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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. (Photo by Gene J. Puskar / AP)

French, US scientists win Nobel for quantum work

A U.S. and a French scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work in quantum optics that paved the way for precision clocks and may lead to a new generation of superfast computers.

Bloomberg

Special section:

Live coverage of the Nobel Prize in physics

Guardian

Deep in the woods, this reclusive toymaker builds his army of robots

Jamie Mantzel is an inventor, a recluse and a popular Internet toymaker. Mantzel’s home is a cross between Tolkien’s Middle-earth and a science fiction fantasy where he builds his robot creations.

Wired

Sandusky sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison

Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison after an emotional hearing in which he maintained his innocence even as victims recounted harrowing tales of how his abuse shattered their young lives.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Jerry Sandusky’s reaction to verdict

CNN

US panel: China tech giants pose a potential security threat

A panel says American companies should avoid sourcing network equipment from China’s two leading technology firms because they pose a national security threat to the United States.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Chinese firms pose spy threat, says US panel

BBC

Protestants no longer the majority in US

For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise.

CBS News

Blog:

Survey: 1 in 5 Americans has no religion

(CNN)

Belief Blog

NATION

Homelessness: cities passing rash of rules, advocates say

Cities have struggled with how to deal with the homeless, but new ordinances echo what homeless advocates say is a rash of regulations nationwide as municipalities struggle with ever-tightening budgets.

Indianapolis Star

Cities ask voters to approve more debt

Reuters

CDC reports 8th fungal meningitis death

Health officials estimate that 13,000 people may have been exposed to contaminated lots of an epidural steroid that has been linked to a rare fungal meningitis.

ABC News

If voters OK hemp, unclear if farmers would grow it

Residents of Washington, Oregon and Colorado will be voting on whether to let farmers grow hemp for clothing, food, biofuel and construction materials.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

POLITICS

Supreme Court takes up challenge to affirmative action

In a potentially landmark case, the Supreme Court will take up a challenge to race-based admissions policies that could determine what kind of affirmative action can be permitted.

McClatchy Newspapers

Race and college admissions are facing a new test by justices

New York Times

Mitt Romney’s Bain made millions on big tobacco in US, Russia

Investigation into Bain’s tobacco work found that the consulting firm helped Philip Morris increase its revenues in the U.S. Bain also aided two other tobacco titans as they vied to move into the Russian market.

Huffington Post

BUSINESS

GM competing for 1,500 new IT recruits

You don’t have to be a car junkie to get a job at General Motors’ new software innovation center in Warren, Mich., but you might have to be a coding guru — and software experts are in short supply.

Detroit Free Press

Walmart, American Express team up on prepaid card

The two companies said that Bluebird, which began during a pilot program late last year, will have no minimum balance and no monthly, annual or overdraft fees.

Huffington Post

ENVIRONMENT

Most whale deaths since 1970 were caused by humans

A report found that humans might be to blame for most large whale deaths over the past 40 years in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, with entanglement in fishing gear the top killer.

LiveScience

Do your part: top 5 ways to green your Halloween costume

Make your child’s Halloween costume a bit more eeek-o-friendly this year. There are plenty of ways to come up with a creative get-up without buying a brand new costume.

Sun Herald

How to save on Halloween

MSN Money

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Should airlines allow cell phone use during flights in the US?

Passengers on foreign airlines have been using cellphones for the last four years. But when flights get within 250 miles of the U.S. coast, the talking and texting stops.

USA TODAY

American Airlines is losing important customers

CNNMoney

Interview:

Cell phone use on planes possible

NBCNews.com

Hidden in Einstein’s math: possible faster-than-light travel

Although Einstein’s theories suggest nothing can move faster than the speed of light, two scientists have extended his equations to show what would happen if faster-than-light travel were possible.

LiveScience

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

A man on a ledge: 23 miles up and no fear

How dangerous can it be? Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt this week to make the highest ever parachute jump.

BBC

Blog:

23-mile free fall attempt: the numbers

(TIME)

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Skydive live feed

Huffington Post

New clues to how memories are made during sleep

While parts of the brain power down during sleep, other regions stay turned on, replaying the day’s events and cementing memories.

LiveScience

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GOOD NEWS

Newly found diaries help solve ‘young Mona Lisa’ mystery

A package of diaries from the 1960s could provide a vital clue to the origin of a controversial portrait presented in Geneva last month as Leonardo da Vinci’s original “Mona Lisa.”

Reuters

‘Joy of Giving’ week brings smiles to many orphaned children

Orphanages were given a facelift, toy banks set up in anganwadi centers, “wish trees” planted, and many other philanthropic activities undertaken during “Joy of Giving” week.

Times of India

Stamps’ $33 million marks rise in giving

Two weeks ago, Penelope W. Stamps helped her alma mater, the University of Michigan, with a pledge of $32.5 million to its School of Art and Design, the largest gift the school has ever received.

BusinessWeek

WORLD

Mexico navy: Zetas cartel leader apparently killed

Top Zetas drug cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano has apparently been killed in a firefight with marines in the northern border state of Coahuila.

BusinessWeek

Mexico arrests suspected cartel leader in US jet skier case

Yahoo! News

A desperate voyage: How much would you risk to start a new life in Australia?

Two shipwrecked asylum seekers cheated death, made a daring escape, and faced the wrenching choices of a life in limbo. After two days stranded in the jungle, they were captured.

The Global Mail

Piecing together the ’largest jigsaw puzzle’

When the Berlin Wall came down, East Germany’s secret police tore up millions of files gathered during decades of spying on its citizens.

NPR

EDUCATION

Haiti PM announces sin tax to pay for education fund

Haiti’s government wants to raise $100 million for a special education fund with an additional tax on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling.

Salon

The common core standard catches on with private schools

With all but four states having adopted them, districts have little choice but to implement the Common Core State Standards. But many private schools are also making the transition.

Education Week

Grand Canyon’s ground game

A private Christian university has tapped its lucrative online program to offer generous financial aid packages to students at a bustling traditional campus in Phoenix.

Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

Why are we waging a war on wheat?

An increasing number of books, blogs and celebrities have fingered wheat as the cause of a variety of conditions, from obesity to heart disease, as well as a host of digestive problems.

CBC News

When should seniors hang up the keys to their cars?

With a growing population of senior baby boomers, officials are bracing for a surge in senior drivers. Statistics tell us that accidents increase after the age of 65 and are more likely to be fatal at 75.

NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Jews in France fearful amid wave of attacks, blame disaffected Muslim youth

The gunshots outside a synagogue and the grenade that shattered the windows of a kosher grocery spread fear into the streets — but caused little surprise.

FOX News

Catholic school foundation’s new chief starts his job by talking with students

On his first day as chief executive of the foundation that is running schools in Philadelphia, Samuel Casey Carter toured high schools, speaking to students and observing technology-enabled classrooms.

Philadelphia Inquirer

SPORTS

Tiger Woods apologizes for his failure in defeat to Europe at Medinah

Tiger Woods revealed that he personally apologized to each of the U.S. team’s Ryder Cup rookies, saying his performance prevented the team from building an unassailable lead.

Telegraph.co.uk

Yankees get the jump on Orioles with a 7-2 win, earning title

The New York Yankees earned the AL East title by pulling away from the Baltimore Orioles in the final week of the regular season.

Sports Illustrated

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