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President Barack Obama speaks about being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Taliban can't be eliminated, White House concludes

The Obama administration has concluded that the Taliban cannot be eliminated from Afghanistan as a political or military movement, regardless of how many combat forces are sent into battle.

Denver Post

Taliban takes credit for latest suicide bomb

NBC

NASA ready to shoot the moon

A spacecraft is scheduled to punch a 13-foot-deep hole in the moon's south pole to a crater that has not seen sunlight in billions of years. The purpose: to find out whether ice is hidden there.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Direction of NASA’s future at an impasse

Wired

Obama's win unique among presidents

In winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama joins an elite group of U.S. presidents. He is the fourth to win the prize, and the first to receive it during his first year in office.

CNN

Poll: Is President Barack Obama deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize?

MSNBC

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Obama

BBC

Around the world, Obama's Nobel wins surprises

NPR

More troops in Afghanistan?

Ever since President Barack Obama outlined his new strategy for Afghanistan in March, the notion that the U.S. would deepen its involvement there seemed like a foregone conclusion.

Christian Science Monitor

Some lawmakers hesitant to send more troops

The Hill

US mortgage backer may need bailout

A year after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac teetered, industry executives and Washington policy makers are worrying that another government mortgage giant could be the next housing domino.

The Ledger

NATION

Schwarzenegger goes public with blanket veto threat

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatened publicly what he has hinted privately for days: He will veto many of the 700-plus bills on his desk unless a water deal is struck.

Sacramento Bee

Arrest at Sea-Tac Airport yields huge cocaine bust

Officials from the Port of Seattle say they have made the biggest drug bust ever at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

POLITICS

House Ethics Committee broadens its probe of Rep. Charles Rangel

The House Ethics Committee expanded its 13-month "inquiry" into the tangled finances of the 20-term Harlem Democrat a day after a GOP bid to oust Rangel as Ways and Means chairman was voted down.

NY Daily News

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Rep. Waters on Rep. Rangel

The Hill

Opt-out public option gains steam among Dems, but questions remain

Democratic senators were caught off-guard as a compromise to health care reform began picking up praise from progressive and centrist lawmakers.

Huffington Post

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Congress: health care

MSNBC

A history of health care reform

New York Times

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Burroughs' 'Naked Lunch,' still fresh at 50

First published 50 years ago, William S. Burroughs' novel "Naked Lunch" is a dark, wild ride through heroin addiction and withdrawal, filled with paranoia, erotica and drug-fueled hallucinations.

NPR

Elizabeth Taylor tweets about her recovery from surgery

The actor thanked her fans for their support on Twitter, saying that her recent heart surgery went "perfectly."

Guardian

Elizabeth Taylor: throughout the years

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

No agreement at Bangkok climate talks

The United Nations climate talks in Bangkok have failed to deliver consensus between developing and developed nations.

ABC News

US Senate panel likely to delay debate on carbon dioxide bill

The Senate environment committee likely will put off considering a landmark climate bill officials and Democratic aides close to the matter said.

easyBourse

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

We Energies: carbon-capture works

An $8 million pilot project in Wisconsin showed that carbon dioxide can be captured from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, We Energies and two partners said.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The human genome in 3 dimensions

By breaking the human genome into millions of pieces and reverse-engineering their arrangement, researchers have produced the highest-resolution picture ever of the genome’s three-dimensional structure.

Wired

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Catholic bishops demand changes to health bill, threatening opposition

Roman Catholic bishops wrote lawmakers, warning them to change key provisions in health reform legislation or risk the opposition of the church.

The Hill

Ex-Bishop's travel to child porn 'source countries' led to arrest

Ottawa Citizen

Muslim population worldwide grows

The global Muslim population has hit 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly one in four people in the world practices Islam, a study has claimed.

Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

3 banks help Habitat for Humanity buy empty homes

Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco said that three banks had given donations to help fund its plans to acquire and renovate foreclosed homes for use as low-income housing.

San Francisco Chronicle

Boomers redefine retirement with philanthropic 'encore' careers

According to a new poll, half of Americans ages 50 to 70 want work that has a social impact after their primary career ends.

U.S. News & World Report

WORLD

Landslides leave 160 dead in Philippines

Rescuers in the Philippines struggled through pounding rain and mud to clear mountain roads and retrieve the bodies of more than 160 people left dead after dozens of landslides struck.

CBC News

Floods in Philippines kill over 100

Reuters

Market car bombing in Pakistan’s Peshawar kills 50

A car bombing in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar killed 50 people as the army prepares to strike the main stronghold of Taliban guerrillas.

Bloomberg

Bomb strikes Peshawar bazaar

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

US Chamber of Commerce: environmentalists behind resignations

Environmental groups are trying to persuade companies to quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its stance on greenhouse-gas regulation, chamber President Tom Donohue said.

San Jose Mercury News

US trade deficit unexpectedly falls as exports rise

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in August as exports climbed to the highest level of the year and oil imports plunged dramatically.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

'Most cases of chronic fatigue syndrome linked to virus'

Most cases of chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME, may be linked to a virus, according to research that could lead to the first drug treatments for the disorder that affects millions around the world.

Telegraph.co.uk

Virus tied to chronic fatigue syndrome

NPR

School chef pushes fresh food

Childhood obesity in America "is something we can change," a Baltimore schools chef said, describing a school garden where students can experience the taste of fresh vegetables.

San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Day of drama, intrigue in City of Angels

Things you don't see every day: Two Los Angeles teams played a postseason home game on the same day — and winning.

MLB.com

Lucky Los Angeles

MSNBC

Oliver receives $750,000 settlement

A former Oklahoma State pitcher received a $750,000 settlement from the NCAA to end a lawsuit challenging a rule that bans college baseball players from using legal advisers in contract negotiations.

ESPN

EDUCATION

Teacher 'residencies' get federal funding to augment training

The recent announcement of $43 million in teacher-preparation grants by the U.S. Department of Education puts the first federal financing behind the burgeoning “residency” model of teacher training.

Education Week

Sit Stay Read! program geared toward low-income youths

Sit Stay Read! is geared to helping Chicago-based youngsters from low-income families through reading sessions held at Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago Sun-Times

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