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Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a rally in Davenport, Iowa, where he defended his opponent to a seething crowd. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

McCain sticks up for Obama at rally

"If you want a fight, we will fight," McCain said. "But we will be respectful. I admire Sen. Obama and his accomplishments." When people booed, he cut them off.

CBS News

McCain booed for defending Obama

ABC News

Why negative ads are good for voters

The fine tradition of negativity and attacks goes back to the nation's founding document, the Declaration of Independence.

Newsweek

Negative ads: The good, the bad and the ugly

CBS News

Crisis on world stage

World leaders, warning of a global economic downturn, pledged to work together to find solutions to what is unfolding as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

CNNMoney

Europe's leaders, threatened with `disaster,' set new strategy

Bloomberg

Special section:

Full coverage: IMF/G7 meetings

Financial Times

What history tells us about the market

The breathtakingly volatile week has left investors numb. A close study of the Great Crash, and the decades that followed, offers some unnerving context, and some reasons for optimism.

Wall Street Journal

US in de facto support for bank liabilities

The U.S. is likely to strengthen its implicit guarantee for all bank deposits and debt, as it tries to save its banks without destroying its non-bank financial sector.

Financial Times

Hurricane batters western Mexico

Hurricane Norbert strikes Mexico's Baja California peninsula, blowing down roofs and causing residents to flee to shelters.

BBC

Hurricane lashes western Mexico

BBC

NATION

Millions of new voters registering nationwide as state deadlines close

Keen interest in the presidential election and old-fashioned grassroots organizing is translating into a surge in voter registration across the country, including large numbers of first-time voters.

San Francisco Chronicle

10 years later, Matthew Shepard murder haunts reporters

The murder of the openly gay college student ignited a firestorm of media coverage, changing the small town of Laramie, Wyo., forever.

NPR

POLITICS

Hispanics turn cold shoulder to McCain

McCain wound up with the worst of both worlds: getting no credit from Latino voters for his support for immigration reform, while carrying the baggage of Republican hostility to illegal immigration.

Politico

Clintons campaign for Obama

Bill and Hillary Clinton took the stage at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, launching an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race.

ABC News

Polygraphs proposed for Ind. congressional debate

Two challengers for an Indiana congressional seat have agreed to be hooked up to lie detectors during a debate, but an official with the incumbent's party dismisses the idea as "bizarre."

Politico

Palin violated ethics law, Alaska legislative inquiry concludes

Sarah Palin, the Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidate, broke the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act as governor by pressuring subordinates to try to get her former brother-in-law fired.

International Herald Tribune

Troopergate files reveal extent of Todd Palin access

Times Online

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Blogging like the world depended on it

Josh Levy, Change.org's managing editor, envisions the revamped site as a new hub for its 120,000 members, a one-stop shop for the latest news on a given topic and tools for taking action.

Newsweek

Beastie Boys announce swing state tour

The Beastie Boys announced their “Get Out and Vote” tour. In an e-mail blast, the activist rappers said, “This election is too important to stay at home."

Rolling Stone

Children's safety group wants city off of Google's Street View

A children's advocacy group is pushing to get Pittsburgh removed from the Street View of Google's map search until the technology is refined so pedophiles can't use it to pinpoint children's homes.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Using mathematics to explain how life on Earth began

How did self-replicating molecules come to dominate the early Earth? Using the mathematics of evolutionary dynamics, Martin A. Nowak can explain the change from no life to life.

Scientific American

HEALTH

Nature's fix for flawless skin

The latest crop of skin rejuvenators comes straight from mother nature: five potent botanicals that firm, smooth, and tone.

WebMD

Drug companies say no cold meds for kids under 4

The makers of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines said that the medicines should not be given to children younger than 4 years old.

HealthDay

EDUCATION

Global financial crisis now striking home for local school districts

The financial crisis hits school districts struggling to float the bonds for capital projects, borrow money to ensure cash flow, and get access to their investment funds in troubled institutions.

Education Week

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GOOD NEWS

US pledges help to rebuild washed-out Haitian bridge

The American Embassy in Haiti says the U.S. will help rebuild a bridge that collapsed during this summer's devastating floods.

Google News

As driver sped closer to shoppers, a hero leapt into the way

A Minnesota police officer's actions — driving his squad car into the path of a drunken driver to save the lives of others — earned him a Medal of Valor.

Star Tribune

WORLD

US removes North Korea from terror list

After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil."

MSNBC

Korea conflict in pictures

MSNBC

Congo blames Rwanda for fresh fighting

Renewed fighting between Congolese rebels and government forces has worsened one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

The financial crisis: What would the Talmud tell us to do?

Could the financial crisis have been avoided if traders followed Jewish traditions embodied in the Bible and the Talmud?

TIME

SkyFuel heats up solar power race

Even with the teetering economy, solar companies are bullish that tapping free energy from the sun is a solid financial move.

CNET News

9 tips to tough out the times

It's hard to find any good news about your money these days. The stock market is tumbling. Banks are failing. Home values are cratering. And you're watching your retirement disappear.

CNNMoney

ENVIRONMENT

People pressure: Is immigration an environmental issue?

Why are some environmental groups jumping on the immigration issue? What does immigration have to do with the environment?

Christian Science Monitor

Using the Internet's history to develop clean energy's future

A study of the Internet’s long development since 1946, arguably when modern computing began, offers valuable lessons that can help keep energy innovations on course for years.

Scientific American

Is ‘clean coal’ just an ad slogan?

ABC News

SPORTS

High-flying Longhorns knock off No. 1 Sooners in epic contest

Trailing the No. 1 Sooners nearly all game, Colt McCoy and the Longhorns grabbed control in the fourth quarter and refused to let go, pulling away for a 45-35 victory against their Red River rivals.

NBC Sports

Rays claim marathon Game 2 to even ALCS going to Boston

One night after playing a near perfect game and losing, the Rays played a nearly fatally flawed one and won, outlasting the Red Sox in a marathon of a Game 2 in the American League Championship Series.

Sports Illustrated

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Foreclosures: Did God want you to get that mortgage?

Has the so-called prosperity gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the financial crisis?

TIME

Voices from the Synod of Bishops

Comments from the Synod of Bishops, meeting at the Vatican to discuss "The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church."

Catholic World News

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