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Occupy Wall Street protests spread around the world. Danish protesters, inspired by the movement, camp outside the City Hall in Copenhagen. (Photo by Jens Dresling / POLFOTO / AP)

‘We’re a culture, not a costume’ this Halloween

Students at Ohio University have launched a campaign as part of an effort to prevent cultures from being translated into stereotypical costumes. The images are raising debate online nationwide.

CNN

The 10 best Halloween costumes born from news stories for 2011

TIME

Hurricane Rina churns on toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

Hurricane Rina churned across warm waters east of Belize toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, although its path is expected to take it away from the major oil regions of the Gulf of Mexico.

BusinessWeek

Hurricane Rina aims at Mexico coastal resorts

Denver Post

Mexico prepares for hurricane Rina

YouTube

Police tear gas Occupy Oakland protesters

Police fired tear gas into a crowd of several hundred Occupy protesters who unsuccessfully tried to retake an encampment outside Oakland City Hall that officers had cleared away earlier.

San Francisco Chronicle

Patience being tested over waste, crime at protest sites

ABC News

‘Occupy Oakland’ protesters clash with police

YouTube

At 10, Patriot Act remains controversial

Civil liberties groups have raised concerns about whether the Patriot Act goes too far by scooping up too much data and violating people’s rights to privacy.

NPR

Muslim advocates call for reforms

Huffington Post

Economy has led patients to ask doctors for freebies

The economy is forcing some patients with pricey prescriptions to skip doses, cut pills in half or even stop taking potentially life-saving medications. But many are asking their doctors for handouts.

ABC News

The back-seat driver in your dashboard

Remember when your parents would nag you about wasting gas by driving too fast? Now some new cars on the market can do it for them.

Wall Street Journal

NATION

Obama to offer student loan relief

Millions of student loan borrowers will be eligible to lower their payments and consolidate their loans under a plan President Barack Obama intends to announce, the White House said.

MSNBC

Obama’s student loan debt-relief plan: too good to be true?

Christian Science Monitor

Student loan default rates

YouTube

Survey: Home prices increase in half of major US cities

Home prices rose in half of major cities measured by a private survey, a sign that prices are stabilizing in some hard-hit portions of the country.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

US dismantling its most powerful nuke

The last of the United States’ most powerful nuclear bombs is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.

CBS News

POLITICS

GOP campaign ad wars seen on YouTube

The Republican candidates have a different approach to the media. One thing that’s changed: television advertising is starting later than usual.

NPR

Withdrawal plan in Iraq splits GOP

The announcement of a final withdrawal of American forces from Iraq is highlighting a Republican divide on foreign policy.

The Hill

BUSINESS

There is an ‘informal economy’ driving world business

More than half of all employed people worldwide work off the books. And that number is expected to climb.

NPR

Nokia debuts first Windows phones

Nokia announced its first two Windows Phone smartphones, in what could be the start to a recovery for the company’s beleaguered smartphone product line.

CBS News

HEALTH

CDC: Boys should get HPV vaccine too

A vaccine originally intended to prevent cervical cancer in girls should be given to boys as well, a panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

LiveScience

Technology use among young spurs debate over child development

The conversation over how much, if any, technology youngsters should have access to is an open debate among doctors, child development experts and parents.

San Francisco Chronicle

Fetal gene screening comes to market

A non-invasive procedure could make prenatal testing easier, but it comes with ethical problems.

Nature

ENVIRONMENT

The chance to export power divides Southeast Asia

The Mekong and Irrawaddy rivers, though unconnected and hundreds of miles apart, are both integral to life in Southeast Asia, supporting millions of people.

National Geographic

China ‘won’t follow US’ on carbon dioxide emission practices

China will not allow its emissions per person to reach U.S. levels. Xie Zhenhua, vice chair of the National Development and Reform Commission, says to do so would be a “disaster for the world.”

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pastors, rabbis and imams

Eventually, at the heart of Claremont Lincoln University, students of all faiths will gather for a time of prayer and meditation.

Inside Higher Ed

Number without religious identity increases

Gallup

Families forgoing funerals, putting cemeteries in bind

Driven in part by tight finances, more families are choosing cremation over traditional funerals, forcing operators to rethink how they do business.

Detroit News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Douglas J. Elliott):

Why you should be worried about Europe

CNNMoney

Column (Mai Yamani):

Saudi Arabia’s old regime grows older

Al Jazeera

Column (Michael Hayden):

US enters Libya and leaves Iraq

CNN

Blog (Nelly Lambert):

A coconut cake from Emily Dickinson, poet and baker

(NPR)

The Salt

Cartoon (Pat Bagley):

Sign, sign, everywhere there’s a sign

Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Christopher Hill):

‘Who lost Iraq’ is the wrong question

CNN

Column (James Crotty):

Lessons: Future of education is mobile, social, and in the cloud

Forbes

Column (Kevin Carey):

The US should adopt income-based student loans now

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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GOOD NEWS

Oprah’s chat to Ralph Lauren raises $7 million for charity

The conversation between the talk show host and the esteemed fashion designer raised more than $7 million for charity.

New Zealand Herald

Making it a small world

For many, spending even a brief holiday in a German city is a dream vacation. But one public school principal uses both international trips and technology to connect students with the world.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

GPS shoes for Alzheimer’s patients

The first shoes with built-in GPS devices — to help track down dementia-suffering seniors who wander off and get lost — are set to hit the U.S. market, the manufacturer says.

NY Daily News

WORLD

Conclusive summit deal on eurozone crisis elusive

Prospects for a comprehensive deal to resolve the eurozone debt crisis look dim, with deep disagreement remaining on critical issues.

Reuters

Crisis fueling skepticism of Euro

Euronews

Crowded, stretched world awaits 7 billionth baby

The world’s 7 billionth person will be born into a population more aware than ever of the challenges of sustaining life on a crowded planet but no closer to a consensus about what to do about it.

Reuters

With 7 billion people, world has a poop problem

LiveScience

Gadhafi’s secret burial doesn’t end controversy over his death

Moammar Gadhafi is now buried in an unmarked desert grave. Yet, the circumstances of his death have raised questions about the new government’s ability to respect human rights.

Christian Science Monitor

Explosions and gunfire shake Yemen truce between Saleh and opposition

Al Jazeera

EDUCATION

College costs climb, yet again

Although more Americans are getting help from scholarships and tax breaks, the net cost of college is eating up a higher share of the typical family’s income in 2011.

CNNMoney

Tuition and fees rise more than 8 percent at US public colleges

Tuition and fees at America’s public colleges rose more than 8 percent this year as a weakened economy and severe cuts in state funding took their toll, a newly released report says.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

IPod creator switches attention, innovation to ‘smart’ thermostats

The man known as the “godfather” of the iPod has invested his energy in a home appliance: a thermostat. The smart device adjusts the temperature based on the presence of people and their habits.

BBC

Cars and the future of fuel efficiency

Cars are becoming more and more like computers on wheels. Many car enthusiasts long for the simpler designs of long ago that allow them to figure out exactly what’s going on under the hood.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Bolshoi Theatre set for grand reopening

Russia’s Bolshoi Theater will reopen with a star-studded gala performance after a $700-million restoration.

Reuters

Hanging on to the past

In shops and tiny storefronts throughout the Twin Cities, a handful of passionate, persistent business owners still buy, sell and repair analog technologies.

Star Tribune

A 6-decade Roman holiday — in pictures

Milton Gendel ran in the most rarefied circles of jet-set Rome. In a retrospective of rare photos, James Reginato gets this 92-year-old American expat talking about the life behind his witty and subtle images.

Vanity Fair

SPORTS

West Virginia accepted into Big 12

West Virginia has applied for admission to the Big 12 and has been accepted, sources have confirmed.

Sporting News

WVU Big 12 Bound

ESPN

Formula One to stage road race in NJ

Formula One is set to light up the East Coast of the U.S. — with a spectacular road race course which is already being compared to the Monte Carlo Grand Prix.

Daily Mail

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