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Afghan Army soldiers and police officers patrol on a pickup truck in the area of Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

Dozens of Taliban killed

A battle in Afghanistan that included airstrikes killed dozens of Taliban militants, after an insurgent ambush left three U.S. troops dead, an Afghan official said.

CBS News

Afghanistan war could cost Obama supporters

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama to change policy on Afghan detainees

Reuters

AFL-CIO president stepping down

John Sweeney, the man who guided the nation's largest union federation for 14 years, is bidding farewell.

Star Tribune

On the road, Obama touts health plan

President Barack Obama attempted to save his signature health care initiative with a plea for help from thousands of his most dedicated supporters. It's time "to close the deal," an official said.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

Q&A: US health care reform

BBC

Special section:

Full text of Obama's speech

Politico

TV networks bring noise to win viewers

In a news conference, writer-producer Bill Lawrence noted — three times — about the need to make "noise" in 2009, when viewers have so many other options besides network television.

Buffalo News

5 tricks TV shows use to keep you watching

Huffington Post

Nobel laureate, Iowa native Borlaug dies

Norman Borlaug, the Iowa farm boy who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his efforts to feed the world’s hungry, died at his home in Dallas, Texas. He was 95.

Des Moines Register

NATION

Calif. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto renewable energy bills

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will veto legislation requiring a third of California's energy to come from renewable sources by 2020, choosing instead to mandate the change through an executive order.

San Jose Mercury News

Unfinished business likely to bring California legislature back to capitol

Sacramento Bee

Protesters march on Washington

Thousands of conservative protesters from across the country converged on the Capitol to demonstrate against Obama's proposals for health care reform and voicing opposition to big government.

ABC News

Obama takes on Glenn Beck and ‘tea party’ critics over health care

Christian Science Monitor

Tea Party protesters converge on DC

YouTube

POLITICS

Republicans skeptical of medical malpractice reform

In his health reform pitch to Congress, President Barack Obama promised to move on an issue near and dear to the hearts of many conservatives: medical malpractice reform.

Salt Lake Tribune

Analysis: NY politics trumps ethics reform

New York's senators returned to Albany after being stuck in a nasty power struggle that gridlocked government for more than a month. However, the Senate failed to pass an ethics reform bill.

Newsday

BUSINESS

As axis of power begins to shift, Wall Street goes to D.C.

As financial firms navigate a life more closely connected to government aid and oversight than ever before, they increasingly turn to Washington.

MSNBC

'Clunkers' probably boosted retail sales

The U.S. government’s auto trade-in program probably lifted retail sales in August to their biggest gain in more than three years and boosted factory output, economists said.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Clean water laws are neglected, often at a cost to health

In recent years, violations of the Clean Water Act have risen across the nation, an extensive review of water pollution records by The New York Times found.

New York Times

France debates tax on carbon emissions

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's recently unveiled radical plan to impose a carbon tax on homes and businesses addresses the "question of survival of the human race."

TIME

The last nomads: drought drives Kenya's herders to the brink

In the isolated border lands between Kenya and Somalia, families have always clung to a precarious existence. Now a decade of droughts has tested their endurance

Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New service: You own your tweets, but so does Twitter?

Twitter's new terms of service clarify that you own your tweets, but the firm reserves the rights to use them.

PC World

Antibiotic resistance clue found

U.S. scientists have uncovered a defence mechanism in bacteria that allows them to fend off the threat of antibiotics.

BBC

Special section:

Get smart: know when antibiotics work

Centers for Disease Control

SPORTS

Serena's meltdown distancing her fans

The top American player lost her cool in a bizarre and staggering scene ending her U.S. Open title defense.

FOX News

Serena's meltdown caps Clijsters' win

YouTube

Rough start fails to derail Woods' record

Getting better with every shot, Woods broke the course record at Cog Hill and blew away the field in the BMW Championship with a 9-under-par 62 that gave him a seven-shot lead.

Denver Post

Special section:

Round 4: BMW Championship

PGA Tour

Buckeyes didn't step up vs. USC

It might not have been the most impressive performance by the two big programs, but it was a special comeback 18-15 win for Matt Barkley and USC.

FOX News

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GOOD NEWS

Motherhood gives war reporter a child to help: her perspective

For Jamie Tarabay, who has reported from Baghdad and other war zones, her new baby makes her think of the many children in war-torn places she couldn't help.

NPR

Meals on Wheels to expand with $25,000 Walmart donation

Meals on Wheels accepted a $25,000 donation that will not only ensure that free meals go to those in need but also provide evening and weekend meals for clients.

Columbia Missourian

WORLD

Netanyahu says gaps remain with US on peace moves

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were still gaps to bridge in talks with a visiting U.S. envoy seeking a settlement freeze and the revival of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister heads to Egypt for talks on peace process