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Campaign workers and volunteers walks past an early voting polling place in Little Rock, Ark. (Photo by Danny Johnston / AP)

10 years later, voting concerns exist

It has been 10 years since Bush vs. Gore changed the way America votes. For the 2010 elections, the past decade‘s changes reduce the chances of major disputes at the polls — but don’t rule them out.

USA TODAY

Docs on pharmaceutical companies payroll have blemished records

An investigation has uncovered on drug company payrolls hundreds of doctors who had been accused of professional misconduct, were disciplined by state boards or who lacked credentials.

TIME

Drug companies hire troubled doctors

NPR

Judge’s ruling expected on gay troops request

A federal judge is expected to rule on a government request to delay her order halting the military from enforcing its ban on openly gay troops, and has said she would likely deny it.

ABC News

Gunmen storm government buildings in the Chechen region in Russia

Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia’s volatile Chechnya region, leaving 6 people dead and injuring 17 others, authorities said.

Boston Herald

Top honors for spies in Russia

Chicago Sun-Times

Small group of rebels got inside

CNN

Obama to appear on ‘MythBusters’

President Barack Obama intends to appear on the TV series “MythBusters,” as part of a White House effort to increase interest in science, math and engineering.

BBC

Students explain science to president

PBS

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A cyclist pedals while balancing a bag full of aluminum cans for recycling in Phoenix. (Photo by Ross D. Franklin / AP)	Aymara musicians listen to the speech of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, in Uyuni, Bolivia. (Photo by Juan Karita / AP)	Farmer Encarnacion Chavez harvests marigolds on the outskirts of Morelia, Mexico. (Photo by Carlos Jasso / AP)

NATION

Housing starts jump to 5-month high

New home construction surged to a five-month high in September, but permits for future building fell to their lowest level in more than a year.

CNNMoney

2010 isn’t what many futurists imagined

Back in 1983, futurists predicted we would have orbiting drug labs and a cure for cancer by now. Now it is 2010 and we wondered: How did the predictions of futurists turn out?

NPR

POLITICS

US Senate Democrats make pre-election pitch to help seniors

Democrats are making a pre-election pitch to give Social Security recipients a one-time payment of $250, in a move described as “a last-ditch election-year Hail Mary” by a Republican spokesman.

MSNBC

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Poll: Only two thirds of 2008 Obama backers plan to vote Democrat

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

Sharron Angle’s remarks about Hispanics causes uproar

Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told a classroom of Hispanic high-school students that “some of you look a little more Asian to me,” inducing gasps from the crowd.

Seattle Times

Angle to Hispanic children: ‘Some of you look a little more Asian to me’

Las Vegas Sun

HEALTH

Sleep the fat away

A full night’s sleep helps burn fat. In a recent study, dieters that slept for only 5.5 hours lost only 25 percent of their weight from fat; for dieters that slept for 8.5 hours, more than half the weight lost was fat.

Denver Post

Beating birth defects with folic acid

Folic acid can curb certain birth defects — but only if taken before pregnancy. Yet most women, especially Latinas, are unaware. And genetic research indicates many are less able to metabolize folic acid.

Salt Lake Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Retooled Elvis album marks a new take on the King

A re-styled version of the Elvis Presley hit “Suspicious Minds” hit radio stations, part of an album being released later in 2010 featuring newer, more contemporary takes on many of his hits.

Boston Herald

Starbucks of the future

A very different kind of Starbucks is on tap. It will serve regional wine and beer with an expansive plate of locally made cheeses.

USA TODAY

Facebook apps leak user information?

Facebook users are inadvertently providing access to their names and in some cases even their friends’ names to advertising and Internet tracking companies through some popular applications.

Globeandmail.com

Facebook lacks privacy protection

PBS

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US pastor says yoga ‘demonic’, sparks row

Mars Hill Church pastor Mark Driscoll’s statement that yoga is an agent of Hinduism, and hence demonic, has many yoga gurus and practitioners confused.

Times of India

Catholic Church reorganization plan draws anger, sorrow

Anger and sorrow swept through parishes across the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as it unveiled its most dramatic restructuring, closing 21 churches and merging congregations into 14 parishes.

Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What to do if we find extraterrestrial life

The Royal Society held a two-day meeting in London to work out a “scientific and societal agenda” on extraterrestrial life. The discussions generated controversy, conspiracy theories and a bit of acrimony.

MSNBC

Richard Dawkins on extraterrestrial life

YouTube

The new fear: electric car ‘range anxiety’

Chase Ballew had miscalculated a little bit. He was bringing home some furniture from Ikea in his electric-powered truck, and there wasn’t enough charge to get him all the way to the house.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Gay teens told ‘it gets better’

A string of suicides by gay youth nationwide this fall impelled many gays and lesbians to tell their stories online, speaking of the harassment and bullying they endured in middle and high school.

USA TODAY

United Way boosts giving by reaching out to minorities, immigrants

The United Way is trying to generate more donations by minorities, and especially new immigrants whose cultures might not have a tradition of philanthropy.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ability Day is all about potential

The goal of Ability Day is to teach people about the resources and recreational opportunities available in the community for people with disabilities.

Kansas City Star

WORLD

French protests stoke fuel crisis