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In this file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, fourth right, prays with members of Afghanistan’s peace council during the inaugural session in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP)

Doctors lured away from private practice

Doctors are leaving private practices in large numbers and going to work for hospitals. Last year, hospitals hired half of the new doctors just out of medical school.

NPR

Obama‘s campaign to reduce medical costs targets doctors’ pay

Bloomberg

Are we a nation of bullies?

The recent suicides of Tyler Clementi, Phoebe Prince, and others have sparked mass outrage against kids believed to have bullied them “to death.” But our response may be more harmful than the crime.

Newsweek

Afghan official confirms moves toward Taliban talks

The leader of Afghanistan’s new peace council confirmed that contacts with members of the Taliban had been made through mediators and said that international support had helped.

New York Times

Blog:

US facilitating peace talks in Afghanistan

(NPR)

The Two-Way

Special section:

Inside Talibanistan

Foreign Policy

Network of Armenians face US health care scam charges

U.S. officials have charged 73 people, a network of Armenian gangsters and their associates, over what is thought to be the largest ever attempt to defraud the country’s medical insurance system.

BBC

Spend-or-cut debate rages

Spend or cut is a debate at the heart of the economic crisis — and tensions over the two strategies, between a Nobel prize-winning economist and an economic historian, boiled over again.

Guardian

Roubini predicts chance of double-dip

Bloomberg

NATION

US home seizures climb to record

More than 100,000 U.S. homes were seized by lenders in September, a record number that probably will decline in coming months as major banks halt repossessions and review their foreclosure practices.

Bloomberg

How 2 civilians sleuthed out foreclosure ills

McClatchy Newspapers

Nuclear watchdog groups say corners cut on fire safety

Nuclear watchdog groups say that an internal report on fire safety at nuclear plants shows that regulators don’t have enough information to know whether its new fire rules will ensure safety.

McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

‘How dare you take my pension’ becomes refrain as voters consider cutbacks

Rising public pension costs are igniting political fights across the country. In California, voters around the state will decide whether to cut benefits for first responders and other public employees.

Bloomberg

‘Mom-in-chief’ hits the campaign trail

First lady Michelle Obama hit the campaign trail in what has been a tough year for her party, a year in which Democrats, who normally have a 10-point advantage with women, struggle among women voters.

ABC News

Blog:

Obama utters words ‘tax and spend liberal,’ Republicans drool

(Christian Science Monitor)

Vox News

ENVIRONMENT

Western lifestyles plundering tropics at record rate, a report shows

The Earth‘s population is using the equivalent of 1.5 planets’ worth of natural resources, but the long-term decline of animal life appears to have been halted, a World Wildlife Fund report shows.

Guardian

E15 gets EPA’s OK for newer cars

The Environmental Protection Agency said more testing is still needed before deciding if the higher ethanol blend will damage engines of cars made before the 2007 model year.

Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Societies evolve in steps

Human societies progress in small steps just as biological evolution does, according to a study of the language of societies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean.

Nature

New FCC rules propose an end to shocking cell phone bills

Cell phone companies would have to warn customers via text or voice alerts before they rack up eye-popping extra fees on their bills under rules that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will propose.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Controversial education reformer Michelle Rhee resigns

Michelle Rhee, who made a reputation for being a firebrand reformer, resigned from her job as head of public schools in D.C., a casualty of a bitterly fought mayoral race.

ABC News

Blog:

Chronicling Michelle Rhee

(PBS)

Rundown

Females are equal to males in math skills, large study shows

The mathematical skills of boys and girls, as well as men and women, are substantially equal, according to a new examination of existing studies.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Loyalty oath unusual in asserting religion

Most Western democracies administer an oath or pledge as part of becoming a citizen. But Israel’s decision to change its oath — a move approved by the cabinet — has proved particularly controversial.

Forward

Fears of Sharia law in America grow among conservatives

The rise of anti-Muslim sentiment in America has brought with it a wave of largely unsubstantiated suggestions that America is at risk of falling under the sway of Sharia law.

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Stuart Gottlieb):

War on terror: Obama softened the language, but hardened Muslim hearts

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jim Lobe):

Survey: US Jews skeptical of Obama

Al Jazeera

Column (Vijay Prashad):

The waning of Obama

Counterpunch

Column (Bill Bishop):

United? Yes. But ever more divided

Politico

Column (Edward Wasserman):

Dark days ahead for accountability, freedom

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (David Loy):

The cosmos wakes up

Shambhala Sun

Blog (Robert Langreth):

Too much breast cancer awareness?

(Forbes)

Treatments

Column (Robert Fisk):

Lebanon and Hezbollah ready to welcome Ahmadinejad

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Scientists eradicate rinderpest virus

Researchers said that rinderpest, a virus that causes cattle plague, has been wiped out, the first time such an announcement has been made since the end of smallpox.

Guardian

Chile miners’ rescue accomplished

After more than two months underground, all 33 miners have now emerged from the collapsed Chilean copper mine in the Atacama desert, to the excitement and relief of waiting family and friends.

Al Jazeera

Miners freed at last

CBS News

Love is a powerful painkiller, study finds

For all the many musings in literature on the nature of love, nobody has quite realized its potential as an analgesic until now, with a study showing that love makes physical pain more bearable.

Los Angeles Times

WORLD

Clinton tells Pakistan to take more action on flood relief

Pakistan needs to do more to help itself recover from recent severe floods, and not merely rely on aid from the United States and Europe, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Reuters

Pakistan faces malaria outbreak

YouTube

Greek police storm Acropolis protesters

Greek police have fired tear gas and charged at workers who had occupied the Acropolis in Athens in a protest over unpaid wages and layoffs.

BBC

Police, workers clash at Acropolis

Reuters

Canada 1st to declare bisphenol A toxic

Canada has become the first jurisdiction in the world to declare the everyday plastic-making compound bisphenol A to be toxic, an action that is shining a spotlight on the major use of chemicals in packaging.

Globeandmail.com

FAQs: What is bisphenol A?

CBC News

BUSINESS

Fla. tomato pickers announce new deal with growers

A group representing Florida farm workers and one of the country’s largest tomato growers said they reached an agreement that will finally guarantee higher pay and better conditions for the workers.

ABC News

Financial firms take to Facebook, Twitter

After considerable foot-dragging and regulatory confusion, asset management firms are finally exploring and exploiting the world of social media.

Newsweek

HEALTH

For runners, static stretching may be outdated, study finds

Researchers recruited about 3,000 runners and instructed half of them to stretch before a run. The results: Stretchers fared no better than the non-stretchers in sustaining injuries.

NPR

US Hispanics outlive general population

Hispanics in the United States outlive whites by almost three years and blacks by almost eight years, according to a new report.

HealthDay

US Hispanics have greater longevity

MSNBC

SPORTS

Commonwealth Games end in New Delhi

The 19th Commonwealth Games have ended in New Delhi with Australia topping the medals table, winning 74 gold medals.

Al Jazeera

Boise State football team goes wild(cat)

The generic term is wildcat. For the Boise State football team, the set of plays is more of a wild card.

Idaho Statesman

BCS minute: Alabama’s loss, whose gain?

ESPN

True maverick: Dirk Nowitzki’s heart, game stay in Dallas

Dirk Nowitzki’s Dallas Mavericks have fallen woefully short in the playoffs since reaching the NBA Finals in 2006, and there were many incentives to leave as a free agent for the one-time league MVP.

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Call to service continues to inspire many Peace Corps volunteers

Fifty years ago, then Sen. John F. Kennedy issued a stirring call to college students that led to the creation of the Peace Corps. A half-century later, the agency still inspires young people to serve.

USA TODAY

Speech:

Remarks of Sen. John F. Kennedy

Peace Corps

‘Deadliest Catch’ producer takes cameras into coal miners’ lives

Thom Beers, the creator of “Deadliest Catch,” “Ice Road Truckers” and “Ax Men,” will produce the documentary-reality series “Coal.” The rescue of 33 Chilean miners will be referenced on the show.

CNN

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