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In this photo, lyricist Stephen Sondheim gestures during a gathering at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Sondheim wrote some of the Public Theater‘s production of “King Lear,” starring Kevin Kline. (Photo by Charles Krupa / AP)

In search of a rhyme

When Stephen Sondheim writes, he looks at a blank wall. Lying on the couch where he has created some of his best-known Broadway musical scores, he tunes out the world in his New York brownstone.

Wall Street Journal

Many Americans believe in the supernatural

Ghosts and goblins are more than Halloween decorations or costumes for many Americans who confessed they believe in the supernatural and returning from the grave.

Reuters

UK and US probe terror risk

The U.S. and U.K. are investigating the extent of a terror threat after explosives were found in two packages bound for the U.S. from Yemen.

BBC

Blog:

The tick-tock on the suspicious packages from Yemen

(ABC News)

Political Punch

Obama on terror packages from Yemen

YouTube

New GDP numbers show economy is growing only slowly

The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2 percent, the government reported, a tepid showing that underscored a sluggish recovery as congressional elections near.

McClatchy Newspapers

Jobless claims drop

BusinessWeek

New egg safety plans unveiled

Egg producers and government regulators are separately taking steps to improve egg safety in the wake of a nationwide salmonella outbreak that was tied to farms in Iowa.

Des Moines Register

NATION

Stay-at-home dads deal with returning to the work force

As the economy continues to putter along, households are shifting gears, allowing more dads to embrace the role of Mr. Mom. Some men have been left wondering how to return to the labor market afterwards.

ABC News

Lawyer forms home foreclosure resistance movement

In a stately 19th century mansion in the middle of this former textile mill town, a local political scion has formed a mortgage foreclosure resistance movement.

Reuters

Map:

Foreclosures in worst hit metro areas

CNNMoney

POLITICS

Obama pushes tax-break plan

President Barack Obama touted a proposal to provide tax relief for businesses, calling on Democrats and Republicans to join together after the midterm elections to boost the economy.

Reuters

Jobs, economic security top issues in last days before midterms

Other elections have had their key issues. For this election, jobs and the economy have been the top issue in nearly every state and congressional district.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Decision 2010

MSNBC

Meek says dealmaking Crist is ‘a desperate candidate’

Rep. Kendrick Meek said he trusts the counsel of Bill Clinton, but insists the former president’s advice never included dropping out of the Florida Senate race.

CBS News

Meek: ‘I’m not dropping out’

ABC News

HEALTH

Bed rest can harm, instead of help, in pregnancy complications

According to “Women’s Health Across the Lifespan” in Biological Research for Nursing, bed rest may not be the best option to prevent preterm labor and may even harm the mother and baby.

ScienceDaily

Vivus shares rise on optimism for weight-loss drug

Shares of Vivus Inc. jumped as Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief over prospects for its weight-loss drug, Qnexa, being brought to market.

BusinessWeek

ENVIRONMENT

US wind power posts slowest quarter

The U.S. wind power industry had its slowest quarter since 2007, as investors turned away after Congress did not pass a renewable power mandate, an industry group said.

Reuters

North Slope Borough, Shell plan joint scientific studies

Shell Alaska and the North Slope Borough announced they will collaborate on scientific research aimed at concerns about petroleum drilling on Alaska’s Arctic Ocean outer continental shelf.

Anchorage Daily News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

50 years of work brings wisdom to West

Kazuaki Tanahashi was still in his 20s when he showed up at the Soto Temple in Japantown where a Japanese Buddhist priest was offering meditation lessons to a small but intense band of beatniks.

San Francisco Chronicle

Don’t use Bible to justify claim, says Catholic synod

A meeting of Middle East Catholic bishops declared that Israel cannot use the Bible to justify territorial claims to land in Israel.

Jewish Tribune

SPORTS

San Franciso Giants’ Cain is rock steady

The Giants are going to Texas with a 2-0 lead in the World Series, and Matt Cain is a secret no more.

San Francisco Chronicle

Rangers vs. Giants: game 2

Sports Illustrated

Report: Vikes favoring Tarvaris Jackson

Minn. Vikings coach Brad Childress is leaning toward starting backup Tarvaris Jackson as quarterback as Brett Favre recovers from two fractures to his ankle.

ESPN

Will Favre’s record streak continue?

For the last 18 years, quarterback Brett Favre has been football’s iron man, playing like no other quarterback come physical pain, personal tragedy and — most recently — humiliating scandal.

Kansas City Star

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (David Callahan):

Which is the party of the rich?

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No Halloween costumes

Denver Post

Column (Sen. Sheldon Whithouse):

Why we need a foreclosure moratorium

Huffington Post

Column (Nouriel Roubini):

A presidency heading for a fiscal train wreck

Financial Times

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This modern world

CREDO Action

Column (Alexander Henley):

Middle East synod reveals East-West tensions in the Catholic Church

Guardian

Blog (Raina Kelley):

What we mean when we talk about zombies

(Newsweek)

Pop Vox

Interview (Stephanie Fitch):

Why everybody should pray the foreclosure bans end

Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

The social legacy of Cadbury chocolate

Cadbury was a Quaker family enterprise and one whose business aim wasn’t to make a lot of money and then become a philanthropist. The goal was to benefit others right from the start.

NPR

Study on digital organisms shed light on mystery of altruism

A recent study uses digital evolution, in which digital organisms evolve inside a computer, to understand which recognition mechanism best contributes to the spread of altruistic behavior.

LiveScience

‘Vertical Farm’ envisions tall future for farming on skyscrapers

A new book by an urban agriculture visionary aims to change the way people think about farming, offering a look into a future where city skyscrapers — not rural fields — produce the world’s food.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

WORLD

Pentagon: Intel contractors went too far

A Pentagon inquiry has concluded that private military contractors overstepped their legal authority in gathering intelligence in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Houston Chronicle

EU sets course for treaty change, new safety net

European Union leaders set in motion plans to amend the treaty that creates a permanent system to ward off financial crises, and said that new budget rules would strengthen the euro.

Reuters

Herman van Rompuy outlines EU Council Summit progress

You Tube

North Korea exchanges fire with South

North and South Korea exchanged gunfire across their heavily armed border, the South’s military said. It is unclear whether the shots were accidental or intentional.

MSNBC

Special section:

North Korea: secretive state

BBC

BUSINESS

Warren calls out financial industry ongoing obstructionism

The financial industry continues trying to thwart the Obama administration’s effort to set up an effective consumer protection agency, though one is needed now more than ever, Elizabeth Warren charged.

CNBC

State laws show business influence

The American Legislative Exchange Council’s director of policy says that bills are written by the group’s members — a mix of state legislators and some of the biggest corporations in the country.

NPR

Can this pig fatten up our economy?

To you, it is peculiar; to gourmets, it’s delicious, and to Traverse City, Michigan entrepreneur Marc Santucci, it’s a potential moneymaker for area farmers.

Detroit Free Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Apple joins top 5 handset makers worldwide as Nokia slips

Apple Inc. became one of the world’s top five mobile phone vendors in the third quarter while market leader Nokia Oyj’s share fell, two industry research groups said.

Bloomberg

Other Earths? A new estimate raises the odds of finding them

Researchers predict finding many Earth-sized planets around sun-like stars, right in our own galaxy. But don’t pack your bags just yet — you might not want to live on them.

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Vancouver, Wash. schools test iPods as classroom tools

Four third-grade classes are part of a special iPods in the Classroom pilot program under way in Vancouver Public Schools.

Columbian

Disconnect between concept and reality of income-based school integration

The concept jumped into the spotlight when the Century Foundation released a new study touting the benefits of economically integrated schools. But there’s a problem from a policy perspective.

TIME

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Stewart-Colbert rally — organized in jest — drawing a serious crowd

If this is a rally in jest, why are so many people so serious about it? Comedy Central comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are staging their “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” in Washington.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Bloodlust or bloodless? Horror film love runs deep

Horror film buffs actually get just as freaked out by scary movies as everyone else. The difference is, they enjoy it more — and it may be in the genes.

LiveScience

Transylvania: more than Dracula

Disciples are already trickling into this medieval hilltop town in which Vlad the Impaler, a.k.a. Dracula, may — or may not — have been born six centuries ago.

USA TODAY

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