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Robin Rohr, left, and Mike Carter listen to speakers during the “United to the Finish” gathering held at the former McClellan Air Force Base site in Sacramento, Calif. (Photo by Steve Yeater / AP)

A Philadelphia gathering remembers gay teen suicides

As members of the gay community celebrated National Coming Out Day, some gathered for a vigil in memory of Tyler Clementi, who killed himself last month, and six other gay teen suicides.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Lawmakers trying to take on bullying again

Houston Chronicle

US grenade may have killed British hostage

A British aid worker who died during an operation to rescue her from kidnappers in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade thrown by American forces trying to free her, the British Prime Minister said.

CNN

Big boost for Republicans in 2010

The likelihood of a Republican takeover in Congress just keeps growing, powered by a major boost from the tea party movement — a political phenomenon that has evolved into a sophisticated, organized effort.

Christian Science Monitor

GOP hopes for breakthroughs in Northeast

ABC News

Why Obama is losing the political war

TIME

Afghan President Karzai confirms Taliban talks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed his government has been in informal talks with the Taliban on securing peace in war-weary Afghanistan “for quite some time.”

ABC News

Taliban threaten northern safe havens

CNN

In mammogram debate, differences aren’t so big

When a federally funded task force announced last November that mammograms should be optional for women under 50, the reaction was explosive.

NPR

NATION

2 Americans, Brit win Nobel in economics

Two Americans and a British-Cypriot economist won the 2010 Nobel economics prize for developing a theory that helps explain why many people remain unemployed despite a large number of job vacancies.

CBS News

America moves on from Gulf spill

For Gulf residents fighting for economic survival, a nation’s short attention span is deeply unsettling, especially with oil still washing ashore.

MSNBC

Puzzling picture of illegal grow sites

This is the other marijuana industry in America, the business of clandestine pot that supplies some of the estimated 16.7 million regular marijuana users in the country.

Denver Post

POLITICS

Special interest groups spend big on Mo. Senate race

Special interest groups have already spent more than $6 million to affect the outcome of the Missouri Senate race, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, a campaign finance watchdog.

McClatchy Newspapers

Obama steps up campaigning

With just three weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama will spend his time much as he did in the final weeks of his own campaign in 2008.

Politico

The return of the ex-governors

CBS News

Obama implores voters, rips GOP

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Whale deaths blamed on ship traffic, krill

A bountiful crop of krill and busy shipping lanes are to blame for a rash of dead whales that have surfaced around the Bay Area within a few short months, according to scientists.

San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

Humpback whale

National Geographic

Turtles ‘at risk under climate change’

The “turtle and dugong capital of the world,” the northern Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait region, faces increased pressure under climate change from human actions.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Clinics carve out a key health care niche

In a growing trend, consumers are increasingly turning to walk-in clinics and urgent care centers for treatment of minor ailments instead of trying to squeeze in an appointment with a primary care provider.

USA TODAY

$727M in grants for community health centers

Medical News Today

Kids remain on parents’ health plans till 26

New legislation means that parents can keep their children on their health insurance plans until they are 26 years old, regardless of whether they are still studying or live away from their parents.

Medical News Today

Researchers pinpoint obesity genes

Scientists have found genes that appear to play a role in the propensity for obesity. The findings are reported in two new studies published in online edition of Nature Genetics.

Bloomberg

Study: Different reasons for obesity revealed

iTWire

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Lady Gaga costumes — is Halloween about adults now?

A slew of Lady Gaga costumes and accessories targeted at teens and adults are turning the $3.5 billion costume industry on its head this Halloween.

ABC News

Her photo shoot: 50 states in 16 years

Carol Highsmith’s goal is hugely ambitious: shoot more than 2,000 images per state, three states or so a year, for the next 16 years, in an effort to document the 21st century for the Library of Congress.

Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tablet computers won’t kill off laptops

Tablet computers such as Apple‘s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy are unlikely to kill off their older cousin the laptop anytime soon, say Asian analysts and vendors.

Sydney Morning Herald

Virtual revulsion therapy: pixelated pests help treat cockroach phobia

A team of psychologists has completed the first clinical trial testing the treatment of cockroach phobia with augmented reality — a younger cousin of virtual reality.

Scientific American

Hoover Dam bridge rises under a shadow

Perhaps the toughest challenges associated with building the long-awaited bridge linking Arizona and Nevada had less to do with technology and more to do with respecting the true engineering marvel.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Gary Regan):

‘Bar-tweenies’ need lessons in basic mixology

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Paul Davies):

Casinos prey on those desperate for a miracle

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (E.J. Dionne, Jr.):

The shadow class war of 2010

Truthdig

Column (Paul Krugman):

America’s road to greatness is blocked by penny-pinchers

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Melody Moezzi):

A Muslim’s defense of Geert Wilders

Huffington Post

Column (Phillip Howard):

Drowning in law: rules and regulations are killing the American spirit

NY Daily News

Blog (Peter Bright):

Microsoft buying Adobe would solve ‘the Apple problem’ for both

(Wired)

Epicenter

Column (Harold Jackson):

With the Tea Party, history repeats itself

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

People blind from birth use visual brain area to improve other senses

People blind from birth make use of the visual parts of their brain to refine their sensation of sound and touch, according to researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center.

ScienceDaily

New drug may shrink brain tumors

An experimental melanoma drug from GlaxoSmithKline managed to shrink secondary tumors in the brains of nine patients with advanced disease, according to results of a small clinical trial.

Reuters

WORLD

Chilean miners could be freed soon

Rescuers in Chile completed lining a segment of shaft through which the 33 trapped miners will be winched, raising hopes that the extractions will begin in 24 hours.

Guardian

In pictures: mine breakthrough

BBC

North Korea’s leader, presumptive heir, attend huge parade

North Korea’s reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, made another rare public appearance with his youngest son at a massive military parade billed as one of the largest in the nation.

CNN

BUSINESS

Fed to run the show despite big earnings

Not even earnings from big names like Google and GE will be able to pull Wall Street’s focus away from the possibility of more cheap cash flowing in from the Federal Reserve.

Reuters

Roundtable: stimulus vs. austerity

ABC News

Dollar under pressure against the euro

The U.S. dollar declined against the euro but recovered after hitting a fresh 15-year low against the yen as expectations that the Federal Reserve will introduce more monetary stimulus dominated markets.

MarketWatch

IMF hopes to help mediate currency fight

MarketWatch

EDUCATION

Private school for poorest of poor

A private parochial school that targets the poorest of the poor and charges as little as $3 a month for tuition, the Yellowstone Academy in Houston‘s Third Ward, doesn’t follow the standard recipe for success.

Houston Chronicle

Incentives for school chiefs to retire early

It’s a situation that has saddled school districts with a dilemma: watch experienced superintendents walk out the door, or engage in an expensive effort to outbid lucrative pension benefits.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope urges peace and harmony in the Middle East

Pope Benedict opened a synod of Roman Catholic bishops on the Middle East, where Christianity began but is in sharp decline, by calling for peace, justice and harmony in the troubled region.

Reuters Canada

Israel’s Cabinet approves loyalty oath

Israel’s Cabinet approved a loyalty oath requiring non-Jews wishing to become citizens to pledge allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state.”

Forward

SPORTS

Yankees beat Twins 6-1 to return to ALCS

The wild-card Yankees, rebounding from a late-season fade in which they lost 17 of their final 26, begin the ALCS at Texas or Tampa Bay.

CBS News

Gamecocks stun No. 1 ’Bama

On a day where Garcia was 17-for-20 against the nation’s No. 1 team and threw three touchdown passes, it seems likely he was aiming for the crossbar on his own goal post when he gave up the safety.

Sporting News

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