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U.S. results point to weaker dollar and economy

U.S. companies underlined the resilience of their international operations, but failed to dispel fears that the slowing domestic economy would weigh on future earnings.

Financial Times

South Africa recalls millions of condoms

South Africa is recalling millions of locally manufactured condoms after tens of thousands failed an air burst test, dealing a further blow to the country's campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS.

ABC News

HIV spread most by those with moderate virus level

Reuters

Bush to warn Cuba on plan for transition

President Bush is planning to issue a warning that the U.S. will not accept a political transition in Cuba in which power changes from one Castro brother to another, rather than to the Cuban people.

International Herald Tribune

Country profile: Cuba

BBC

Bush promises California fire aid

Federal emergency officials are assisting California in the fight against wildfires that have forced evacuation orders for 500,000 people, caused five fire-related deaths, 45 injuries, and destroyed 1,800 homes.

CBS News

FEMA vows aggressive effort on wildfires

U.S. News & World Report

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Fire locations and activity

CBS News

Wildfires and global warming

CNN

Earthquake rocks western Indonesia

A powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and briefly triggering a tsunami warning.

CNN

Iraq determined to expel Blackwater USA

The Iraqi government is determined to expel the Blackwater security company and is searching for legal remedies to overturn an American-imposed decree that exempts all foreign bodyguards from prosecution.

Guardian

U.S. outlines Iraq security handover plan

U.S. forces hope to hand over half of Baghdad to Iraqi security control by the end of 2008, after violence in Iraq dropped to its lowest level since January 2006.

Reuters

NATION

Path-to-citizenship bill for kids fails test

Legislation to give children of illegal immigrants a path toward legality failed a crucial test vote in the Senate, likely putting a final stamp on major immigration measures for the year.

MSNBC

Flames change dynamic on U.S. border

CBS News

Immigrant battles U.S. government for savings

Reuters

U.S. war costs could hit $2.4 trillion

Financial Times

POLITICS

Bush wins Senate confirmation

The Democratic-led U.S. Senate confirmed a conservative southern judge to a federal appeals court, giving President George W. Bush a rare victory in his drive this year to put more conservatives on the bench.

Reuters

Candidates wives share stage

The wives of five 2008 presidential hopefuls traded tales of juggling their kids, marriages and self-esteem in the maelstrom of a national campaign.

CBS News

White House edits climate science

The White House denied charges that it had "watered down" congressional testimony on the impact climate change is having on public health.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Microsoft acquires stake in Facebook

CNNMoney

Bank of America to eliminate 3,000 jobs

Bank of America Corp. said it will eliminate 3,000 jobs, an announcement that came less than a week after the nation's second-largest bank reported a huge drop in earnings for the third quarter.

Associated Press

Merrill in the red

Merrill Lynch & Co., the largest U.S. brokerage, said the summer's credit crisis triggered a bigger-than-expected $7.9 billion writedown during the third quarter.

Globeandmail.com

HEALTH

Experts sound off on workout grunting

Jane Ross, a 42-year-old Boston area gym buff, is honest about it: When exercising, she sometimes grunts. Some gym members object, but these noises may boost fitness.

HealthDay

Broccoli extract protects skin from ultraviolet radiation effects

The damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation can be appreciably reduced with the topical application of a broccoli extract, according to an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Medical News Today

SPORTS

T-shirts of losing teams are off to Africa

Major League Baseball is teaming up with World Vision, an international Christian humanitarian aid group, to save mislabeled clothing from the postseason for Ghanaians affected by recent flooding.

Christian Science Monitor

Heat trade Antoine Walker to T-Wolves

The Heat traded the three-time All-Star forward to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a five-player deal that came one day after Miami completed a winless preseason.

Houston Chronicle

Sparks hits jackpot with top draft spot

When told that the Los Angeles Sparks had hit the WNBA lottery by getting the No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft, center Lisa Leslie said she was "ecstatic."

USA Today

RELIGION

Islam sparks fiery debate in Quebec

For an area where Muslims make up less than 0.7 percent of the local population, Islam repeatedly came up as a source of anxiety in the Mauricie area, midway between Montreal and Quebec City.

Globeandmail.com

Arsonists attack Jerusalem church

Arsonists burst into a Jerusalem church and set the building on fire, raising suspicions that Jewish extremists were behind the attack.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Mozambique's former president wins leadership prize

Mozambique's former President Joaquim Chissano, who brought peace and democracy to his country, won the first Mo Ibrahim Prize for achievement in African leadership.

HappyNews.com

Women in McClatchy Baghdad bureau receive courage award

Six Iraqi women who've worked in the Knight Ridder and McClatchy Baghdad bureau received the International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award.

McClatchy Newspapers

WORLD

NATO ministers face tough talks

The United States' pressure on its allies to send more troops to Afghanistan, and tension on Turkey's Iraq border are likely to dominate NATO talks in the Netherlands.

BBC

Rice: Iran an obstacle to U.S. goals

Iran is a major obstacle to the U.S. vision of a Middle East in which nations will "trade more, invest more, talk more and work more constructively to solve problems," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.

TIME

Pakistani detective withdraws from Bhutto attack investigation

The detective leading the investigation into the bombings that targeted former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as she returned to Pakistan has withdrawn from the case, a senior official said.

Guardian

Bhutto Calls For Help

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Business of green: going to the rooftops to stop climate change

In the past few years solar panels and wind turbines have become familiar friends, comforting images that give us hope for a greener future. But how many people out there have heard of green roofs?

International Herald Tribune

Warming could wipe out half of all plant and animal species

Rising global temperatures caused by climate change could trigger a huge extinction of plants and animals, according to a study.

Guardian

African tortoises at risk

Globeandmail.com

Moonlight triggers mass coral 'romance'

Australian and Israeli scientists have discovered the trigger for the planet's biggest group sex spectacle: the mass spawning of hard corals along Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Jackie Chan records song for Beijing Summer Olympics

The 53-year-old actor, best known for his daredevil stunts, has recorded "We Are Ready," the official countdown song to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Baltimore Sun

Halle's role of a lifetime

Right now, says Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry, is "a really good time in life." The reasons are plain. She is expecting her first child and is already receiving Oscar buzz for a new role.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Full moon is big and bright in October

On Thursday night, October 25, and into Friday morning, October 26, 2007, the Moon will be visually much larger and brighter than usual.

iTWire

Free phone services are multiplying

If you're not using Skype or an equivalent Internet-linked phone service, you're wasting money.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

UC, CSU fees up more than U.S. average, way over inflation rate

California's two public university systems raised student fees this year well above the national average for state-supported campuses, according to the College Board's annual pricing report.

San Francisco Chronicle

4 shot at Mich. middle school game

Four students attending a middle school football game were shot during halftime, and a suspect was arrested, police said.

Associated Press

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