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Nita Gallivan of Lexington, Ky., walks down the street with an American flag in Lexington to show her support for Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning in holding up a $10 billion spending bill. (Photo by Ed Reinke / AP)

Appeals made for calm in Chile

Chile's president has appealed for calm in the earthquake-ravaged city of Concepcion, vowing a stern response to any renewal of looting and violence.

BBC

Quake shifted Earth's axis, shortened day

Belfast Telegraph

Chile earthquake footage

Guardian

Rangel steps down from committee

After being admonished by an ethics panel, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., said that he will take a leave of absence from his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means committee.

MSNBC

Senate passes $10 billion benefits measure for jobless workers

The Senate voted to pass a $10 billion measure to extend benefits for unemployed workers and fund road projects after Sen. Jim Bunning agreed to end his filibuster.

CNN

Republican relents on jobless benefits extension

NPR

Special section:

Worrisome job numbers

New York Times

How high could the US tax rate go?

Higher taxes are coming soon — and they will hurt. By some estimates, the tax burden on Americans could double before the end of this decade. The only question is: What form will these new taxes take?

TIME

More Americans spending their tax refunds

Chicago Sun-Times

Child's play at air tower sparks inquiry

An investigation is underway into why a young child, apparently under an adult's supervision, was allowed to direct air traffic at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, authorities said.

Reuters

Controller lets kid take over at JFK

WNBC

NATION

Supreme Court appears ready to make gun ownership a national right

The Supreme Court justices signaled that they were ready to extend gun rights nationwide, clearing the way for attacks on state and local gun restrictions.

San Jose Mercury News

The 2nd Amendment descends on Chicago

ABC News

Multiracial not boxed in by the Census

The Census Bureau will give people the opportunity to define their racial makeup as one race or more.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Obama's new health care reform plan to include GOP ideas

President Obama will release a new proposal that will include Republican ideas on tort reform and health savings accounts, according to officials.

CNN

Report: US extremist groups grew in 2009

The number of extremist, anti-government groups in the United States grew in 2009, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a newly issued report.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Perry to face showdown against White

Republican Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic former Houston Mayor Bill White clinched their parties’ nominations for governor, setting up a fight over what problems are more relevant to Texans’ everyday lives.

Houston Chronicle

Perry beats Hutchison, faces White in November

NPR

HEALTH

The soaring cost of food-borne illness

Food-borne illnesses cost the country $152 billion a year, according to a new report being released by Georgetown University.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Anti-obesity campaigners' horror at McDonald's link to Weight Watchers

Anti-obesity campaigners reacted with outrage at a decision by the slimming organization Weight Watchers to sign a deal with fast-food giant, McDonald's.

Times Online

Army sees sharp rise in unfit soldiers

The percentage of soldiers who are unavailable for combat due to health problems has risen sharply during the past three years, Army records show.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Human culture, an evolutionary force

As with any other species, human populations are shaped by natural selection, but for the last 20,000 years or so, people may also have inadvertently been shaping their own evolution.

New York Times

'Hurt Locker' producer barred from Oscars

A producer of the Iraq war story "The Hurt Locker" will be barred from the Academy Awards ceremony because of e-mails he sent urging academy members to vote for his movie, Oscar overseers said.

NZ Herald News

Viacom, Hulu part ways

In the first major fracture between television show owners and Hulu.com, Viacom will remove “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” “The Colbert Report” and other programs from the site.

New York Times

ENVIRONMENT

Obama pushes home efficiency rebates

President Barack Obama stumped for his plan to reimburse homeowners who invest in energy efficiency and create jobs.

CNNMoney

Pliocene hurricanes

Although scientists know that the early Pliocene had carbon dioxide concentrations similar to those of today, it has remained a mystery what caused the high levels of greenhouse gas.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Fitness may boost kids' grades

Fit bodies may bring kids better test scores in school. Researchers hypothesized that children who maintained fitness over the two-year span would have the best test scores, and they were right.

HealthDay

Mass. school dropouts on the decline

State education statistics don’t always carry good news for Fitchburg, but the city was a highlight of a state report that shows falling dropout rates around Massachusetts.

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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GOOD NEWS

Helping the youngest readers

"Johns Hopkins Takes Time for Schools" allows the 14,000 employees at Hopkins to take two days of paid leave a year to pursue service opportunities in the school system.

Baltimore Sun

Snowstorm liver transplant is a miracle for Long Island woman

Four police departments, two helicopters, one plane and dozens of plows teamed up to get a Long Island woman to her liver transplant surgery — just in time.

NY Daily News

Laid-off man gives back to community

While the recession has affected many people adversely, one man from Nashua, N.H., took his layoff as an opportunity to start a business that helps those in need.

Nashua Telegraph

WORLD

Germany welcomes new Greek austerity plan but makes clear it isn't planning aid

Germany welcomed Greece's new austerity plan as an important step toward restoring market confidence but made clear that it is not currently planning to pledge aid.

Star Tribune

Professor: People behind Greek PM's plans

CNBC

Pakistan takes control of al-Qaida cave network on Afghan border

Pakistani forces have taken control of a warren of caves that served until recently as the nerve center of the Taliban and al-Qaida and sheltered Ayman al-Zawahiri, right hand man to Osama bin Laden.

Times Online

Mexico City enters gay marriage fray

The Mexican wedding may never be the same. Mexico City will catapult to the front lines of gay rights in Latin America when a city law legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption goes into effect.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Nissan orders major recall over faulty brakes and gas gauges

Nissan has ordered the worldwide recall of more than half a million cars because of faulty brake mechanisms and gas gauges that can give false readings.

Times Online

Pressure grows to work when sick

Some workers fear demerit systems for calling in sick and some are up against policies that don't allow sick pay. The self-employed and small business employees are feeling the pressure too.

CBS News

SPORTS

No. 1 Syracuse wins on senior night

The Orange beat St. John's 85-66 in their first game in two decades as the nation's No. 1 team.

Hartford Courant

Syracuse rises to No. 1 in coaches' poll

ESPN

Wrigley Field to host college football?

Don't start calling Ron Zook "Mr. November" yet, as the Illinois coach is hoping to face Northwestern on Nov. 20 at Chicago's Wrigley Field, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Sporting News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Darkness 'encourages lying and crime'

Darkness encourages people to lie and commit crime because it creates a feeling of anonymity, according to scientists.

Telegraph.co.uk

Etched ostrich eggs illustrate human sophistication and symbolism

Inscribed ostrich shell fragments found in South Africa are among the earliest examples of the use of symbolism by modern humans, scientists say.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Same-sex marriage leads Catholic Charities to restrict benefits

Employees at Catholic Charities were told that the organization is changing its health coverage to deny benefits to same-sex partners of its workers.

Washington Post

Contraception catching on in Afghanistan

Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception is starting to catch on.

CBS News

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