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Trader Paul Maguire works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Photo by Richard Drew / AP)

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Bush invites world leaders to Washington for economic summit

The meeting could eventually lead to a far-reaching overhaul of the rules governing global financial markets.

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International Herald Tribune

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World leaders to meet on economy in Washington

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Report: Alaska paid for Palin family travel

Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business.

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ABC News

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RNC spends thousands on dresses, make-up for Palin & family

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Wall Street plunges on grim outlook

A fresh batch of grim earnings pushed U.S. stocks to a fresh five-year low as concerns grew over the difficulties facing corporate America in the wake of banking sector turmoil.

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Financial Times

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Merck to cut 7,000 more jobs

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NPR

Early voting boosts Dems

Democrats are voting early in greater numbers than their Republican counterparts in several closely contested states, reversing a pattern that favored the GOP in past elections.

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USA Today

India launches first moon mission

India's first unmanned moon mission has successfully blasted off in a bid to put the country's space program in the same league as neighbors Japan and China.

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Al Jazeera

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India's moon mission

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BBC

NATION

Debating 'drill, baby, drill' at 1969 spill

Since 1969, when oil spilled off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., the U.S. government banned new offshore rigs. Now that the ban is lifted, some attitudes are changing.

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NPR

Angry letters, powder sent to banks

The FBI and the Postal Inspection Service are investigating more than 30 angry letters containing a white powdery substance recently sent to banks.

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CNN

Economic downturn hits police

The growing financial crisis is a double whammy for police in many U.S. cities: They face budget cuts as they brace for an expected surge in thefts and robberies.

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POLITICS

Senators remain committed to bipartisan energy bill in next Congress

Members of the Senate’s so-called “Gang of 20” say their bipartisan energy plan is not dead and are predicting it will be taken up early in the next Congress.

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The Hill

Rep. says 'Liberals hate real Americans'

Rep. Robin Hayes, R-N.C., has conceded that he did say that "liberals hate real Americans that work and accomplish and achieve and believe in God," even though he initially denied it.

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Politico

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'Rednecks for Obama' defy conventional wisdom

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Murtha: Western Pa. is 'redneck'

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ABC News

Glimmer of Obama's character, pausing campaign to visit ailing grandmother

Sen. Barack Obama has made the very personal decision to leave the campaign trail for two days to visit his ailing 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii.

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Obama leaves campaign trail

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Reuters

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

An attempt to win a pumpkin competition

The Swensons and their neighbors (it takes a community to raise a 375-pound gourd) enter "Daisy" in the Fryeburg Fair in Maine. Does she win?

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Christian Science Monitor

Marx book popular amid credit crunch

Karl Marx is back in fashion, says one German publisher, who attributes his new popularity to the economic crisis.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Students check out cheaper colleges as economic crisis deepens

The nation's financial crisis is forcing college applicants to take a long, hard look at what they can afford and what value they place on investing in higher education.

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Christian Science Monitor

Teachers in Arkansas to need state nod

Arkansas officials voted to require all eighth grade teachers to get a state credential to teach Algebra 1.

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Teachers take test scores to the bank

A small but growing number of school districts are experimenting with teacher pay packages that front-load higher salaries and offer bonuses if student test scores improve or if teachers work in hard-to-staff schools.

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USA Today

HEALTH

Health care plans: Obama vs. McCain compared and contrasted

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee John McCain have dramatically divergent visions of how to reshape the health insurance system.

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USA Today

US suicide rate is on rise

After falling for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has climbed steadily since 1999, driven by an alarming increase among middle-aged adults, researchers said.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Sarah Palin’s personal shopper

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How to finish the job in Iraq

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America's other deficit: leadership

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Christian Science Monitor

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Did Obama kill public campaign finance?

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NPR

Column (Geoff Colvin):

Why talent is overrated

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Fortune

Interventionist overreach

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Economist

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The Osama bin Laden factor

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Newsweek

Column (John Aloysius Farrell):

Sarah Palin's un-real America

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U.S. News & World Report

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Slate

Questions about the candidates' health

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International Herald Tribune

The Obama I (don't) know

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Forbes

Republican socialism

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GOOD NEWS

Billionaire doctor pledges $50 million for pet contraception

A billionaire doctor has come up with what could arguably be the most unusual philanthropic prize of all, the Michelson Prize, named after inventor Gary Michelson. The cause: pet contraception.

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Wall Street Journal

Military hospital opens for dogs wounded in war

A $15 million veterinary hospital for four-legged military personnel opened at Lackland Air Force Base, offering a facility that gives advanced medical treatment for combat-wounded dogs.

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CNN

WORLD

US air raid kills Afghan soldiers

Nine Afghan soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in an air raid by U.S.-led forces in eastern Afghanistan.

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Al Jazeera

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Seeing the enemy in Afghanistan

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MSNBC

Woman in Congo: 'They wanted to destroy my body and spirit'

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thousands of women and girls have been systematically raped during a 10-year war that some say has cost more lives than any other war since World War II.

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CNN

BUSINESS

FAA considers crackdown on American Eagle for flying overloaded planes

American Eagle is in danger of being kicked out of a key safety program by the Federal Aviation Administration because the commuter airline repeatedly flew overloaded, potentially unsafe planes.

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ABC News

Fears drag down European markets

European stock markets showed heavy losses in trading as fears of a global recession continued to rattle investors' confidence globally.

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BBC

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China's economy cools

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Christian Science Monitor

Lehman's demise rocks Main Street

The natural gas that cooks the food at Disneyland's Main Street USA was one of the many things that Wall Street bought and sold with borrowed money.

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USA Today

SPORTS

AC Milan, Galaxy talk over Beckham loan

Under the proposed deal, the Galaxy midfielder and former England captain would join the Serie A club and play there until the end of the season.

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ESPN

World Series preview

The Rays were the better team in the toughest division of the better league. They defeated two division winners in the playoffs to get here. They have more talent, 1 through 25, than the Phillies.

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Sports Illustrated

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

US identity theft convictions increase 26 percent, feds say

Federal identity theft convictions increased 26 percent in 2007, says a Bush administration identity theft task force report.

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Wired

Offshore wind may power the future

New Jersey announced the state would help fund an initiative to build a 350-megawatt wind farm 16 miles offshore, housing the nation's first deep-water turbines.

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Scientific American

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

How Darwinism and faith can coexist

Drawing on years of study in preparation for ordination as a Dominican priest, Francisco J. Ayala uses evolution to help answer a central paradox of Christianity.

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Scientific American

Va. pharmacy follows faith, no birth control sales

A new drug store at a Virginia strip mall is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: no candy, no sodas and no birth control.

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Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Bison return to Iowa's native prairie

The Nature Conservancy in Iowa will welcome a small herd of 30 bison to Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve in the globally rare Loess Hills, the largest contiguous native prairie in the state.

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Environment News Service

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A member of a guard of honor contingent checks the alignment of his colleagues before a welcome ceremony for Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ng Han Guan / AP)

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