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Afghanistan-bound NATO containers are parked in northwest Pakistan. Pakistan blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in apparent retaliation for an alleged cross-border helicopter strike by the coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier troops.  (Photo by Qazi Rauf / AP) Terror alert doesn’t faze Americans abroad A U.S. State Department terror alert warns of heightened potential for a terrorist attack in Europe, but many Americans believe such worries are overblown. MSNBC Terror alert doesn’t stop travel to Europe YouTube Poll: GOP voters are more fired up A Gallup Poll analysis underscores the huge “enthusiasm” advantage Republicans now hold before elections that will determine control of Congress and help shape the rest of President Barack Obama’s term. USA TODAY   US military orders less reliance on fossil fuels With insurgents attacking the American fuel supply convoys that pass into Afghanistan, the military is pushing aggressively to develop renewable energy to decrease its need to transport fuel. New York Times Tanker bombed for carrying fuel for NATO CNN Reprieve for NATO YouTube Cities in debt turn to states Across the country, a growing number of towns, cities and other local governments are seeking refuge in havens that many states provide as alternatives to federal bankruptcy court. New York Times EU building an army in Somalia, teaching it to fight E.U. soldiers are spending a year training 2,000 Somali recruits in hopes of sending them to Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, to help fight off Islamist insurgents trying to topple the country’s government. NPR Uganda says it can raise force for Somalia Reuters   NATION Times Square bomb plotter sentenced to life in prison Faisal Shahzad, convicted of an attempted car bomb attack in New York’s Times Square, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. BBC Report says trying juveniles as adults is counterproductive The Just Kids Partnership has found trying teens as adults to be counterproductive because the adult system is “designed to punish only,” rather than rehabilitate. Baltimore Sun POLITICS US midterms set to become most expensive elections in country’s history The U.S. midterm elections are on course to become the most expensive in history, estimated at over $5 billion, an indication of how much is riding on the outcome. Guardian Congress looks at laws that criminalize non-criminal behavior Legal experts say there are more than 4,450 federal crimes on the books and as many as 300,000 federal regulations that can be enforced criminally. McClatchy Newspapers Emanuel hits Chicago’s streets as potential mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel, three days removed from the second most powerful job at the White House, embarked on what he calls a listening tour as part of a potential campaign for mayor of Chicago. Bloomberg Blog: Rahm Emanuel: Experts say not a legal resident of Chicago, cannot run for mayor  (Chicago Sun-Times) Lynn Sweet HEALTH Human embryos’ odds of survival can be predicted, studies show Stanford researchers who studied and photographed human embryos for the first five days after fertilization say they have found a way to accurately predict which embryos will lead to healthy pregnancies. San Francisco Chronicle Alcohol companies’ pink campaigns anger breast cancer survivors Consumers who want to support breast cancer research through shopping can choose from pink T-shirts, lip gloss and, increasingly, booze. USA TODAY Cancer-fighting foods: facts and fiction LiveScience SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Google TV: the future of television? A new device will take all the best features of watching television, surfing the Web, playing online games, and connecting with friends on Twitter and Facebook, and combine them into a single experience. ABC News What lies beneath? The first Census of Marine Life hopes to act as a baseline of how human activity is affecting previously unexplored marine ecosystems. BBC Physicists control chemical reactions UCLA physicists have taken a significant step in controlling chemical reactions mechanically, an important advance in nanotechnology, UCLA physics professor Giovanni Zocchi and colleagues report. ScienceDaily LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Tony Curtis: 100s bid farewell at funeral Around 400 fans, celebrities, friends, and family members have bid a final farewell to actor Tony Curtis at a funeral chapel in Las Vegas. The film star, aged 85, died after suffering a cardiac arrest. BBC Are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert going all serious on us? As the embrace deepens between comedy and politics this election cycle, Comedy Central’s satiric duo, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, are inching to the very institutions they delight in mocking. Christian Science Monitor RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY West Bank Oktoberfest raises a glass to Palestinian culture A brewing company is sponsoring the party to have a good time and raise awareness about Palestinian Christians in a land where 98 percent of the people are Muslim and prohibited from drinking alcohol. Los Angeles Times Vatican blasts Berlusconi’s Jewish joke The Vatican has sharply condemned jokes made by Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as “deplorable” after he said Jews are money-grubbing and used the Holocaust as the punch line. AOL News   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Tom Sutcliffe): So are you worried over the terror alerts? Or merely anxious? The Independent Column (Kendra Marr): Community college gets boost Politico Cartoon (Nick Anderson): Big decision Houston Chronicle Column (Neil Steinberg): Identity politics are inevitably disappointing Chicago Sun-Times Editorial (Daniel Indiviglio): TARP is dead. Long live TARP! The Atlantic Blog (Katrina Vanden Heuval): Christine O‘Donnell’s witchcraft  (The Nation) Editor's Cut Editorial: Where’s the accountability? Hartford Courant Column (Danny Schechter): When the Taliban calls, pick up Al Jazeera   Site edited by: Mahvish Kazmi, Tanya Flowers, George Knowles, Ayesha Sharma, Anne Lawver, John Harvell, Alexa Even, Paul Wertheim, Rachel Wright, Charles Weiss and Elizabeth Quinn.   GOOD NEWS Calling on Facebook friends to save Gulf Coast’s hermit crabs When park ranger Leanne Sarco saw oil-covered hermit crabs on the Louisiana beaches, she started her own project to clean and save them. Christian Science Monitor Marsalis in Cuba for historic concerts The visit by Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra kicks off a season of unprecedented cultural exchanges with the American Ballet to honor Cuban ballet legend Alicia Alonso. Houston Chronicle WORLD Musharraf admits Kashmir militants trained in Pakistan Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf has told a magazine that his forces trained militant groups to fight in Indian-administered Kashmir. BBC Hungary toxic spill triggers 3 county state of emergency Hungary declared a state of emergency in three counties after a Magyar Aluminium Zrt. sludge reservoir burst, killing four people and injuring 120. Bloomberg BUSINESS Ex-trader sentenced to jail Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel was sentenced to jail by a Paris court for his role in a trading scandal and ordered to pay the French bank $6.8 billion. Reuters Government sues 3 biggest credit cards, settles with 2 The Justice Department sued the three largest U.S. credit card companies for anticompetitive practices and reached a proposed settlement with two of them: MasterCard and Visa. Forbes EDUCATION Panel says schools overlook developmental science Education programs should more explicitly train teacher candidates in the rudiments of developmental science, and need policy support from states and the federal government to do so, says a report. Education Week Obama recruits Gap, McDonald’s for new college skills training initiative President Barack Obama plans to announce an initiative that links companies including McDonald’s and United Technologies with community colleges for programs aimed at boosting the job skills of American workers. Bloomberg ENVIRONMENT Harvesting waste heat turns into more efficient power University of Arizona physicists have discovered a new way of harvesting waste heat and turning it into electrical power. This discovery can make cars, power plants and solar panels more efficient. U.S. News & World Report Special section: Energy National Geographic How green is the big apple? Greener than you‘d think — potentially. Fully one-fifth of Manhattan is yard space, according to a new study from the City University of New York, and that doesn’t include parks or cemeteries. Newsweek SPORTS Kobe admits knee was ‘extremely painful’ during finals Kobe Bryant played briefly in the Lakers first exhibition game in London, after which he sat with ice on his knees. NBCSports Bulls’ Joakim Noah to sign extension Joakim Noah has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Chicago Bulls. The deal is worth $60 million plus additional bonuses according to Dan Fegan, one of Noah’s agents. ESPN Special section: Joakim Noah CBSSports   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Anti-bleeding drug way to save lives A cheap drug that can stop bleeding in recently injured accident victims could save tens of thousands of lives worldwide every year, researchers say. 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