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In this undated photo released by Norgrove family, Linda Norgrove poses before a camera. The British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan was killed during a rescue attempt by international forces in. (Photo by Norgrove Familyvia / British Foreign Office / AP)

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A Philadelphia gathering remembers gay teen suicides

As members of the gay community celebrated National Coming Out Day, some gathered for a vigil in memory of Tyler Clementi, who killed himself last month, and six other gay teen suicides.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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Lawmakers trying to take on bullying again

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Houston Chronicle

In mammogram debate, differences aren’t so big

When a federally funded task force announced last November that mammograms should be optional for women under 50, the reaction was explosive.

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NPR

US grenade may have killed British hostage

A British aid worker who died during an operation to rescue her from kidnappers in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade thrown by American forces trying to free her, the British Prime Minister said.

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Norgrove’s rescuers ‘ignored Afghan advice’

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BBC

Linda Norgrove death: seeking the truth

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Sky News

Big boost for Republicans in 2010

The likelihood of a Republican takeover in Congress just keeps growing, powered by a major boost from the tea party movement — a political phenomenon that has evolved into a sophisticated, organized effort.

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOP hopes for breakthroughs in Northeast

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ABC News

Treatment 1st hails in the ‘dawn of the stem cell age’

A paralyzed patient has become the first person in the world to receive treatment using human embryonic stem cells in a study described as the “dawn” of a new age of medicine.

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Telegraph.co.uk

NATION

2 Americans, Brit win Nobel in economics

Two Americans and a British-Cypriot economist won the 2010 Nobel economics prize for developing a theory that helps explain why many people remain unemployed despite a large number of job vacancies.

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CBS News

America moves on from Gulf spill

For Gulf residents fighting for economic survival, a nation’s short attention span is deeply unsettling, especially with oil still washing ashore.

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MSNBC

Puzzling picture of illegal grow sites

This is the other marijuana industry in America, the business of clandestine pot that supplies some of the estimated 16.7 million regular marijuana users in the country.

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Denver Post

POLITICS

Special interest groups spend big on Mo. Senate race

Special interest groups have already spent more than $6 million to affect the outcome of the Missouri Senate race, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, a campaign finance watchdog.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Obama steps up campaigning

With just three weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama will spend his time much as he did in the final weeks of his own campaign in 2008.

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Politico

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The return of the ex-governors

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CBS News

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Obama implores voters, rips GOP

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Whale deaths blamed on ship traffic, krill

A bountiful crop of krill and busy shipping lanes are to blame for a rash of dead whales that have surfaced around the Bay Area within a few short months, according to scientists.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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National Geographic

Turtles ‘at risk under climate change’

The “turtle and dugong capital of the world,” the northern Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait region, faces increased pressure under climate change from human actions.

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ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Clinics carve out a key health care niche

In a growing trend, consumers are increasingly turning to walk-in clinics and urgent care centers for treatment of minor ailments instead of trying to squeeze in an appointment with a primary care provider.

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USA TODAY

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$727M in grants for community health centers

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Medical News Today

Malaysia to use genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue

Malaysia could be the first country in Asia to use genetically modified mosquitoes to battle a rise in Dengue fever, government authorities said.

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NPR

Researchers pinpoint obesity genes

Scientists have found genes that appear to play a role in the propensity for obesity. The findings are reported in two new studies published in online edition of Nature Genetics.

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Bloomberg

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Study: Different reasons for obesity revealed

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iTWire

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Lady Gaga costumes — is Halloween about adults now?

A slew of Lady Gaga costumes and accessories targeted at teens and adults are turning the $3.5 billion costume industry on its head this Halloween.

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ABC News

Her photo shoot: 50 states in 16 years

Carol Highsmith’s goal is hugely ambitious: shoot more than 2,000 images per state, three states or so a year, for the next 16 years, in an effort to document the 21st century for the Library of Congress.

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Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Will electric cars work for the everyday driver?

The first mass-produced electric vehicles ever sold in the United States will begin to hit showrooms by the end of this year. The Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt already have tens of thousands of pre-orders.

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NPR

Virtual revulsion therapy: pixelated pests help treat cockroach phobia

A team of psychologists has completed the first clinical trial testing the treatment of cockroach phobia with augmented reality — a younger cousin of virtual reality.

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Scientific American

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Drunken diplomacy: new settlements

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‘Bar-tweenies’ need lessons in basic mixology

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Casinos prey on those desperate for a miracle

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Philadelphia Inquirer

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The shadow class war of 2010

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America’s road to greatness is blocked by penny-pinchers

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San Jose Mercury News

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A Muslim’s defense of Geert Wilders

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Huffington Post

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Drowning in law: rules and regulations are killing the American spirit

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Microsoft buying Adobe would solve ‘the Apple problem’ for both

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GOOD NEWS

Helping out with a text

Two hours after January’s earthquake struck Haiti, a texting donation campaign, “Text HAITI to 90999,” was up and running. Nine months later, more than $40 million has been donated.

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Newsweek

People blind from birth use visual brain area to improve other senses

People blind from birth make use of the visual parts of their brain to refine their sensation of sound and touch, according to researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center.

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ScienceDaily

WORLD

Chilean miners could be freed soon

Rescuers in Chile completed lining a segment of shaft through which the 33 trapped miners will be winched, raising hopes that the extractions will begin in 24 hours.

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Guardian

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In pictures: mine breakthrough

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BBC

Afghanistan‘s Hamid Karzai says he’s talking to the Taliban

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said that his government has been in talks with the Taliban, the highest-level confirmation that his government is exploring a political settlement with the militant group.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Taliban threaten northern safe havens

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CNN

North Korea’s leader, presumptive heir, attend huge parade

North Korea’s reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, made another rare public appearance with his youngest son at a massive military parade billed as one of the largest in the nation.

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CNN

BUSINESS

Fed to run the show despite big earnings

Not even earnings from big names like Google and GE will be able to pull Wall Street’s focus away from the possibility of more cheap cash flowing in from the Federal Reserve.

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Reuters

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Roundtable: stimulus vs. austerity

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ABC News

Dollar under pressure against the euro

The U.S. dollar declined against the euro but recovered after hitting a fresh 15-year low against the yen as expectations that the Federal Reserve will introduce more monetary stimulus dominated markets.

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MarketWatch

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IMF hopes to help mediate currency fight

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MarketWatch

EDUCATION

Private school for poorest of poor

A private parochial school that targets the poorest of the poor and charges as little as $3 a month for tuition, the Yellowstone Academy in Houston‘s Third Ward, doesn’t follow the standard recipe for success.

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Houston Chronicle

The shock of accountability in Fla.

Florida became one of the first states to grade schools on student progress in 2002. But the result was “accountability shock”: in 60 schools deemed failing, 30 percent of the workforce left.

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Newsweek

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope urges peace and harmony in the Middle East

Pope Benedict opened a synod of Roman Catholic bishops on the Middle East, where Christianity began but is in sharp decline, by calling for peace, justice and harmony in the troubled region.

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Israel’s Cabinet approves loyalty oath

Israel’s Cabinet approved a loyalty oath requiring non-Jews wishing to become citizens to pledge allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state.”

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SPORTS

Yankees beat Twins 6-1 to return to ALCS

The wild-card Yankees, rebounding from a late-season fade in which they lost 17 of their final 26, begin the ALCS at Texas or Tampa Bay.

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CBS News

Gamecocks stun No. 1 ’Bama

On a day where Garcia was 17-for-20 against the nation’s No. 1 team and threw three touchdown passes, it seems likely he was aiming for the crossbar on his own goal post when he gave up the safety.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

In US cities, HIV linked more to poverty than race, study finds

Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind.

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ABC News

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A one-day-old Valais black nose sheep stands next to its mother during an exhibition for this typical breed from Switzerland in St. Ulrich, Austrian province of Tyrol. (Photo by Kerstin Joensson / AP)

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