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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama talk after the first presidential debate, at the University of Denver. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall / AP)

Miguel Cabrera secures the 1st Triple Crown since 1967

In the ultimate sign of respect for a visiting player, Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera received a standing ovation from the crowd as he stepped into the batter’s box.

MLB.com

Cabrera’s historic season

YouTube

Facebook to allow users to pay to ‘promote’ their posts

Do you have something to say that you really want your Facebook friends to know about? Now you can post your big news on Facebook and pay to ensure that people will see it.

PC Magazine

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-checking the 1st presidential debate

CBS News

Presidential debate 2012 closing arguments

ABC News

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US election 2012

BBC

Katrina victims take on New Orleans hurricane tour operators

Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city’s Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water.

Google News

Turkey strikes back at Syria for 2nd day, vows to protect its borders

Turkish artillery hit targets near Syria’s Tel Abyad border town for a second day after a mortar bomb fired from the area killed five Turkish civilians.

(NBCNews.com)

World News

Turkey-Syria tensions escalate

CNN

NATION

Is the US admitting defeat in Afghanistan?

The law of diminishing returns — and rising costs — appears likely to bring Western troops home from Afghanistan even as the Taliban insurgency rages.

TIME

Rare US meningitis outbreak grows; 4 dead, 22 sick

An outbreak of a rare form of meningitis is likely to grow after sickening 26 people in five states, health officials warned. All received steroid injections, mostly for back pain, a fairly typical treatment.

Kansas City Star

States get tougher on metal theft

When a thief swiped three air-conditioning units and caused $15,500 in damage to one of Ralph Perrone’s buildings, Perrone formed a scrap-metal theft task force with law enforcement.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Could controversy surrounding global warming cool down?

Gridlock in Washington has stopped Congress from pushing through a lot of legislation, so it is no wonder Washington has stayed away from the polarizing issue of global warming this election year.

U.S. News & World Report

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

BUSINESS

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

Apple stores are not the best at selling iPhones

Beyond all the hype surrounding the Apple store line-up ritual, when it comes to selling iPhones, Apple does a worse job than its retail partners.

The Atlantic

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

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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

Currency traders shut shops as police patrol streets in Tehran, Iran

Most foreign currency shops and outlets in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar are shuttered while hundreds of Iranian riot police patrol in the downtown area a day after protests over the tumbling national currency.

Bloomberg

EU poised to ban Iranian gas imports to ratchet up pressure against nuclear program

Reuters

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

EDUCATION

College ‘shopping sheet’ aims to make comparing costs easier

When excited students tear into college acceptance packets next spring, many will find something new inside: information that tries to make it easier to understand the costs.

McClatchy Newspapers

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College Affordability and Transparancy Center

US Office of 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

HEALTH

What is to learn from Lou Gehrig’s death?

The fight to make Lou Gehrig’s medical records public begins in St. Paul, Minn., and ends at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Star Tribune

‘50-hour genome’ test for babies with genetic diseases

The whole of a baby’s genetic code was sequenced, with the results given to doctors within 50 hours in intensive care units in Kansas City. The process would normally take at least a month.

BBC

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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