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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, left, meets with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at U.N. headquarters. (Photo by Jason DeCrow / AP)

Is ‘secondhand’ TV taking a toll on kids?

According to a nationwide study, a big proportion of kids’ TV exposure comes indirectly, from television that’s on in the background while they’re doing other activities.

CNN

Longer sleep hours lower risk of getting diabetes in teenagers

Times of Oman

$45 million grant helps African students attend MSU

The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program announced at a United Nations Special Session that it is committing $500 million to an education initiative, of which MSU receives $45 million in grants.

Lansing State Journal

Syria accuses UN of ‘supporting terrorism’

Addressing the UN General Assembly, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said peace requires countries to stop arming, financing and supporting the opposition.

Telegraph.co.uk

Syria’s rebels: a patchwork of mixed origins

The Daily Star

Cameron: Syria atrocities a ‘stain’ on UN

Guardian

Afghan bomber kills 14, including 3 NATO service members

A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle packed with explosives rammed into a patrol of Afghan and international forces, killing at least 14 people, including three NATO service members.

ABC News

US military death toll numbers in Afghanistan reach 2,000

BBC

California 1st to sign ban on gay teen ‘conversion’ therapy

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that makes California the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy that’s aimed at making gay teenagers straight.

ABC News

NATION

Human rights atrocities in focus at US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to take up a closely watched case that could help it decide whether American judges are empowered to hear lawsuits over human rights atrocities abroad.

Reuters

Bacon shortage may be ‘baloney,’ but prices to rise further

Bacon lovers can relax. They’ll find all they want on supermarket shelves in the coming months, though their pocketbooks may take a hit.

ABC News

Blog:

What to do when the bacon shortage hits: 9 tasty suggestions

(Village Voice)

Annals of Absurdity

Why one local firm is returning jobs here from China

In this election year, with an unemployment rate stuck at just above eight percent and with 12.5 million people out of work, issues of off-shoring jobs — or bringing them back — resonate.

Philadelphia Inquirer

POLITICS

Missouri abuse case poses question of consent vs. crime

Advocates for people who engage in rough but consensual sex say they fear that an abuse case unfolding in Missouri ultimately could criminalize their lifestyle.

San Jose Mercury News

As farm law expires, its future uncertain

Farm legislation is likely to make it through the hoops of Congress by year’s end, but not before the current law expires, leaving dairy farmers in the lurch and agricultural subsidies in limbo.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Small town ponders future as sand mining takes off

Local investors have floated a $55 million to $70 million proposal to build an industrial plant and rail depot that would convert St. Charles into a regional hub for the burgeoning frac sand industry.

Star Tribune

What’s that smell? Dead crickets, stinking up Texas businesses

For Synergy Bank in Waco, Texas, business stinks — literally. The bank and other local businesses are plagued by the stench from rotting carcasses of dead crickets, the Waco Tribune reported.

NY Daily News

ENVIRONMENT

Fish to shrink due to climate change

Global warming is likely to shrink the size of fish by as much as a quarter in coming decades, according to a groundbreaking new study.

Guardian

Officials mull seismic tests near California nuke plant

Plans to use powerful air cannons in an undersea seismic study near a Californian nuclear plant have officials juggling concerns over marine life and safety.

ABC News

HEALTH

Cancer trials show a year on Roche’s Herceptin is best

Extending treatment with Roche’s breast cancer drug Herceptin to two years is not worthwhile, but shortening treatment to six months also looks unlikely to benefit patients.

Reuters

Improved medicine, awareness and activism have decreased breast cancer’s impact

Florida Times-Union

Gadgets may be keeping you awake

Having trouble getting to sleep? It could be your iPad, Kindle or any other screen you use for reading before turning the lights out.

Standard Examiner

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’ breaks box office record

The animated film “Hotel Transylvania,” about a resort for monsters and their families, set a record for a September opening in U.S. and Canadian theaters, bringing in $43 million for Sony Corp.

BusinessWeek

Shop wisely during Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is about to begin, which means we’ll be inundated with pink products aimed at raising money for breast cancer.

Detroit Free Press

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (Ken Rudin):

Will the debates decide the winner? It’s debatable

(NPR)

Political Junkie

Editorial:

Vote for a truce, CTU

Chicago Sun-Times

Column (Steve Pearlstein):

A creed for the entitled

Star Tribune

Blog (Chris Ladd):

Does media bias matter?

(Houston Chronicle)

GOPlifer

Column (Mitch Albom):

Losing touch when we touch the keys

Detroit Free Press

Column (Angela Hill):

Cars of the future — driverless? Or possessed by the devil?

San Jose Mercury News

Blog (Michael Moran):

US foreign policy: It’s time for a reshuffle

(Slate)

The Reckoning

Column (Michael Shank):

The security implications of the American lifestyle

Al Jazeera

Column (Terry Plumb):

A 53-percenter’s memo to Mitt Romney

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Marine life makes a comeback in a Scotland estuary

A ten-year survey of estuary bed sediments has found that some species are returning in ever-increasing numbers  following major decreases in the amount of pollutants entering the river system.

Scotsman

Rent or own? The new sharing economy values access over ownership

Welcome to the sharing economy, where tangible things are shared, like power tools or kids’ toys, as well as intangibles like space, time, car rides and knowledge.

Christian Science Monitor

Art project reveals kindness on the London underground

The stereotyped Londoner is an unfriendly commuter on the underground railway, burying their head in a book. But one of the capital’s leading artists has decided to dispel this myth.

Positive News

WORLD

Venezuela’s young voters courted heavily in election

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is running for re-election next week. With some polls predicting a tight race, the youth vote in Venezuela is shaping up to be crucial.

NPR

Venezuela vote to have regional impact

Al Jazeera

Child killed in Kenya church attack. Revenge for Kismayo?

A grenade attack on an Anglican Church in Kenya’s capital has left one child dead and seven others injured in what is viewed as a response by the Somali Islamist group Al Shabab to the capture of its stronghold.

Christian Science Monitor

Two Kenyan police shot dead near border

Reuters

Bombings across Iraq kill 26

Bombings shattered Shia neighborhoods and struck at the Iraqi security force, killing at least 26 in attacks described as a rallying call by al-Qaida days after militants escaped from prison.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Online education grows up, and — for now — it’s free

Online education isn’t particularly new. It has been around in some form since the 1990s, but what is new is the speed and scale at which online learning is growing.

NPR

Schools to get iPads for each student

Salt Lake Tribune

School test cheating thrives while investigations languish

Reports of cheating on high-stakes achievement tests is investigated in a haphazard manner in many states and school districts. Officials often minimize the allegations, treating them in isolation.

McClatchy Newspapers

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Finding fame and sometimes fortune in social media

The Web has blossomed into a more egalitarian version of American Idol, where nobodies compete for attention alongside somebodies.

The Age

Special section:

The dangerous games that kids take part in

The New Age

Changing humans may hold the key to saving the world

Human-induced climate change is one of the biggest problems that we face today. Millions could suffer hunger, water shortages, diseases and coastal flooding because of climate change.

Sydney Morning Herald

Blog:

Death by climate change?

(Huffington Post)

The Blog

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Algeria joins Muslim leaders in efforts to stem attacks on Islam

Algeria is demanding efforts to limit freedom of expression to prevent attacks on Islam, appealing to the United Nations to take a lead as nations debate between free speech and religious tolerance.

Globeandmail.com

Thousands of Indonesians protest anti-Islam film

Thousands of Muslims enraged over a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad have marched through Indonesia’s capital.

Detroit Free Press

SPORTS

NHL lockout: no progress on money issues in talks

The NHL and the players’ association met for a third straight day Sunday, and again avoided the troublesome money issues that are behind the ongoing lockout.

Toronto Star

West Virginia University’s Big 12 debut ends with 70-63 victory

If there was any question about how the West Virginia offense would fare in the Big 12 Conference, consider the lesson: It was a game that will set the standard in the football passing game this year.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Geno Smith tosses 8 TDs in WVU’s wild win

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