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Farm laborers plant rice seedlings at the experimental plots of the International Rice Research Institute, IRRI, at Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines in 2008. IRRI scientists are working on better ways to improve rice yields through better soil and water management. (Photo by Bullit Marquez / AP)

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Human activity is now outstripping nature’s ability to replenish the earth’s thin skin. And if we want to keep eating, it’s time to stop treating our soil like dirt.

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The Global Mail

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Civilization’s foundation is eroding

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Grist

Medication tied to meningitis outbreak

A steroid medication linked to the death of five people from rare fungal meningitis may have been administered in 23 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.

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Reuters

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Outbreak spotlights risks of custom drugs

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US jobless rate drops to 7.8 percent

The unemployment rate in the U.S. unexpectedly fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009.

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Bloomberg

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Fiscal cliff threatens 277,000 federal jobs

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CNNMoney

Special section:

Making sense of the economy

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The Business Desk (PBS NewsHour)

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Global shares up on hopes of US jobs

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Reuters

How Steve Jobs’ legacy has changed

When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died a year ago today, the world eulogized him in glowing terms. But since then, as high-profile books have probed Jobs’ life and career, that reputation has evolved.

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CNN

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Apple remembers Jobs with moving video

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Gizmodo

Experts brace for wave of autistic adults

Young adults born during the first big wave of autism cases in the U.S. two decades ago and are now struggling to strike out on their own.

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San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Don’t like your house? Consider ‘swapping’ with your parents

Experts say homeowners swapping homes with older or younger relatives is a trend that could take off as the baby boomer generation moves progressively into smaller homes as they retire.

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Reuters

Fatal parasail accidents renew calls for more rules

According to a report by the Parasail Safety Council, more than 70 people have been killed and at least 1,600 injured between 1982 and 2012.

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ABC News

POLITICS

Obama fights back after debate setback

After a muted performance in a presidential debate, President Barack Obama fought back against Republican rival Mitt Romney, and the Democrat’s re-election campaign vowed to learn.

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Reuters

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Social media debate sentiment less critical of Obama than polls and press

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Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism

Special section:

Obama and Romney on the issues

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Al Jazeera

Conservatives: Jobs data is phony

The release of positive jobs numbers immediately ignited a conspiracy theory among conservatives, who suggested the data was being manipulated to benefit President Barack Obama’s reelection.

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Politico

BUSINESS

Do the math on retailer ‘dollar’ deals

Do not expect shopping rewards like Kohl’s Cash or CVS Extra Bucks to stuff your pockets with actual currency this holiday season. Most are gimmicks aimed at luring shoppers back to the store.

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Reuters

California gas prices close pumps

Soaring gas prices across California have forced some station owners to shut off their pumps while people change their driving habits or avoid driving all together.

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ABC News

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$4 gas: get used to it

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CNNMoney

Why we spend more and more on pets

American consumers are expected to collectively spend $370 million on pet costumes this Halloween. Americans will spend barely three times more on costumes for children.

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TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Will human population growth peak in the late 21st century?

While we’ve made great strides in educating people around the world about family planning and birth control, the global fertility rate still hovers around 2.5 children per woman.

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Scientific American

Urban coyotes could set the stage for larger predators

Coyotes are the largest mammalian predators to have made their way into and thrive in urban settings — but still larger animals could follow the same path.

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LiveScience

Coyotes in the city: Urban bears next?

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The two-way

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA’s Curiosity gets 1st scoop on Mars

The rover is slated to scoop up its first sample of Martian soil, NASA reported. Curiosity came across a sandy area that NASA scientists decided would be a good spot for the rover to stop and study.

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Rover set to scoop up 1st martian soil

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YouTube

The art and science of picking the Nobel Prize recipients

For 10 years, analyst David Pendlebury has pored through academic papers, on the hunt for scientists who might deserve a Nobel Prize.

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Popular Science

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The beauty of the airline baggage tag

In July alone, 53 million passengers boarded domestic flights. Only about one-third of one percent reported a mishandled bag. This success is largely due to the humdrum baggage tag.

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Slate

James Bond celebrates 50 years of ‘shaken, not stirred.’

On this day 50 years ago, James Bond became a movie star. Now, a half-century and six Bond actors later, the series is one of the longest running in history.

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CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

The presidential debate fantasy vs. reality TV

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USA TODAY

Column (Virginia Heffernan):

Stop pretending your alma mater matters

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Yahoo! News

Column (Tom Laskawy):

GMOs, pesticides and the new scientific deadlock

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Grist

Column (Andrew Leonard):

Jobs report stunner

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Salon

Accountability: You can’t rely on YouTube to police the police

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

The US presidential debates’ illusion of political choice

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Guardian

Column (Abram Brown):

Consumers won’t open their wallets until the election ends

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Forbes

Column (Matthew Yglesias):

Immigration: the forgotten issue

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Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Brenda Palms Barber offers ex-cons in Chicago a honey of a second chance

Sweet Beginnings, a growing business on Chicago’s West Side, provides just-released prisoners with job experience making honey and other products.

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Christian Science Monitor

New contact lenses reshape eyes, preventing nearsightedness

Nearsighted kids have to wear glasses to correct their lack of focus, but this doesn’t cure the problem and may worsen it. However, a new type of contact lens coaxes the eye to grow in a different way.

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Popular Science

Blind since birth, Bobby Steele uses guides to run cross-country

Bobby Steele has been blind since birth, but he was the most popular runner at the Tri-Valley League’s East Division cross-country meet.

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Detroit Free Press

WORLD

The man who volunteered for Auschwitz

There are very few places that can accurately be described as hell on Earth. One of these was the Auschwitz concentration camp — and one man deliberately sent himself to it.

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The Atlantic

Turkey urged to step back from Syria

World leaders urged Turkey to step back from the brink of war with Syria after its parliament voted to attack Bashar al-Assad’s regime at will.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Special section:

Syria and Turkey — live updates

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Guardian

Amplats fires 12,000 South African platinum miners

The world’s biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, has fired 12,000 striking South African miners after a protracted strike over wages.

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BBC

EDUCATION

There’s wide concern among flagship public universities that policies governing issues such as academic exemptions for athletes vary widely between institutions, creating an uneven playing field.

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Inside Higher Ed

White House cites Ohioan for youth-education effort

Mike Buscemi realized that Lions Quest, classes to help children learn life skills, might have a far-reaching effect when a school system in India signed on for it. Lions Quest is now taught in 74 countries.

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Columbus Dispatch

HEALTH

FDA cites risk, but MS patients seek unproven therapy

A controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis has been linked by U.S. health regulators to serious injuries or even death.

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Reuters

What does your doctor write about you?

A new trial found that giving patients easier access to our exam notes gets us more involved in effective care.

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The Atlantic

Mouse stem cells lay eggs

Japanese researchers have coaxed mouse stem cells into becoming viable eggs that produce healthy offspring. The work provides a powerful tool to study basic elements of development and infertility.

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Nature

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

SF archbishop jokes about recent DUI

Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone told an audience of more than 2,000 guests at his installation mass that he was grateful for the support he had received following his arrest in San Diego.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Anatomy of the Vatican scandal: How the butler did it

He had the trust of Pope Benedict XVI and the cardinals who run the Roman Catholic Church. And because of his privileged position as papal butler, Paolo Gabriele had access to their deepest secrets.

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Columbus Dispatch

SPORTS

The story behind another extremely deadly year on Everest

This year was the deadliest on Mount Everest since 12 climbers died on the mountain in 1996. But storms and avalanches were not the culprit.

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Spiegel International

Boxing: Cruz becomes 1st boxer to come out as gay

Puerto Rican featherweight Orlando Cruz has become the first active boxer to publicly reveal he is gay. Cruz competed in the 2000 Olympic Games and is on the verge of a world title fight with the WBO.

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BBC

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Boxer Orlando Cruz a ‘proud gay man’

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Japan’s population to drop by 1 million each year in coming decades

Japan’s rapid aging means the national population of 128 million will shrink by one-third by 2060 and seniors will account for 40 percent of people, placing a greater burden on the shrinking work force.

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Msnbc.com

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Australia’s Ellyse Perry jumps in the air during the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP)

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