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California National Bank of Los Angeles headquarters sits in front of the downtown Los Angeles skyline. Regulators shut California National Bank and eight smaller related banks due to the weak economy. (Photo by Mark J. Terrill / AP)

Karzai team in crisis talks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's representatives were holding talks with Abdullah Abdullah in a bid to prevent the former foreign minister from boycotting an election run-off vote.

CNN

Abdullah 'may quit Afghan poll'

BBC

Don't forget to set back your clocks

This is the weekend we change our clocks back one hour. Don't forget to change them before you go to bed.

Newark Advocate

When and why we fall back

National Geographic

9 US banks seized in largest 1-day haul

U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation's banking industry are being crippled by bad loans.

ABC News

Health of US economy

CNBC

Special section:

Where the banks are failing

CNNMoney

Stimulus creates 640,000 jobs

The largest stimulus program in the nation's history has created or saved around 640,000 jobs, according to figures released by the Obama administration.

CNNMoney

Special section:

Stimulus jobs so far

New York Times

Economic stimulus plan slideshow

Yahoo! News

Mysterious haze at galaxy’s center

Astronomers sifting data from a new satellite say they have discerned the existence of a mysterious haze of high-energy particles in the Milky Way.

New York Times

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The topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain sails in San Francisco Bay. (Photo by Ben Margot / AP)	Taiwanese attend the gay pride parade in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Wally Santana / AP)	A woman laughs and holds her baby in northern Kenya. (Photo by Karel Prinsloo / AP)

NATION

US may be open to asylum for women facing spousal abuse

The Obama administration has recommended political asylum for a woman fleeing abuse by her husband, the strongest signal yet that it is open to asylum claims from foreign women facing domestic abuse.

New York Times

Coast Guard recovers pilot's body from Navy aircraft

The Coast Guard recovered the body of one pilot from a Navy T-34 training aircraft and continues searching for the second pilot.

KFDM News

Map of crash site

Google News

Search continues off Calif. for missing aircrews

YouTube

POLITICS

Obama seeks study on local Afghan leaders to guide his troop decision

President Barack Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions require international help.

Capital Times

Afghan strategy takes time

YouTube

Bush warns of ‘tyranny’ in Afghanistan

Former President George W. Bush warned that "the world would face serious threats" if the resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida are allowed to retake control of Afghanistan.

Google News

Special section:

Afghanistan's tumultuous history

MSNBC

HEALTH

Healing found in Halloween horrors

Scary as they are, some of the creepiest, deadliest creatures roaming the night this Halloween are also teaching medical science new ways to heal.

HealthDay

Male hormone may trigger gene fusion that leads to prostate cancer

Researchers in the U.S. have discovered that the male hormone androgen may trigger the gene fusion that leads to the development of prostate cancer.

Medical News Today

ENVIRONMENT

Interactions with aerosols boost warming potential of some gases

For decades, climate scientists have worked to identify and measure key pollutants. And they've been aided by computer models that make estimating the impact of the pollutants more reliable.

ScienceDaily

Researchers suggest Methane's role in global warming is underestimated

Greenhouse gas calculations blame carbon dioxide too much for global warming, and methane too little, suggest researchers.

USA TODAY

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Focus on the Family's Dobson to exit

Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson will end his 32-year stint as the voice of the conservative Christian ministry, the Colorado based nonprofit announced.

Denver Post

'New Jews' stake claim to faith, culture

Meet the "New Jews," as some call them: pockets of post-baby boomers who are making one of the world's oldest known monotheistic faiths and its culture work for them and others.

CNN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

African musicians going political

Kanjii Mbugua is among a generation of young Kenyans who are borrowing a page from groups like U2 and using their songs to address social issues, a clear indication that a fear of authority is waning.

CNN

My father, the terrorist

In an exclusive book excerpt, Omar bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden, paints a portrait of the man who would become the world’s most notorious mass murderer.

Vanity Fair

SPORTS

Olympic torch passes to British Columbia

With the stunning Baroque parliament building as backdrop, a jubilant crowd flecked with maple-leaf red cheered as a man and woman held aloft the Olympic flame in downtown Victoria.

Seattle Times

Manuel tabs Joe Blanton to start Game 4 of World Series

Joe Blanton has faced the Yankees four times in his five-plus-year major league career. But he's never faced them on a stage like the World Series.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You, the people, must give it this soul.”

Pope John Paul II

Former pope

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GOOD NEWS

Brazilian Indians find plane survivors

Indigenous Indians located nine survivors of a plane that crashed in a river in the Amazon rain forest with 11 people onboard, according to the Brazilian air force.

CNN

Mustache wars: Charities raise funds via facial hair

Two charitably minded groups are fighting to get men to bring back the mustache for this unlikely word-of-mouth — and sight-of-mouth — movement.

TIME

WORLD

Clinton makes personal bid to resume Mideast talks

U.S. hopes of reviving Mideast peace talks appeared shaky after a senior Palestinian official said the Palestinians are unlikely to resume negotiations if Israel does not halt Jewish settlement building.

Associated Press

Palestinians react to election call