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Former President Bill Clinton, right, and Rep. Scott Murphy, D-N.Y., wave to the crowd during a campaign rally in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Photo by Mike Groll / AP)

Health care law could mandate free contraception

Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S. that could start a shift toward more reliable — and expensive — forms of birth control.

CBS News

Saudi man ‘key suspect’ in jet bomb plot

U.S. officials have suggested a Saudi bombmaker is the key suspect in an attempt to send two parcel bombs from Yemen to the U.S. on cargo planes.

BBC

Bomb plot shows gaps in screening of air cargo

USA TODAY

Bombs meant to explode on planes

CNN

Top Democrats stump for candidates

President Barack Obama is off the campaign trail ahead of midterms, but many other top Democrats will be making a last-minute push for party candidates.

CNN

Forecast for next congress

ABC News

Poll shows GOP has lead in final midterm run-up

USA TODAY

Obama in final blitz ahead of midterms

YouTube

Calif. elections: The environmentalists get the green

A coalition of Hollywood celebrities, philanthropists and tech billionaires is fighting to save a favorite piece of climate policy, backing it with millions of dollars in campaign donations.

TIME

Teens can find haven in unlikely place

Walgreens joins QuikTrips, firehouses and 156 other small businesses in the St. Louis area as a full participant in Safe Place, which asks businesses to provide neighborhood refuges for youths in a pinch.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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A mountain of pumpkins and squash adorn the North Lawn of the White House for Halloween. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)	Jesse Stratton, from Blanco, Texas, waits to enter Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, for Game 4 of the World Series. (Photo by Mark Humphrey / AP)	Some hundreds of migrating cranes fly during the sunset near Straussfurt, central Germany. (Photo by Jens Meyer / AP)

NATION

Working for more than just a paycheck

At Vita Needle Company in Needham, Mass., nearly half of the employees are senior citizens, and they are helping to keep the company well in the black.

NPR

Blind passengers sue United

A group of blind air travelers filed suit against United Airlines claiming that the airline’s digital kiosks are inaccessible to blind people.

NPR

Why elite airline status matters more than ever

ABC News

POLITICS

Debating politics at the office: Is it normal, pushy or flat-out inappropriate?

With midterm elections inciting political fervor across the country, conversations about subjects like taxes come up naturally.

ABC News

Obama’s bittersweet homecoming

At President Barack Obama’s homecoming speech in Hyde Park in Chicago, a familiar phrase from his 2008 campaign interrupted, naturally or on cue: “Yes, we can!”

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Overwhelmed by debt? Go on a debt diet

Eleven trillion dollars of debt: that’s the current amount of consumer debt in this country. Even though this staggering number has decreased since 2008, the average American is $16,000 in debt.

ABC News

September consumer spending weak while incomes dip

Americans slowed their spending in September to the weakest pace in three months and their incomes fell for the first time in 14 months.

Forbes

Who cost America 8 million jobs?

ABC News

HEALTH

Train the brain: using neurofeedback to treat ADHD

In recent years, more people have been trying an alternative approach called neurofeedback, a type of therapy intended to teach the brain to stay calm.

NPR

Pharma payments to docs draws concerns

Following the money from pharmaceutical companies to medical experts — payments for things such as travel and meals — raises concerns about the relationship between drug companies and physicians.

Denver Post

New research on Alzheimer’s

Dr. Richard Mayeux knows that defeating Alzheimer’s means first recruiting volunteers to join a study that can help identify who is at greatest risk of developing the condition.

TIME

EDUCATION

Anti-cyberbullying 101: soon required at your public school?

Online Pugsleys everywhere be forewarned: A major government program designed to help schools upgrade their Internet connectivity will soon require them to teach kids how to stop “cyberbullying.”

Ars Technica

Dropouts try to find their way back

Those who leave school find few programs to help them resume their education. But alternative programs that help youth earn their high school diplomas are increasingly cropping up across the country.

Indianapolis Star

SPORTS

Giants take 3-1 World Series lead

Madison Bumgarner dominated a potent Rangers lineup in their home run-happy ballpark for eight innings, allowing just three hits and two walks.

Sports Illustrated

World Series: Game 4 recap

YouTube

Tiger No. 2 as Westwood takes top spot

After a reign of more than five years as the world’s number one golfer, Tiger Woods has dropped to second behind Lee Westwood, a player who has never won a major.

CBS News

Tiger replaced by Lee Westwood as No. 1

Telegraph.co.uk

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Editorial:

Targeting anger at Obama is easy but misguided

Detroit Free Press

Column (Geeta Anand):

Why Obama won’t walk the walk against outsourcing

Wall Street Journal

Column (Fred Barnes):

5 faulty theories that led Obama and Dems to disaster

The Weekly Standard

Cartoon (Mike Luckovich):

Trick or treat

Truthdig

Column (Andrew Cohen):

Campaign 2010: no way to run a democracy

The Atlantic

Column (Felipe Fernández-Armesto):

We have lost track of what time really means

The Independent

Column (Chris O’Brien):

Why Congress should endorse Cisco’s Chambers’ idea for a tax holiday

San Jose Mercury News

Editorial:

The federal government must help cities fight the murderous traffic in illegal guns

NY Daily News

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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Boston Globe

Immigration law: Andrew Wilson Nov. 1 at 2 pm

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GOOD NEWS

Killer protein find may be breakthrough

A protein called perforin that kills rogue cells in the human body may be a breakthrough in the fight against cancer and diabetes, researchers say.

Sydney Morning Herald

Livers grown in the lab could eventually solve shortage

The researchers created “working livers” the size of a walnut which functioned normally in laboratory conditions.

Telegraph.co.uk

NBA star awarded for works in native African country

Former NBA center Dikembe Mutombo received the Steve Patterson Award for Sports Philanthropy recently for the commitment he has made to improve medical care in the country of his birth.

NY Daily News

WORLD

China starts counting its more than 1 billion people