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Microsoft Corp.‘s Surface tablet computers are displayed at Hollywood‘s Milk Studios in Los Angeles. The tablet comes with a kickstand to hold it upright and a keyboard that is part of the device’s cover. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes / File / AP)

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Is it the end of keyboards?

Apple’s iPhone and its rivals may have introduced touchscreens to the masses, but now a raft of technologies promise to change the way we interact with computers forever.

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BBC

Microsoft Surface tablet

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Wired

Study: People who exercise have larger brains later in life

The brain is a muscle, says every teacher. Their point is figurative, but the brain is like a muscle in the sense that it normally loses size with age.

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The Atlantic

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Size matters: men and belly fat

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heraldonline.com

US sues Bank of America for fraud

The U.S has filed a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit against Bank of America, accusing it of selling thousands of toxic home loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that caused $1 billion in losses.

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Reuters

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Latest in mortgage fraud: flopping

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CNNMoney

Where are the foreclosure deal millions going in your state?

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ProPublica

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News on mortgage loans

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Bloomberg

Clinton: Facebook post about Benghazi attack not hard ‘evidence’

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a Facebook post in which an Islamic militant group claimed credit for a recent attack in Benghazi, Libya did not constitute hard evidence.

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Reuters

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Emails paint picture of Benghazi attack

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CBS News

The evolutionary importance of grandma

The most evolutionarily fit grandmothers have the most grandchildren, to whom they pass on their longevity genes.

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The Atlantic

NATION

Nation’s fastest road to open in Texas

Motorists, start your engines. It’s opening day for the last leg of a Texas toll road with the nation’s fastest speed limit.

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ABC News

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Texas toll road allows 85 miles per hour

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YouTube

US to become world’s top oil producer?

U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the country could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest producer.

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CBS News

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Timeline: oil dependence and US foreign policy

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Council on Foreign Relations

States consider moving beyond medical marijuana into recreational use

Three states will vote on whether to allow recreational use of marijuana. There is still a federal prohibition, and approval would surely bring court challenges.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Obama launches blitz; Romney ups pace

Locked in a stubbornly tight race, President Barack Obama and candidate Mitt Romney are demonstrating the urgency of the campaign’s final stretch.

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What are Obama’s and Romney’s plans for the next 4 years?

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CBS News

Presidential campaign’s final weeks: Turnout is the name of the game

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The Root DC

Rape comment causes controversy

Senate candidate Richard Mourdock was the latest Republican to stir up controversy when he said that when a woman is impregnated from rape, "it is something that God intended to happen.”

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ABC News

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Mourdock and Todd Akin are not the same

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U.S. News & World Report

Unseen, but still looming over the race: George W. Bush

He does not speak on the stump or appear in television ads, but aside from President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, no one has shaped the 2012 election more than George W. Bush.

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Telegram & Gazette

BUSINESS

Expectations low for any major Fed moves

Six weeks after rolling out a bold plan to boost the U.S. economy, the central bank is meeting again amid low expectations for further help.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Credit card data breach at multiple Barnes & Noble stores

Hackers have stolen credit card information for customers who shopped at 63 Barnes & Noble stores across the country, including stores in New York City, San Diego, Miami and Chicago.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Premonition may exist

Researchers at Northwestern University have found evidence that premonition, or anticipation of an event without conscious reason, may exist.

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Bell Jar

Targeted brain stimulation alters face perception, study finds

In a painless clinical procedure performed on a patient with electrodes temporarily implanted in his brain, Stanford University doctors pinpointed two nerve clusters that are critical for face perception.

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ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

In US building industry, easy to be green?

An examination shows that thousands of “green” builders win tax breaks, exceed local restrictions and get expedited permitting under a system that often rewards minor, low-cost steps.

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USA TODAY

Liquid metal battery: Can we invent our way out of climate trouble?

The MIT inventor of a liquid metal battery made a guest appearance on “The Colbert Report” and added a note of optimism in climate debate. Can a liquid metal battery diminish the world’s reliance on oil?

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Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Verlander biggest treat of delicious Tigers vs. Giants World Series

This World Series is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. The best pitcher in baseball with Hall of Fame ability is smack in the sweet spot of the prime of his career and getting the ball for Game 1.

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Sports Illustrated

Cheerleading should be designated as a sport to improve safety rules, doctors say

The American Academy of Pediatrics wants schools to consider cheerleading a sport, so it can be subject to better safety rules and better supervision.

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Is cheerleading too dangerous?

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TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Alex Pareene):

Sorry America, there is no such thing as ‘October Surprises’

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Salon

Blog (David S. Levine):

Can we trust voting machines without independent verification?

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Future Tense

Column (Gregor Peter Schmitz):

Debate reveals outdated US foreign policy

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Spiegel International

Cartoon (Joe Heller):

Cycles

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Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Mike Seccombe):

Exceptional Americanism

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The Global Mail

Judicial elections threaten justice

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USA TODAY

Column (Patrick Crouch):

Evolution or gentrification: Do urban farms lead to higher rents?

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Grist

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CEOs have not been successful presidents

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GOOD NEWS

Gates Foundation reboots

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic foundation, is undergoing a “global redesign” overseas and is listening to critics of its efforts to improve U.S. schools.

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Christian Science Monitor

African children reach for the stars with help of US astronomer

The beauty of space and science have helped an American astronomer connect with children in Malawi, despite language and cultural barriers.

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SPACE.com

Vet walks on new legs with a little help from mom

When veteran Nick Staback lost both of his legs to a homemade bomb, his mother Maria took a leave of absence to move in with her son. She was a tough coach as he learned to walk on two prosthetic legs.

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NPR

WORLD

Philippine politics is a family affair

Politicians in the Philippines have been filing their candidacies for next year’s elections — and there are some familiar names. It is hard to avoid the impression that politics is a family business.

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BBC

Scientists in shock at ‘outlandish’ earthquake ruling

The scientific world is reeling after six Italian scientists were sentenced to six years in jail for failing to warn residents about a deadly earthquake that struck central Italy in 2009.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

EDUCATION

College price hikes have become more modest but still painful

The sticker price of in-state tuition at four-year public universities climbed about $400 this fall, a five percent increase that brought the average to $8,655.

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Houston Chronicle

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Income-based repayment: an underused lifeline

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Inside Higher Ed

North Carolina to outlaw student cyberbullying of teachers

The School Violence Prevention Act of 2012 will make it a misdemeanor for students in North Carolina to post something online “with the intent to intimidate or torment a school employee.”

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Teen beats cyber bullies at their own game

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First Coast News

HEALTH

Feds open criminal inquiry into firm linked to deadly meningitis outbreak

Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the practices at the company linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak blamed for 23 deaths.

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CNN

Flu can be deadly, even in healthy kids

Healthy children can actually die more quickly from the flu than those with pre-existing conditions, according to research.

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CNN

Monster energy drink suit: How much caffeine is fatal?

The release of reports indicating that Monster Energy drinks might have been responsible for five deaths since 2009 has brought questions about death by caffeine back into the national spotlight.

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ABC News

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FDA investigates link between energy drink and deaths

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NBCNews.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Church of Scientology launches marriage rights bid

An engaged woman has launched a ground-breaking legal bid for the right to marry in a Church of Scientology chapel, insisting she should have the same freedom of choice as any other believer.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Rebel Catholic group expels Holocaust-denying bishop

A rebel Catholic traditionalist group has expelled British-born Bishop Richard Williamson, who embarrassed the Vatican by denying the Holocaust.

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Reuters

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Reading ‘Gone with the Wind’ in Pyongyang, North Korea

In “Gone With the Wind,” North Koreans found echoes of their own history and insights into the U.S: bloody civil wars fought nearly a century apart and two cities destroyed after U.S. attacks.

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Houston Chronicle

How much is being beautiful worth?

Beautiful people are indeed happier, says a new study. Handsome men enjoy economic benefits, while women find joy looking in the mirror.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Dead pianos: Will your old piano end up in the dump?

Many old pianos are now being dumped, abandoned, neglected, smashed — even burned. Why is this happening and should we care?

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BBC

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

World’s smallest known vertebrate found

Paedophryne amauensis, a frog, is the size of a housefly and lives solely amid leaf litter on New Guinea’s rainforest floor.

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National Geographic

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Pope Benedict XVI blesses a baby at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Photo by Andrew Medichini / AP)

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