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A woman waves an American flag over Occupy Wall Street protesters that gathered in Foley Square in New York. Police officers evicted Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park overnight. (Photo by Seth Wenig / AP)

Deep-chilling trauma patients to save them

Trauma surgeons soon will try plunging critically injured people into a deep chill — cooling their body temperatures as low as 50 degrees into extreme hypothermia — in hopes of saving their lives.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Church pitches in to help family in need

When he had a job, Todd Molloy thought of himself as the go-to guy. Now, in his time of need due to family stress, friends from A New Hope church in Riverside, Pa., began fixing up a new home for his family.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Oklahomans ask: What is causing quakes?

In a state that’s home to 185,000 drilling wells, where oil derricks dot the landscape, a pressing question is whether industrial drilling has been triggering the quakes.

Los Angeles Times

Court order allows Occupy protesters back

Police moved in to New York City’s Zuccotti Park, evicting many protesters who have camped there for almost two months. Protesters will be allowed to return, but not camp out.

CNN

US mayors crack down on Occupy Wall Street

Bloomberg

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Did Bloomberg do Occupy Wall Street protest a favor?

(Washington Post)

Wonkblog

Occupy protesters cleared from Zuccotti Park

YouTube

Italy crisis: Debt cost puts pressure on Mario Monti

Italy’s cost of borrowing has risen again to the danger level, with bond yields reaching 7.039 percent, putting the new Prime Minister Mario Monti under pressure as he tries to form a government.

BBC

US deepens ties with Asia amid fears about China

The U.S. deepened military ties with Asia, reassuring its partners of its commitment and capitalizing on fears about China’s rise. Both face a simple truth: They need each other, possibly more than ever.

CBS News

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US embarks on an Asia offensive

(TIME)

Global Spin

NATION

Clock ticking on debt supercommittee

Public expectations are low that Congress‘s supercommittee can strike a deal to shrink the huge U.S. deficit, polls show. But Congress’s image is likely to take another hit if gridlock again prevails.

Christian Science Monitor

Deficit committee hits final week, tensions rise

San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

Debt supercommittee

Washington Post

Minn. town to replace police with private security force

In an effort to save money, the Minnesota town of Foley is making a controversial move: employing a private security company to patrol its streets.

USA TODAY

Two decades after Anita Hill, how do workplaces handle harassment?

Allegations against Herman Cain spotlight secret settlements, which many businesses turn to in harassment cases.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Gingrich basks in recent rise in polls

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the latest GOP presidential candidate to experience an uptick in poll numbers, attributed his success in part to running a “positive” campaign.

CBS News

Congress divided over subsidization of wind power

In Washington, a state that relies on water and wind for its electricity, Mother Nature has been too generous — and it is causing headaches for energy producers.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

‘Locally grown’ food a $4.8B business

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report says sales of “local foods,” whether sold direct to consumers at farmers markets or through intermediaries such as grocers, amounted to $4.8 billion in 2008.

Boston Globe

Buffett surprises with big IBM investment

Warren Buffett has always made his distaste for technology investments clear, but he abruptly changed his ways in spectacular fashion.

Reuters

Social media, blogs and website key for small business

Bridget McMullin’s expertise is designing home interiors. And the most valuable trick to her trade? Her blog, her Facebook page, and what she considers the gateway to both — her website.

Philadelphia Inquirer

ENVIRONMENT

A trip into mushroom foraging

While foraging one’s own nettles, berries or chestnuts (or paying top dollar for them at restaurants) has both foodies and greenies in a tizzy, no other gathering has quite the cachet of mushroom hunting.

Grist

Japan’s radioactive farmland mapped

Nuclear fallout in farmland in eastern Japan is worse than expected. Now, officials have a map of where they should concentrate regulatory and clean-up efforts.

Discovery News

Fracking chemical found in Wyoming water after EPA testing

Tests indicate at least one common fracking chemical has contaminated drinking water in the town of Pavillion, Wyo. But, the natural gas industry still denies fracking is harmful to water supplies.

PlanetSave.com

EDUCATION

Why Americans are choosing to study abroad in record numbers

The number of American students who study abroad has been climbing steadily, more than tripling in the last two decades. The need to compete in a globalized world is one reason.

Christian Science Monitor

Struggling grads get help on loans

To ease the financial strain on new grads, federal officials are raising awareness about “Income-Based Repayment,” an underused program intended for borrowers who don’t earn a lot.

Detroit News

SPORTS

Jerry Sandusky proclaims innocence in NBC interview

The former Penn State assistant coach has denied allegations that he sexually abused eight boys and told a television interviewer he was not a pedophile.

Detroit Free Press

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More suspected victims; Sandusky says he’s innocent

The Two-Way (NPR)

NBA players reject league offer; begin to disband union

The NBA players have rejected the league’s latest offer and are beginning the process to disband the union. The decision likely jeopardizes the season, they say.

CNN

Still hope for the 2012 season

Hoops World

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GOOD NEWS

Hundreds turn out for rally to end pet gas chamber use in Pa.

Two hundred animal lovers turned out in Malvern, Pa., for a rally to end the practice of gassing shelter pets.

Philadelphia Inquirer

12-year-old American girl builds 27 homes in Haiti

Rachel Wheeler, a 12-year-old Florida resident, has done more to aid others than many grown-ups do in a lifetime.

Msnbc.com

Native American gallery does more than sell art

The Ron Hilbert Gallery is a sales venue for members of the Chief Seattle Club — the only agency in Seattle/King County devoted to the needs of homeless urban American Indians.

Seattle Times

WORLD

Euro-area industrial production drops most in 2 1/2 years

European industrial production declined the most in 2 1/2 years in September, led by capital and consumer goods, as the sovereign-debt crisis pushed the economy toward a recession.

BusinessWeek

Iran claims defense computer systems hit by another ‘supervirus’

Iran says its defense computer systems have been infected with another “supervirus” known to be similar to one that severely damaged its nuclear program last year.

Telegraph.co.uk

Opponents of Northern Gateway pipeline brace for a fight

After the delay of the Canada-U.S. Keystone XL pipeline, opponents of the Northern Gateway project running from Alberta to British Columbia are preparing for a tougher battle.

Globeandmail.com

Harper on Canadian economy: ‘Look far east’

Edmonton Sun

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rewiring the brain to ease physical pain

Mind-body approaches to chronic pain, such as meditation and tai chi, are proving surprisingly effective in clinical trials, showing that people can change how their brains respond to pain.

Wall Street Journal

Ancient bronze artifact from East Asia unearthed in Alaska

A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska.

e! Science News

HEALTH

Where you live can help determine your health, studies say

Sociologists and public health officials have long thought a zip code is as important as race, age and genetics in determining a personâ€™s health. New research addresses the issue again.

Baltimore Sun

Strangers spot people with compassionate genes in seconds

Strangers can “see” a person’s trustworthy genes through their behaviors, says a new study finding a single genetic change makes a person seem more compassionate and kind to others.

LiveScience

Diabetes will strike 1 in 10 adults by 2030

Diabetes will strike one in 10 adults by 2030, hampering economic growth in the world’s fastest-growing economies as it kills people in their most productive years, according to a report.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

DIA embraces challenge on marketing religion, art

For the Detroit Institute of Arts, promoting a household name like Rembrandt is not cumbersome, but marketing Jesus is much more complicated.

Detroit Free Press

Catholic Charities ends Illinois civil unions dispute

Catholic Charities announced that it was ending its legal battle over Illinois’ civil unions law and is no longer providing state-funded services.

Denver Post

Frustrated Muslims to protest, declare: ‘Don’t call NYPD’

Fed up with a decade of police spying on the innocuous details of the daily lives of Muslims, activists plan a demonstration in N.Y. and are discouraging people from going to the police with terror concerns.

NY Daily News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Childish Gambino tries to be a grown-up

Donald Glover is truly a multifaceted talent, writing comedy for Comedy Central, and other media outlets. As if that weren’t enough, he also raps under the moniker Childish Gambino.

NPR

Former rocker, Forrester, whispers hope to Hollywood’s junkies

One by one, the famous train wrecks and no-name junkies come to see the addict whisperer in his sunny aerie above the fabled corner of Hollywood and Vine.

CNN

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