8.1.13
CNN.com—Russia grants temporary asylum to Edward Snowden
USA Today—Russia to enforce anti-gay laws during the Olympics
CBS News—James Cameron now says that Avatar will have three additional sequels instead of the two originally planned
Fox News—Texas running out of drugs for executions
NBC News—Playboy and Penthouse will not longer be sold at military PXs
ABCnews.com—Hundreds of volunteers creating new star spangled banner in Baltimore

8.2.13
ABCnews.com—Alex Rodriguez could lose $100 million in salary alone if he is banned for life from baseball
Fox News—House Republicans vote to overturn Obama's healthcare reform for the 40th time
CBS News—Time Warner drops CBS from cable networks in major markets in dispute over broadcast fees
USA Today—Ravens cornerback suspended eight games for using performance enhancing drugs
CNN.com—Ellen Degeneres to host the Oscars
NBC News—Nike drops Ryan Braun

8.5.13
CNN.com—Obama overturns import ban from trade commission on some Apple products
USA Today—Heisman Trophy winner's college eligibility could be in doubt following revelations that he accepted thousands of dollars for autographing memorabilia
ABCnews.com—Seattle considers banning words like "citizen" and "brown bag lunch" in official city communications, fearing that some residents could take offense to the terms. Huh?
NBC News—New Doctor Who revealed
Fox News—Jack White's ex-wife files restraining order against the musician
CBS News—Yahoo acquires Rockmelt

8.6.13
USA Today—Washington Post sold to Amazon's Jeff Bezos for $250 million
CBS News—Alex Rodriguez suspended the remainder of this season and all of 2014, says he plans to appeal and starts in his first game of the season
ABCnews.com—Two boys killed by python after it escapes from pet store below their apartment
Fox News—Obama to urge Congress to shut down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
CNN.com—Secretive company raises over $1 million through crowdfunding to produce a smartwatch, but they don't even have a web site
NBC News—FDA officially defines "gluten-free"

8.7.13
NBC News—John Carmack, creator of Doom and Quake, leaving id Software to join Oculus Rift virtual reality company
USA Today—Florida teen killed after police use stun gun on him
Fox News—Study finds that 75% of funded Kickstarter projects are delayed from their originally promised ship date
CBS News—Florida tow truck driver shot and killed by man whose car he was towing
CNN.com—Yahoo to unveil new logo next month. Yeah, it's a slow news day.
ABCnews.com—Some Xerox machines found to have been altering documents after scanning them

8.8.13
BBC News—Some features of Xbox One will only be available to users who pay for an annual subscription
CBS News—Man posts photo of his wife's dead body on his Facebook page, along with a confession that he killed her
NBC News—Big Brother contestant's joke about child porn prompts police investigation
CNN.com—Terror threat prompts US to pull diplomats from Pakistan
Fox News—Growing use of water jetpacks in Hawaii lead to calls for regulation
USA Today—Aaron Hernandez's cousin jailed for contempt of court for refusing to cooperate with the murder investigation involving the football star

8.9.13
ABCnews.com—Developer discovers that Chrome does not encrypt stored passwords, a major security flaw
USA Today—Former MLB player accuses two current stars of using steroids
NBC News—New digital currency called Perfect Money gaining favor among hackers
CBS News—Oprah says she was discriminated against by a store clerk in Switzerland
Fox News—Yahoo to give $81 million bonus to Tumblr founder as long as he stays with the company for at least four years
CNN.com—Four former Vanderbilt football players charged with rape

8.12.13
Fox News—North Carolina signs restrictive voter ID bill, the latest in a series of far-right laws passed by the state
USA Today—Amazon reportedly planning game console
ABCnews.com—Man dies after fall from upper deck at Atlanta's Turner Field
NBC News—AOL CEO fires man on conference call that featured over 1,000 participants
CNN.com—Judge dismisses civil discrimination lawsuit against Paula Deen
CBS News—Vegan activists vandalize butter sculpture of cow at Iowa state fair

8.13.13
ABCnews.com—DoJ sues to stop American Airlines/US Airways merger
NBC News—Special editionn of Saint's Row IV video game, limited to a single copy, comes with trip to space for buyer
USA Today—New ad campaign from Coke to defend artificial sweeteners
CNN.com—Activist investor Carl Icahn buys large stake in Apple
CBS News—Charlatans drummer dies at 44 after three year battle with brain cancer
Fox News—Next iPhone to be revealed September 10

8.14.13
CBS News—California law will allow transgender teens to choose which restrooms they use and which high school teams they will play on according to the gender they are most comfortable with
CNN.com—NY Times web site suffers three hour outage
NBC News—Alex Rodriguez considering lawsuit against MLB if they don't drop his suspension
BBC News—Piano maker Steinway agrees to $500 million buyout from hedge fund
USA Today—Eminem debuts single from his new album in an advertisement for the Call of Duty video game
Fox News—12 year old boy finds 5 carat diamond in state park

8.15.13
CNN.com—Area 51 officially ackonwledged by US government
USA Today—Kiss (yes, the band) is bringing a new Arena football team to Los Angeles
NBC News—Grand Theft Auto Online to launch two weeks after the release of GTA 5
Fox News—Samsung reportedly prepping smartwatch for September launch
CBS News—Spike Lee exceeds his $1.25 million goal for a Kickstarter project to fund his next film
ABCnews.com—Microsoft announces that Windows 8.1 will be free

8.16.13
NBC News—Ferrari from Ferris Bueller's Day Off up for auction
BBC News—NASA retiring Keplar space telescope
USA Today—Phillies fire manager Charlie Manuel and name Ryne Sandberg as interim manager
ABCnews.com—Navy restricting where and when alcohol can be sold on base
CBS News—John Mellencamp's sons charged with felony battery
Fox News—Royals' Miguel Tejada suspended for 105 games for violating MLB's PED policies

8.19.13
BBC News—Smartphones outsold other mobile phones for the first time last quarter
ABCnews.com—Prankster puts empty plastic boxes on Best Buy shelves with a price at of $99
USA Today—Apple is once again the world's most valuable company as its stock creeps back over $500 per share
Fox News—Lindsay Lohan to appear on Eastbound & Down
CBS News—Fergie officially changes her name...to Fergie
CNN.com—High school football player dies during scrimage

8.20.13
CNN.com—Hacker breaks into Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page to demonstrate the severity of a security flaw that he reported to the company and they ignored
NBC News—Alex Rodriguez preparing to sue Yankees team doctor for malpractice
BBC News—Ubuntu smartphone project sets crowdfunding record, but it's still only about one-third of the way to its full funding goal
Fox News—Global internet traffic dropped 40% for the few minutes that Google's site and services were offline
CBS News—Man found dead at Olivia Newton-John's home
ABCnews.com—Samsung to release phone with 6.3 inch screen in the US

8.21.13
BBC News—Three Oklahoma teens charged in thrill killing of college baseball player
NBC News—Lyme disease may be much more common than previously thought
Fox News—Jon Stewart is the top earner among late night hosts
CNN.com—TiVo introduces the Roamio, its first new product in three years
CBS News—Denver Broncos defensive star suspended six games for violating substance abuse policy
ABCnews.com—PS4 to go on sale November 15

8.22.13
Fox News—Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for leaking classified documents
NBC News—Braves outfielder Heyward could be out for the rest of the season after being hit in the face with a pitch
BBC News—An excess of copper in your diet may increase your risk of Alzheimer's
CBS News—Partridge family star charged with DWI
USA Today—Sonic to start stamping college team logos onto its hamburger buns
CNN.com—Prison Break star Wentworth Miller comes out

8.23.13
Fox News—Ben Affleck to be the next Batman. Boo!
USA Today—Microsoft CEO Ballmer announces that he plans to retire within a year
CBS News—Obama proposes new college rating system
NBC News—Amazon may be building its own wireless network
CNN.com—Huffington Post to ban anonymous comments
BBC News—Star Wars cinematographer dies at 99