Good morning:
Ready to start the day? Here's a sampling of what's happening from the Associated Press:
Weather
It's going to be hot out there, with a high in the mid 90s, according to the National Weather Service. There's a one-in-three chance of rain each day through Sunday, and no relief from the heat expected through the weekend.
Sports
DENVER - The Atlanta Braves opened a four-game series with the Colorado Rockies in Denver with a 7-4 win Monday.
Derek Lowe (6-7) gave up four runs and eight hits over 6 1-3 solid innings on a 92-degree night, finally fading in the seventh when he left with a 7-2 lead and watched his bullpen allow two more runs.
Rookie Craig Kimbrel recorded his 16th straight scoreless appearance, striking out the side in the ninth for his 29th save in 34 chances. The Braves are 2 1/2 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East.Emory looking for collections on black athletes
ATLANTA - Emory University's library is starting to collect archives dealing with blacks in sports. The university already has large collections about blacks in religion, arts, literature and poetry, as well as a section on civil rights. The new focus on sports was sparked by the acquisition of a collection from former Emory athletic director William Clyde "Doc" Partin, which includes essays, posters, signed baseballs and books about black athletes.
Other items the university has collected include a ticket stub from a 1938 Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling boxing match, a team photo of the Atlanta Black Crackers baseball team and a baseball signed by Hank Aaron. The collections join an already prestigious literary collection. Emory's library includes the archives of authors Salman Rushdie and Alice Walker, among others.
Metro
ATLANTA - Atlanta's City Council on Monday approved plans for a video integration center to compile and analyze footage from the surveillance camera network.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that images from hundreds of cameras are expected to flow into the center, providing pictures from Piedmont Park to Underground Atlanta.
The center will be using software with the ability to identify "suspicious" behavior. Authorities say the software is also capable of pinpointing where gunshots originate from.
The American Civil Liberties Union has concerns. Jay Stanley, an ACLU senior policy analyst, says that centralizing video footage from one place, run by the government, opens the possibility that everyone will be tracked and monitored.
LAWRENCEVILLE - Police have confirmed that a body found over the weekend is a Gwinnett County woman who went missing more than a week ago. Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith said Monday the body is 44-year-old Dominique "Nique" Leili. She was reported missing after she disappeared on July 9. A search organized by the woman's family and friends ended Saturday morning, when a co-worker found her body under a pile of sticks and leaves in the Oak Village subdivision, less than a mile from her home.
Economy
WASHINGTON - House Republican leaders are giving the Tea Party a chance to do things its way in the latest chapter in the saga over increasing the government's borrowing limit and avoiding a first-ever default.
The chamber will vote Tuesday on a "cut, cap and balance" plan to let the government borrow another $2.4 trillion - but only after big and immediate spending cuts and adoption by Congress of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget.
The plan is doomed in the Democratic-controlled Senate, and the White House has promised a veto.
The cut, cap and balance measure - and the veto threat issued Monday - sparked the latest in predictable tit-for-tat exchanges between combatants of Capitol Hill and in the White House, even as it was revealed that President Barack Obama hosted House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., at the White House on Sunday.
NEW YORK - There will be no storybook ending for Borders. The 40-year-old book seller could start shuttering its 399 remaining stores as early as Friday.
The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based chain, which helped pioneer the big-box bookseller concept, is seeking court approval to sell off its assets after it failed to receive any bids that would keep it in business. The move adds Borders to the list of retailers that have failed to adapt to changing consumers' shopping habits and survive the economic downturn, including Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster and Linens 'N Things.
On Thursday, Borders is expected to ask the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York at a scheduled hearing to allow it to be sold to liquidators led by Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers Group. If the judge approves the move, liquidation sales could start as soon as Friday; the company could go out of business by the end of September.
World
NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is "encouraged" by the ongoing talks between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.
The two countries have fought three wars. Talks that were broken off following the 2008 attacks on Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants have resumed in recent months.
The two countries' foreign ministers are to meet for a new round of talks next week.
Clinton said during a news conference Tuesday that the United States was "encouraged by the dialogue between India and Pakistan." She said talks were "the most pomising approach" to build more confidence between the countries.
Science
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A space shuttle left the International Space Station for the very last time Tuesday, heading home to end the 30-year run of a vessel that kept U.S. astronauts flying to and from orbit longer than any other rocketship.
Atlantis slipped away after performing a partial lap around the space station. Ten pairs of eyes pressed against the windows, four in the shuttle and six in the station.
"Godspeed," a space station astronaut called out.
All that remains of NASA's final shuttle voyage is the touchdown, targeted for the pre-dawn hours of Thursday back home in Florida.
