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Russia Premier Vladimir Putin shakes hands with local officials upon his arrival to the Russian Pacific Ocean port of Vladivostok. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Pool / AP)

Russia, China eye energy deals

Russia is hoping to sign energy deals worth $5.5 billion with China as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Beijing.

BBC

Americans win Nobel Prize for work on economic governance

Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson of the U.S. won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work on economic governance and the organization of cooperation.

Bloomberg

Yanks powered back to ALCS

Thanks to two seventh-inning home runs, the Yankees are advancing to their first ALCS in five years with a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins in their division series.

USA TODAY

Special section:

2009 ALDS: Twins vs. Yankees

ESPN

Game 3: last out

MLB.com

Columbus Day isn't what it used to be

A federal holiday since 1971, Columbus Day remains one of those holidays most likely to surprise Americans who find themselves unable to enter a bank lobby or pay a utility bill in person.

Palm Beach Post

Students shown Columbus' darker side

Denver Post

Christopher Columbus: hero or villain?

CBS News

Blast near Pakistan's Swat valley kills 41

A suicide bomber killed up to 41 people in an attack on the Pakistani military as the Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on the army's headquarters.

Reuters

Pakistan's 'new zone of militancy'

BBC

Hard times can be a gateway to new jobs

For millions of Americans, the recession has been a curse, but for some it's something more complicated: a catalyst for change, an opportunity to grow, a kick in the butt.

USA TODAY

Birth rates rise in wealthiest nations

Wealthy countries' fertility rates rise again; some are approaching the replacement value of 2.1 children per woman, whereas others still have a long way to go.

LiveScience

NATION

Gay rights advocates march in Washington

Thousands of gay and lesbian activists demanded that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays.

CBS News

Obstacles ahead for Obama's gay rights goals

CNN

Gay activists march in Washington

Reuters

Colo. has public option for health care

Colorado already has a public option in health care — it's just exclusive to sick people who have been rejected by private insurance companies.

Denver Post

POLITICS

Uphill climb to 60 votes on climate bill

Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.-Rep) announced his support for a climate bill, but Democrats still face a steep climb to gain broad bipartisan backing for the legislation.

Politico

Key senator says more troops are needed in Afghanistan

Saying the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in "serious jeopardy" and more troops are needed, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee stands against an influential Democratic colleague on military matters.

CBS News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Edgar Allan Poe gets proper funeral

Just 160 years after he died, Edgar Allan Poe is finally getting a funeral befitting one of America's greatest writers.

ABC News

Michael Jackson’s new single 'This Is It' debuts online

The first new track by Michael Jackson to emerge since the star’s death is to be released online.

Bloomberg

Michael Jackson's 'new' song not so new

Toronto Star

'This is it'

TMZ

Obama becomes Japan’s English teacher

A CD of President Barack Obama's inaugural speech has sold a half million copies in Japan, leading publishers to flood the market with over a dozen language-learning titles centered on his oratory.

New York Times

EDUCATION

Federally funded regional consortium to test ways to improve education

Five colleges from Kansas and Missouri are working with at least 32 school districts, plus Catholic schools and charter schools, to create an education research laboratory.

Kansas City Star

Math shift is marked by division

An elementary math program that has won acclaim for producing stellar math scores on state tests and yet continues to take hits as being fuzzy and weak on basic math facts has put down deep roots.

Philadelphia Inquirer

SPORTS

Hiroshima, Nagasaki to bid for Olympics

Hiroshima and Nagasaki are teaming up to make a bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics that will emphasize world peace.

NBC Sports

Tiger Woods secures Presidents Cup

Tiger Woods scored the winning point as the U.S. beat the International squad to retain golf’s Presidents Cup.

Bloomberg

US wins Presidential Cup

Golf.com

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Religions that rely on prayer to heal add twist to health care reform debate

In the health care reform debate, the agenda of Christian Scientists is raising interesting questions about the lines between church and state.

St. Petersburg Times

'Father Damien' among new Vatican saints

Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints, including a 19th-century priest who worked with ostracized leprosy patients in Hawaii before contracting the disease himself and dying from it.

CNN

Pope elevates 5 new saints

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Unknown soldier reburied in Tenn.

A Civil War soldier whose remains were found in a battlefield grave was reburied by admirers who knew neither his name nor even what side he fought on.

USA TODAY

Volunteers spruce up neighborhood

Rain couldn't dampen the spirits of about 100 volunteers who hammered nails, painted walls, and weeded an overgrown garden and alleyway in West Philadelphia's Walnut Hill neighborhood.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Abbas seeks vote on Gaza report

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for a session of the U.N. Human Rights Council to vote on a report accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza.

BBC

Clinton in Belfast encourages power-sharing coalition

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greeted the rival leaders of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government on a mission to urge them to keep their awkward coalition working.

TIME

Clinton holds talks with NI politicians in Belfast

YouTube

Fugitive hijacker arrested after 40 years

FBI's longest wanted fugitive recently made it known to the authorities that he was ready to give himself up and was flown back to the United States.

Telegraph.co.uk

BUSINESS

Gas prices fall below $2.50 a gallon

Prices at the pump fell more than four cents, continuing a downward slide despite a rise in crude oil prices.

CNNMoney

Employees may be able to get new type of insurance plan

More employers may include a new type of plan that can chop premium payments by approximately 20 percent and give consumers a tax break.

Kansas City Star

Big earnings week ahead for Wall Street

With earnings reports arriving in earnest, investors are likely to get a boost in optimism or an unpleasant surprise.

MSNBC

The economic week ahead

BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Modern patients driving up health costs

Patients have a lot more access to information, but they don't always know what's best for them.

NPR

Success of AIDS vaccine trial is at issue

Two published accounts have reported that the results from a six-year trial in Thailand of a new AIDS vaccine may be even weaker than the authors admitted.

New York Times

British soldier given cancerous lungs

A British soldier who served in Iraq died after having been transplanted with cancerous lungs, an inquest heard.

Toronto Star

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Learning to juggle grows brain networks

Juggling boosts the connections between different parts of the brain by tweaking the architecture of the brain's "white matter" — a finding that could lead to new therapies for people with brain injuries.

New Scientist

'Frankencamera': digital photos taking a giant leap?

It's big. It's ugly. And it's made from recycled parts, at least for now. It's called the "Frankencamera" — and it might change the way you take pictures.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

China's garbage woes increase as economy grows

As more Chinese ride the nation's economic boom, a torrent of garbage has resulted. City officials are struggling to cope with this problem.

ABC News

Africa wants polluting nations to pay

Africa will demand billions of dollars in compensation from rich polluting nations at a United Nations climate summit for the harm caused by global warming on the continent, African officials said.

Yahoo! News

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