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House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, center, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, right, announce a tentative deal to contain the financial crisis. (Photo by Lauren Victoria Burke / AP)

Troopergate still hounds Palin

Demonstrators gathered in Anchorage to demand that Gov. Sarah Palin keep her earlier pledge to cooperate with the corruption probe known as Troopergate.

CBS News

In McCain-Obama debate, a clash of two starkly different visions

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama presented starkly different visions of how they would lead the nation during the first high-stakes debate.

Christian Science Monitor

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Poll results for first presidential debate: Obama wins

Kansas City Star

Voters react to presidential debate

CBS News

Government ends oversight for Wall Street banks

The Securities and Exchange Commission said it was ending a program of voluntary oversight for Wall Street investment banks that its chairman said has not worked.

International Herald Tribune

New deal reached on financial markets bailout

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the $700 billion accord just after midnight but said it still has to be put on paper.

MSNBC

Emergency Congressional session works on the agreement

CBS News

Senate passes $634B spending bill

The Senate passed a $634 billion spending bill by a 78-12 vote. The bill was necessary to keep the government running after the current budget year ends.

Associated Press

House approves nuclear pact with India

U.S. companies help India build more nuclear power plants, and India allows international inspections of its civilian — but not military — nuclear power plants.

CNN

UN approves new Iran resolution

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously passed a new resolution on Iran, reaffirming demands it stop enriching uranium, but imposing no new sanctions.

BBC

Tropical Storm Kyle prompts hurricane watch for Maine coast

A hurricane watch has been issued for part of Maine's coast and forecasters say the center of Tropical Storm Kyle is expected to pass near eastern New England.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Storm tracker

The Weather Channel

NATION

Official: Kyle grows to hurricane after passing Bermuda

A tropical storm strengthened into Hurricane Kyle as it churned in the Atlantic Ocean west of Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center reported.

CNN

Election officials telling college students they can't vote

Local election officials, including some in Virginia and South Carolina, have discouraged college students from voting in a year in which legions of students have thrown their energy behind Obama.

McClatchy

POLITICS

Radio addresses see Bush, Dems in rare agreement over bailout

Saturday morning’s radio addresses presented the rarest of circumstances: President Bush and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer united in promoting the administration's financial bailout plan.

The Hill

Stevens case could finish well before Election Day

Sen. Ted Stevens' criminal case is moving much faster than expected and could end several weeks before Election Day.

The Hill

Trial key: Did Sen. Stevens know about freebies?

Associated Press

HEALTH

China's inspectors crack down on milk-producing zones

China's agricultural ministry said inspectors have begun cracking down on lax production methods in 16 dairy and feed-producing regions after chemical-tainted milk formula killed four babies and sickened 53,000.

Bloomberg

Tainted milk sickens babies in China

Yahoo! News

Woman loses 160 pounds on raw diet

In just two years, she lost 160 pounds and experienced dramatic improvements emotionally, physically and socially. "I'm happier than I've ever been."

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil unveils deforestation plan

The Brazilian government has pledged to end net deforestation by 2015.

BBC

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Interactive map: likely scenarios if climate change continues

National Geographic

US Army can advance mission success by greening operations

The U.S. Army has become increasingly involved with environmental issues and must be better prepared to deal with them, says a new RAND Corporation study.

Environment News Service

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Vatican to consider role of Scripture in Catholic life

When Pope Benedict XVI recites the opening verses of Genesis on Italian national television, he will kick off a marathon reading of the entire Bible by some 1,500 people over six days.

Religion News Service

Atheist soldier sues Defense Secretary Gates for religious discrimination

An atheist soldier says in a federal lawsuit that his superiors required him to be present for Christian prayers, and that the military allows Christians to proselytize.

USA Today

EDUCATION

Bloomfield, Conn. teacher of year makes learning interesting

Top to bottom, Pamela Parker's classroom is like her: colorful and busy. She came to education after a corporate career at AT&T and has spent all 10 years of her teaching life at the same school in Bloomfield, Conn.

Hartford Courant

Learning to thrive with ADD

Emily Algire was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder in high school. She recalls "earth-to-Emily" moments, when she'd be staring out the window during class and a teacher would call on her.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Why voters thought Obama won the debate

New Republic

Column (David Brooks):

Thinking about McCain

International Herald Tribune

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What about the homeowners?

International Herald Tribune

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Second in command

Newsday

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Obama weathers a storm of sarcasm

Truthdig

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Palin and the myth of American innocence

San Francisco Chronicle

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$700B plan: Right Rx or a mistake?

USA Today

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Palin's $1250-a-month impurity

Reuters

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Newt Gingrich, bedeviling a Bush again

Newsweek

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Does integrity exist in a pennant race?

Sports Illustrated

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GOOD NEWS

Celebrities join global call to action against poverty

Celebrities and other supporters have come together in New York for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty to challenge their leaders to keep their promise to halve poverty by 2015.

MarketWatch

A fertilizer good for only growing things, not destroying them

Honeywell International has developed a patented blast-free fertilizer that nullifies any explosive intent.

Scientific American

WORLD

Medvedev and Chávez sign $1 billion military loan

Russia welcomed President Hugo Chávez by signing a $1 billion military loan to his country, Venezuela, and announcing plans to modernize Russia's nuclear deterrence.

International Herald Tribune

Chinese astronaut walks in space

A Chinese astronaut has become the first in his country's history to take a walk in space.

BBC

Chinese taikonaut makes nation's first spacewalk

YouTube

BUSINESS

Federal officials: Petters tied to multi-billion dollar fraud scheme

Federal officials, in outlining their case, call Tom Petters the central figure in a suspected scheme that funded his work and lifestyle. Petters maintains he’s innocent, his attorney says.

Star Tribune

Wachovia approaches potential buyers

Wachovia approached potential buyers, including Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Spain’s Banco Santander, after a 27 percent plunge in its shares deepened fears over the future of the sixth-largest U.S. bank.

Financial Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Behind the scenes of online fraud

Online fraudsters are coming up with more types of dangerous attacks and more sophisticated methods, says Uri Rivner, head of new technologies for RSA Consumer Solutions.

CNET News

Adobe uses graphics chip for faster Photoshop CS4

The new version of Adobe's Photoshop CS4 takes its first steps in using the graphics processing unit (GPU), said product manager for Adobe Photoshop.

CNET News

SPORTS

Weekend preview: run for the Rose Bowl starts in the Big Ten

Now that the calendar says it's officially autumn, the quest for the Rose Bowl can begin. Headlining the full slate in the numerically incorrect league is No. 21 Illinois' visit to No. 12 Penn State.

USA Today

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College football nation

ESPN

'O.J. asked me to bring gun to hotel'

The prosecution's star witness in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery and kidnapping case testified that Simpson asked him to bring a gun to a hotel room where they planned to recover memorabilia.

Sports Illustrated

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'SNL' turning politics into gold

Saturday Night Live has seen a 50 percent gain over last season’s Nielsen ratings of the first two episodes, which they attribute to election season.

Variety

Married men who cheat: it’s not about the sex, but appreciation

Roughly 50 percent of married men will cheat. What is more, at least 81 percent won't admit to it even after a woman asks that searing question.

Newsweek

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A worker prepares vermicelli noodles in Hyderabad, India. The vermicelli is in high demand during the holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A / AP)

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