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If you call stolen images art, is it still a crime?

Good artists copy, great artists steal. They also can cop 300 hours of community service, a hefty fine, and two years’ probation. But in the digital age, photographic copyright is fading fast.

The Global Mail

RT.com

Turkish military strikes targets inside Syria

Turkish armed forces launched artillery attacks against Syria in response to a mortar attack that killed five members of the same family in southeastern Turkey.

Al Jazeera

Turkey strikes targets inside Syria after mortar

Reuters

Romney takes fight to Obama in 1st debate

An aggressive Mitt Romney took the fight to President Barack Obama as the Republican candidate appeared to breathe new life into his struggling campaign with a solid performance at their first debate.

Reuters

Fact check: presidential debate missteps

BusinessWeek

Transcript of first presidential debate

FOX News

Presidential debate 2012 closing arguments

ABC News

Business bankruptcies have fallen 22 percent so far in 2012, ABI Says

U.S. commercial bankruptcies fell 22 percent in the first nine months of 2012 compared with the same period a year ago.

Bloomberg

Logging in with your heartbeat

Smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and other devices may soon recognize their owners at a touch. The gadgets will identify users by measuring their heartbeats through their fingertips.

LiveScience

NATION

Central Massachusetts scouts torn by anti-gay stand

Many individual troops and packs have voiced opposition to the anti-gay policy and refused to abide by it for years. A recent affirmation by the Boy Scouts of America has fueled the fire.

Telegram & Gazette

NYPD on Facebook to fight gang wars

Police investigating two gangs did not need to spend all their time pounding the pavement for leads. Instead, they fired up their computers and followed the trash talk on Facebook.

CBS News

POLITICS

Supreme Court wades into flood-control compensation argument

In a closely watched case, the Supreme Court wrestled with tough questions about when the federal government must pay landowners for temporary flood damages.

McClatchy Newspapers

House committee: Security requests denied in Libya

Leaders of a House committee said that U.S. diplomats in Libya made repeated requests for increased security at the consulate in Benghazi and were turned down by officials in Washington.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Key moments in Hewlett-Packard’s most recent history

Hewlett-Packard Co. said it is expecting earnings to fall by more than 10 percent next year as the company struggles with a wide range of problems in a weakening economy.

ABC News

The battle to protect confidential data

Many corporate networks simply are not secure enough. Thieves routinely infiltrate them on behalf of unscrupulous businesses, foreign governments and as part of activist groups seeking to embarrass a company.

BusinessWeek

ENVIRONMENT

Decaying leaves help scientists understand global carbon dioxide levels

The colorful leaves piling up in your backyard this fall can be thought of as natural stores of carbon.

ScienceDaily

Snow in October: How weird is it?

Autumn has only just begun, but it is already snowing in Montana and North Dakota. It turns out that snow in October is not that unusual.

LiveScience

Blog:

1st big snow of the season, and naming winter storms?

(FOX News)

The Weather Front

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Will we ever travel faster than the speed of light in the future?

Einstein said it is impossible, but some scientists are still trying to break the cosmic speed limit — even if it means bending the laws of physics.

BBC

Is Sony buying time — or problems?

Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai has spent $1.8 billion snapping up an array of businesses, leaving investors worried he is blowing his firm’s finances on a plan to revive the fading giant.

Reuters

Sony’s 10 greatest tech flops

PC World

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

ABC draws most upscale viewers

ABC may have lagged its rivals in key demos during premiere week, but numbers show that the network’s lineup drew the most “upscale” young adults.

Variety

Revisiting Beatles’ Magical Mystery tour

A new documentary takes us back to the initial brouhaha and posits that the Magical Mystery tour, though flawed, was in fact cutting edge — proof of The Beatles’ creative bravery.

Telegraph.co.uk

Magical Mystery tour revisited

The Space

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GOOD NEWS

First Somali cop ’will be a great thing’ for St. Paul, Minn.

After moving here as a child from Kenya — and a stint as a cellphone repairman — Garaad Sahal will graduate from the St. Paul police academy as the city’s first Somali-American officer.

Star Tribune

Film stirs hopes among education activists

Reviewers called it trite and dull, but education reformers on both the left and right have hailed “Won’t Back Down” as a potential game-changer for public education.

Christian Science Monitor

Classroom meditation benefits both pupils and teachers

Adding a few minutes of transcendental meditation to the school day for pupils and teachers has made a big difference to a private school in Lancashire, England.

Positive News

WORLD

Vatican police: 1000 documents stolen

Pope Benedict’s former butler stole sensitive papers that the pontiff had marked “to be destroyed," compromising Vatican security.

Reuters

Outrage over human errors in Hong Kong boat crash

Shock over the collision of two boats in Hong Kong, which left 38 dead, gave way to outrage over what experts concluded was human error.

Houston Chronicle

A strongman’s last stand

Amid rumours of failing health and with the country’s infrastructure crumbling, Hugo Chávez faces an election that will decide the fate of the Venezuelan revolution.

Guardian

EDUCATION

US students face worst debt and job prospects ever

America’s students have never been in so much debt. Their chances of paying it off are getting harder as they struggle to find work.

BBC

How race-neutral admissions could potentially work

A new report provides evidence for how the nine states that do not employ affirmative action may increase diversity in college campuses with race-neutral solutions.

Houston Chronicle

Blog:

Supreme Court’s affirmative action case draws Midwest interests

Sioux City Journal

HEALTH

Vitamin D will not cure common cold

Vitamin D supplements do not prevent colds or ease their severity in adults without deficiency, a randomized trial showed.

MedPage Today

Internet addiction a mental health disorder

Internet addiction, or formally, Internet use disorder, may soon be included as an actual mental health disorder, although the researchers say it still needs a lot of additional study.

Forbes

What Obama‘s Affordable Care Act means for the world’s hospitals

Some experts predict a doctor shortage, longer hospital waits and insurance companies extending coverage for international care. If this is true, medical tourism may have a healthy future.

GlobalPost

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslims for free speech

Leaders of several Muslim countries have called for restrictions on freedom of expression. There are Muslim liberals that believe the opposite, but they are a small minority of the Muslim population.

Slate

Police ban gay pride march in Serbia

Serbia’s police banned a gay pride march in Belgrade, citing security concerns but also complying with a request from Serbia’s Christian Orthodox church.

Yahoo! News

SPORTS

A’s crush Rangers to win AL West

The Oakland Athletics captured the AL West with another improbable rally, coming back from four runs down and a 13-game division deficit to stun the Texas Rangers 12-5.

FOXSports

NBA to crack down on flopping

The NBA adopted an anti-flopping policy, announcing a new rule that will fine repeat offenders this season. Any player who flops during a regular-season game will be subject to a series of penalties.

ESPN

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