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GOOD NEWS

UN head seeks crisis aid for poor

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for drastic measures to protect developing countries against the global financial crisis.

BBC

Love lab: Follow your instincts

A new book on the biology of human sexuality looks at what makes for good couple chemistry and why we should pay attention to our instincts (and our noses) when searching for a mate or a date.

Newsweek

WORLD

Does Iraqi democracy mean early withdrawal of US forces?

John McCain ignored the U.S. demand for a conditions-based formula to withdraw troops. The Iraqi government brought the Bush administration back to firm deadlines for withdrawal.

TIME

OPEC cuts oil supply in face of lower demand trying to bring prices back up

The OPEC cartel ordered a cut in oil production of at least 1.5 million barrels a day to take effect Nov. 1, according to Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi.

International Herald Tribune

OPEC slashes crude, prices continue tumble

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Tech firms to adopt code of conduct

Criticized for their human rights records, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft plan to adopt voluntary guidelines that will govern their business practices in nations like China that restrict free speech.

San Francisco Chronicle

Undaunted, skyscrapers reach higher

Eager developers want to shrug off the current economic crisis, but the global downturn could yet quash high-rise plans.

Business Week

SPORTS

Zona's Lute Olson retires; school hires rival's assistant Pennell as interim coach

With retirement of basketball icon Lute Olson, the University of Arizona hired assistant coach Russell Pennell from archrival Arizona State. Olson leaves with a 780-280 record and a championship.

Sporting News

McAllister, Smith among players reportedly testing positive

A number of NFL players including Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints tested positive under the NFL's steroid policy after taking water pills to control weight.

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Ecofriendly is good business

The race to be the country’s greenest city is more than a beauty contest. Huge pots of federal money are at stake for public transit and pedestrian-friendly downtowns.

Christian Science Monitor

Italian wine farmer vows green revolution among the vines

Meet Lorenzo Fasola-Bologna, a dashing 37-year-old with a winning smile, big ideas and lots of energy. He has set himself a challenge: to cut his family farm's CO2 emissions to zero by the end of 2009.

ABC News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Religion: with God on our side

"That land that I live in has God on its side," Bob Dylan sang, reprising a go-to justification for war. That is, believers think they're doing the Lord's work — sometimes a dangerous inclination.

Psychology Today

Legal gay marriage would squash religious freedom, experts say

Robb and Robin Wirthlin didn't want to believe their son. In fact, they thought he might have just misunderstood the teacher's lesson, as second-graders sometimes do.

Baptist Press

Religion and America's role in the world

Religion & Ethics

Christian ghost hunters seeking life on the other side

Michael Reed, a practical, middle-aged man who works as a baker in Madison, Ala., didn't believe until the night something in his old house in New Orleans nearly squeezed the breath out of him.

Religion News Service

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