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The Dalai Lama arrives on the West Steps of the Capitol in Washington, following his Congressional Gold Medal ceremony inside. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

Putin warns against Iran attacks

Vladimir Putin's meeting with the Iranian president, during which the Russian president warned countries against the use of force on the Tehran regime, has been interpreted in several different ways.

Guardian

AG nominee Mukasey calls Justice torture memo a 'mistake'

President Bush's nominee for attorney general, Michael Mukasey, said the president doesn't have the authority to use torture techniques against terrorism suspects.

New York Sun

Mukasey viewed as independent

Yahoo! News

Yahoo! accused over Chinese dissident

U.S. lawmakers accused Yahoo! of giving false information to Congress and asked that chief executive Jerry Yang to explain the company's role in the imprisonment of a Chinese dissident.

MSNBC

U.S. honors Dalai Lama in public ceremony

President George W. Bush has made an unprecedented public appearance with the Dalai Lama at a ceremony honoring the Tibetan spiritual leader.

ABC News

Bush urges China, Dalai Lama talks

MSNBC

Iraq: No plans to take on Kurdish rebels

The Iraqi army has no plan to deploy its soldiers near the rugged Turkish-Iraqi border to take on the Kurdish rebels targeting Turkey, officials say.

CNN

Turkey OKs Iraq incursion

MSNBC

Bush urges against Turkish incursion into Iraq

Reuters

What is driving oil prices so high?

Oil prices have surged to record highs above $88 a barrel. Prices have more than quadrupled since 2002 and are currently 40 percent higher than at the start of the year. Why?

BBC

Support falters for Armenian resolution

Chances for a U.S. resolution calling the mass killings of Armenians that began in 1915 "genocide" eroded dramatically as sponsors dropped off in droves.

Seattle Times

NATION

Pentagon to alert 8 guard units for duty

The Pentagon is preparing to alert eight National Guard units that they should be ready to go to Iraq or Afghanistan beginning late next summer.

ABC News

Two executions halted over different challenges

Two November executions have been halted because of pending capital punishment issues before the courts.

Houston Chronicle

U.S. 'Superbug' deaths may surpass AIDS

More than 90,000 Americans contract potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported.

CBS News

POLITICS

Former Clinton administration aide endorses Obama

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a former top civil-rights enforcer in the Clinton administration, gave his support to Barack Obama in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

Reuters

Poll: Black support helps Clinton extend lead

CNN

Iowa Republicans pick Jan. 3 for key presidential caucus

America's tug-of-war fight for the nation's first caucus ahead of the 2008 U.S. presidential election began to fall into place as Iowa Republicans selected the unprecedented early date of Jan. 3.

AFP

Army of average Joes culls through candidates' files, bios

Christian Science Monitor

As Thompson's star fades, Clinton's on rise

Fred Thompson got into the Republican race with great expectations. But since then, Thompson's taken a lot of flak for a lackluster campaign from party activists in Iowa and New Hampshire.

CNN

Clinton courts women in N.H.

Reuters

BUSINESS

U.S. economy: housing starts decline to 14-year low

The two-year U.S. housing recession deepened while inflation remained in check, buttressing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's focus on real estate as the major threat to growth.

Bloomberg

Housing crisis worsens

MSNBC

Disney plans massive overhaul of troubled California Adventure park

Walt Disney Co. said that it is planning a major overhaul of its troubled California Adventure park near its Disneyland resort in Anaheim, Calif.

MarketWatch

EBay records first loss on Skype; boosts forecast

EBay Inc., the world's largest Internet auctioneer, reported profit that exceeded analysts' estimates, excluding a writedown for its Skype telephone unit, and raised its earnings and sales forecast for the year.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Reducing class size may be healthy

Reducing the number of students per classroom in U.S. primary schools may be more cost-effective than most public health and medical interventions, according to a study by researchers.

Science Daily

Pink products don't always help breast cancer cause

Each October — in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month — we're urged to shop, shop, shop for the cause. But some companies aren't as giving as it appears.

Seattle Times

SPORTS

Kobe departure? This ride could make Laker faithfuls queasy

After the latest wild spin on the Kobe Coaster, another 24-hour scramble of disorienting turns and steep drops with No. 24, things were actually pretty clear at the end of the ride.

ESPN

Indians defy odds, lead BoSox 3-1

After topping the favored Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the ALCS, the Cleveland Indians find themselves up 3-1, one win from their third World Series since 1995.

FOX Sports

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mexican priest abuse case dropped

A judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a lawsuit against a Mexican cardinal accused of conspiring to move a known child abuser to the U.S. Catholic church.

BBC

Archbishop apologizes for giving Communion to gays dressed as nuns

It was a typical Sunday Mass until two men in heavy makeup and nuns' habits received Holy Communion from San Francisco's top Catholic official.

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Police officer saves woman from oncoming train

Betsy DeVall has always believed in guardian angels. Early this week, she got to meet hers, and he wasn’t an ethereal being with wings, but a flesh-and-blood police officer.

MSNBC

Successful malaria vaccine also proves effective in infants

New results indicate that a vaccine previously shown to be safe and effective in adults and small children can also be safely administered to infants, decreasing their risk of contracting the disease.

Scientific American

WORLD

Rice speaks of reconciliation

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to bridge gaps between the Palestinians and the Israelis over parameters for a Middle East conference expected to be held in November or December.

International Herald Tribune

Rice speaks

Yahoo! News

How to welcome back Bhutto

TIME

Libya, Vietnam join U.N. Security Council

Libya and Vietnam, countries once shunned by the West, were elected overwhelmingly to two-year terms on the United Nations Security Council.

International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Georgia to face off over drought

The Army Corps of Engineers sidestepped the governor's demand to stop draining reservoirs, setting up a legal showdown between the federal government and state officials. Gov. Perdue said he will sue.

CNN

U.S. calls for ban on Mediterranean tuna fishing to rehab populations

The United States said it would demand a complete ban on fishing the bluefin tuna for up to five years in and near the Mediterranean, to allow stocks to recover.

Reuters

Local food movement making progress

The U.S. local food movement, which used to be elite, expensive and mostly coastal, has gone mainstream.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Spice Girls team up with Victoria's Secret

The newly reunited British girl group's CD will be available starting November 13 at Victoria's Secret stores and on the company's Web site in the U.S., Capitol Music Group.

CNN

Kid Rock rolls to No. 1 album chart debut

As expected, Kid Rock scores his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week with "Rock N Roll Jesus."

Hollywood Reporter

Led Zeppelin reunion: Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones drop setlist hint

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones have hinted that fans will be enjoying all their favorites when the band reunite next month.

NME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Online marketers aim for the kids

With youngsters spending more time online and bans on advertising during children's TV programming in place, more companies are turning towards Web sites.

Guardian

EDUCATION

University leader granted leave

Richard Roberts, accused of misconduct, said he will step aside temporarily as president of Oral Roberts University as the school fights a wrongful termination lawsuit by three former professors.

CNN

10 tips to reduce germs in the classroom

Young children catch about eight colds a year. Combined, they lose nearly 22 million school days due to the cold.

CBS News

Staph infection worries close 21 schools in Southern Virginia

A county in Southern Virginia closed its 21 schools to clean them to prevent the spread of a dangerous bacterial infection that killed a 17-year-old high school student, officials said.

Reuters

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