mail—Loch Ness Monster hunter claims he has photographic proof of the creature
CBS News—Best Buy founder wants to buy back all outstanding shares of the company and take it private again
USA Today—Terrell Owens signs with Seattle Seahawks
CNN.com—Michael Phelps confirms his retirement from competitive swimming
NBC News—First female NFL ref will make her debut this Thursday
ABCnews.com—Next version of iOS will not include a bundled YouTube app, although Google is expected to make a free one available for download

8.8.12
USA Today—Gold medal winner in swimming admits to cheating
MSNBC—British Facebook feature lets you gamble online with real money
Fox News—Charter school expels students who have a positive pregnancy test
ABCnews.com—Texas executes man with an IQ of 61
CNN.com—Great Gatsby release date pushed to summer 2013
CBS News—Cast of Arrested Development starts filming new season

8.9.12
BBC News—Kenyan fossils suggest a previously unknown species of humans who existed two million years ago
CBS News—July 2012 was hottest month on record in the US
USA Today—Susan G. Komen Foundation president resigns in the wake of Planned Parenthood debacle
CNN.com—Country star Randy Travis arrested after being found naked and drunk on a Texas highway
Fox News—Common flavoring for popcorn linked to Alzheimer's
MSNBC—Teen hospitalized after playing Call of Duty for four days straight

8.10.12
CBS News—New game console Ouya racks up $8.5 million for development using Kickstarter
CNN.com—LSU's "Honey Badger", a Heisman hopeful, kicked off team
ABCnews.com—Court will hear case to decide whether a Facebook Like is protected free speech after a sheriff fired people on his staff who Liked the Facebook page of his opponent in an election
NBC News—CNN host and Time writer Fareed Zakaria suspended for plagiarism
Fox News—Google to show a user's Gmail content in search results
USA Today—New smartphone app allows you to hail a cab in NYC

8.13.12
CNN.com—Romney announces that Tea Pary favorite Paul Ryan will be his running mate
BBC News—Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's will bans the use of his music in advertising
ABCnews.com—Woman sues after video of her breastfeeding that was intended to be used in an educational video ends up interspliced with a porn clip
NBC News—The Dark Knight Rises knocked out of number one spot by The Bourne Legacy
Fox News—Evangelist Billy Graham hospitalized
CBS News—Spice Girls reunite for Olympics closing ceremonies

8.14.12
CBS News—Miami Dolphins release newly signed receiver Chad Johnson after he is arrested for assaulting his wife
Fox News—Longtime Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown dead at 90
CNN.com—Google buys travel brand Frommer's
ABCnews.com—Shooter kills two at Texas A+M before being killed by police
NBC News—Republican lawmakers sue US Attorney General Eric Holder
BBC News—Motorola Mobility cuts 4,000 jobs

8.15.12
CBS News—Steve Jobs' home burglarized
USA Today—Groupon stock drops 27% on weak earnings report
NBC News—New Jersey governor Chris Christie to give keynote at Republican National Convention
BBC News—New hypersonic jet designed to go as fast as Mach 6
Fox News—Hospital technician accused of regularly watching porn on his smartphone during open heart surgeries
CNN.com—Mutant butterflies found near Fukushima

8.16.12
CNN.com—Interpol issues warrant for Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson after he jumps bail in Germany
CBS News—Pediatrician who studies near-death experiences in children accused of waterboarding his 11 year old stepdaughter
ABCnews.com—India planning mission to Mars in 2013
Fox News—Top Scrabble player kicked out of national championship tournament for cheating
NBC News—New Jersey elementary school students who were forced to eat on gym floor win $500,000 settlement
Billboard.com—Janelle Monae named latest spokesmodel for CoverGirl

8.17.12
USA Today—Mitt Romney claims that he has paid at least 13% in taxes every year for the past ten years but still refuses to release the returns that would prove it
CNN.com—eBay bans the sale of spells and hexes. A curse on them!
Fox News—WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted asylum in Ecuador, but the UK will not allow him to leave that country's embassy in London
ABCnews.com—LA restaurant offers discount to diners who leave their cellphones at the door
MSNBC—Blizzard releases cinematic trailer for the upcoming expansion to World of Warcraft
CBS News—Avengers sequel to be released May 1, 2015

8.20.12
CNN.com—Pro-life Republican congressman claims that "legitimate" rape rarely results in pregnancy
ABCnews.com—New drug shows promise as birth control for men
Fox News—Dallas Cowboys fan suing the team after sitting on a bench that had been in the sun all day and burning her butt
USA Today—Lamborghini unveils SUV concept vehicle
CBS News—Tonight show cuts staff and Jay Leno takes a pay cut as ratings sag
MSNBC—John Lennon's killer up for parole

8.21.12
AppleInsider—Apple becomes most valuable company of all time
USA Today—Phyllis Diller dies at 95
CNN.com—Condi Rice becomes one of the first two women admitted to Augusta National Golf Club, which hosts the Masters every year
CBS News—Top Gun director Tony Scott commits suicide by leaping from bridge
Fox News—Valedictorian denied diploma for using the word "hell" in her graduation speech
MSNBC—Nicki Minaj in talks to become new judge on American Idol

8.22.12
Fox News—Day care workers accused of running toddler fight club
USA Today—NBC announces that this will be the final season of The Office
CBS News—Fossilized dinosaur footprint found at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
ABCnews.com—Casino suing gamblers who won $1.5 million after the casino failed to shuffle the decks at a card table
NBC News—Upcoming Diablo III patch to give players 100 new levels beyond the initial 60
BBC News—Rosie O'Donnell has heart attack

8.23.12
CNN.com—Hells Angels file suit against the US for designating them a criminal organization
CBS News—Former Cy Young winner Bartolo Colon suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone
BBC News—Amateur painter ruins fresco in botched restoration attempt
NBC News—Nearly two thirds of Americans can't name a single Supreme Court justice
Fox News—Veteran pro tennis umpire charged with her husband's murder
ABCnews.com—LL Cool J apprehends burglar who broke into his home

8.24.12
BBC News—All nine bystanders injured by gunfire outside of Empire State Building were shot by policemen
NBC News—Jury awards Apple over $1 billion in patent infringement suit against Samsung
Fox News—Microsoft unveils its first logo change in 25 years
ABCnews.com—Obama campaign can now receive donations via text message
CNN.com—Nikon introduces camera that runs the Android mobile operating system
CBS News—New bride drowns in her wedding dress in photo shoot

8.27.12
USA Today—Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, dies at 82
ABCnews.com—Former Republican governor of Florida Charlie Crist endorses Obama for president
Fox News—Crime-ridden Camden, NJ getting rid of its police department in cost-cutting move meant to destroy the police union
BBC News—New DNA test may reveal hair and eye color of crime suspects
NBC News—Ravens cut veteran kicker Billy Cundiff, whose 32 yard miss would have tied the 2012 AFC championship game
CBS News—Man who voiced Sesame Street's Count dies at 78

8.28.12
ABCnews.com—In wake of jury verdict that found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple patents, Apple seeks to ban sales of eight Samsung smartphones
CNN.com—Isaac following Katrina's track and could make landfall in New Orleans on the seventh anniversary of Katrina
Fox News—New study finds that circumcision benefits outweigh the risks
USA Today—Chevrolet to suspend production of the Volt electric car
NBC News—Taliban accused of beheading 17 people after party that featured music and mixed-gender dancing
CBS News—Utah NBC affiliate refuses to air new sitcom about a gay couple who use a surrogate to give birth to their child

8.29.12
ABCnews.com—7 year old girl accidentally strangles herself with a jump rope
CBS News—Texas mayor killed in donkey attack
NBC News—NFL announces that it will start the season with replacement referees
BBC News—Lexmark getting out of the inkjet printer business
CNN.com—Iranian World of Warcraft players no longer have access to the game in the wake of US sanctions against their country
USA Today—Engineer who stold trade secrets from Motorola sentenced to four years in prison

8.30.12
Fox News—John Lennon's killer tells parole board that he also considered killing Johnny Carson
CNN.com—Harvard probes allegations of widespread cheating on the final exam of a government class
NBC News—Obama does "Ask Me Anything" event on Reddit
USA Today—Tennis star Andy Roddick announces that he will retire after this year's US Open
ABCnews.com—Wells Fargo fires 68 year old man for stealing a dime in 1963 when he was 19
BBC News—The Avengers director Joss Whedon creating pilot for SHIELD live action television series

8.31.12
CBS News—Obama mandate will require cars to nearly double their MPG by 2025
Fox News—Amazon's Kindle Fire sold out days ahead of a major announcement from the internet retailer
CNN.com—Pentagon says that book on Bin Laden raid by former SEAL violates federal laws
USA Today—Madden 13 sells 900,000 copies on its first day on sale
ABCnews.com—Cable show about 6 year old beauty pageant contestant gets better ratings than the Republican National Convention
MSNBC—Three photons from the same 7 billion year old gamma ray burst could overturn modern theories of space-time