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Palin calls Bush a major obstacle to Republican campaign

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Republican presidential nominee John McCain are determined to disassociate themselves from the president, who registered only a 22 percent approval rating.

MSNBC

Palin disputes $150,000 shopping spree

AOL News

Blog:

Election nears, and the whispering begins

CNN

Confessions of a Gitmo prosecutor

The inside story of a military lawyer who found stunning injustice at the heart of the administration's military commissions.

Salon.com

Global teamwork needed to fight crunch

Asian and European leaders vowed to act together to address the global financial crisis, calling for decisive action following a two-day summit in the Chinese capital.

CNN

Throwing the bathroom sink at the economy

CNNMoney

Your money and the economic crisis

ABC News

Explaining the money markets

Economist

Pakistani forces capture al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold near Afghan border

Pakistan's army reported capturing a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, a breakthrough in an offensive against the Taliban and al-Qaida that sent nearly 200,000 civilians fleeing for safety.

CNN

Jennifer Hudson's nephew missing after her mother's and brother's deaths

Authorities investigating the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were searching for the missing 7-year-old nephew of the actress.

Associated Press

NATION

Long lines, glitches reported during early voting raise concerns for election day

With the issues that marred the 2000 election still in the electorate's memory, reports of problems are troubling signs for many who are skeptical of whether their votes will count.

CNN

Fed cracking down on housing scams

The U.S. Federal Reserve is working with other regulators to crack down on scams to take advantage of distressed homeowners by mimicking mailings sent out by mortgage industry alliance Hope Now.

Reuters

POLITICS

Obama returns to campaign trail

He plans two rallies in Nevada, with an emphasis on getting supporters to vote early — locking in votes that might not materialize if people get busy or stay home because of bad weather.

USA Today

Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama

MSNBC

Who will fill the next president's cabinet?

NPR

Kennedy prepares to forge potential health care breakthrough

An ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy is trying to lay the groundwork for a breakthrough on health care reform. Many believe the enormous undertaking is even more difficult in a troubled economy.

USA Today

A Mississippi Democrat in the Senate? Unlikely, but possible

Even in an election year that hardly could be worse for Republicans, nobody expected they would be at risk of losing a Senate seat in Mississippi.

SunHerald

HEALTH

Warm your hands, warm your outlook?

People keen to make a positive impression on a new acquaintance might want to meet over a hot drink, a new study suggests.

National Geographic

Health insurance costs outpace wages

Workers' health insurance premiums went up more than five times faster than wages since 2000, adding to an increasingly tight squeeze on family budgets.

WebMD

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Synecdoche': Charlie Kaufman's dangerous mind

"Synedoche" is a portrait of a creative mind in artistic and emotional crisis, spanning 30 years, slipping from mundane reality into nightmare fantasy, and set in two New York State river cities 150 miles apart.

TIME

The birth of blues

“The blues had a baby and they named the baby rock and roll.” So sang Muddy Waters, one of the world's greatest bluesmen.

Economist

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Geoengineering to cool Earth — at a price

Global warming has become such an overriding emergency that climate experts are willing to consider schemes to partly shield the planet from the sun's rays. But no such scheme is a magic bullet.

Scientific American

Foamy invention could revolutionize saving energy and lives

Scientists have developed a space-age material so light and strong that it could revolutionize everything from vehicle bumpers to armor to biomedical devices.

LiveScience

Memories selectively, safely erased

A new study describes a method to rapidly and specifically erase a selected set of memories from the mouse brain in a controlled and inducible manner.

Science Daily

EDUCATION

With a pre-P.S.A.T., the joys of testing start even earlier

The College Board, the nonprofit that owns the P.S.A.T. and S.A.T. college entrance tests, unveiled a new exam to assess eighth graders' readiness for high school and college courses.

TIME

US cities' math scores split compared to rest of the world

Fourth- and eighth-grade students in six U.S. cities hold their own against international competitors from Singapore, Japan, England and elsewhere.

USA Today

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

History in the making

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

World Series tidbits that you can bet on

USA Today

Column (Dahlia Lithwick):

How to fight Big Tobacco

Slate

Column (Garrison Keillor):

Among the hardy Republicans

Salon.com

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

What happened to GOP electoral tactics?

Salon.com

Column (Bonnie Erbe):

Greenspan speaks on the financial crisis

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Robert J. Samuelson):

Young voters, get mad

Newsweek

Column (Jack Shafer):

Stolen elections American as apple pie

Slate

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

Fallen myth: Obama's 'Jewish problem'

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

UN head seeks crisis aid for poor

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for drastic measures to protect developing countries against the global financial crisis.

BBC

Love lab: Follow your instincts

A new book on the biology of human sexuality looks at what makes for good couple chemistry and why we should pay attention to our instincts (and our noses) when searching for a mate or a date.

Newsweek

WORLD

Does Iraqi democracy mean early withdrawal of US forces?

John McCain ignored the U.S. demand for a conditions-based formula to withdraw troops. The Iraqi government brought the Bush administration back to firm deadlines for withdrawal.

TIME

OPEC cuts oil supply in face of lower demand trying to bring prices back up

The OPEC cartel ordered a cut in oil production of at least 1.5 million barrels a day to take effect Nov. 1, according to Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi.

International Herald Tribune

OPEC slashes crude, prices continue tumble

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Tech firms to adopt code of conduct

Criticized for their human rights records, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft plan to adopt voluntary guidelines that will govern their business practices in nations like China that restrict free speech.

San Francisco Chronicle

Undaunted, skyscrapers reach higher

Eager developers want to shrug off the current economic crisis, but the global downturn could yet quash high-rise plans.

Business Week

SPORTS

Zona's Lute Olson retires; school hires rival's assistant Pennell as interim coach

With retirement of basketball icon Lute Olson, the University of Arizona hired assistant coach Russell Pennell from archrival Arizona State. Olson leaves with a 780-280 record and a championship.

Sporting News

McAllister, Smith among players reportedly testing positive

A number of NFL players including Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints tested positive under the NFL's steroid policy after taking water pills to control weight.

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Ecofriendly is good business

The race to be the country’s greenest city is more than a beauty contest. Huge pots of federal money are at stake for public transit and pedestrian-friendly downtowns.

Christian Science Monitor

Italian wine farmer vows green revolution among the vines

Meet Lorenzo Fasola-Bologna, a dashing 37-year-old with a winning smile, big ideas and lots of energy. He has set himself a challenge: to cut his family farm's CO2 emissions to zero by the end of 2009.

ABC News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Religion: with God on our side

"That land that I live in has God on its side," Bob Dylan sang, reprising a go-to justification for war. That is, believers think they're doing the Lord's work — sometimes a dangerous inclination.

Psychology Today

Legal gay marriage would squash religious freedom, experts say

Robb and Robin Wirthlin didn't want to believe their son. In fact, they thought he might have just misunderstood the teacher's lesson, as second-graders sometimes do.

Baptist Press

Religion and America's role in the world

Religion & Ethics

Christian ghost hunters seeking life on the other side

Michael Reed, a practical, middle-aged man who works as a baker in Madison, Ala., didn't believe until the night something in his old house in New Orleans nearly squeezed the breath out of him.

Religion News Service

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