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Sarah Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says

Long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.

CNN

McCain steps up attacks on Obama

YouTube

Obama criticizes 'ugly' tactics

Obama, appearing in Nevada, said the "ugly phone calls, the misleading mail and TV ads, the careless, outrageous comments" were preventing change.

BBC

Obama returns to campaigning

CBS News

Early voting kicks off in more than 30 states

MSNBC

Pakistan offensive 'turns corner'

Pakistani forces have turned the corner in the country's main front in its war against militancy by capturing a strategically important village after heavy fighting, the operation commander said.

Reuters

Time and money running out for Pakistan

TIME

International Monetary Fund says Pakistan has not requested financing

Reuters

Report: Iranian president has fallen ill

A close associate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Iranian president has fallen ill under the strain of his position.

USA Today

Spending stalls, jobs cut

As the financial crisis cuts demand for American goods and services, workers who produce them are losing jobs by the tens of thousands.

International Herald Tribune

Israeli coalition government talks end

The Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, abandoned efforts to form a government, putting Israel on course for early elections and dashing hopes of a peace deal with Palestinians before the end of the year.

Guardian

NATION

Crisis could trigger big public transit payments throughout nation

Transit agencies may have to come up with billions of dollars to repay investors as long-term financing deals disintegrate, a result of the credit crisis that could affect millions of commuters.

USA Today

Hundreds of Navy fighter aircrafts to be inspected for cracks

The U.S. Navy is having hundreds of its older F/A-18 fighter jets inspected, including some flying operations over Afghanistan, officials said.

CNN

POLITICS

Some analysts see Dems winning filibuster-proof majority of 60

Pundits and political pros are talking of a Republican meltdown that, in one scenario, could give the Democrats a filibuster-proof majority of 60.

Houston Chronicle

The punditocracy's 7 biggest blunders of the 2008 election (so far)

Salon.com

Michigan Senator seeks help for automakers GM and Chrysler

Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan is calling for a federal bailout of the struggling auto industry.

NPR

Despite criticism, 'America's toughest sheriff' expects to be re-elected

Joe Arpaio, who likes to be known as Sheriff Joe, is determined to get rid of every illegal immigrant in Maricopa County, Arizona.

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Chicano art receives overdue recognition in Los Angeles

Major institutions in Los Angeles had virtually ignored artwork by Mexican-Americans. A new exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art marks a welcome turnaround.

NPR

Bono: 'Let's put humanity back on earth'

The pop star makes an impassioned call for Americans to resist the urge to turn inward during troubled times.

AlterNet

HEALTH

A prenatal fix to a twin threat

Doctors at Children's Hospital and Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis are the first in Minnesota to offer the still experimental surgery.

Star Tribune

The complicated procedure

KARE11

Sodium levels don't raise blood pressure

Elevated sodium levels in the blood aren't related to the future risk of high blood pressure, say U.S. researchers who looked at almost 2,200 people.

HealthDay

The new superfruits

WebMD

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Treating cabin fever in microgravity

Cramped quarters, odd hours and constant contact with coworkers are all normal conditions for astronauts as they work in space.

TechNewsWorld

Google's iPhone challenger

The first smartphone powered by Google's open source Android operating system — the G1 — was a big success even before it went on sale through Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA mobile unit.

Financial Times

EDUCATION

Eco-friendly schools live their lessons

Eco-friendly schools offer ways to save energy, improve air quality and educate students about the environment.

USA Today

Could independent colleges become the next economic bubble?

Many independent institutions start to look vulnerable as charitable donations and investment returns slide, according to a study by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

MSNBC

Buyers clean up as schools clean house

A few times a year, some school districts purge all unwanted or broken items at surplus auctions that attract a colorful and regular group of wheelers and dealers and a few novice buyers.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Why is Congress so disliked? Consider exhibits A and B

USA Today

Editorial:

Low expectations could get lower

Financial Times

Column (Kelefa Sanneh):

Saturday-night politics

New Yorker

Editorial:

A coming blue tide in Colorado?

Rocky Mountain News

Column (Dennis Byrne):

A turn in the housing market?

Real Clear Politics

Column (Colin Barr):

For housing, no easy fix

Fortune

Blog (Ross Douthat):

The absence of policy

Atlantic Online

Blog (Andrew Romano):

Assessing McCain's closing argument

Newsweek

Column:

Election story is worthy of a Tolstoy

Denver Post

Column:

Out of sync with their own smears

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

The computing 'cloud' that's to form

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

Alan Bennett donates archive to Oxford

Playwright-screenwriter Alan Bennett is donating his literary archive to Oxford University's Bodleian Library.

Google News

Televised performance to support longest-running annual fundraiser

The annual campaign raised more than $1 billion, which helped the Salvation Army serve 30 million Americans each year.

HappyNews.com

WORLD

The world that awaits a president-elect

There will be days when you will wonder why you worked so hard to get this job. What will make it so difficult is not just all that awaits, but the constraints that will limit what you can actually do.

Newsweek

Sunni-Shiite battle of website hackers

While some Middle East experts say tit-for-tat cyberattacks on Islamic websites amounts to a virtual sectarian battle, others suspect third-party agitators could be the culprits.

Christian Science Monitor

IMF director cleared over affair

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was cleared of harassment, favoritism and abuse of power charges connected with an affair with a colleague.

BBC

BUSINESS

Companies start competing for treasury bailout money

Insurers, automakers and American subsidiaries of foreign banks all want the Treasury Department to cut them a piece of the largest government rescue in U.S. history.

MSN Money

Where will $700B bailout actually go?

CBS News

Political alarms ring as markets panic

Asian and European leaders closed ranks to try to bolster the confidence of shell-shocked investors fearful that the year-long global credit crunch is mutating into a worldwide recession.

Reuters

SPORTS

A frantic, fun finish in Philly

Ryan Howard hit his first home run of this postseason and Phillies capitalize on Rays' blunders to score the winning run in the 9th inning, taking 2-games-to-1 lead in the World Series.

MSNBC

Devlin helps Penn State edge Ohio State

Pat Devlin came for injured quarterback Daryll Clark in the fourth quarter and, leading two fourth-quarter scoring drives, give No. 3 Penn State a 13-6 victory over No. 10 Ohio State.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Will demand for solar homes pick up?

Today there are about 40,000 solar homes in the United States, but that number is set to spike, and soon.

BusinessWeek

All your green shopping needs

TIME

From bad to worst

Green group catalogs world's 10 worst pollution problems.

Grist

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Which religion picks the best stocks?

That may sound like a whimsical question, but there are, in fact, mutual funds tailored to a number of religions and denominations.

TIME

Dalai Lama says he has given up on China talks

The Dalai Lama said he has given up on efforts to convince Beijing to allow greater autonomy for Tibet under Chinese rule.

USA Today

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