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President Barack Obama speaks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev during their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Singapore. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev / RIA-Novosti / Presidential Press Service / AP)

APEC leaders back China’s trade agenda, avoid currency debate

Asia-Pacific leaders agreed to fight protectionism while refraining from mentioning currency distortions, backing China’s stance and questioning Obama's commitment to free trade.

Bloomberg

China prepares for Obama visit

CNN

Obama, Medvedev see nuclear pact progress

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Obama's APEC summit agenda

CNN

US demands Afghan 'bribery court'

Hamid Karzai "can do better," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. According to Clinton, the Afghan president must set up a "major crimes tribunal" and an anti-corruption commission.

BBC

Afghanistan: Clinton on civilian aid

ABC News

Gitmo detainees get their day in court

In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

Houston Chronicle

Ill. prison that might house Gitmo detainees

Baltimore Sun

Medicare paid $47B in suspect claims

The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims, a rate nearly three times the previous year, including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition.

MSNBC

Blog:

Policy proposals in the health care bill

Politico

Obama to Myanmar: Free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

President Barack Obama told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military.

CBS News

Giuliani: Terror-suspect trial held in NY would be a 'mistake'

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the Obama administration’s decision to try five Sept. 11 suspects in federal court in Manhattan is a "mistake".

Bloomberg

NATION

Obama: Hold off Fort Hood hearings

President Barack Obama called for a comprehensive review of the events leading to the tragedy at Fort Hood, and he urged Congress to delay hearings until an investigation is complete.

Houston Chronicle

Overdose deaths spark call for action

South Florida exhibits a fast-rising number of drug users who are fatally overdosing on cheap supplies of powerful drugs — pills that have become increasingly available in Palm Beach County.

Palm Beach Post

Bernie Madoff auction puts a price on irony: jacket, watches sold

Bernard and Ruth Madoff's belongings fetched several times their estimated values at auction for a total of about $1 million, twice as much as the auctioneers had hoped for.

NPR

Bernard Madoff's loot fails to impress

Toronto Star

POLITICS

The new wave of female firebrands striking fear into liberal America

She is a striking brunette with a decidedly outspoken attitude. She lambasts President Barack Obama as a socialist and has become the darling of America's right-wing activists who flock to her appearances.

Observer

Palin tells her side of the story

In Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue," Palin takes out after the McCain campaign for leaving her with a $50,000 legal bill.

Kansas City Star

McCain camp: Palin account 'all fiction'

Politico

Special section:

Milestones: Sarah Palin

New York Times

Can a new US tourism board woo visitors?

A decline in annual foreign tourists to the U.S. has cost $27 billion in lost tax revenue. A new bill, which has already been Senate-approved, seeks to put new life into the foreign travel industry.

TIME

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Green funeral fair opens door to eco-friendly exits

A Green Funeral Fair hosted one-stop shopping for anyone interested in making an alternative exit in a country where more than 827,000 gallons of embalming fluid are buried in the ground every year.

San Francisco Chronicle

Unexpected ways to go green

Oprah.com

Lauren Bacall receives honorary Oscar

Legendary actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis were among this year's first Oscar recipients.

CBS News

Baby images airbrushed by magazines to make them more perfect

Magazine images of babies are being airbrushed to make the children look more attractive, a leading editor has admitted.

Telegraph.co.uk

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

As more toddlers get cochlear implants, kids face a strange new world

A growing number of deaf babies are receiving cochlear implants soon after their first birthday now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the surgery for children as young as 12 months.

Denver Post

Penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Penguins that died 44,000 years ago have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements.

ScienceDaily

Attention loss feared by mental health experts as high-tech rewires brain

Some mental health experts fear that a growing technology addiction will lead to a breakdown of interpersonal relationships and an increase in attention deficit disorder.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Serbian Orthodox Church leader Pavle dies at 95

Patriarch Pavle, who led Serbia's Christian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and the turbulent 1990s marked by ethnic conflicts in the Balkans, has died. He was 95.

Sacramento Bee

The curious economic effects of religion

A pair of researchers recently examined 40 years of data on the economic impact of religion and found that religious belief has an effect on developing economies.

Boston Globe

SPORTS

Woods hangs on for win in Australia

Dressed in his familiar red and black, Tiger Woods earned his latest win in a mostly unfamiliar setting.

Sports Network

Pacquiao batters, bloodies Cotto for 12th round TKO

Manny Pacquiao's record seventh world title made history. Nobody had ever won more than six.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Rediscovering canoeing at 90

At 90, Mike Brodsky is still a highly skilled, focused and energized paddler intent on continually enjoying his canoeing passion. "Age is not an excuse for giving up interests," says Brodsky.

CBC News

Happiness paradox: Why are Americans so cheery?

So why is it that at least some aspects of the Great Recession of 2009 appear to have made people feel better?

TIME

Canada helps train African peacekeepers with $15M program

Canada's deep commitment to peacekeeping is highlighted in a $15 million program, now in its third year, to train African peacekeepers.

CBC News

Shoes for Africa

CNN

WORLD

Iran cracks down on online opposition

Authorities in Iran announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement's last real means of keeping its campaign alive.

MSNBC

Militants attack mayor in Pakistan

More than a dozen militants opened fire on the house of an anti-Taliban mayor in northwestern Pakistan, but security guards repelled the attack, killing three assailants, police said.

ABC News

Police return to former Taliban haven

BBC

BUSINESS

Retail sales probably rebounded

Retail sales probably rebounded, allaying concern that the economy will unravel without government help, economists said.

Bloomberg

Americans' savings offer little shelter for rainy day

Even though the personal savings rate is inching back up, most Americans may be living a middle-class lifestyle, but are one job loss away from tumbling into real financial trouble.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Leaders: Copenhagen summit may not produce treaty

President Barack Obama and other world leaders agreed that next month's much-anticipated climate change summit will be merely a way station, not the once hoped-for end point.

CBS News

Special section:

Countdown to Copenhagen

Guardian

Farmers scramble to finish harvest

The clock is ticking on farmers like the Pierce brothers all across the Midwest as they scramble to bring in the largest U.S. soybean crop on record and the second-largest corn crop before winter arrives.

Reuters

HEALTH

Could you be addicted to junk food?

Junk food can be as addictive as cocaine, say researchers, who believe treatments used for addiction recovery may help in fighting obesity.

ABC News

FDA gives in to pressure from the oyster industry

Facing pressure from the oyster industry, the FDA has backed off a plan to require raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico to be treated for a potentially deadly bacteria.

BBC

Playing high-impact sports may be good for old bones

Ultrasound scans revealed that those who participated in high-impact sports had better bone mineral density than people who participated in low-impact sports, a new study says.

HealthDay

EDUCATION

Credit recovery program helping students make the grade

Instructional software allows students to make up courses they failed or are failing in the traditional learning setting, and continue on pace to graduate on time.

Hartford Courant

Teachers learn importance of penmanship

Studies show that students with better penmanship generally earn higher grades, yet most students receive less than 10 minutes of handwriting instruction a day.

Houston Chronicle

Selling lessons online raises questions

Thousands of teachers are cashing in on a commodity they used to give away, selling lesson plans online for exercises as sophisticated as Shakespeare.

New York Times

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