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Oil pumps from under the desert of Sakhir, Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf. OPEC reduced production to counter falling oil prices after retreating from record-smashing prices over the spring and summer. (Photo by Hasan Jamali / AP)

OPEC cuts oil supply in face of lower demand trying to bring prices back up

The OPEC cartel ordered a cut in oil production of at least 1.5 million barrels a day to take effect Nov. 1, according to Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi.

International Herald Tribune

OPEC slashes crude, prices continue tumble

Yahoo! News

Long lines, glitches reported during early voting raise concerns for election day

With the issues that marred the 2000 election still in the electorate's memory, reports of problems are troubling signs for many who are skeptical of whether their votes will count.

CNN

Does Iraqi democracy mean early withdrawal of US forces?

John McCain ignored the U.S. demand for a conditions-based formula to withdraw troops. The Iraqi government brought the Bush administration back to firm deadlines for withdrawal.

TIME

Throwing the bathroom sink at the economy

Governments and central banks of the world's leading nations have taken unprecedented coordinated actions to help out battered financial markets and economies around the globe.

CNNMoney

Explaining the money markets

Economist

Dow drops 500 at open

Yahoo! News

Wall Street workers losing jobs, but hang on to their hope

More than 760,000 people have lost their jobs so far this year, and 47 states this week reported that their unemployment rates were higher than last year.

ABC News

Job cuts mount as recession takes hold

Global Research

The bad news about your job

Newsweek

Ecofriendly is good business

The race to be the country’s greenest city is more than a beauty contest. Huge pots of federal money are at stake for public transit and pedestrian-friendly downtowns.

Christian Science Monitor

Confessions of a Gitmo prosecutor

The inside story of a military lawyer who found stunning injustice at the heart of the administration's military commissions.

Salon.com

NATION

Fed cracking down on housing scams

The U.S. Federal Reserve is working with other regulators to crack down on scams to take advantage of distressed homeowners by mimicking mailings sent out by mortgage industry alliance Hope Now.

Reuters

Gov. Schwartzenegger opens new California solar power plant

Turning a long line of mirrors to catch the sunshine, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger fired up Caliornia's first solar thermal power plant in nearly 20 years.

Environment News Service

Crews battle two fires near Los Angeles

Crews are dealing with a wildfire burning outside Los Angeles at the base of a soaring mountain, a day after snuffing out a blaze that erupted near the city's world-famous Getty museum.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Kennedy prepares to forge potential health care breakthrough

An ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy is trying to lay the groundwork for a breakthrough on health care reform. Many believe the enormous undertaking is even more difficult in a troubled economy.

USA Today

Spending rose in Palin's administrations

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin calls herself a fiscal conservative who wants to "rein in government spending." But Palin didn't cut the size of government as mayor of Wasilla, and she hasn't done so as governor.

USA Today

Palin disputes $150,000 shopping spree

AOL News

Palin in spotlight

International Herald Tribune

In father's tough life, Joe Biden found his principles to live by

Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, Jr. has worked with titans of the Senate and met countless heads of state. None of them have left as deep an impression on him as his father, prideful Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr.

International Herald Tribune

HEALTH

Health insurance costs outpace wages

Workers' health insurance premiums went up more than five times faster than wages since 2000, adding to an increasingly tight squeeze on family budgets.

WebMD

Doctors playing in political arena: The wrong prescription?

Presidential candidate John McCain's personal health becomes a political football for medical community.

ABC News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The birth of blues

“The blues had a baby and they named the baby rock and roll.” So sang Muddy Waters, one of the world's greatest bluesmen.

Economist

Poll results: Politics = entertainment!

A new survey found that Americans age 18-34 spend 34 percent of their TV time watching election-related programming, and half of all Americans said they are watching fewer prime time shows as a result.

Entertainment Weekly

'The Daily Show': Pop culture's new comic go-to?

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Foamy invention could revolutionize saving energy and lives

Scientists have developed a space-age material so light and strong that it could revolutionize everything from vehicle bumpers to armor to biomedical devices.

LiveScience

Memories selectively, safely erased

A new study describes a method to rapidly and specifically erase a selected set of memories from the mouse brain in a controlled and inducible manner.

Science Daily

EDUCATION

US cities' math scores split compared to rest of the world

Fourth- and eighth-grade students in six U.S. cities hold their own against international competitors from Singapore, Japan, England and elsewhere.

USA Today

Kids less likely to graduate than parents

Your child is less likely to graduate from high school than you were, and most states are doing little to hold schools accountable, according to a study by a children's advocacy group.

USA Today

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

World Series tidbits that you can bet on

USA Today

Column (Dahlia Lithwick):

How to fight Big Tobacco

Slate

Column (Garrison Keillor):

Among the hardy Republicans

Salon.com

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

What happened to GOP electoral tactics?

Salon.com

Column (Bonnie Erbe):

Greenspan speaks on the financial crisis

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Robert J. Samuelson):

Young voters, get mad

Newsweek

Column (Jack Shafer):

Stolen elections American as apple pie

Slate

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

Fallen myth: Obama's 'Jewish problem'

Salon.com

Column:

Detroit's Big Three: Purge urge to merge

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Love lab: Follow your instincts

A new book on the biology of human sexuality looks at what makes for good couple chemistry and why we should pay attention to our instincts (and our noses) when searching for a mate or a date.

Newsweek

Justin Timberlake raises $1 million for children's charity

Justin Timberlake has raised $1 million for a children's charity with the help of famous friends the Jonas Brothers, 50 Cent, Rihanna and Leona Lewis.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Violence escalates in West Bank settlements during olive harvest

The olive harvest in the West Bank means increased violence by Israeli settlers — against both Palestinians and, in some cases, Israeli security forces.

NPR

UK economy on brink of recession

Britain's economy shrank in the third quarter as the global credit squeeze took its toll. When new figures confirm that the UK is on the brink of its first recession since 1991, the pound plunged.

BBC

UK is on recession watch

BBC

Britain's economy contracting

CNN

BUSINESS

Undaunted, skyscrapers reach higher

Eager developers want to shrug off the current economic crisis, but the global downturn could yet quash high-rise plans.

Business Week

Executive compensation faces scrutiny

Excessive executive compensation has come under increased scrutiny as countries resort to bailout plans to stabilize their domestic banks.

Forbes

SPORTS

Zona's Lute Olson retires; school hires rival's assistant Pennell as interim coach

With retirement of basketball icon Lute Olson, the University of Arizona hired assistant coach Russell Pennell from archrival Arizona State. Olson leaves with a 780-280 record and a championship.

Sporting News

McAllister, Smith among players reportedly testing positive

A number of NFL players including Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints tested positive under the NFL's steroid policy after taking water pills to control weight.

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Italian wine farmer vows green revolution among the vines

Meet Lorenzo Fasola-Bologna, a dashing 37-year-old with a winning smile, big ideas and lots of energy. He has set himself a challenge: to cut his family farm's CO2 emissions to zero by the end of 2009.

ABC News

Citing global warming, Al Gore renews his call to cut oil use in next 10 years

Speaking at Harvard University, Al Gore renewed his call for an end to dependence on oil and other carbon-based fuels, blaming it for global warming and the United States' problems in the Middle East.

Environmental News Network

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Christian ghost hunters seeking life on the other side

Michael Reed, a practical, middle-aged man who works as a baker in Madison, Ala., didn't believe until the night something in his old house in New Orleans nearly squeezed the breath out of him.

Religion News Service

Abuse survivors struggle with loss of faith, confidence

Some former members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in Arkansas were physically abused. Surviving in mainstream society has been difficult for them all.

Religion News Service

Photo of the Day

A Palestinian woman supporting Islamic Jihad attends a rally marking the 13th anniversary of the death of the group's leader Fathi Shekaki, killed in a shooting attack in Malta in 1995. (Photo by Adel Hana / AP)

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