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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a letter requesting that the United Nations recognize Palestine as an independent state as he addresses the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.  (Photo by Mary Altaffer / AP) Parents weigh private schools after more budget cuts With nearly a third of San Francisco children attending private school these days, it was no surprise to see thousands of students at a High School Fair being held in the city. San Francisco Examiner Global warming silver lining: The Arctic could get cleaner There may be a bright side to global warming, at least in the Arctic: The changing climate could improve air quality in the polar region, a new study shows. National Geographic   Palestinian statehood bid garners praise, Abbas respect Mahmoud Abbas’ bid for U.N. recognition of Palestinian statehood will likely fail but has won him admiration at home and re-energized international efforts to seek a negotiated settlement. ABC News US buys time in Mideast, but also woes AOL News Palestinians appeal for statehood CNN Gruebel resigns from UBS following trading scandal Oswald Gruebel, chief executive officer of UBS AG, resigned his post at Switzerland’s largest bank after a $2.3 billion loss from unauthorized trading. Bloomberg NASA: Satellite has fallen to Earth The decommissioned upper atmosphere research satellite fell back to earth as it was going eastward over Canada and Africa as well as vast portions of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. USA TODAY NASA searches for scraps of crashed satellite in Pacific Ocean and Canada Telegraph.co.uk   NATION Poverty pervades the suburbs A record 15.4 million suburban residents lived below the poverty line last year, according to a Brookings Institution analysis of Census Bureau data. CNNMoney 10 suburbs with the highest poverty rates Huffington Post How state lawmakers pump up pensions in ways you can’t More than 4,100 legislators in 33 states are positioned to benefit from special retirement laws that they and their predecessors have enacted to boost their pensions by up to $100,000 a year. USA TODAY Health care law: Obama administration returns to court Lawyers for the Obama administration will once again head to court to defend the health care reform law, this time from challengers who argue it violates their religious freedom. ABC News POLITICS University students convicted for disrupting speech Ten students are scheduled to do community service for protesting against Israeli envoy’s speech at the University of California in Irvine last year. Al Jazeera Funding crisis: Senate blocks House bill Senate Democrats blocked a House Republican stopgap budget plan, intensifying a bitter congressional impasse that threatens to bring government operations to a halt in a matter of days. Politico Blog: FEMA opens Philly office; Congress blocks FEMA funds — now what?  (Philadelphia Weekly) Philly Now Senator seeks missing campaign cash by suing Calif. bank Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, trying to recover millions of dollars in campaign donations allegedly embezzled by her treasurer, sued the bank where the money was deposited. BusinessWeek Blog: Feinstein sues former treasurer  (Politico) On Congress BUSINESS World powers seek to contain Europe debt crisis Global finance officials pledged to take bolder moves to confront a European debt crisis that threatens to plunge the world into another deep recession. Houston Chronicle IMF: Global economy is slowing down Telegraph.co.uk Asia stocks tumble as G-20 tries calming Europe markets Investors in Asia dumped stocks as weak economic indicators intensified fears of a new global recession, although a joint call to action by the Group of 20 nations helped calm markets in Europe. CBS News Solyndra haunts other government-backed solar firms At least three other government-backed solar firms face the same challenging market conditions that brought down Solyndra, the now bankrupt solar panel maker. CNNMoney Solyndra executives plead 5th Amendment at House hearing C-Span HEALTH Hospital drug shortages deadly, costly A drug for dangerously high blood pressure, normally priced at $25.90 per dose, is now offered to hospitals for $1,200. Fifteen deaths in 15 months have been blamed on shortages of life-saving medications. Yahoo! News CDC considers vaccinating boys, not just girls, for HPV A debate over whether males should be vaccinated for human papillomavirus could come to a head at a meeting of a key advisory committee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HealthDay LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT 3 generations under 1 roof Census Burea data shows the percentage of U.S. households housing three or more generations has nearly tripled in 30 years. New York Times Labors of love on the Great Lakes: From ships to shore, living the dream The people who live off the Great Lakes — whether they work in tourism or in fishing, boating, mining or the farms that depend on the lakes-created climate — wouldn’t have it any other way. Detroit Free Press SPORTS After 36 years, real-life Rocky’s story coming soon ESPN is making a documentary about Chuck Wepner and Hollywood is making another movie about him — the man who inspired the movie “Rocky.” CNN NBA postpones camps, cancels 43 preseason games The NBA postponed training camps indefinitely and canceled 43 preseason games because it has not reached a new labor deal with players. All games from Oct. 9-15 are off, the league said. Houston Chronicle MLB seeks sale of Dodgers Attorneys for Major League Baseball asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to clear the way for a sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, saying team owner Frank McCourt is driving the team to destruction. NPR   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Blog (Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Ph.D.): Why we need Obama now, more than ever  (Psychology Today) Are We Born Racist? Column (Maurice S. Fisher Sr.): Market tactics won’t curb drug abuse Roanoke Times Column (John J. Petillo): Liberal arts education: gateway to riches Hartford Courant Column (Daniel Bethlehem): A Palestinian Spring Khaleej Times Column (Alyssa Battistoni): What Obama got right on green jobs Salon Blog (J.D. Roth): Don’t panic! Why falling stock prices are a good thing  (TIME) Moneyland Blog (Bonnie Rochman): Deep fear of childbirth drives some c-sections  (TIME) Healthland Column (Sara Horowitz): Welcome to middle-class poverty — does anybody know the way out? The Atlantic   Site edited by: Valerie Serrano, Kevin Augustine, Erkinaz Shuminov, Cassidy Pham, Cynthia Vidal, Sam Dieter, Joanne Pelton, Tanya Flowers, Harsha Malik, Shahinaz Ayoub, Kristen Toland and Virginie Gilles.   GOOD NEWS Nyad pushes forward on record swim attempt despite jellyfish encounter Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is continuing her third bid to swim from Cuba to Florida despite an encounter with a suspected moon jellyfish only a couple of hours into the attempt. CNN New experimental drug ‘a major player’ in prostate cancer An experimental drug from Germany’s Bayer and Norwegian biotech Algeta that prolongs the lives of patients with advanced prostate cancer is a major step forward in treatment of the disease. Reuters Deformed puppy, rescued from trash, learns to walk Harper, who once was so deformed that she couldn’t walk or hold up her head, is doing swimmingly thanks to hydrotherapy and lots of love. MSNBC WORLD Yemeni forces launch deadly attack on main opposition camp The main opposition protest camp in Yemen’s capital Sanaa came under heavy mortar and sniper attacks, hours after President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned to the country. Msnbc.com Putin agrees to run for Russian presidency in 2012 Vladimir Putin agreed to run for the Russian presidency in 2012, almost certainly ensuring his return to the office he previously held for eight years. NPR Cuba’s opposition attempts fresh course When dozens of Cuban intellectuals and commentators were jailed in a crackdown on dissent, their wives united to form the Ladies in White, a dissident group focused on freedom for their loved ones. Houston Chronicle EDUCATION Obama links education reform to economic recovery Students in the United States are falling behind their overseas peers in reading, math and science, President Barack Obama said, calling education reform an essential part of economic recovery. Reuters Blog: Obama’s weekly address: Getting serious about education reform  (ABC News) Political Punch UC Berkeley students protest against tuition hikes, cuts Protest season began with a bang at U.C. Berkeley as hundreds of chanting, fist-pumping students angry about tuition hikes charged into Tolman Hall during a raucous protest and building occupation. San Francisco Chronicle SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Ancient Roman shipyard unearthed in Italian port A large Roman shipyard has been uncovered in an ancient port in Rome called Portus, researchers reported. They found the remains of a massive building, dating to the second century. LiveScience Geneticists discover 2 migration waves out of Africa An international team of geneticists maintain that instead of one human wave out of Africa, as has been traditionally believed, there must have been two. San Francisco Chronicle Ecologists dig deep for DNA Nature Discovery of faster than light particles may be physics revolution? Leading scientists said the discovery of sub-atomic particles apparently traveling faster than light could force a major rethink of theories on the makeup of the cosmos if independently confirmed. Reuters Inside the Large Hadron Collider TIME RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY In Germany, Pope defends traditional values Despite discontent within the church, German pilgrims gathered before dawn in the square beneath Erfurt’s medieval cathedral to secure the best places to celebrate Mass with Pope Benedict XVI. CBS News Volunteering spirit transforms old library into Buddhist center The Samye Dzong Buddhist temple had been housed in temporary premises since 1998, but two years ago it took over a Victorian library building from Southwark Council that needed renovating. Positive News Judaism without God? Yes, say some American atheists At Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, many Jews who identify as atheists, secular humanists and other religious “nones” attend synagogue. Judaism has often embraced its atheist strain. Religion News Service   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Few ever see a wild Fla. panther, but a photographer scores a trifecta Serious wildlife photographers all dream about the one flesh-and-blood creature that is almost as spectral as a unicorn: the spectacularly camera-shy Florida panther. St. Petersburg Times   Photo of the Day The shadow of a hot air balloon is cast on a meadow during a ballooning meeting in Kirchberg in the Austrian province of Tyrol.  (Photo by Kerstin Joensson / AP)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C. S. 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