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Protesters shout slogans during an “Occupy Hong Kong” rally outside the Hong Kong Exchange Square. People gathered in support of “Occupy Wall Street” and the Occupy Movements taking place around the world. (Photo by Kin Cheung / AP)

Romney, Perry lead GOP in campaign money raised

Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are neck and neck in filling their presidential campaign coffers after a summer of strong fundraising amid voter anger over jobs and the economy.

San Francisco Chronicle

Cain‘s ’impossible dream’ resonates with voters

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Drones kill top Yemen al Qaeda figure

A U.S. airstrike has killed the media chief for al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch along with six other militants in the second high-profile American missile attack in as many weeks to target the terror group.

CBS

Wall Street protests spread to Asia-Pacific

Protests against widening income disparity took place across the Asia-Pacific region as demonstrators organizing via social media from Tokyo to Sydney.

Bloomberg

Showdown averted in New York’s protests

Reuters

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Live coverage of demonstrations at the London Stock Exchange

Guardian

Occupy Wall Street protestors in Sydney, Tokyo and Taipei

YouTube

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu to be questioned on Solyndra loan

Republicans and Democrats agreed to call Energy Secretary Steven Chu to testify on the $528 million federal loan guarantee to bankrupt Fremont, Calif. solar energy company Solyndra.

San Francisco Chronicle

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Emails show more officials were concerned about Solyndra loan

(Washington Post)

Post Politics

Las Vegas is on a losing streak

Four years ago Las Vegas was the fastest-growing city in the U.S. Now it’s America’s foreclosure capital.

Telegraph.co.uk

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Webb Simpson watches his drive off the 14th tee during the second round of the McGladrey Classic golf tournament on St. Simons Island, Ga. (Photo by Stephen Morton / AP)	A woman dries her hand after getting it painted with henna, a day ahead of the Hindu festival of Karwa Chauth in New Delhi. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)	MotoGP rider Casey Stoner enters turn four during a practice session at the Australia Motorcycle Grand Prix on Phillip Island, Australia. (Photo by Andrew Brownbill / AP)

NATION

US Catholic bishop charged in alleged porn cover-up

Kansas City‘s Roman Catholic bishop has been charged with failing to promptly report pornography on a priest’s computer, prosecutors said.

Reuters

Provision for long-term care dropped from health overhaul law

The Obama administration’s health overhaul law has suffered its first major casualty — a long-term care insurance plan.

ABC News

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Obama team axes part of health care plan

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

Interracial marriage: The changing face of seeing race

According to a recent survey, 7.4 percent of all marriages in the U.S. are between people of different races or ethnicities. But marriages between blacks and whites, while slowly growing, remain rare.

NPR

POLITICS

Perry touts coal and gas plan

Texas Gov. Rick Perry visited a Pittsburgh steel plant to advocate for increased energy production, particularly through coal and natural gas extraction, and to rip the role of federal environmental regulators.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Why Nevada’s Latino vote could make the difference in the 2012 election

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population in Nevada grew 35 percent in the last decade, and of the state’s 2.7 million residents, 26 percent are Hispanic.

CNN

Walmart moms — the election pollsters’ new favorite voters

To political operatives, Walmart moms are no joke. Just how big of a political punch do they pack? They represent a full 16 percent of the electorate.

Reuters

BUSINESS

GE radiates confidence with plans for solar-panel plant in Colorado

General Electric’s plans to build a $300 million solar panel plant in Colorado comes as the solar industry has been rocked by a string of bankruptcies and falling prices.

Denver Post

G20 finance ministers in day two of eurozone debt talks

Finance ministers of the G20 group of nations are meeting in Paris to continue talks on solving the eurozone debt crisis.

BBC

Google does away with Buzz

Google is getting ready to press the mute button on Buzz, an online social networking service that turned into a massive faux pas.

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Obesity found to be ‘worse for teen girls’ blood pressure’

Obesity has a greater impact on the blood pressure of teenage girls than on teenage boys, a U.S. study has suggested.

BBC

Study suggests that breastfeeding reduces the risk of allergies

Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors and nutritional patterns, such as breastfeeding, help to reduce early symptoms of allergy.

ScienceDaily

Boston hospital performs double hand transplant on a quadruple amputee

A quadruple amputee who received new hands through a transplant operation says he is looking forward to doing ordinary things again.

CBS News

EDUCATION

Teen: Kissing another male cost me my cheerleading post

A 17-year-old senior says he was kicked off the cheerleading squad and suspended because he kissed another male at their high school in Alice, Texas.

Msnbc.com

Court blocks Ala. from checking student immigration status

A federal appeals court ruled that public schools must stop checking the immigration status of students and said police can’t charge immigrants who are unable to prove their citizenship.

San Jose Mercury News

Cutting art and music from graduation requirements will have big impact

A new law allowing students to count one vocational class as credit toward graduation has both supporters and detractors predicting a major shift in high school education.

San Jose Mercury News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Kids using cell phones at younger ages

Kids are getting mobile phones at younger ages and the mode in which they communicate also is changing, as most kids opt to use text messages as their main platform for expression.

San Francisco Chronicle

When Gertrude Stein toured America

When people envision the life and times of Gertrude Stein, it is often in the context of 1920s Paris.

Smithsonian Magazine

Robert Downey Jr.: More than hero

Academy Award nominee Robert Downey Jr. is set to receive the 25th American Cinematheque Award.

Variety

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GOOD NEWS

Making college possible for Philly kids

One Little Did, a Philadelphia nonprofit, uses weekly workshops, one-on-one mentorships and academic support to help students through the college application process.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Plane set to rescue woman at South Pole

A cargo plane will go to the South Pole research station to pick up Renee-Nicole Douceur and take her to New Zealand for medical treatment.

Boston Globe

Volunteers help with harvest at Missoula vineyard, winery

Volunteers cut down groups of grapes in order to help struggling local vineyards and wineries in Missoula, Mont.

The Missoulian

WORLD

US to send troops to Uganda to help fight Lord’s Resistance Army rebels