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Health care reform's public option: down, but not yet out?

Despite the fact that the Senate currently does not have 60 public-option supporters, the public option may not be dead yet.

TIME

Special health care perks for Congress

ABC News

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Committee votes down abortion amendment

The Hill

Obama announces $5 billion in government grants for medical research

President Barack Obama has announced $5 billion in government grant money to help pay for research into cures for cancer and other diseases.

CBS News

Strong quakes create temblor risk worldwide

A strong earthquake may weaken faults across the world while triggering seismic events for months afterward, according to a study.

The News Tribune

South Pacific tsunami death toll at 119

MSNBC

Witness catches surge on tape

ABC News

Senate climate bill drops 'cap and trade' term to sell itself

Senate Democrats tried out a new catch phrase to sell their global warming bill: pollution reduction and investment (PRI). It's just another name for "cap and trade," a term derided by Republican critics.

Google News

US Senate climate bill reaction

Reuters

Special section:

How carbon trading works

MSNBC

GM kills Saturn after Penske ends deal

Car dealership operator Penske Automotive Group announced that it has cancelled plans to acquire General Motors' Saturn unit. As a result, GM said it will wind down the brand and dealer network.

CNNMoney

NATION

Supreme Court to take up Chicago handgun ban

The case challenging a handgun ban in Chicago will decide whether the individual right to bear arms upheld by the Supreme Court applies to all states and cities, too.

Christian Science Monitor

Economy dips in 2nd quarter

Second quarter economic activity shrank at a pace of just 0.7 percent, a better-than-expected showing that buttressed beliefs the economy is growing now.

Philadelphia Inquirer

US plans to pull 4,000 troops from Iraq

The United States is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month, the top American commander there says.

TIME

POLITICS

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shortens Senate’s Columbus Day break

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the Senate won’t get its usual weeklong Columbus Day recess, and predicted that floor debate on a health care overhaul will begin that week.

Congressional Quarterly

Biden commemorates Violence Against Women Act

Women's groups gathered at Vice President Joe Biden's home to toast the 15th anniversary of landmark legislation aimed at eliminating violence against women.

Google News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Sesame Street' slot for 1st lady

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is to appear in the first episode of the 40th anniversary series of Sesame Street.

BBC

'Sesame Street': Mrs. Obama plants a garden

YouTube

Court dismisses Rather's $70 million suit

Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS was dismissed by the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, granting a motion filed by the network.

Media Life

No tiptoeing through the tulips

If the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain exists partly to subvert expectations, then the first expectation it subverts is that it is going to be very, very bad.

New York Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wireless charging to go mainstream

The company behind the new Dell Latitude Z laptop's wireless power charger predicts that its technology will go mainstream.

Computerworld

New spin on Nero's banquet hall

Not only was Nero a Roman emperor, it turns out he may also have been the father of the revolving restaurant.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nero's rotating dining room discovered

BBC

HEALTH

Taking antidepressants in early pregnancy linked to child heart defects

New research finds that children born to women taking antidepressants in early pregnancy have a small but important increased risk of septal heart defects.

Medical News Today

Women's weight tied to healthy aging

For women, the odds of being healthy at age 70 are best for those who don't gain a lot of weight between ages 18 and 50 and who aren't obese at 50.

WebMD

CDC: eating in America still unhealthy

U.S. News & World Report

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

In US, ranks of those who don't identify with a religion are growing

The number of Americans who do not identify with an organized religion has mushroomed and could constitute one-quarter of the nation's population.

Hartford Courant

Religion-less is a new religion

YouTube

Public-prayer battle lines drawn in Lodi

The question is: Should the City Council of Lodi, Calif., allow invocations that call on Jesus at its public meetings?

Sacramento Bee

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GOOD NEWS

Improving stem cell techniques using protein found in moss

According to a new research, moss may be able to tell scientists how better to program stem cells for medical purposes.

ScienceDaily

Life in dog years: many pets living longer

Veterinarians say it’s not unusual for some dogs and cats to reach 15 years or more, and they’re seeing more pets do so.

MSNBC

Fighter jet missing 5 decades found off Calif. coast

Searchers in California say they have found and identified the wreck of a fighter jet that disappeared into the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles International Airport nearly 54 years ago.

WIBW

WORLD

Israel to free 20 for Shalit film

Israel has said it will release 20 Palestinian women from detention in return for proof that captured soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive.

BBC

World powers turn up heat on Iran

World powers have increased pressure on Iran, urging the country to reveal the nature of its nuclear program during six-party talks in Geneva.

BBC

Iran: nuclear talks an opportunity

Al Jazeera

Netanyahu wants panel of inquiry over UN Gaza report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will present a proposal to his cabinet for the establishment of an investigative committee to probe the findings of the Goldstone Commission report.

Haaretz

BUSINESS

Holiday bargain: 100 toys for $10

Walmart is looking to jump-start holiday sales by expanding the $10 toy incentive tenfold, the company said.

CNNMoney

American Express plans to kill fee for dormant gift cards

American Express Co. will eliminate fees deducted from cards that go unused as it pursues a bigger share of an estimated $25 billion market this holiday season.

Bloomberg

Banks charge record checking fees

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Air pollutants from abroad a growing concern for air quality elsewhere

Harmful air pollutants can be transported across oceans and continents and have a negative impact on air quality far from their original sources, says a new report by the National Research Council.

ScienceDaily

50-MW biomass-fueled co-generation plant planned in Scotland

A new 50-MW biomass-fueled co-generation plant is to be developed for papermaker Tullis Russell to supply its paper mill at Markinch, in Fife, Scotland, with heat and power.

Environmental News Network

SPORTS

Study: NFL players at higher risk of dementia than national population

A study commissioned by the National Football League reports that Alzheimer’s or similar diseases appear vastly more often in former league players than in the national population.

New York Times

Some Chicago residents hoping Olympics bid a bust

The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games set for their city, but some around town are hoping otherwise.

Google News

Olympics photo wire

ESPN

EDUCATION

College announces sex in dorms policy

One Boston school — Tufts University — has come up with some new rules when it comes to having sex in the dormitory.

CBS News

'Sexile' banned

MSNBC

After school programs net gains in math, but not reading

A federal study of curriculum materials used in two after-school programs has found that a math program produced significant gains in student achievement, while a reading program did not.

Education Week

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