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Bhutto visits bomb victims

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan visited bomb blast victims in her first public outing since a suicide attack killed at least 136 people and wrecked her jubilant return to Pakistan from exile.

ABC News

Democracy at risk in Pakistan

CBS News

Russian spacecraft lands more than 200 miles off course

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed more than 200 miles off course in Kazakhstan, after departing the international space station with two cosmonauts and Malaysia's first astronaut.

Houston Chronicle

At least 1 dead in So. California fires

Wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds swept across Southern California, killing one person near San Diego, and destroying homes and commercial buildings.

ABC News

Hundreds evacuated in Los Angeles area

Yahoo! News

Dozens die in Turkey border clash

Fighting between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish rebels near the border with Iraq has left 12 soldiers and 23 rebels dead, said Turkish military officials.

BBC

Turkey set for referendum to decide how to elect presidents

International Herald Tribune

Turkey tensions

CBS News

U.S. military kills 49 in Baghdad

U.S. forces said they killed 49 gunmen in fierce fighting in Baghdad during a raid to capture an Iranian-linked kidnap cell leader suspected of abducting U.S.-led coalition soldiers and other foreigners.

Reuters

NATION

Capital punishment at crossroads in U.S.

Most executions will not proceed until the Supreme Court rules in a challenge by two death row inmates to the lethal injection procedures used by Kentucky.

Newsday

IMF panel warns of inflation risks

The IMF policy-setting committee noted rising food and oil prices and other indications of inflation in urging finance ministers and central bankers to stay focused on achieving price stability.

International Herald Tribune

More mothers exit work force

The long march of American mothers into the workplace has ground to a halt. And the reason will come as no surprise to the millions of women trying to balance kids and a job: It's getting too tough to pull off.

Akron Beacon Journal

POLITICS

Louisiana elects Jindal as its first Indian-American governor

Republican U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana and will become the first Indian-American to lead a U.S. state.

Bloomberg

'Values voters' lean toward Romney

After a dramatic and well-received appeal for acceptance from Rudy Giuliani, Christian conservatives are still divided about which of the Republican presidential candidates to marshal their collective might behind.

San Jose Mercury News

Clinton's steady march

The former first lady appears to be pulling away from her rivals in the Democratic presidential contest. One year ago, few would have expected Clinton to hold such a commanding advantage.

Baltimore Sun

Campaigning getting personal for Clinton

CBS News

BUSINESS

Two more UAW sites reject Chrysler pact

Two more Chrysler LLC plants rejected the latest contract proposal the company reached with the United Auto Workers, pressuring the union to build support for the pact, a media report said.

MarketWatch

IMF fails to make progress on reforms

Rodrigo Rato bowed out as managing director of the International Monetary Fund with effusive plaudits from world financial leaders in public, but sharp criticism of his role.

Financial Times

HEALTH

Daily aspirin for men only?

Aspirin cuts the risk of a first heart attack in men but not in women, an analysis of clinical trial data suggests. Evidence suggests that aspirin helps everyone who has had a heart attack.

WebMD

Breast cancer care eludes older women

Many older women are being under-diagnosed and under-treated for breast cancer, studies show.

HealthDay

Special section:

Frequently asked questions about women's health

WebMD

SPORTS

Red Sox have the momentum

The Red Sox have snatched back the momentum heading into Game Seven because they've gotten back to playing the kind of baseball that has worked for them the past few seasons.

ESPN

Cleveland pitcher spent thousands on human growth hormone

Paul Byrd, the veteran pitcher of the Cleveland Indians, bought nearly $25,000 worth of human growth hormone and syringes from a Florida anti-aging clinic, business records show.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church community proves a godsend for stricken family

Peter Mantas struggled to describe his shock when he learned that his son, Andrew, was suspected of killing his ex-wife, Dimitra, with a baseball bat.

San Jose Mercury News

Students of Buddhism prepare for Dalai Lama visit

This week a Greenwood couple, part of a small but diverse community of Buddhists in Central Indiana, will celebrate a weeklong visit by the world's most famous Buddhist teacher, the 14th Dalai Lama.

Indianapolis Star

Rare glimpse of Buddhist relics

Edmonton Sun

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GOOD NEWS

1,200-pound horse saved from pool

A 1,200-pound horse is safe after rescuers used a wrecker to pull the animal from a swimming pool at a Knoxville home.

HappyNews.com

Woman survives 19 hours in sea off Maui

A 49-year-old woman held onto a water container to stay afloat for 19 hours until she was rescued from choppy ocean waters a mile off Maui, she said.

ABC News

WORLD

15 migrants killed in shipwreck off Mexico, more missing

Authorities have recovered the bodies of 15 Central American migrants whose boat capsized in the Pacific Ocean, the Mexican navy said. The vessel was believed to be carrying more than 20 migrants.

CNN

Latin American women rise in nations long dominated by men

Defying Latin America’s longtime reputation as a bastion of machismo, women in South America are winning political power at an unprecedented rate and taking top higher education positions.

McClatchy Newspapers

Poland votes in a snap election

People in Poland are voting in general elections called two years early, after the collapse of the ruling coalition in a row over a corruption investigation.

BBC

Polish opposition may win election today, polls show

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Mich. lawmaker: let turtles be roadkill

A congressman disputes the state's contention that it's worth $318,000 in federal money to keep turtles from becoming roadkill.

MSNBC

Challenging views about global warming

The globe is warming, it's our fault and the consequences are going to be terrible. So goes the rhetoric spouted by politicians, celebrities and the media.

ABC News

In many countries, cement is crucial for growth but an enemy of green

Making cement creates pollution, in the form of carbon dioxide emissions, and the greenest of technologies can reduce that by only 20 percent.

International Herald Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Jon Stewart renews TV contract

Political satirist Jon Stewart has renewed his contract with the Comedy Central cable TV channel in a deal that will keep "The Daily Show" on the network through 2010.

Reuters

Colbert on comedy

MSNBC

Hollywood fest spotlights new talent

The Hollywood Awards mark the season's first movie-kudos presentation. The Hollywood Film Festival (Oct. 17-21) presented 75 films comprising 27 features, 14 docs and 34 shorts.

Variety

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA clears shuttle for launch

NASA managers cleared space shuttle Discovery for launch to attach a vestibule to the International Space Station that will serve as European and Japanese laboratories.

Reuters

Shuttle photos

Yahoo! News

Nigerian space program isn't a 419 scam

Nigeria, a country whose best-known technological export is probably the e-mail output of its "419 scam" artists, is ramping up a scrappy space program.

Wired

EDUCATION

Evolution's role in class set to grow

Florida has written new standards for teaching science that for the first time say public-school students need to learn about evolution.

EducationNews.org

7-year-old suspended over drawing

A New Jersey second-grader's drawing of a stick figure shooting a gun has earned him a one-day school suspension.

MSNBC

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