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National Counter-terrorism Center Director Michael Leiter, right, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, and FBI Director Robert Mueller, center, have told Congress that efforts by terrorists to recruit US residents are causing security threats. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)

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UN launches mother-child campaign

A global campaign that aims to save the lives of 16 million mothers and children over the next five years was launched by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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CBC News

Big Bang machine on the brink of breakthroughs

The $10 million Big Bang machine may be on the verge of its first scientific breakthroughs after appearing to produce a small amount of the matter that existed in the first moments of the universe.

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CBS News

Terror groups using new attack strategy

U.S. authorities are having a harder time detecting terrorism threats on American soil, even though they believe that al-Qaida in Pakistan is at one of its weakest points.

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Al Jazeera

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Extending the law of war to cyberspace

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NPR

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Terror threat most significant since 9/11

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ABC News

Obama marks health care anniversary

President Barack Obama said politicians who want to repeal 2010’s health care overhaul should have to explain to people who need insurance that they won’t be able to buy it.

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Bloomberg

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Insurers to stop selling new child-only policies

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Los Angeles Times

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Kids get care from new law

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MSNBC

Ornate 15-horned dinosaur found in Utah

Scientists have discovered fossils in the southern Utah desert of two new dinosaur species closely related to the triceratops, including one with 15 horns.

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The Age

NATION

Egg recall: DeCosters to apologize

Jack DeCoster and his son, Peter, will apologize to victims of a salmonella outbreak and pledge not to resume selling fresh eggs until their farms are free from disease.

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Des Moines Register

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Egg recall aftermath: safe to eat?

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ABC News

US Supreme Court upholds Va. woman’s planned execution

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Virginia‘s first execution of a woman in nearly a century, clearing the way for Teresa Lewis’s death by lethal injection.

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Guardian

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Teresa Lewis

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The Independent

ACLU sues Pittsburgh police over post G-20 conduct

Pittsburgh police wrongly arrested 25 people and used unnecessary force against some who participated in or were near a protest after the Group of 20 summit, the American Civil Liberties Union said.

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Forbes

POLITICS

Bob Woodward book details Obama battles with advisers on Afghan exit

President Barack Obama urgently looked for a way out of the war in Afghanistan, repeatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him, according Bob Woodward.

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Washington Post

Summers to leave White House economic council after election

Lawrence Summers plans to leave his job as director of the president’s National Economic Council and return to Harvard University at the end of 2010, the administration announced.

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Bloomberg

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Potential candidates to replace Summers

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Reuters

EDUCATION

Offering teachers bonuses for student growth didn’t raise scores, study finds

A recent study found that offering teachers annual bonuses of up to $15,000 had no effect on student test scores — a result likely to inflame debate about sprouting performance-pay programs.

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Denver Post

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Houston district defends teacher bonuses

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Houston Chronicle

The American experience times 7

Stereotypes break down when foreign exchange students learn about American culture at Sage Academy in Brooklyn Park, Minn.

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Star Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Calif. winery clashes with church over zoning changes

Ray Falkner built a multimillion dollar banquet hall peering across a gorge to a vineyard. Now he‘s worried that view could be ruined by a Christian congregation’s request to change the region’s zoning.

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USA TODAY

Maldives rehabilitates extremists with ‘true spirit of Islam’

Despite its small population and small size, this overwhelmingly Muslim nation is claiming success in rehabilitating hard-core Islamic terrorists.

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Religion News Service

ENVIRONMENT

UN asks for action on nature loss

Governments must protect nature better in order to safeguard their countries’ wealth, says the U.N., as ministers meet for a day of talks on biodiversity.

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BBC

Bike-sharing thrives on US campuses

Drury University junior Garret Shelenhamer ditched his car in favor of a shiny, new bike provided by the school.

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USA TODAY

How the change of seasons affects animals and humans

The center of the sun will cross Earth’s equator, marking the autumnal equinox. The change in the amount of light is a signal to plants and animals of changing seasons.

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LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Lopez, Tyler join ‘American Idol’

Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler will join Randy Jackson as “American Idol” judges next season, after months of turnover and speculation about the future of TV’s top-rated show.

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MSNBC

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Lopez, Tyler in images

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USA TODAY

Oktoberfest: 200 years of downing beer

It‘s the annual festival of beer known the world over, and this year, Germany’s Oktoberfest turns 200.

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CNN

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Oktoberfest in Munich

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

What’s the most-stolen vehicle?

Car thefts are sharply down, but if you’re driving an older car — even a plain-Jane, no-frills model — you may be a target.

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NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Why women need the paycheck fairness act

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Newsweek

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To the regret of media, there’s no GOP civil war

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Houston Chronicle

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The Vatican’s appeal as an offshore haven is still evident

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The Independent

Column (David A. Graham):

The myth of the inexperienced tea partiers

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Newsweek

Blog (Peter Rothberg):

1 nation working together

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The Nation

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Why we don’t need to pay down the national debt

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The Atlantic

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The rich people in the Senate defend the interests of rich people

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Mo' Money, Mo' Access

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Senate could give immigrant chance to serve

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Chicago Sun-Times

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GOOD NEWS

The African faces of American football

Despite all their fame and fortune, these three players have not forgotten their background. Nnamdi Asomugha, Madieu Williams and Ndamukong Suh have been engaged in humanitarian work, touching thousands of lives.

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CNN

Vietnam War hero feted

The family of Richard L. Etchberger received the nation’s highest military honor at the White House. The posthumous Medal of Honor was for Richard’s actions in Laos.

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WORLD

UN quartet urges settlement freeze

The world sponsors of the Middle East peace process have called on Israel to extend its settlement moratorium, in a bid to map out a peace deal in 2011.

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Al Jazeera

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Palestinians, police clash in East Jerusalem

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MSNBC

China-Japan fight is deeper than islands

The husk of a dead volcano protruding from the East China Sea has become the battleground between the two mightiest economies in Asia.

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CNN

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China’s Wen threatens new action in Japan boat controversy

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The Age

BUSINESS

Costner pitches $895M oil spill plan

Actor Kevin Costner testified before a congressional panel pitching a multimillion dollar response plan he wants the federal government to adopt for massive oil spills in the wake of Gulf oil disaster.

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CBS News

Moody’s: Default risk to 2-year low

The number of U.S. companies at greatest risk of default dropped to the lowest level in two years as Federal Reserve efforts bolstered the economy, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

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BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Federal agency failed to report disciplined health care providers

The federal agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid failed to report disciplinary actions against health care providers, as required by law, a new investigation found.

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ProPublica

Certification of ER doctors a heated topic

Texas is at the center of a heated national battle over the training emergency physicians need in order to advertise themselves as board certified.

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Houston Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google: Internet freedom is declining

Think Internet censorship only happens in China and Iran? Think again, says Google. The search company released a new online tool to highlight specific instances of government censorship of the Internet.

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CNN

Marine life and electromagnetism

Super-sized electromagnetic coils are helping explain how aquatic life might be affected by renewable energy devices being considered for placement along America‘s coastal waters.

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Environmental News Network

SPORTS

Commonwealth Games given 48 hours to save itself

Commonwealth Games organizers in Delhi, India were given 48 hours to save the event after team officials warned they would pull their athletes out due to ongoing concerns about poor standard of facilities.

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Guardian

Kevin Faulk: ‘upset for my teammates’

An emotional Kevin Faulk confirmed he was out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, saying he “cried a whole lot” when it happened but was not sad anymore.

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ESPN

Quarterback move puts Eagles’ coach on the hot seat

What once was an intricately planned debut season for Kevin Kolb is now, apparently, a win-at-all-costs race to the finish with Michael Vick.

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Philadelphia Daily News

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Michael Vick to get nod in Philly

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Amazon deforestation in dramatic decline

The Brazilian environment agency, Ibama, says the drop in deforestation rate is due to increased use of satellite data to spot the felling of trees and other new tactics used to deter loggers.

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Guardian

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A girl lights candles during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Lai Seng Sin / AP)

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