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U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, in Cairo, Egypt. Talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process. (Photo by Amr Nabil / AP)

Laliberté returns safely to Earth

A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying Canada's first space tourist, Guy Laliberté, has landed safely in Kazakhstan.

CBC News

Space station peril?

CNN

Sensors can detect chemical weapons

Scientists are developing new sensors to detect chemical agents and illegal drugs which will help in the fight against the threat of terrorist attacks.

ScienceDaily

US envoy leaves Mideast without peace talks deal

Washington's special Mideast envoy wrapped up his latest round of shuttle diplomacy in the region, again having failed to persuade the Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks.

Times-Tribune

Clinton warns on Pakistan threat

BBC

McCain: Avoid 'an error of historic proportions' in Afghanistan

CNN

President Obama's war and peace

ABC News

Wanjiru sets Chicago marathon record with the fastest time on American soil

Sammy Wanjiru won the Chicago Marathon with the fastest time on American soil, finishing in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 41 seconds on a bone-chilling morning.

ESPN

The powerful image of influenza depicted by the media is not proportional to the actual threat, says a researcher.

Medical News Today

NATION

Obama to end military gay policy

U.S. President Barack Obama has said he will end the ban on gay people serving openly in the U.S. military.

BBC

Gays question 'don't ask, don't tell' pledge

ABC News

Obama addresses Human Rights Campaign

HRC

Steep losses pose crisis for pensions

The financial crisis has blown a hole in the rosy forecasts of pension funds, casting into doubt as never before whether public systems will be able to keep their promises to future generations of retirees.

MSNBC

US lead in danger? Nobel Prizes tell a different story

At a time when some had begun to question how long America's pre-eminence in science and diplomacy could last, nine of the 11 Nobel Prize nominees who won or shared five prizes are American.

Associated Press

Special section:

All Nobel Peace Prize laureates

Nobelprize.org

8 months of Obama's diplomacy

TIME

POLITICS

Benefits wait is 3 years if health care bills pass

Under the Democratic bills, federal tax credits to help make health insurance affordable for millions of households won't start flowing until 2013.

Denver Post

Calif. top justice slams referendum process: 'dysfunctional'

The chief justice of the California Supreme Court criticized the state's reliance on the referendum process, saying it has "rendered our state government dysfunctional."

San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

WWE's wrestlers grapple with change

The WWE want networks that air their programming to change U.S. parental guidance ratings from TV-14 to PG.

Toronto Star

Springsteen plays at legendary NJ venue

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band played the final ever concert at Giants Stadium, New Jersey, and sent the legendary venue off with a literal bang.

NME.com

Bruce Springsteen at Giants Stadium

YouTube

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Even the Maya are sick of the 2012 hype

Guatemalan Mayan elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out." After all, it's not the end of the world, or is it?

MSNBC

Texting and your love life

Texting has become as ubiquitous as the cell phones that birthed them, but what is it doing to our love lives?

CNN

EDUCATION

Doctor shortage prompts education shifts

The Council on Graduate Medical Education predicts the national physician shortage will reach 85,000.

Denver Post

Ill. facing college cash crunch

Potential enrollment losses sparked by the huge cuts to the Monetary Aid Program could force schools to slash programs and staff — and might even lead some to struggle to keep their doors open.

Chicago Sun-Times

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pope proclaims 5 new saints

Pope Benedict XVI has recognized five new Catholic saints, including a Belgian priest who worked with leprosy patients on an isolated Hawaiian island.

Google News

Tweets at church gets pastors blessing

One nondenominational church recently started a new service encouraging parishioners to tweet their thoughts, reflections and questions in 140 characters or less via Twitter.

Houston Chronicle

Religions attempt to stop swine flu spread

Meaningful religious rituals present opportunities to spread germs, and in a season of rising concern over swine flu, they will be observed by fewer Catholics.

NJ.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

A shot in the arm for growth

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column:

Should we even have a Columbus Day?

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

Could Obama one day lead the UN?

CBS News

Column (Shawn Tully):

Dangerous secret to the Baucus bill

Fortune

Column (Ronald Brownstein):

Paddling alone on the economic rapids

National Journal

Column (Mark Steyn):

Nobel tops 'SNL' for Obama joke

Orange County Register

Column:

Obama wins Nobel for not being Bush

Newsday

Column:

Democrats change stance on military

RealClearPolitics

Column:

DC's revolving doors are bad for health

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Christmas in October brings an early holiday gift to homeowners

This Christmas in October thing, in its 25th year of making houses more habitable, has a spirit all its own.

Kansas City Star

Artists aid charity auction by jeweler

Artists have donated paintings for an auction by London jeweler Laurence Graff that seeks to raise $1.26 million for Africa.

Bloomberg

WORLD

'Widespread fraud' in Afghan vote

The head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan acknowledged that there was "widespread fraud" in the presidential election but refused to give specifics.

Houston Chronicle

Azerbaijan condemns Turkish pact