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Philadelphia Phillies' Brad Lidge, left, and Carlos Ruiz react after their victory in Game 5 of the baseball World Series in Philadelphia. The Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 to win the series. (Photo by Julie Jacobson / AP)

Fed cuts interest rate

The Federal Reserve cut the benchmark rate by a half-point as it fights the ongoing crisis in credit markets.

USA Today

Fed funds rate cut by half-point

CNBC

Treasury, FDIC nearing agreement on plan to curb foreclosure

The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are considering a plan that may provide about $500 billion in guarantees for troubled mortgages.

Bloomberg

Phillies win World Series in 5 games

After 28 years, and two days of waiting for the rain to stop so that Game 5 of the World Series could resume, the wait is over. The Phillies are the champions of the baseball world.

Philadelphia Inquirer

World Series

Yahoo! News

Feds approve Delta-Northwest merger

The Justice Department approved a much-anticipated merger between Delta and Northwest, clearing the way to create the world's largest airline.

USA Today

US airfares rose to 13-year high in 2nd quarter

Bloomberg

Both candidates focus on Florida

Sens. Obama and McCain pressed their closing appeals full-throttle in another key state — Florida.

International Herald Tribune

New president's economic clout not assured

MSNBC

Steinhauser's political report

CNN

NATION

Gates: Outlook for US nuke safety bleak

The long-term outlook for keeping U.S. nuclear weapons safe and reliable is "bleak," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

CBS News

Ex-Detroit mayor sentenced to 4 months

Calling him "arrogant and defiant," a Wayne County Circuit Judge sentenced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to four months in jail with no early release under the terms of a plea deal.

CNN

POLITICS

Obama leads or is tied in 8 crucial states

Sen. Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is tied in two other Republican states, suggesting that most roads to victory are closed to Sen. John McCain.

Newsweek

Obama floods the zone as McCain struggles for spotlight

ABC News

McCain and Obama hit key states

The rival candidates for the election have begun their final week of campaigning with rallies in the key state of Pennsylvania.

BBC

McCain: more offshore oil money

Newsweek

Unease sits heavily on black voters

Wounds have not healed here in Duval County since the mangled presidential election of 2000, when more than 26,000 ballots were discarded as invalid for being improperly punched.

International Herald Tribune

Swing Nation

Newsweek

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Classic horror films skip the gore

If you aim to be very, very scared by a movie this Halloween, reach way back into the horror flick archives instead of another modern slasher.

LiveScience

Halloween candy: Gorge, don't nibble

If the thought of your kids drowning in candy makes you feel a bit queasy, rest assured: their primal chocolate gorging is the lesser of two evils.

LiveScience

Celebs at the Pumpkin Patch

ABC News

HEALTH

FDA: 2 Bayer aspirin products 'unlawful'

Bayer is "illegally marketing" and making "misleading" claims about two "misbranded" aspirin products, the FDA said.

WebMD

Ducks carry bird flu from Asia to Alaska

Wild migratory birds appear to be important carriers of bird flu, which may have important implications for surveillance of the highly pathogenic virus.

Environment News Service

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

High-def Netflix stream comes to Microsoft's Xbox 360

A highly-anticipated Xbox Experience dashboard upgrade for Microsoft's Xbox 360 adds high-def Netflix streaming content.

BetaNews

Internet companies embrace new human rights guidelines

Leading Internet companies, long criticized by human rights groups for their dealings in China, agreed to new guidelines to limit what data they should share with authorities worldwide and when.

USA Today

EDUCATION

Regulations to require dropout tracking

One in four students quits high school, a grim rate that must improve under new federal rules. Schools and states now have to track and raise graduation rates.

TIME

Election renews controversy over social-justice teaching

The cost of maintaining a household and the inadequacy of the minimum wage provide grist for a middle school algebra lesson in Tumwater, Wash.

Education Week

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

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In India, tolerance is a weak pillar

International Herald Tribune

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10 ways to relax now

WebMD

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Can McCain close the gap?

MSNBC

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Obama's not Robin Hood

Slate

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Talk to the Taliban?

USA Today

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How John McCain ran against himself

Salon.com

Editorial:

Bite the bullet on fast trains

Christian Science Monitor

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A campaign of living history

USA Today

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Will Mr. Burly vote for Obama?

Salon.com

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Is Barack Obama really a socialist?

Christian Science Monitor

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How McCain thinks he can win Pennsylvania

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Brain zap improves dexterity

A slight zap of electricity to the brain could make righties better at using their left hands, a new study shows.

LiveScience

Good Samaritan saves crying woman's foreclosed home

Tracy Orr sat in the back of the room and prepared to watch her foreclosed home go up for auction. That's when a pesky stranger sat down beside her and struck up a conversation.

CNN

WORLD

Congo rebels declare cease-fire

A rebel leader in Congo, whose forces are threatening the city of Goma, told BBC he has declared a ceasefire.

BBC

Battles rage in Congo

ABC News

Thousands rendered homeless in Congo

MSNBC

At least 160 killed in Pakistan quake

Rescuers dug through the rubble of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in a remote area of southwest Pakistan, killing at least 160 people on the brink of winter.

CNN

Pakistan earthquake in photos

Monsters and Critics

Deadly quake hits Pakistan

MSNBC

BUSINESS

US spent $4 billion more on spying in fiscal '08 than '07

Spending on strategic intelligence by the CIA and other intelligence organizations reached $47.5 billion in 2008, compared with $43.5 billion for fiscal 2007.

Baltimore Sun

Are stocks the bargain you think?

Some of the most famous investors have started to make the case that it's time to dive back into the stock market. But there is another argument that deserves more attention than it has gotten so far.

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Maradona will coach Argentina

Diego Maradona, Argentina's soccer coach, is an icon whose achievements on the field were undercut by a history of erratic behavior and drug abuse.

Sports Illustrated

Marion Jones, in first post-prison interview, says lying was a mistake

Disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones told Oprah Winfrey that she will never compete again, but believes she would have won her five Olympic medals without an illegal drug.

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Legal ivory auction yields $1,300,000

The first ivory auction in a decade sold more than seven tons of tusks to Chinese and Japanese bidders in Namibia, raising more than a million dollars for elephant conservation.

National Geographic

Earth on course for eco 'crunch'

The planet is headed for an ecological equivalent of today's "credit crunch," warns a report from conservation groups.

BBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pa. college settles free speech lawsuit

Shippensburg University and a religious student group settled a free speech lawsuit at the state-owned university.

USA Today

Buddhists engaged in presidential race

As the religion born in the East carves its place in the West, many Buddhists are making a mark in U.S. politics, including this year's presidential race.

Religion News Service

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