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Jeff Reed of Pepe's on the River grill in Texas, looks out along the Rio Grande River that forms the border between Mexico and the U.S. Businessowners are wondering if the future wall will hurt them. (Photo by Joel Martinez / AP)

Bush OKs 700-mile U.S.-Mexico fence

President Bush signed a bill authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration.

CNN

South Korea takes first step in sanctions on North

South Korea announced it would ban the entry of North Koreans who are part of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, the first step taken by Seoul to adhere to U.N. sanctions.

Reuters

Arson in California kills 4 firefighters

A wind-whipped wildfire started by an arsonist killed four firefighters Thursday and stranded up to 400 people in an RV park.

Tampa Tribune

Army to spread burden of combat

USAToday

U.S. death toll in Iraq worst in a year

Forbes

Rumsfeld tells war critics to 'back off'

Houston Chronicle

Marine pleads guilty to assaulting Iraqi

Houston Chronicle

Foley investigators near end of witnesses

House investigators appear to be reaching the end of their witness list after nearly three weeks of hearing testimony.

Yahoo! News

Iran 'steps up nuclear program'

Iran has reportedly taken another step in its uranium enrichment program, in defiance of international pressure.

BBC

Billionaire aims to be 'first nerd in space'

Former Microsoft exec Charles Simonyi trains for orbital flight with Russian space program.

MSNBC

NATION

Serial killer Danny Rolling executed in Florida

Danny Harold Rolling, Florida's most notorious serial killer since Ted Bundy, was executed by lethal injection for butchering five college students in a ghastly string of slayings in 1990.

MSNBC

Officials lock down Fla. school after shooting

Officials locked down a Florida elementary school after two people reportedly fired shots at each other and fled the scene.

MSNBC

Daylight-saving time returns on weekend

Most Americans will get a chance at an extra hour of sleep this weekend, as the clocks fall back to standard time.

Yahoo

Colo. storm dumps more than 2 feet of snow

The biggest October snowstorm to hit Colorado in several years dumped more than 2 feet Thursday, grounding flights, closing highways, knocking out electricity and jump-starting the ski season.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

British PM condemned for 'toothless' approach to climate legislation

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was under intense pressure to commit the government to statutory annual targets for cutting harmful CO2 emissions.

Independent

SPORTS

Cardinals defeat Tigers 5-4

The St. Louis Cardinals are one win away from their first World Series since 1982 after rallying to defeat Detroit in a game marked by key hits by the winners and trouble in the field for the Tigers.

Bloomberg

Cowboys elevate Romo to starting quarterback

The Cowboys' starting quarterback is now Tony Romo, who, until two weeks ago had not thrown a pass in a regular-season game in the NFL.

San Jose Mercury News

TECHNOLOGY

HP adds PayPal as payment option

Hewlett-Packard Co. said it now has PayPal as a payment option at its Home & Home Office Store.

AOL

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Applause for media moxie

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Raising a child in Iran's cultural divide

Time

Column:

Bleak house

Wall Street Journal

Editorial:

Wasting money in Iraq

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Don't fall for media's spin about the Minutemen

CNN

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Why Democrats are losing the culture war

USA Today

Editorial:

A separate but equal ruling for gay marriage

Time

Blog:

Cheney on waterboarding?

ABC News

Editorial:

The strategic case for talking with Iran

Christian Science Monitor

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A voter ID as an election safeguard

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

WORLD

Afghans say dozens of civilians killed

Dozens of civilians were killed during NATO airstrikes in a volatile area of southern Afghanistan that was once the heartland of the Taliban, the Afghan government and villagers said.

Houston Chronicle

Australia angered over cleric comments

Australia's most senior Muslim cleric has prompted an uproar by saying that some women are attracting sexual assault by the way they dress.

BBC

Google bombing politicians

A liberal activist with the group blog "MyDD.com" is directing his followers to "Google Bomb" 50 Republican candidates in the hopes of swaying votes.

ABCNews

Poll: Democrats lead in US election

Reuters

Poll: Middle Class Favoring Democrats

Fox News

Coming soon - the Sun in 3-D

NASA has launched twin space probes on a mission to film the first three-dimensional images of the Sun.

Scotsman

EDUCATION

New rules open way for single-sex schools

The Bush administration is giving public school districts broad new latitude to expand the number of single-sex classes, and even schools.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

BUSINESS

Home prices plunge by most in 35 years

The median price of a new home plunged in September by the largest amount in more than 35 years, even as the pace of sales rebounded for a second month.

Yahoo

Exxon Mobil 3rd-quarter profit climbs to $10.49 billion, second biggest ever

Oil industry behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. said its third-quarter profits rose to $10.49 billion, the second-largest quarterly profit ever for a publicly traded U.S. company.

Vancouver Sun

Vermont college goes green with cow manure

Vermont's Green Mountain College is getting greener with a new program that uses cow manure to generate power.

Reuters

Tough new law protecting Indian women against domestic violence takes effect

Men who beat, threaten or yell at their wives or live-in girlfriends could be jailed and fined under India's first law specifically targeting the often-tolerated problem of domestic violence.

Canada.com

Indian UN vet treats animal victims of Lebanon war

Amal al-Nimr flips a goat on its back in her muddy farmyard in south Lebanon to show the Indian vet how the shrapnel wound in its leg is healing.

Reuters

ENTERTAINMENT

CNN, NPR to refuse ads for 'Death'

CNN and National Public Radio said they won't accept ads for the controversial film "Death of a President," about the fictional assassination of President Bush.

Los Angeles Times

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