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Outgoing Budget Director Peter Orszag looks on as President Barack Obama meets with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Violent crime down for 3rd year

Violent crime reported to police in 2009 declined for the third straight year. The 5.3 percent drop in violent crime was accompanied by a 4.6 percent drop in property crime.

CBS News

Blog:

Why is crime falling in a recession?

(Yahoo! News)

The Upshot

Southern cities look to urbanize once-deserted streets

In a move not usually linked with areas that have large expanses of open space and strong views on property rights, this central Texas city of about 125,000 is embracing innovative urban concepts.

USA TODAY

What changes could be in store for taxpayers?

When Congress passed the tax relief act in 2001, the U.S. Treasury had a surplus, which economists predicted would grow to $5.6 trillion 10 years down the road.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama's plan to extend tax cuts gains traction

CNN

GOP leader tax cut compromise?

CBS News

National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Igor intensifies quickly

Fed by unusually warm seawater and protected by favorable wind conditions, Hurricane Igor has become one of the 2010 Atlantic season's most powerful storms.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Interactive storm map — Atlantic

Houston Chronicle

A strong Igor is not alone in the tropics

The Weather Channel

Treating blindness takes more than meets the eye

On the day Mike May's bandages came off in March 2000, TV cameras were there to capture the drama. Scientists, the story went, may have finally found a way to cure at least some kinds of blindness.

NPR

NATION

Calif. gas explosion residents return to ruined neighborhood

Three days after a natural gas pipeline exploded into a deadly fireball, residents have returned to the ruined hillsides of their suburban San Francisco neighborhood.

TIME

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. ordered to check pipes

San Francisco Chronicle

Calif. blast death toll uncertain

CBS News

Imam Rauf 'exploring options' over NY Islamic center

The cleric behind plans to build an Islamic community center near ground zero said the plan would "bring honor to city of New York" and to Muslims around the world.

BBC

Imam Rauf: 'I'm deeply distressed'

CNN

POLITICS

Obama to authorize $60B Saudi arms sale

President Barack Obama is to sell Saudi Arabia advanced weapons worth up to $60 billion, the biggest arms deal in U.S. history.

Guardian

Impeachment trial of federal judge gets under way in US Senate

The U.S. Senate started the impeachment trial of federal judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. — the first such trial since the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton in 1999.

CNN

Clinton: 'Time is ripe for Middle East deal'

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the "time is ripe" for Middle East peace, but that without face-to-face talks Israel can't expect lasting security and the Palestinians can't create an independent state.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Settlements dispute to dominate US led Middle East talks

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FCC likely to give Wi-Fi a shot in the arm

The shift from analog to digital television freed up chunks of spectrum that will likely lead to the development of "Wi-Fi on steroids" — local networks that let signals travel farther and through walls.

TechNewsWorld

Get your computer into tip-top shape

Salt Lake Tribune

NASA's Discovery shuttle embarking on its final voyage

NASA's shuttle Discovery is getting ready to blast off into space one last time, after technicians re-attached a main separation nut that fell off.

BBC

STS133 mission slideshow

NASA

Genetic link to nearsightedness found

Scientists' discovery raises the prospect of developing drugs in the future to prevent failing vision.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Few changes on SAT scores posted by class of 2010

Scores on the SAT improved a little in mathematics in the past year, but remained flat in reading and writing, released results showed.

Education Week

LA hotel finds new life as school campus

The old Ambassador grounds would contain not one school, but six. The students from one of the poorest, most densely populated parts of California will have a gleaming high-tech marvel in which to learn.

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

For Muslims, the bonfire that wasn’t still carries implications

The crowd-control barriers and TV satellite trucks are gone after a Florida pastor called off a bonfire to burn 200 Qurans, but American Muslims say the political firestorm was more than a momentary flare-up.

Religion News Service

Welcome to Holy Land – Europe's 1st Christian theme park

The Mallorca attraction plans to offer visitors everything from the last supper to "live resurrections."

Guardian

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Oprah: The beginning of the end

Oprah Winfrey kicked off the final season of her top-rated talk show, surprising the 300 members of her studio audience with a plan to take them on a trip to Australia in December.

Monsters and Critics

Benjaman Kyle: the man with no identity

Imagine that from this day forward you will have no memory of who you are, where you're from or the identities of any of your loved ones. For one man that harsh scenario is all too real.

AOL News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Tom Chestnut):

Should you blame yourself for food-borne illnesses?

AOL News

Editorial:

Stop the gawking

Columbus Dispatch

Column (Sen. John Cornyn):

Power to the people: how to balance the budget

FOX News

Column (Catherine Crump):

Suspicion-less laptop searches at US border are over the borderline

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Matt Sissel):

Health care reform: why I'm suing to get back my freedom

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Starting kindergarten later is better

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Joe Conason):

Why the GOP embraced Islamophobia

Salon

Column (Jeanne Nott):

A sense of independence for aging boomers

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

From sink to swim, just in time

The Mermaids, a group of swimming-challenged friends, will join with others in swimming a mile or three and raising $300,000 for cancer research.

Baltimore Sun

Poet to encourage disadvantaged college graduates to earn degrees

Nikki Giovanni, an acclaimed poet, will meet one-on-one with students who are in a program that seeks to encourage more disadvantaged college grads to earn doctoral degrees, and become professors.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Cuba to cut 1 million public sector jobs

Cuba has announced radical plans to lay off huge numbers of state employees to help revive the communist country's struggling economy.

BBC

On 200th birthday, Mexico is battered but not broken

A battered and self-questioning Mexico limps into the bicentennial of its 1810 independence uprising this month. But with all its problems, the nation is also more open than at any other time in its history.

Star Tribune

Celebrating Mexico's bicentennial

San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

Used cars are costing drivers more

With the economy stuck in neutral, auto dealers have been offering all kinds of incentives and deals on new cars. But prices for used cars have actually been rising quite sharply.

NPR

Supermarket scanner errors can cost consumers up to $2.5B

Each year, consumers lose $1 billion to $2.5 billion because of scanner errors, with more errors occurring during times of high-volume sales, like holidays.

ABC News

Oil rises for 2nd day amid optimism over economic growth in US, China

Crude rose on expectations fuel demand will climb in the U.S. and China, the world’s two largest oil-consuming nations.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

The 'contagion' of social networks

Many public health leaders now believe the growing science of social networks can be used to improve health and well-being on a broad, population-sized scale.

Los Angeles Times

Growing problem of fake drugs hurting patients, companies

Counterfeit drugs made in Asia and other emerging markets are a growing problem that's endangering consumers' health and chipping away at drug companies' profits.

USA TODAY

India part of $90B counterfeit drug industry

Examiner

Sugar's power over humans traced

Sugar is the enemy, according to a growing body of research, and not just because it rots our teeth and adds padding to our thighs.

Discovery News

ENVIRONMENT

'Green' buildings may improve worker health, output

A new study finds that employees who move from buildings with poor indoor environmental quality to more healthful "green" buildings may benefit from less absenteeism and higher productivity.

Denver Post

Corals face catastrophic bleaching

This year could be a very bad year for coral reefs, thanks to warm waters as a result of El Nino and climate change.

Scientific American

Climate change is inevitable

Britain can no longer stop global warming and must instead focus on adapting to the "inevitable" impacts of climate change such as floods, droughts and rising sea levels, Government ministers warn.

Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

San Francisco 49ers fall flat in season-opening loss to Seattle Seahawks

When Alex Smith saw Moran Norris wide open in the end zone, he lofted the ball because he figured Norris would run underneath it for an easy touchdown. One problem: Norris stopped and turned around.

San Jose Mercury News

Donovan McNabb snaps his losing streak against Cowboys

Donovan McNabb finally beat the Cowboys, even if it's with another team. The Redskins quarterback said that facing Dallas for the third straight game was just a quirk, not fate's way of providing some revenge.

Dallas Morning News

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