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Bush: Lawmakers 'must listen' and vote yes

President Bush said "a lot of people are watching" to see if Congress will enact the $700 billion financial rescue plan that he called the best chance to restore calm to the financial industry.

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Newsweek

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Senate approves $700B financial rescue

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Bloomberg

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Analysis: A vote with unforeseen consequences?

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Associated Press

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Protesting the bailout

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TIME

Iraqi police: Bombs kill 17, injures more than 30 near Shiite mosques

Suicide bombers targeted Shiite worshippers as they left morning prayers at two Baghdad mosques, killing 17 people and injuring more than 30, police said.

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Associated Press

Judge may dismiss Stevens case

A federal judge is considering dismissing Sen. Ted Stevens' criminal case after government prosecutors violated a court order to turn over critical evidence to the Alaska Republican's defense team

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The Hill

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A highway patrol unit member holds a program before the funeral for another Philadelphia officer. (Photo by David Maialetti / AP)	Mask II (foreground) by Ron Mueck, was unveiled at the British Museum in London. (Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis / AP)	Philadelphia Phillies starter Cole Hamels pitches to a Milwaukee Brewers batter in Game 1 of the National League division series. (Photo by Julie Jacobson / AP)

NATION

American leadership, one more casualty of the financial meltdown

There is a palpable sense that the financial crisis represents a defining moment: the days when the U.S. could lecture other nations may be gone.

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TIME

Supreme Court will not revisit child rape execution case

The Supreme Court refused to revisit its ruling that outlawed the death penalty for those convicted of raping a child.

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Reuters

POLITICS

The other housing rescue starts now

The Federal Housing Administration unveiled its $300 billion Hope for Homeowners program, allowing borrowers to refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by the government.

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House tries again, taking up 'sweetened' bailout passed by the Senate

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Finding a loan gets harder

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ABC News

Moderator Gwen Ifill more than ready for Biden-Palin debate

Joe Biden and Sarah Palin listened to dozens of mock questions in debate preparation, but they'll get one or two from Gwen Ifill that they don't expect.

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Guardian

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VP debate worries

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CNN

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The McCain campaign style going forward

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International Herald Tribune

As balloting nears, election officials are confused about who can vote

States have barred 5.3 million Americans from voting because they have criminal records, but many of them have been wrongfully disenfranchised according to two civil rights groups.

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McClatchy

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In Ohio, voter registration conflict Is brewing

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NPR

SPORTS

Red Sox take opening game from Angels

Playing in the first postseason game of his career, Jason Bay hit a two-out, two-run homer, and the Red Sox went on to win a 4-1 decision for their 10th straight postseason victory over the Angels.

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2008 Chinese gymnasts cleared, but two from 2000 Games still suspect

Though the case is closed on China's 2008 Olympic gold medalists, the age controversy in gymnastics is far from over.

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ESPN

HEALTH

FDA urged to recall cold medicines for young children

The government is trying once more to decide what to do about over-the-counter medicines for kids' coughs and sniffles. Doctors question the drugs' benefits and worry about their risks.

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Google News

Metaphors of the mind: why loneliness feels cold and sins feel dirty

A social psychologist explains how abstract concepts can create physical feelings.

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Scientific American

Half billion have genital herpes virus

More than half a billion people are infected with the herpes simplex virus type 2, the virus that causes most cases of genital herpes, and nearly 24 million new cases happen per year.

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WebMD

ENVIRONMENT

Top 10 emerging technologies to help save the environment

By the year 2025, an additional 2.9 billion people will strain tightening water supplies and the world's energy needs will go up 60 percent by 2030, according to the U.N.

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LiveScience

Study eases fear about wind turbines' threat to birds

Wind turbines do not drive birds from surrounding areas, British researchers said in findings that could make it easier to build more wind farms.

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Environmental News Network

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

No free pass for Palin, some Seattle evangelicals say

Interviews with more than a dozen evangelicals in the Seattle area showed that support for Palin ranged from unquestioning to uncertain.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bill Maher takes on religion for laughs

Bill Maher has taken his crusade against religion to the big screen. For his new film, "Religulous," the talk show host traveled the world and found plenty to mock.

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CNN

After Christians attacked, authorities in India impose curfew

Authorities imposed a curfew in several towns in eastern India after fresh attacks by Hindus on Christians as clashes over religious conversions spread, officials said.

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Reuters

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Fantasy football: Gene Want Oct. 2 at noon

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Washington Post

National security: Dana Priest Oct. 2 at 12:30 pm

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Washington Post

Debate analysis: Robert Kaiser Oct. 2 at 10:30 pm

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Washington Post

Debate preview: Dahlia Lithwick Oct. 2 at 3:30 pm

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GOOD NEWS

Plumber survives being buried alive

A plumber buried while working on a sewage line in Philadelphia was critically injured, but survived after being dug out with a backhoe and shovels.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

US military hospital healing more Iraqis

The U.S. military's main combat hospital in Iraq has increasingly switched to helping Iraqis, saving the lives of those who come in with devastating injuries.

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CBS News

Gasoline gift card program to directly benefit armed forces, veterans

SVM, a leader in the gasoline and retail gift card industry, announced today it is launching a new program to support U.S. armed forces and veterans.

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PNN

WORLD

Expert says Iran 2 to 5 years from nuke

Iran is two years to five years away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, said the former head of the U.S. weapons-hunting team in Iraq.

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CBS News

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India's ruling party hails nuclear deal approval

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International Herald Tribune

Life in Zimbabwe: Wait for useless, hyperinflated money

Zimbabwe is in the grip of one of the great hyperinflations in history. The people of this once proud capital have been plunged into a Darwinian struggle to get by.

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International Herald Tribune

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Slow take off for Zimbabwe’s foreign currency trading scheme

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African Press Agency

EU deploys peace monitors in Georgia

The EU began deploying monitors to Georgia despite earlier threats by the Russian military to bar them from buffer zones around Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

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International Herald Tribune

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Key question lingers: Who really started the war in Georgia?

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Christian Science Monitor

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EU monitors begin Georgia patrols

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BBC

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart jump-starts Christmas selling season by cutting toy prices

Wal-Mart Stores said it will cut prices on some of the most popular toys and speed up opening Christmas shops in its stores nationwide as it tries to jump-start its biggest selling season.

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MarketWatch

Now public is spurring Congress to act

Voter anger over a Wall Street bailout, which nearly shut down switchboards on Capitol Hill, is being eclipsed by new evidence that the credit crisis is hitting Main Street.

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Christian Science Monitor

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Actor: Hollywood needs more positive portrayals of gays and lesbians

There was once a time when the revelation of one's homosexuality in Hollywood was thought to be a career-killer.

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CNN

Hollywood producers reject actors' contract overture

The Screen Actors Guild sent a letter to representatives of the Hollywood studios urging a return to the bargaining table.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

Inside the the new and improved California Academy of Sciences

After a decade of exhaustive fundraising, moving and construction, the venerable California Academy of Sciences natural history museum opened its doors in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

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San Jose Mercury News

Campaigns differ on how to help with college costs, depleted savings

The price of college continues to surge. The Wall Street meltdown has hammered the stock market and college savings, even as a college degree becomes ever more essential to find a good job.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

US bailout may set back science funding, experts fear

Some experts say that a Congressional bailout — or even no bailout at all — may set back funding for science.

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National Geographic

Love lab

The author of a new book on the biology of human sexuality tells us what makes for good couple chemistry and why we should pay attention to our instincts when searching for a mate or a date.

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Newsweek

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The new global middle class: potentially profitable, but also unpredictable

A new global middle class is rising up from poverty in emerging economies around the world, providing competition for labor and resources, but also new markets for goods and services.

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Knowledge@Wharton

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Leaves change color along the Swift River in the White Mountain National Forest in Albany, N.H. (Photo by Jim Cole / AP)

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