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Democratic power at risk

Americans cast their votes in elections that could sweep Democrats from power in Congress and slam the brakes on President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda.

Reuters

Sites and apps aplenty for voting help

NPR

America votes

USA TODAY

DNC chair: We’re not throwing in towel

CNN

Google sues US in software battle

Google is suing the U.S. government, saying it was unfairly excluded from a $58 million deal to revamp e-mail systems at the Department of the Interior.

BBC

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Man bites dog? Google sues the government

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Report: Gang membership rises, even as violent crimes decline

Gang membership and violent crime, typically two social ills that seem to go hand-in-hand, are no longer linked the way they were by traditional measures.

TIME

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A person photographs a round rainbow, seen around the sun in Johannesburg. (Photo by Tawanda Mudim / AP)	The U.S. Capitol and House of Representatives is seen through foliage in Washington. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)	A Pakistani observes the view from a dome-shaped terrace at a park in Islamabad. (Photo by Anjum Naveed / AP)

NATION

Ariz. illegal immigration law gets appeals court hearing

Three federal judges peppered lawyers on both sides of Arizona Senate Bill 1070 with testy rapid-fire legal questions as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals began hearings on the controversial immigration law.

Tucson Citizen

Discovery launch heralds last stages of shuttle era

Space shuttle Discovery, the first of NASA’s three shuttles facing retirement, was at the launch pad for the last time and prepared for liftoff to transport a storage room to the international space station.

Reuters

Feds eye bond buying to spur economy

The question that‘s been occupying investors is whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will launch a new round of economic stimulus. Most Fed watchers think it’s a done deal.

NPR

POLITICS

Appellate panel says ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ should stay during appeal

A federal appeals court sided with the government, allowing the military to maintain its “don‘t ask, don’t tell” policy during an appeal of a lower court ruling that the law is unconstitutional.

CNN

No hearing on campaign finance

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case examining to what extent nonprofit advocacy groups enjoy the same broad right to engage in independent political speech that it established for corporations.

Christian Science Monitor

In Wash. state, election lawyers in wings

Washington state’s Democratic and Republican parties worked over the weekend to turn out voters, but they also were getting in position to fix flawed ballot signatures in case any close races emerge.

The News Tribune

HEALTH

Medical marijuana doctors help make pot available in Calif.

Fourteen years since Californians passed the first medical marijuana law in the U.S., pot is not just for the sick. Hundreds of medical marijuana doctors have helped make it available to nearly anyone who wants it.

USA TODAY

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

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change in tension with feeding a rising global population, study shows

A new study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison underscores the often conflicting goals of feeding a growing global population and working to combat climate change.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The UN ban on geoengineering: What it really means

Many in the developing world see the whole idea of geoengineering as a ruse by industrialized nations to excuse them from making serious cuts in emissions of the gases causing climate change.

New Scientist

SPORTS

Giants add ‘champions’ to legacy

The San Francisco Giants were more than an hour into their world-championship party, and it wasn’t slowing down.

San Francisco Chronicle

Just the beginning for Rangers

Toronto Sun

Lincecum’s Game 5 start

MLB.com

Randy Moss cut by Vikings

Vikings players confirmed that coach Brad Childress informed them during a team meeting that Moss had been let go, a few minutes after the NFL Network first reported the Vikings had waived him.

CBSSports

Why did the Vikings decide to waive Randy Moss so suddenly?

ESPN

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We’ve been conned

Guardian

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Germany’s Freiheit Party joins the fray

National Review

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Barack Obama and Chamber of Commerce unite on South Korea

Politico

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Why public transportation is good for kids

Grist

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The money game and politics

Detroit News

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Why so much student texting and networking?

(Psychology Today)

On the Campus

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Confrontation with Iran could benefit Obama

Columbus Dispatch

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The new American isolationism: turning away from war’s realities

Huffington Post

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TV talk: Tom Shales Nov. 2 at noon

Washington Post

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Midterm elections: Robert G. Kaiser Nov. 2 at 9 pm

Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Everything will be different tomorrow

Ayr Muir spent his student days at MIT experimenting with alloys and polymers, thin films and crystals. Today, he’s set up a different kind of lab, experimenting with just about any food that’s fresh and local.

Technology Review

Chilean miner who jogged in tunnels plans to run New York City Marathon

The Chilean miner who jogged in the tunnels while trapped underground not only will attend the New York City Marathon — he wants to run it.

Star Tribune

Solar-powered lamps lifting Kenyans out of poverty

Evans Wadongo, 23, invented a way for rural families in Kenya to replace smoky kerosene and firelight with solar power. He has distributed an estimated 10,000 solar lanterns for free.

CNN

WORLD

China starts counting its more than 1 billion people