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Morgan Stanley, Goldman search for deposits

Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the two largest remaining independent U.S. securities firms, may add to the $81 billion of financial services deals unveiled as they morph into banks.

Bloomberg

Steve Forbes: The move had to be made

Forbes

CNN poll: GOP takes brunt of blame for economy; Obama gains

By a two-to-one ratio, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country, a new national poll suggests.

CNN

$700 billion bailout runs into resistance

Senate Democrats put forward their version of the rescue plan, including a bold addition aimed at helping homeowners at risk of foreclosure.

International Herald Tribune

McCain and Obama question Bush administration's $700 billion bailout

MSNBC

Bush wants fast action on economic crisis

CBS News

Special section:

In depth: global financial crisis

Financial Times

Pakistan army says 60 suspected militants killed

Security forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery killed more than 60 insurgents in northwest Pakistan in offensives aimed at denying Al-Qaida and Taliban militants safe havens.

ABC News

Without clear borders problems persist in Pakistan

Times Online

Marriott 'escape' report denied

BBC

NATION

Detainees' rights subverted at Guantanamo, their lawyers said

A federal judge asks for formal statements from two guards accused of threatening a detainee who tried to contact his lawyer.

Christian Science Monitor

Galveston still danger zone, but slated to soon reopen

Businesses were beginning to reopen, cell phone service was improving and power was coming back, but leaders warned that Galveston remains dangerous.

MSNBC

Ike could increase power bills for years

Houston Chronicle

Legal, illegal Latino labor rebuilds Texas

CBS News

Homeland security grants are becoming a local burden in Washington state

Since 9/11, millions of dollars worth of homeland security grants have flowed to Washington state. But now the Department of Homeland Security wants them to start sharing in the cost.

McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Palin bones up on diplomacy with UN visit

Sarah Palin has thrown herself into a 36-hour crash course in foreign diplomacy as she makes a highly publicized visit to United Nations headquarters in New York.

Guardian

Palin lawyer meets with investigator in probe

San Francisco Chronicle

McCain honed his debating style both in and out of politics

Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, heads into the first debate with a track record as a scrappy combatant with the instincts of a fighter pilot.

MSNBC

Blog:

McCain aide blows gasket, rips New York Times

Christian Science Monitor

Todd Palin has expansive role in Alaska

Todd Palin's involvement in Alaska policy surprises some observers.

CBS News

First Dude' blends personal and public

MSNBC

SPORTS

Indians keep Red Sox from clinching playoff berth

For one night, at least, Jensen Lewis didn't have to watch the Red Sox celebrate again.

Sporting News

Yankee Stadium thieves arrested

New York City police say they arrested more than a dozen people for stealing pieces of Yankee Stadium during the 85-year-old ballpark's final game.

Sports Illustrated

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Illusionist David Blaine risks eyesight in latest stunt

Losing eyesight is possibly on the line for illusionist David Blaine, who will hang upside down for 60 hours over New York City's Central Park.

Monsters and Critics

Thriller 'Lakeview Terrace' dominates at box office

Moviegoers welcomed Samuel L. Jackson to the neighborhood, lifting his thriller "Lakeview Terrace" to the top spot at the weekend box office with $15.6 million in sales, according to estimates.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

EPA won't limit drinking water pollutant

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there is no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled water supplies around the U.S.

ABC News

US labs probe abrupt climate change

Scientists from six national laboratories have been assigned to a new project that will undertake to define possible mechanisms of abrupt climate change.

Environment News Service

Burying CO2 could pay for itself by 2030

Trapping and burying carbon dioxide from power plants could become viable without public funding by 2030.

Environmental News Network

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Renovation planned for Chicago church

Architects have unveiled a $37 million plan to rebuild a landmark 1890 church on Chicago's South Side that played a major role in the development of gospel music.

The Herald

Marks of faith

More young Jews are displaying their identity with tattoos, despite traditional Jewish law and ties to the Holocaust.

Star Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Be ticked off - but get over it

CNNMoney

Column:

Financial bailout vs. the Patriot Act

International Herald Tribune

Column (Braun Mincher):

We teach math, why not Money 101?

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Ross Douthat):

Palin and her (conservative) critics

Atlantic Online

Column:

Time for a GOP panic?

Spectator

Column:

An open letter to undecided voters

Salon.com

Editorial:

Candidates fight it out in Pennsylvania

Newsweek

Column:

Why we need more subprime loans

Newsweek

Column:

Resistance is futile

Forbes

Editorial:

The push to 'otherize' Obama

International Herald Tribune

Column:

America's 10 healthiest places to retire

U.S. News & World Report

Blog:

Bank bailout also a warning

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

RPT-Qiagen test may stop cervical cancer in rural women

A new rapid test for the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer, has proven to be 90 percent accurate in a trial involving women in rural villages in eastern China.

Reuters

Clean-coal debut in Germany

It used to be called stinky town, because the pollution from burning dirty coal was so appalling. But now, if a new pilot plant works, Spremberg could become the birthplace of a clean-coal revolution.

ABC News

WORLD

Student kills several people in Finnish school shooting

A student shot and killed several people at a vocational school in western Finland before shooting himself, local authorities said.

Reuters

Livni picked to form next Israeli coalition

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the head of the largest party in Israel's parliament, called on opposition leaders after she was asked by President Shimon Peres to try to form a ruling coalition.

Bloomberg

Egypt abduction talks 'ongoing'

Egyptian officals say negotiations are still ongoing to secure the release of 19 people abducted in southern Egypt.

BBC

BUSINESS

Stocks down on oil, bailout worries

Stocks slumped, with the Dow losing 373 points, as investors worried about the specifics of the government's $700 billion bailout plan and skyrocketing oil prices.

CNNMoney

Microsoft plans debt sales, $40 billion stock buyback

Microsoft Corp., seeking to revive the share price after a 29 percent slump, plans to buy back as much as $40 billion in stock, raise its dividend and issue its first commercial paper.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mars rover facing 2-year trek

NASA is to send its Mars rover Opportunity on a 2-year trek to try to reach a crater called Endeavor.

BBC

Men with traditional views on sex roles earn more money

Men who believe in traditional roles for women earn more money than their more forward-thinking counterparts, according to a new study.

LiveScience

HEALTH

Shorter-course radiation for breast cancer safe, effective

A more intense but briefer course of radiation therapy is equally effective as the traditional longer course for certain breast cancer patients, Canadian researchers report.

U.S. News & World Report

New season, new diet

Why wait for January? Fall is the perfect time to launch a diet and fitness program.

WebMD

EDUCATION

New winners of MacArthur genius grant to be revealed

The new list of MacArthur "genius award" winners will be announced. This award provides $500,000 to give very smart people five years to focus on their work, without having to worry about money.

Kansas City Star

Many 8th-graders can't handle algebra

Since the mid-1990s, schools have pushed students into challenging math courses. From 2000 to 2005, the percentage of very low-performing students in advanced math classes more than tripled.

USA Today

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