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Protesters throw petrol bombs against riot police during a 24-hour nationwide general strike, Athens. Hundreds of youths pelted riot police with petrol bombs, bottles and chunks of marble as yet another Greek anti-austerity demonstration descended into violence. (Photo by Nikolas Giakoumidis / AP)

How the moon was born

How did the moon become the moon? The dominant theory has held that the moon resulted from a cosmic collision. And now, that theory has gotten one step closer to validation.

The Atlantic

A problem with Pluto’s moons

Sky & Telescope

Racism shines light on Serbian soccer

Serbia is facing scrutiny after England’s Football Association reported “a number of incidents of racism” following the second-leg of an Under-21 Euro 2013 playoff match.

CNN

Police fire teargas to disperse Greek anti-austerity protest

Greek police fired teargas to disperse anti-austerity protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs on the day of a general strike that brought much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill.

Reuters

Greece faces 2nd day of strikes

Youtube

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Strike goes on as EU leaders meet

Business Recorder

The Taliban’s dangerous new munitions

According to Taliban sources, Afghan insurgents now have a new, far more devastating explosive for attacks on U.S. and NATO facilities in Afghanistan.

Daily Beast

NATO can speed up handover of security

The Telegraph

Bullet tax to be sought to help curb crime in Chicago

As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet and firearm.

CBS News

Violent crimes rose 18 percent in 2011

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Divided: Can Americans agree?

The 2012 presidential campaign has shown the extent to which American politics is broken. For the victor, things may only get worse.

The Global Mail

Watching Americans watch the debate

NBCNews.com

Man attempts to blow up Fed Reserve

From a van filled with what he thought were real explosives, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis attempted to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in Lower Manhattan, N.Y.

NYPost.com

Live updates: bomb plot

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Obama picks McCormick Place for election night rally

President Barack Obama plans to hold his election night rally at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center, a move aimed at easing concerns over weather and security.

Chicago Tribune

The hard truth about fact-checking

Fact-checking presidential campaigns has become a kind of sport in recent years, complete with scorecards tallying the competition between ratings of true, false or somewhere in between.

Reuters

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Voter guide gets fact-checking librarians

(Seattle Times)

Brier Dudley's Blog

GOP’s Georgia House race now becomes Broun vs. Darwin

Having denounced evolution as a lie “straight from the pit of hell,” Republican Rep. Paul Broun has won himself a new political opponent: Charles Darwin.

U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

The incredible shrinking bank

Vikram Pandit’s abrupt departure as chief executive of Citigroup has revived questions about the bank’s direction.

The Independent

Texas-size rarity: landowners who oppose Big Oil

Texans have long welcomed the industry because of the cash it brings to sustain agriculture, but they also see its presence as part of their patriotic duty to help wean the U.S. off “foreign” oil.

CBS News

Currency manipulation and how it matters for the economy

Now that currency manipulation is a major buzz phrase in the presidential campaign, it requires a full explanation.

Slate

HEALTH

Brain-controlled devices may help people who are paralyzed

For the millions of Americans who live with paralysis, mental control of artificial limbs and mobility devices would be a big step forward toward more independent living.

CNN

Taking a daily vitamin could cut cancer risk, study says

A new study suggests a multivitamin a day could help reduce the risk of cancer in older men, but one expert cautions there is a lot more work to be done.

Boston Herald

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Is language unique to humans?

Animals communicate with each other and sometimes with us. Primates, birds, cetaceans, dogs and other species have proven able, through extensive training, to understand human words.

BBC

Mathematics and the ocean: movement, mixing and climate modeling

Studying the dynamics of the ocean system can greatly improve our understanding of key processes of ocean circulations. Can applying mathematics to the research help?

ScienceDaily

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Newsweek magazine ends print edition to go online-only

Newsweek will transition to an all-digital format in early 2013. As part of this transition, the last print edition in the U.S. will be its Dec. 31 issue.

Daily Beast

Countdown to the last steam train

Railroad museums and tour companies may continue to keep old steam trains on hand for demonstrations, posterity, or simple nostalgia for the true rail fans.

The Atlantic

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Saudi princess starts project to bridge cultural divides

Saudi Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel is starting a project called Opt4Unity to use philanthropy to bridge cultural divides and prevent violence like the recent attacks on U.S. embassies.

Christian Science Monitor

Man shaves head to support wife, finds his own cancer

When Dolly Stringer was diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided to shave her head before she began chemotherapy. Now she believes she got cancer for a reason: to save her husband’s life.

ABC News

Chicago’s Cup-winning squad reunites for charity game

“Champs for Charity” — the brainchild of ex-Hawk Adam Burish — will be played on Oct. 26 and feature a number of players that brought Chicago its first Stanley Cup in 49 years.

NBCSports

WORLD

Hollande acknowledges 1961 massacre