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Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry work to extinguish a brush fire in a open file near homes in Banning, Calif., 90 miles east of Los Angeles. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian / AP)

Firefighters gain on SoCal wildfire as winds calm down

Calm winds brought relief to beleaguered firefighters and homeowners, but flames from one of two Los Angeles-area wildfires still edged dangerously close to neighborhoods in the suburbs.

Fresno Bee

California wildfire: causes and myths

Associated Content

McCain's brother blasts campaign

Frustrations inside Republican presidential candidate John McCain's camp boiled over as the candidate's brother unleashed an e-mail blasting the campaign's strategy.

Baltimore Sun

McCain launches economic plan

ABC News

Intelligence: Pakistan is 'on the edge'

An insurgency, the army's reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America's key ally into turmoil.

McClatchy Newspapers

Stock-index futures drop on retail, manufacturing slump

U.S. stock-index futures declined as retail sales decreased by the most in three years and a gauge of New York manufacturing slid to a record low.

Bloomberg

How new financial plan will affect consumers

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. buys stake In banks

CBS News

White House memos endorsed the use of CIA waterboarding

The Bush administration explicitly endorsed the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods against al-Qaida suspects in a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004.

Reuters

Obama's first 100 days start early

Buoyed by a slew of recent polls showing that the economy has boosted Obama, Democratic leaders in Congress are aggressively posturing to steamroll Republicans over the economy.

The Hill

Obama economic plan: jobs, jobs, jobs

ABC News

Gas prices fall in largest price drop ever

The average retail price for gasoline fell 33 cents over the last week to $3.15 a gallon, the biggest price decline ever recorded by the government.

USA Today

NATION

Children of immigrants rapidly reshaping the nation

The United States is rapidly transforming into a polyglot, multicultural society - not by immigrants, but by their children.

MSNBC

Special section:

Interactive map: snapshot of the melting pot

MSNBC

Whistleblower: Oil watchdog agency was a 'cult of corruption'

Bobby Maxwell was a government auditor for more than 20 years. But he said the federal agency he worked for is now a "cult of corruption" - a claim backed up by a recent government report.

CNN

There is a silver lining

The economic crisis forced the United States to confront bad habits developed over decades. If we can kick those habits, today's pain will translate into gains.

Newsweek

POLITICS

Diverging campaigns meet in last debate

Falling behind in the polls, Republican candidate John McCain hopes to shake up the race in his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama.

CBS News

Special section:

Past presidential debates in history

BBC

Economy key in White House race

BBC

ACORN at heart of political fight over allegations of voter fraud

Charges of voter registration fraud have been growing in recent weeks, most notably with Republican attacks against ACORN, an anti-poverty group.

NPR

Sen. Hillary Clinton: near zero chance of running for president again

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton puts the chances of her running for president again at near zero - slightly higher than chances for becoming Senate majority leader or a Supreme Court justice.

USA Today

Clinton's tale on the election

ABC News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Tina Turner returns with hits-heavy set of covers and classics

Tina Turner’s first road trip in eight years was marked by a petty but still amusing royal soul smackdown as Ike’s ex and Aretha Franklin squabbled over that “Queen” title from Beyoncé.

Rolling Stone

Enter the intellectual property czar

Entertainment giants argue that movies, music and other intellectual property their industry produces are crucial to the economic health of the United States.

NPR

When caricature becomes the message

A bumbling president, a greedy politician — such are the caricatures of political life. Whether accurate or not, they can be more powerful than any argument.

International Herald Tribune

Presidential debates and SNL sketches

Hulu

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Helmet conveys messages by thought

Synthetic telepathy technology is based on reading brain electrical activity using an electroencephalograph, or EEG. Similar technology is a way to control video games by thought.

Discovery

Under the hood: Apple's new MacBooks

Forget predictions about tablets, touch screens and cheaper products from an $800 MacBook to an Apple Netbook. The end result was instead a solid list of upgrades and improvements.

CNET News

EDUCATION

Economic turmoil shrinks college savings

The souring economy and the crisis on Wall Street are shrinking families' college savings, and some parents wonder whether they will be able to afford tuition at the schools their youngsters are looking at.

Hartford Courant

Schools' wind turbines power learning

Towering more than 12 stories above a school playground, a pair of wind turbines transform the gusts blowing over this Iowa town into power that provides about half of the school district's electrical needs.

USA Today

HEALTH

Surfing the Web stimulates older brains

A study showed middle-aged to older adults who are Internet savvy had more stimulation of decision-making and complex reasoning areas of the brain than peers who were new to web surfing.

WebMD

Alzheimer’s offspring confront own risk

For adult children of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, the diagnosis can be devastating — and not just because of what it means for their parents.

MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

Millions mark UN hand-washing day

Millions of children around the world are marking the United Nations' first Global Handwashing Day.

BBC

Drive-in theaters popular after 75 years

The drive-in movie theater, that uniquely American institution, turned 75 this summer. After decades of closures, about 100 have opened in the last decade.

CNN

WORLD

Leftist heads Peru's new cabinet

Peruvian President Alan Garcia has sworn in a new, leftist-led government days after the previous cabinet resigned over corruption allegations.

BBC

Cambodian ultimatum for Thai troops to withdraw from disputed border region