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An American flag flies in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. Well-heeled clients pay thousands of dollars to hit the legal jackpot — a review of their appeals. The Supreme Court decided to hear cases filed by two people who couldn’t afford or didn’t bother to hire an attorney for this term. (Photo by Alex Brandon / File / AP)

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What happened to the government’s wild horses?

Without a way to relieve the overpopulation of wild horses in the American West, the Bureau of Land Management faced a gridlock that would potentially cause long-term damage to the range.

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ProPublica

New wave of school integration in Birmingham, Ala.

When Laura Kate Whitney enrolled her 4-year-old, Grey, at Avondale Elementary, a public school in Birmingham, Ala., she and her husband were bucking a trend.

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NPR

Supreme Court faces crucial rulings

The Supreme Court returns to the bench to confront not only a docket studded with momentous issues but also a new dynamic among the justices.

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NBCNews.com

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Inmate’s handwritten request will get a rare hearing before Supreme Court

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Party divide evident in Supreme Court approval rates

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Gallup

Ancient market burns as fighting rages in Syria’s Aleppo

Hundreds of shops were burning in the ancient covered market of the old city of Aleppo, as fighting between rebels and state forces in Syria threatened to destroy a UNESCO world heritage site.

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Reuters

Special section:

Syria: the story of the conflict

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BBC

Astronomers measure the real radius of a black hole

An international team of scientists working with the Event Horizon Telescope project has been able to measure the radius of a black hole for the first time.

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Forbes

NATION

US airline passengers claim TSA ignoring their theft reports

Hundreds of air passengers reacted after an ABC News investigation, some saying they were victims of theft and were ignored by Transportation Security Administration officials.

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ABC News

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Convicted TSA agent who stole passengers’ goods calls such theft ‘common’

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US military wants ‘Minority Report’ for suicide prevention

The alarming trend of suicides among military personnel in Afghanistan has spurred the U.S. military to envision a “Minority Report” future where it can better predict the likelihood of suicide.

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LiveScience

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Former commander motorcycles across US to stop soldier suicides

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ABC News

Los Angeles medical clinic shows a long haul for Affordable Care Act

Two years after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, there’s still a lot of confusion about how it works, especially among those who may benefit from it the most.

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Huffington Post

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Hitting home: Thousands attend Los Angeles free health care clinic

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NBCNews.com

POLITICS

Obama, Romney pin big hopes on presidential debates

Barack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side. Mitt Romney is grasping for his last, best chance to reboot his campaign after a disastrous September.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Republicans dump voter registration firm after fraud reports

Election officials in Florida are scouring their records for fraudulent voter registration forms after the GOP said a company hired to gather new voters may have submitted bogus forms.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Consumer spending in US stagnates

Consumer spending stalled in August after the surge in gasoline prices squeezed Americans’ paychecks, showing the biggest part of the economy is struggling to contribute to economic recovery.

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Bloomberg

Spain to borrow $267B of debt amid economic rescue pressure

Spain plans to borrow $266.5 billion next year, the Budget Ministry said, as pressure builds for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to tap the European rescue fund instead of financial markets.

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BusinessWeek

ENVIRONMENT

Penguin populations decline, become poster species for ocean conservation

With the penguins’ image seemingly everywhere we turn — entertaining us in animated films and awing us in documentaries — many people believe the birds are doing just fine.

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Environmental News Network

Great ape habitat in Africa has dramatically declined recently

Great apes, such as gorillas, chimps and bonobos, are running out of places to live, say scientists.

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BBC

HEALTH

Glaxo 2-drug melanoma combo slows cancer in study

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK)’s combination of two experimental melanoma medicines slowed the cancer’s progress longer than a single-drug treatment, a study found.

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BusinessWeek

Deadly new virus uncovered in Africa

A piece of genetic detective work by an international team has uncovered a deadly virus not seen before that likely caused a small isolated outbreak of acute hemorrhagic fever in central Africa.

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Medical News Today

Is your child cranky and tired? Cut texting

Parents looking to help their teens with sleep problems should put the cellphone on lockdown. Looking at screens before bed makes sleeping more difficult.

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Star Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

That old gray duct tape

Duct tape is not what it used to be. The trusty fix-it is now a crafting and painting medium available in infinite patterns and colors.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

New York Times ex-chief Arthur Sulzberger Sr. dies

Award-winning American newspaper publisher Arthur Sulzberger Sr. has died at the age of 86.

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BBC

Rock on! The CD turns 30

On Oct. 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released. In the 30 years since, billions of CDs have been sold and the music industry has moved on to the next medium.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial (Andrew Rosenthal):

Mr. Sulzberger, publisher and projectionist

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Column (Andrew Mayer):

Maps app is not the only Apple misstep

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CNN

Column (John J. Pitney Jr.):

Note to tweeting campaigns and #journalists: Chill

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Paul Krugman):

Europe’s austerity madness, inflicting pain

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (Sue Russell):

Why criminal lineups can’t be trusted

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Salon

The key reason for a Medicare payment review board

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Des Moines Register

Column (David Doniger):

Ozone success gives hope for climate

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USA TODAY

Column (David Weigel):

No, Mitt Romney didn’t fail to start a ‘Romney-Ryan’ chant

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Slate

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GOOD NEWS

High schoolers dig into SF history

A dozen San Francisco high school students huddle in the dripping fog, where a patch of dirt is a history classroom as they uncover their city’s past buried under the lawn.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Eat your way to well-being

For those new to the term, “raw food’” might mean salads and mountains of fruit. But vegetarianism long ago dispelled the assumption that it is without variety or taste.

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Michigan State’s Mark Hollis, family to donate $1 million to university

Mark and Nancy Hollis are making a donation to Michigan State University. The investment is a big one — a $1 million gift from the Hollis family to the university.

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Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Last Western detainee at Guantanamo returns to Canada

The last Western detainee held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay returned to Canada after a decade in custody and was transferred to a maximum security prison.

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Khadr’s return: the Twitterverse reaction

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Inside Politics

Iranian government opposition supporters push for recognition by US

Supporters of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran are to press the Obama administration to recognize them as the “legitimate opposition” to the Iranian government.

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Guardian

US, Mexico in food fight over tomatoes

The tomato, one of America’s favorite vegetables, is the focus of a burgeoning cross-border food fight that Mexican officials say could escalate into a broader trade war.

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Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Education Department report shows more borrowers defaulting on loans

The percentage of borrowers who defaulted on education loans within the first three years of payments rose to an average of 13.4 percent last year, according to a new report.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Study links recession with lack of education opportunities

The economic downturn has made it more difficult for lower-income people to obtain educational opportunities they need to improve their lot in life, University of Kansas researchers found.

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Kansas City Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

India launches 101st space mission, and looks to Mars

The mission will be carried out without international help, highlighting the growth and ambition of India’s home-grown space program, which plans to launch a mission to Mars.

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Christian Science Monitor

Stock exchange’s trading backup: Twitter and Facebook

The New York Stock Exchange has said that it plans to use Twitter and Facebook for finding buyers and sellers to close daily trading, after a technical glitch that saw its usual method of email fail.

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PC World

Graphics chips are for much more than just eye candy

Chances are there is a graphics chip in your desktop computer. Those chips are fueling a revolution as their parallel processing helps to speed up everything from medical imaging to cosmos studies.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

For Germans, religious membership comes with a price

The road to heaven is paved with more than good intentions for Germany’s 24 million Catholics. If they don’t pay their religious taxes, they will be denied performance of weddings and funerals.

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CBS News

Saudi Arabia turns back 1,000 female pilgrims from Nigeria

Saudi Arabia turned back more than 1,000 Nigerian women pilgrims seeking to perform the Hajj who were not accompanied by male guardians.

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CNN

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Hope dims for many female religious pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

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SPORTS

Poulter keeps Europeans in the hunt at Ryder Cup

Ian Poulter and Europe aren’t ready to concede the Ryder Cup, winning the last two matches and bringing the American juggernaut to a screeching halt.

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ABC News

Ryder Cup morning recap: (almost) all the way USA

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Devil Ball Golf

Reds’ Homer Bailey pitches 7th no-hitter during regular MLB season

Homer Bailey had a certain milestone on his mind when he walked to the mound, but he wound up pulling off an even bigger feat. Bailey pitched the seventh no-hitter in the majors this season.

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Sports Illustrated

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MLB no-hitters in 2012

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

How 80,000 volunteers showed Joplin, Mo., ‘the world cared’

Residents of Joplin, Mo., saw local and foreign strangers offering to help in whatever small way they could. One man paid his own way from Japan to volunteer for two weeks.

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St. Louis Post- Dispatch

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Devotees crowd around an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha being carried for immersion in the Arabian Sea on the final day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade / AP)

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