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Wisconsin’s Democratic candidate Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, left, and Republican candidate Scott Walker, Milwaukee County executive, right, shake hands after taking part in the second gubernatorial debate for governor held at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee. (Photo by Darren Hauck / AP)

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Facebook to remove anti-gay speech

Facebook is working with a gay-advocacy group to reduce the amount of hate speech and bullying on the online social hub.

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San Francisco Chronicle

US to enforce marijuana laws

The U.S. government will “vigorously enforce” federal laws against marijuana even if California votes to legalize pot, Attorney General Eric Holder says.

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Obesity costs higher than thought

New research suggests the nation’s weight problem may be having twice the impact on medical spending as previously estimated.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

What’s at stake in 2010 governors’ races

While the political world is fixated on the battle for control of Congress, 37 states are also electing governors, and the Republican tide is running high in these races as well.

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NPR

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Obama looks to rally base for Mass. governor

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ABC News

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Wis. governor candidates spar over jobs

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Chicago Tribune

Bernanke touts pros and cons of additional stimulus

The Fed chairman makes the case for his agency buying more U.S. securities, but his acknowledgement of the risks sows doubts among economists that it will be enough.

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Los Angeles Times

Bernanke says he wants more inflation

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The curious capitalist

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While consumers continue to spend cautiously, fed ponders moves

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New Hitler exhibit causes a stir

The German Historical Museum in Berlin has opened the first major exhibition on the dictator since 1945. The idea of a high-profile show dedicated to the leader has many Germans worried.

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TIME

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German Jewish leader welcomes exhibition

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San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Seniors feel pinch, no benefit increase

Many seniors count on annual Social Security benefit increases to help them afford their basic needs, but in 2010, they’re likely to see the costs of many of those basic needs rise.

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CNNMoney

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Obama proposes rebate for seniors

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FOX News

In the tattoo business, profits are hardly skin deep

Business people, parents pushing strollers and college students are as likely to sport “tats” as the traditional clientele of military personnel or bikers.

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MSNBC

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Tattoo types, safety, removal

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WebMD

POLITICS

Early voting: convenient for voters, challenging for campaigns

While election day is not yet upon us, Americans across the nation are already heading to the voting booths and casting their ballots.

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ABC News

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Will online voting turn into an election day debacle?

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TIME

Reid, Angle trade shots over jobs, taxes in Nev. debate

In one of most intense Senate contests nationwide, the two candidates sparred over everything from whose role it is to create jobs to illegal immigration.

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CNN

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US Senate debate at a glance

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Repealing health care reform: What are the polls saying?

The Republicans have drawn a bull’s-eye on the health care reform law, promising to repeal what was enacted and replace it with what they think are better solutions.

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AOL News

BUSINESS

Stocks: banks under pressure, techs rise

Stocks opened higher after Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank has “a case for further action” to stimulate the economy, citing high unemployment and low inflation.

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CNNMoney

Why etiquette schools are thriving

As hoodie-wearing, emoticon-tweeting millennials graduate college and prepare for the workforce, a low point for workplace etiquette may just be arriving.

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BusinessWeek

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Huge space tourism expansion close

Hundreds of travelers have signed up and been trained to be the first paying passengers aboard Virgin Galactic’s trips to suborbital space — 62 miles above Earth.

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CNN

Millions to banks from welfare recipients

Banks are making millions in fees by charging California welfare recipients to withdraw their benefits using debit cards.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

NY stuns Texas in 1st ALCS game

The Yankees have somehow turned the art of the comeback into one of their organizational calling cards.

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MLB.com

Date Krumm makes history at Japan Open

Kimiko Date Krumm made tennis history, beating world number eight Samantha Stosur at the Japan Open to become the first 40-something to beat a top-ten ranked player on the women’s tour.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists discover new species in one of the deepest ocean trenches

Scientists investigating one of the world’s deepest ocean trenches — previously thought to be devoid of fish — have discovered an entirely new species.

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ScienceDaily

Why life may exist on other planets

Astronomers discovered the first “exoplanet” whose orbit around its own sun places it inside that distant solar system’s “habitable zone,” where gravity and temperatures make life clearly possible.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Medal of Honor game goes on sale

The game follows the exploits of Special Forces troops battling insurgents in Afghanistan in 2002. There are calls to have the game banned after it emerged that users could fight as The Taliban.

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Man with the largest US passport

Sanjeev Midha has had to add page after page to his passport, which is considered one of the largest in the U.S.

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ABC News

The heroes down the block

St. Paul Police Chief Thomas Smith presented 18 residents with the Chief’s Citizen Award for their heroic efforts.

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Star Tribune

WORLD

Swiss celebrate tunnel breakthrough

Swiss engineers smashed through the last stretch of rock to create the world’s longest tunnel, sparking a national groundswell of elation over a costly, difficult project.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Switzerland world’s longest tunnel pictures

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Monsters and Critics

Chile miners do not disclose ordeal details after rescue

The first three rescued Chilean miners out of the hospital celebrated their new lives as national heroes, as word emerged that the 33 want to closely guard their story.

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Salt Lake Tribune

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Hospital releases all but 2 Chilean miners

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CNN

The potential of celebrity power to avert Sudan war

When celebrities bring global attention to a distant and confusing conflict, and when they call for sensible diplomatic action, their star power may do some good.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Sudan objects to UN plans for border troops

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BBC

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Clooney urges world not to abandon Sudan

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YouTube

HEALTH

Army finds simple blood test to identify mild brain trauma

The Army says it has discovered a simple blood test that can diagnose mild traumatic brain damage or concussion, a hard-to-detect injury that can affect young athletes, infants and combat troops.

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USA TODAY

Baby talk

Parents don’t need to make major efforts on baby sign language. Instead, they should start with a few signs.

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Salt Lake Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

20 churches to close under plan to restructure Twin Cities archdiocese

More than 20 churches will close and dozens more will share pastors in a bold restructuring of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis that was announced to priests and some parish staff.

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Sri Lankan activists oppose plan to train boys as monks

Child rights activists in Sri Lanka have criticised a plan by the prime minister to ordain 2,600 boys as Buddhist monks.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Wind power without the blades

Noise, inadvertent bird kills and even the way wind turbines look have made installing them difficult. A design firm has an alternative concept that ditches blades in favor of stalks.

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Portable desalination system designed for use in disaster zones

A new system for desalination has been designed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Environmental News Network

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MIT’s portable desalination

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YouTube

EDUCATION

US gets fewer teachers from top ranks

Countries with the best-performing school systems largely recruit teachers from the top third of high school and college graduates, while the U.S. has difficulty attracting its students to the profession.

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Preparing professors to teach

Administrators say teaching certificates not only give students an edge in the job market, but also teach the skills Ph.D. candidates need to be effective teachers — and faculty need to be lifelong learners.

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Inside Higher Ed

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Stem cells reverse blindness by burns

Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells.

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Houston Chronicle

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2-year-old Jacob Caponi walks down a sidewalk in Alms Park. (Photo by Al Behrman / AP)

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