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An United Nations soldier passes war-weary refugees as they returned to the the road, taking advantage of a rebel-called cease-fire to try to reach home beyond the front lines of the battles in eastern Congo. (Photo by Karel Prinsloo / AP)

Presidential candidates visit red states in final stretch

Candidates focus on Republican states, with a break for McCain to appear on "Saturday Night Live."

ABC News

Obama, McCain make final pitches on radio

Boston Globe

AP poll: 1 in 7 voters still persuadable in presidential race

Baltimore Sun

Al Gore: Every vote matters

MSNBC

US troop deaths at record low in Iraq

October could be the first month of the Iraq war when no U.S. servicemembers will have died in combat in Baghdad.

USA Today

One million forced to flee Congo fighting

About 1 million people have been forced to flee because of fighting between rebel and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

CNN

Reports of evictions at Congo camps

International Herald Tribune

Battles rage in Congo

ABC News

Big gain ends Wall Street's nightmare of an October

The stock market closed out a horrendous October, its worst month in 21 years, with a big advance as more investors took chances on stocks turned into bargains by waves of intense selling.

CBS News

U.S. consumer spending declined 0.3% in September

Bloomberg

China: Feed makers defied rule

Animal feed makers deliberately added an industrial chemical to their products, ignoring a year-old government rule meant to protect China's food supply, a government official said.

Google News

NATION

GM and Chrysler, getting near a deal, press for federal aid

General Motors is pressing the Bush administration for more than $10 billion in immediate government assistance to shore up its tattered balance sheet and provide the cash to take over ailing Chrysler.

TIME

Acclaimed author Studs Terkel dies

Pulitzer Prize-winning author, radio host and activist Studs Terkel died in his Chicago home. He was 96 years old.

CNN

Passenger trains once more gain favor with public and Congress

After half a century as more of a curiosity than a convenience, passenger trains are back on track in some parts of the country.

Philadelphia Inquirer

POLITICS

Who are the undecided voters?

Some 6.4 percent of voters remain undecided in the closing days until the election. Who are these people who still can't make up their minds?

NPR

Election addicts facing withdrawl

Newsweek

What's in store for the election loser?

The loser of the looming Barack Obama-John McCain contest is entitled to a consolation prize: an all-expenses-paid, one-way ticket back to the U.S. Senate.

CBS News

Ex-Klan leader concerned aboutaAn Obama presidency

NPR

Problems at the polls?

CBS News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

McCain set to appear on ‘SNL’

The McCain-Palin ticket just booked another trip to "Saturday Night Live," according to sources on the inside.

MSNBC

Will my marriage last?

Californians will head to the polls and how millions of strangers cast their votes will affect the most intimate parts of my life.

Newsweek

AC/DC return to the road with same old amazing song and dance

The opening gig of their 2008 world tour in Pennsylvania was everything fans expected, which is precisely what made it so amazing. Why change it now?

Rolling Stone

HEALTH

Patients give US hospitals so-so marks

The nation's hospitals received mediocre grades from patients in the first national survey of its kind, according to an analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine.

TIME

Advisory panel faults FDA for stance on chemical in plastics

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel agreed that the agency had erred in August.

HealthDay

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Daylight Savings Time running out

Daylight Savings Time officially ends Sunday, November 2, at 2 a.m.

St. James Plain Dealer

Amazon founder on Kindle, digital media

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos describes the Internet's merchant's forays into electronic books, music and video.

US News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Why we believe

Belief in the paranormal reflects normal brain activity carried to an extreme.

Newsweek

Vatican issues screening guidelines for selecting new priests

The Vatican issued new psychological screening guidelines for seminarians — the latest effort by the Roman Catholic church to be more selective about its priesthood candidates after the sex abuse scandals.

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

King Solomon's copper mines found?

An international team of archaeologists has excavated an ancient copper-production center at Khirbat en-Nahas believed to have been controlled by Bible's King David and his son Solomon.

HappyNews.com

Latest Bond film gets the royal treatment

Agent 007 received the royal stamp of approval with Princes William and Harry attending the world premiere of the new James Bond thriller "Quantum of Solace."

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Hugo Chavez collects A-list friendships

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' list of Hollywood buddies is getting larger. The latest A-list acquaintance that's sprung up is Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn.

ABC News

Another success? Iraqi mayor Bush once hailed flees to US

Two years ago, President Bush hailed Najim al Jabouri as a symbol of success in the battle to curb Iraq's sectarian violence. Now, Jabouri is a symbol of how uncertain that success is.

McClatchy

BUSINESS

1 in 5 US mortgages 'under water'

Nearly one in five U.S. mortgage borrowers owe more to lenders than their homes are worth, and the rate may soon approach one in four as housing prices fall.

Reuters

JPMorgan Chase freezes foreclosures

The big bank ramps up a program to modify terms for 400,000 homeowners and kills a highly criticized type of mortgage.

BusinessWeek

Special section:

In depth: US banks

Financial Times

How the financial crisis is affecting Brazil, Russia, India and China

As the financial crisis continues to roil credit and stock markets around the globe, it seems that no country or continent is being spared the consequences.

Knowledge@Wharton

SPORTS

North Carolina basketball the first unanimous preseason No. 1

North Carolina has the top six scorers — including national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough — back from a team that had a school-record 36 wins and reached the NCAA Final Four.

Google

College football game of the week: No. 1 Texas at No. 6 Texas Tech

This is the Red Raiders' chance to make the leap to legitimate national-football title contender and not just a program with an offense that puts up video-game numbers.

Sports Illustrated

EDUCATION

Key to stemming the epidemic of high-school dropouts: parents

If America is going to stem the dropout crisis, low-performing schools will have to do a better job of reaching out to parents.

Christian Science Monitor

Exactly how much is that college degree really worth?

A new report estimates — to the dollar — how much a degree boosts your income and other benefits.

US News

ENVIRONMENT

A coral farmer’s harvest of ‘living stones’

Steve Lowes is one of about a dozen commercial coral farmers in the United States. Captive-raising coral helps limit the amount of coral poached from wild reefs.

Christian Science Monitor

It's official: People are warming the poles

The verdict is in. Warming near the poles is caused by human activity, according to new research.

Discovery

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