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Korean War veteran Bob Niswonger salutes during the national anthem, on Memorial Day at the Presidio National Cemetery, in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP)

How they would lead

The extraordinary powers of the presidency await either Barack Obama or John McCain. So do a grim national mood and a challenging global order.

TIME

Obama: McCain abandons the high road

U.S. News & World Report

Sen. McCain unveils his new strategies on Weekend Update

NBC

Judge rules Justice Dept. must turn over White House wiretap memos

A judge ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that shaped the legal foundation for the administration's warrantless wiretapping program.

ABC News

Defining patriotism in a divided nation

Competing claims about what defines patriotism arise during campaign years, but the passionate love of country that may divide us is also the glue that binds Americans together.

CBS News

Awash in anxiety, Americans look to shift course

McClatchy Newspapers

Sun sets on Gitmo trials as election nears

CBS News

Election night guide

MSNBC

Retailers brace for holiday sales

One thing will not change, even with an economic slowdown: People will continue to buy gifts. What is undecided is how many and how much.

TIME

Recession fears grip US consumers

BBC

Home solar energy systems on hold for better incentives

Congress passed new and extended tax credits with the financial bailout package that are expected to prompt thousands of people to add solar and wind-energy systems to their homes.

USA Today

NATION

Boeing machinists approve contract, return to work

Boeing Co.'s 27,000 assembly workers voted to approve the company's four-year contract offer, ending a strike that has stopped production at the plane maker's Seattle-area plants for 57 days.

Reuters

US clocks back 1 hour

It's time in the U.S. to turn back the clock an hour as daylight-saving time ends. Arizona and Hawaii remain on Standard Time.

Bloomberg

Al-Qaida member killed, accused of plotting new attack on US

The al-Qaida figure believed to be organizing a terror attack against the U.S. is dead, a senior U.S. official says.

ABC News

19 militants killed in Afghan operations

MSNBC

POLITICS

Final campaign ads go negative

A look back at the back-and-forth battle of TV commercials.

CBS News

Obama aide: Timing of news about his aunt 'suspicious'

CNN

Early voting in Ga. breaks record

A record-breaking two million people cast early ballots in Georgia, an indication of high enthusiasm over the presidential election that could favor Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama.

Reuters

Poll workers prepare for onslaught of voters

NPR

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Queen reigns supreme once again

Thirteen years after their last album and 17 years after the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen, with a new singer, a new album, and a tour, are looking once again like champions of the world.

Rolling Stone

Joaquin Phoenix quits acting to pursue music career

Joaquin Phoenix, the man who so winningly portrayed the "Man in Black" in "Walk the Line," is calling it quits on his acting career to pursue his musical ambitions.

Spin

HEALTH

Asleep or awake, brain functions the same

The mind functions essentially the same when asleep as when awake, a new study shows. The discovery could help scientists better understand the difference between a normal and an abnormal brain.

HealthDay

Diabetes in US nearly doubles over last 10 years, most prevalent in the South

The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the last 10 years, with the highest levels in the South, the government said in its first state-by-state review of new diagnoses.

CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Purchase a lovely new home on... Mars?

Should the United States space program send a mission to Mars, space explorers should be prepared to stay, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin says.

Popular Science

Hubble fixed, goes back to work

The Hubble space telescope resumed "regular science operations" from a failure of the 'scope's operational science instrument command and data handling unit.

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pope says God and science compatible

Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of scientists including cosmologist Stephen Hawking that there was no contradiction between believing in God and empirical science.

Reuters

Breakout: What happened when one church dared to 'think outside the box'

If you had to close your church for refurbishment, would you decant the congregation into other buildings and try to maintain ‘business as usual?’ Or would you do something completely different?

Christian Today

True vs. false wisdom: Pope XVI's exhortation to pontifical universities

True wisdom means "following the mind of Christ," Pope Benedict XVI told students as the pontifical universities of Rome formally opened their academic years.

Catholic World News

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Archaeologist says he found oldest Hebrew writing

Five lines of ancient script on a shard of pottery could be the oldest example of Hebrew writing ever discovered, an archaeologist in Israel says.

BBC

Millions of Jewish historical documents posted on Web sites

New online documents tell the generosity of American Jewish citizens who supported the travels of Germans, Austrians and other Europeans during and after World War II.

Newsday

WORLD

Rebels tighten grip in eastern Congo

Tutsi-led rebels tightened their hold on newly seized swaths of eastern Congo, forcing tens of thousands of frightened, rain-soaked civilians out of makeshift refugee camps.

ABC News

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