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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., face off at a presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

In McCain-Obama debate, a clash of two starkly different visions

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama presented starkly different visions of how they would lead the nation during the first high-stakes debate.

Christian Science Monitor

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Poll results for first presidential debate: Obama wins

Kansas City Star

Financial solution differences

MSNBC

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Live debate blog: viewers comment as it happens

Detroit Free Press

Car bomb near Syrian security base kills 17 civilians

A car bomb exploded near a security complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing 17 civilians in what officials described as a terrorist attack.

Reuters

Lawmakers hope for bailout deal by Monday

U.S. lawmakers say they're making progress and hope to reach an agreement over the weekend on a $700 billion government bailout to rescue Wall Street bankers and the U.S. economy.

CBS News

US bailout roils world markets

International Herald Tribune

Candidates debate bailout

CNN

Government ends oversight for Wall Street banks

The Securities and Exchange Commission said it was ending a program of voluntary oversight for Wall Street investment banks that its chairman said has not worked.

International Herald Tribune

Cancer-stricken Sen. Ted Kennedy hospitalized, then sent home

Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has been in treatment for brain cancer, was taken by ambulance to a hospital near his Cape Cod vacation home.

USA Today

Medvedev and Chávez sign $1 billion military loan

Russia welcomed President Hugo Chávez by signing a $1 billion military loan to his country, Venezuela, and announcing plans to modernize Russia's nuclear deterrence.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Election officials telling college students they can't vote

Local election officials, including some in Virginia and South Carolina, have discouraged college students from voting in a year in which legions of students have thrown their energy behind Obama.

McClatchy

County abortion regulations closely watched in Indiana

Abortion opponents in Indiana are encouraging passage of county-level regulations that abortion-rights groups say might be the leading edge of a nationwide effort to limit access to the procedure.

USA Today

Father abandons 9 kids under safe-haven law

MSNBC

To solve budget woes, California eyes higher taxes on the rich

California legislators facing a $15 billion shortfall call for tax hikes on the rich.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Palin's $1250-a-month impurity

Palin during her 20 months as governor has accepted gifts valued at $25,367 from industry executives, municipalities and a cultural center whose board includes some of the largest mining officials in Alaska.

Reuters

Stevens case could finish well before Election Day

Sen. Ted Stevens' criminal case is moving much faster than expected and could end several weeks before Election Day.

The Hill

2008 US Senate races

Daily Kos

2008 US Gubernatiorial elections

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2008 US House of Representatives elections

Daily Kos

HEALTH

Woman loses 160 pounds on raw diet

In just two years, she lost 160 pounds and experienced dramatic improvements emotionally, physically and socially. "I'm happier than I've ever been."

CNN

Proton radiation fails to impress in prostate cancer study

Proton radiation for early prostate cancer had an acceptable tolerability profile, but produced little evidence of a "gee whiz" impact to support its cost, a study says.

MedPage Today

EU ordering testing of more products with Chinese milk

European Union regulators ordered strenuous testing of imports with at least 15 percent milk powder upon discovering that food containing tainted milk powder from China may be circulating in Europe.

Houston Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Port of Long Beach hoists green flag

The shipping industry is a major contributor to greenhouse gases. According to recent articles in the L.A. Times, some ships emit more exhaust than 12,000 cars each day.

E Magazine

US Army can advance mission success by greening operations

The U.S. Army has become increasingly involved with environmental issues and must be better prepared to deal with them, says a new RAND Corporation study.

Environment News Service

Environment groups muzzled, May says

Canada's Green Leader says that leading environmental groups are being silenced during the election campaign due to fears that their funding will be cut if the Conservatives are re-elected.

Toronto Star

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Should the Church be entering the bailout controversy?

Two Anglican clergymen are speaking out against the world's stock market traders and calling for more regulation of the markets.

London Independent

Pulpit politics: pastors to defy IRS

During sermons, some 35 pastors across the country will tell their congregations which presidential candidate they should vote for, "according to the Scriptures."

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

E-learning getting an upgrade

Professors and schools are redesigning courses for the Web's interactive and visual possibilities to make online courses more exciting and effective than traditional classrooms.

US News

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GOOD NEWS

Can Bill Gates help Africa feed itself?

Bill Gates and Howard Buffett (Warren's oldest son) announced that their private foundations will plow more than $75 million into helping small farmers in Africa and Latin America to sell their crops as food.

TIME

16 violins rescued from Holocaust make music again in Jerusalem

Sixteen violins found in Nazi concentration camps and abandoned Jewish communities after World War II have made music together for the first time in a concert outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Chinese astronaut walks in space

A Chinese astronaut has become the first in his country's history to take a walk in space.

BBC

Pirates seize ship carrying tanks, ammo

A Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and ammunition was seized by pirates off the coast of Kenya.

CNN

Six years in Gitmo: a journalist's tale

Sami Al-Hajj, an al-Jazeera TV cameraman, who was recently freed after six and a half years at Guantánamo wrote from his cell to his British attorney, "It's worse than the fire of Hell."

TIME

BUSINESS

WaMu seized, sold to J.P. Morgan Chase

Washington Mutual succumbed to the fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis, the largest bank failure in U.S. history with $310 billion in assets, and was acquired by J.P. Morgan Chase for $1.9 billion.

MarketWatch

Federal officials: Petters tied to multi-billion dollar fraud scheme

Federal officials, in outlining their case, call Tom Petters the central figure in a suspected scheme that funded his work and lifestyle. Petters maintains he’s innocent, his attorney says.

Star Tribune

Wachovia approaches potential buyers

Wachovia approached potential buyers, including Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Spain’s Banco Santander, after a 27 percent plunge in its shares deepened fears over the future of the sixth-largest U.S. bank.

Financial Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Behind the scenes of online fraud

Online fraudsters are coming up with more types of dangerous attacks and more sophisticated methods, says Uri Rivner, head of new technologies for RSA Consumer Solutions.

CNET News

Here comes super-fast broadband

Next generation broadband will offer speeds of up to 100 megabits per second and allow a family to download songs in seconds while simultaneously watching films online.

BBC

SPORTS

Sheffield's two homers keep Rays from clinching division title

The Rays waited into the night to see what would happen in a rain-interrupted game in Boston that could give Tampa Bay the AL East crown despite a second straight loss.

ESPN

Run for the Rose Bowl starts in Big Ten

Headlining the full slate in the numerically incorrect league is No. 21 Illinois' visit to No. 12 Penn State.

USA Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'SNL' turning politics into gold

Saturday Night Live has seen a 50 percent gain over last season’s Nielsen ratings of the first two episodes, which they attribute to election season.

Variety

Married men who cheat: it’s not about the sex, but appreciation

Roughly 50 percent of married men will cheat. What is more, at least 81 percent won't admit to it even after a woman asks that searing question.

Newsweek

Paul McCartney plays concert in Tel Aviv 40 years after Israel banned Beatles

Paul McCartney played his first ever concert in Tel Aviv, playing to 40,000 fans more than 40 years after the Beatles were banned from playing Israel.

Rolling Stone

Paul McCartney in Israel 2008 - Blackbird

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