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Red flags fly from a lifeguard station as Hurricane Sandy passes offshore to the east in Miami Beach, Fla. Hurricane Sandy may follow a path that could see it blend with a winter storm and reach the U.S. East Coast as a super-storm. (Photo by Lynne Sladky / AP)

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Detroit hosts World Series

An ace pitcher and some of the game’s best sluggers have put the Detroit Tigers back in the World Series. But beyond this pocket of revitalization, the city is still struggling to make a financial comeback.

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Denver Post

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World Series: the view from Detroit

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San Jose Mercury News

Why fear is fun

With Halloween approaching, some people seek out horror movies and haunted houses designed to scare the living daylights out of them. What possesses them to seek out such experiences?

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Thrift store Halloween costume ideas

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sandy again upgraded to a hurricane

Much of the Eastern Seaboard is in the path of a rare behemoth storm barreling north from the Caribbean that could bring nearly a foot of rain, high winds and up to two feet of snow.

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ABC News

Storm’s uncertain track defies the rules

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The Two-Way

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Hurricane Sandy

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CNN

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Sandy: major impacts expected

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The Weather Channel

New Orleans’ charter schools hailed as a model for America

After Katrina, New Orleans rolled out a scheme to allow public money to follow kids into private education, winning favor across the political spectrum.

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Guardian

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ACLU wants seclusion-room tactics halted at Ohio schools

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Columbus Dispatch

Petition filed to force EPA regulation of ocean acid levels

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that calls on the agency to override lax water quality standards in 15 coastal states.

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Scientific American

NATION

AP poll: Majority of people harbor prejudice against blacks

Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the U.S. elected its first black president. The number of Americans with anti-black sentiments jumped to 56 percent, up from 49 percent.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Consumers drive growth as businesses hold back

Economic growth accelerated in the third quarter, with a spurt in consumer spending and a turnaround in government outlays — yet it also saw the first cutbacks in business investment in more than a year.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Planned Parenthood wins halt to Texas clinic funding ban

Planned Parenthood persuaded a state court to block Texas from cutting off public funds to its clinics that don’t provide abortions, a day after a federal appeals court refused to hear a related dispute.

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Bloomberg

Latino House candidates set to make political history

Unlike many of their early predecessors, the next generation of college-educated, middle-class Latino congressional candidates doesn’t come from union or labor backgrounds.

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Kansas City Star

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What sitcoms say about American voters

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House Republicans likely to retain majority

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BUSINESS

Facebook: lock-up expiration looms

Just when it looked like Facebook shares might finally have found their footing, an event is looming that could put the stock back flat on its face.

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USA TODAY

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New York man who sued Facebook now faces criminal charges

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Reuters

The fickle global garment industry and its fleeting hubs

Companies have learned that U.S. outsourcers are fickle companions. Their wandering eyes have drifted away from the Philippines and toward even poorer Asian nations with super-low minimum wages.

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GlobalPost

ENVIRONMENT

Rising ocean temperatures threaten ocean food chain

Phytoplankton — water-dwelling, single-celled micro-organisms, including algae and other species — may have trouble adjusting to rising ocean temperatures.

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Huffington Post

BP spill trial delayed

A federal judge delayed the start of a massive trial to determine liability from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, citing tourist events that will keep New Orleans’ hotels booked.

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Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Millions of Hajj pilgrims celebrate Eid

Saudi Arabia’s usually deserted Mina valley burst into life as more than 3 million Muslim pilgrims stoned pillars representing the devil, marking the start of one of the most sacred Muslim holidays.

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Al Jazeera

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5 things to know about Eid al-Adha

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CNN

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Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha around the world

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GlobalPost

The yogi who doesn’t believe in religion

A yogi who doesn’t believe in some religion is usually hard to come by. But Delhi-based yogi Ashwini proudly states, “I’m an atheist. I don’t believe in religion despite being a yogi.”

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LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

NYC museum celebrates Teddy Roosevelt’s conservation work

The 26th president and his legacy are memorialized in a number of places throughout the American Museum of Natural History, and that memory has received a $40 million restoration upgrade.

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LiveScience

The worst years of our lives

Everyone hates middle school. But this crucial, oft-ignored part of your children’s education is getting a makeover.

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America’s economic recovery: better faster than slower

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Do you know what books Obama and Romney have been reading?

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Now you can cook the food from your favorite TV programs

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The Independent

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The role of sincerity in the US elections

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Spiegel International

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‘Dexter’ and a British psychologist ask: ‘Who wants to be a psychopath?’

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Cross-Check

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The nonsensical beauty of the fiscal cliff

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Apple’s fashionable seduction to get you to buy

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Sununu’s comment insults black Americans

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GOOD NEWS

Veterans with disabilities get assistance from shelter K-9s

K-9s For Warriors trains service dogs for military veterans suffering with disabilities incurred during service. The majority of the service dogs come from rescue shelters.

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Florida Times-Union

Philanthropist attempts to foster love of nature and exercise in 1 program

While many feel powerless against the tide of technology and sedentary lifestyles, a pilot project in South Carolina is among three in the nation that hope to turn it around, or at least try.

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The Post and Courier

Colleges offer classes to veterans to help ease transition

Participants in a veterans’ writing seminar at George Washington University learn how to plumb their experiences in places like Iraq, Bosnia and Vietnam for therapeutic and creative purposes.

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WORLD

China at a crossroads in shift from world’s factory to industrial power

Beijing wants to be more than the world’s factory. But the country’s economic engine is showing signs of stalling and it is uncertain what direction it will take in the future.

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Spiegel International

Syria fighting rages despite truce deal

Syrian opposition activists have reported a return of heavy government bombardment in major cities, further undermining a truce intended to mark the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.

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Al Jazeera

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix down but not out

Increasing competition from lower-priced nonprofits, regulatory battles and bad press have taken their toll on the for-profit college industry, with most publicly-traded chains now struggling.

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Inside Higher Ed

Florida education plan includes debit cards for teachers

Gov. Rick Scott wants all Florida teachers to get state-funded debit cards they can use to purchase school supplies that many currently pay for with their own money.

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Huffington Post

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Early human ancestors may have lingered in trees longer, says study

What made us human? The answer may rest on the shoulders of a 3.3-million-year-old toddler whose apelike shoulder blades hint that human forebears may have taken longer to come down to earth.

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National Geographic

Scientists decode contents of dreams

Japanese researchers managed to decode the dreams of a group of volunteers and pinpointed when they were dreaming about such things as cars and women.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Windows 8 and the Surface tablets: The experts weigh in

Microsoft aims to leapfrog the competition by offering a touch-based, dynamic, futuristic-looking interface. Its market-leading status is at stake.

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BBC

HEALTH

Why cheaper genetic testing could cost too much

Unlocking the secrets of human DNA is a promising avenue of medical research. But genome sequencing raises some tough economic questions at a time when U.S. healthcare costs are already spiraling.

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TIME

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Tough choices in fight against breast cancer

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CNN

Red flags ignored for years at firm in meningitis crisis

A cracked vial here, a missing label there. The complaints coming in to New England Compounding Center, the firm at the heart of the deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak, were piling up.

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Reuters

Feds find bacteria, mold at site linked to fungal meningitis outbreak

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SPORTS

Can the US host a historic South American soccer showpiece?

South American soccer officials hope to take their showpiece tournament to the United States in 2016 for a centenary celebration, but the announcement appears to be somewhat premature.

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CNN

NHL cancels games through November

The NHL announced that 326 regular-season games from Oct. 11 through Nov. 30 have been lost — more than 26.5 percent of the schedule.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Can Hollywood’s top dogs really act?

Animals have been stealing scenes since movies began. But can Hollywood’s top dogs really act or is it all down to clever training?

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BBC

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Mensur Mujdza, left, and Mario Goetze challenge for the ball during a soccer match between SC Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund in Freiburg, southern Germany. (Photo by dapd / Michael Kienzler / AP)

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