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Sept. 29, 2009 file photo of the Supreme Court. Seated, from left are: Associate Justice Kennedy, Associate Justice Stevens, Chief Justice Roberts, Associate Justice Scalia, and Associate Justice Thomas. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ginsburg, Associate Justice Breyer, and Associate Justice Sotomayor. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

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New term and new justice for Court

Justice Souter never danced the salsa in public. Justice Stevens doesn't sing in karaoke bars. And Chief Justice Roberts hasn't thrown the first pitch. But that was before Justice Sotomayor.

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Associated Press

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Supreme Court to decide hot button issues

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U.S. News & World Report

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Red Mass: lobbying court or simple service?

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CNN

Tiger Woods becomes the 1st $1B athlete

Not only did Tiger Woods earn a trophy at the Atlanta FedEx Cup, he became the first athlete to top $1 billion in career earnings.

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CBS News

Deaths to increase Indonesia quake toll

The death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of mud.

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MSNBC

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Rescue teams arrive in Indonesia

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Reuters

American Samoa relief efforts build

Soldiers are moving from search and rescue to recovery in the American Samoa, looking for those still missing from the earthquake and tsunami.

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USA TODAY

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Storm spares Philippines capital

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BBC

After more job losses, Democrats move to extend benefits

In the wake of further job losses, Congressional Democrats are moving to extend enhanced unemployment benefits.

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Obama: jobs linked to health care reform

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MSNBC

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Obama: health reform urgent for the economy

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NATION

47 percent of households will pay no federal income tax

In 2009, roughly 47 percent of households, or 71 million, will not owe any federal income tax, according to estimates by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.

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CNNMoney

The 'vacancy' blight: finding new uses for empty stores

According to the real-estate analytics firm Reis, 10 percent of U.S. shopping center stores are vacant, the highest percentage since 1992. Manon Slome is among the people doing something about it.

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TIME

FBI: man arrested in ESPN reporter's nude video case

A Chicago-area man arrested at O'Hare Airport who is accused of taping surreptitious nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was due to appear in federal court, authorities said.

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ABC News

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Man held over nude videos of ESPN reporter

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MSNBC

POLITICS

Health care bill nears key milestone

The quest to reform the nation's health care system entered uncharted legislative territory when House and Senate leaders prepared for historic floor debates.

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CBS News

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Health overhaul could raise Medicare costs

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ABC News

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Obama: Health care reform means more jobs

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YouTube

President Obama’s Olympic-sized failure

President Barack Obama was "disappointed" Chicago missed getting the 2016 Olympic Games, but didn’t regret putting so much on the line to argue for it.

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Obama fails to bring home Olympic gold

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Bloomberg

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Obama expresses regret at Chicago's loss

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YouTube

Obama aide concedes climate legislation won't be done on time

President Barack Obama's top aide on climate change said that legislation requiring major reductions in global warming emissions is unlikely to pass Congress before the Copenhagen summit.

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Monsters and Critics

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The high price of being a gay couple

Much of the debate over legalizing gay marriage has focused on God and Scripture, the Constitution and equal protection. But gay couples complain about all the extra health, legal and other costs they bear.

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Austin Lovelace to be honored by American Guild of Organists

The American Guild of Organists is honoring Austin Lovelace's influential career at its Hymn and Anthem Festival, "Ninety Years and Seven Decades."

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Denver Post

HEALTH

Some say no to mandatory flu shots

Parents are used to mandatory vaccines for children entering school, but the idea of compulsory shots for adults is stirring up quite a controversy this fall.

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ABC News

Recession may boost life expectancy

During the Great Depression, the average life expectancy in the U.S. actually rose. This surprising bump in the population’s health is also seen in other economic downturns.

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LiveScience

Mom's obesity tied to baby's heart defects

Heavy women may be putting their unborn children at risk of congenital heart defects, researchers say.

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Obesity FAQs

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Chattanooga Times Free Press

SPORTS

Final MLB races too close for comfort

There are two unbelievable division races featuring teams that are suddenly only one game apart with just two days left in the regular season.

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MLB.com

9th-grader shares lead with Ochoa

Fourteen-year-old Alexis Thompson is trying to avoid getting too far ahead of herself in the Navistar LPGA Classic.

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ESPN

EDUCATION

States using stimulus to replace instead of to boost school aid

An internal watchdog at the Education Department says states are using money from the economic stimulus to plug budget holes instead of boosting aid for schools.

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USA TODAY

GSU wins $13.5M education grant

Georgia State University won a record $13.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to boost the number of qualified teachers committed to high-need schools.

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Atlanta Business Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Texas investing $3 billion in the search for a cure for cancer

Texas is planning to invest $3 billion in cancer research and prevention, making the state the keeper of the second largest pot of cancer research dollars in the U.S.

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USA TODAY

A quarterback with a cause

Asheville High quarterback Brandon Whiteside is dedicating $1 for every yard he passes for this season to charities that fight cancer, which has recently affected several members of his family.

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Citizen-Times.com

WORLD

US troops killed by Afghan policeman

An Afghan policeman conducting a joint operation with U.S. soldiers opened fire, killing two of them before fleeing, raising fears that militants have infiltrated the ranks of Afghan forces.

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CBS News

Dreams realized, Brazil steps into the Olympic spotlight

"It is Brazil's time," President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted in his pitch before the International Olympic Committee vote. "It is time to light the Olympic torch in a tropical country." The IOC agreed.

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TIME

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Did anti-Americanism kill Chicago’s Olympic bid?

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Christian Science Monitor

Irish voters overwhelmingly back EU Lisbon reform treaty

Irish voters have approved the EU's Lisbon Treaty, Ireland's foreign minister said, reversing the shock rejection and pulling the bloc's ambitions for greater global influence out of the deep freeze.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

HP: from printers to diverse tech

HP has become the world's leading seller of PCs and is the world's biggest tech vendor overall. Meanwhile, its printing business has been overtaken by faster-growing sectors of HP's giant empire.

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San Jose Mercury News

Questions continue to swirl around Comcast venture

The blockbuster joint venture between Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal, still an uncertain proposition, was the target of speculation, analysis and second-guessing.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Taxpayers on the hook for $200 billion

Experts say the cost of the $700 billion bailout to taxpayers is a small price to pay for saving the economy. Others argue we are just staving off an inevitable collapse.

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CNNMoney

ENVIRONMENT

Green roofs grow in American cities

Annie Novak's farm is the nation's first commercial working farm built on a green roof. The owners grow and sell more than 30 varieties of fruits and vegetables.

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CBS News

National parks at risk as planet heats up

A new report cautions that climate disruption is the greatest threat ever to America's national parks.

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Environment News Service

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

LDS Church plans five new temples, including one in Brigham City

LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson opened the faith's 179th Semiannual General Conference by announcing plans to build five new temples, including one in Brigham City.

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Salt Lake Tribune

More Protestants find a home in the Orthodox Antioch Church

The Antiochian Orthodox Church — with its roots in Syria and Lebanon — has become the destination of choice for thousands of Protestants of Northern European ancestry.

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Special section:

Is this your brain on God?

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NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ig Nobel winners

Ig Nobel Prizes, awarded to scientific achievements that "cannot and should not be reproduced," were awarded in a ceremony at Harvard University.

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CNET News

US magazines plan online newsstand, led by Time Inc.

Time Inc. is gathering U.S. magazine publishers to start a jointly run digital newsstand that would deliver their titles to mobile devices such as increasingly popular electronic book readers.

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Reuters

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Tiny new battery is printable

A new battery, small and thin, weighs almost nothing and can be printed in a process similar to silk-screening shirts.

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Children hold lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo by Chitose Suzuki / AP)

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