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An inscription is seen on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington. The upcoming dedication will feature President Obama and Aretha Franklin. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

A dream long in the making

After 48 years, the “I Have a Dream” speech is memorialized, honoring Rev. King as a man of peace. The road to the upcoming dedication, however, had hurdles — not unlike the struggle over his legacy.

Washington Post

Review:

A student’s guide to MLK papers: Words that changed a nation

CNN

Special section:

Remembering MLK

CBS News

Natural gas drilling boom brings new life to steel industry

A drilling boom in Pennsylvania helps the economies of Rust Belt cities long accustomed to bad news. Drilling requires steel — lots of it — meaning manufacturers expand and hire workers.

NPR

Penn. capital’s residents weigh bankruptcy

Bloomberg

Obama, S. Korea’s Lee begin White House visit

President Barack Obama is hosting South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to the White House for a state visit after congressional approval of a trade deal both championed for economic growth.

BusinessWeek

South Korean opposition resists US trade pact

Al Jazeera

Hindu temples crumble and dozens injured as earthquake shakes Bali

At least 50 people were injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Bali, causing panic in tourist areas as people fled buildings that cracked in the strong shake.

Herald Sun

Fed up with Washington, wealthy boycott campaign fundraising

They may not be the jobless protesting against Wall St., but the rich are angry, too. Furious over government gridlock, they have their own form of protest: refusing to make political contributions.

Reuters

Barack Obama raised $70M over the summer

The Atlantic

Bhutan royal wedding: A commoner becomes queen

In a remote isolated country that considers itself to be the happiest place on earth, a dashing king transformed a beautiful commoner into a queen.

ABC News

Bhutan royal wedding — in pictures

Guardian

NATION

Amtrak trains collide: at least 18 injured

At least 18 people were injured in a low-speed collision between two Amtrak trains near the Oakland station in Calif.

San Jose Mercury News

Topeka repeals domestic violence law

Despite widespread criticism by women’s advocacy groups, Topeka, Kan., repealed its domestic violence law as part of a government budget fight that pits the city against the county.

ABC News

8 killed in California salon shooting: domestic violence suspected

San Francisco Chronicle

Listeria deaths rise to 23 nationwide

Contaminated cantaloupe grown in Colorado have killed 23 people, making this fall’s food-poisoning outbreak the second-deadliest on record.

Denver Post

POLITICS

Tea partiers defend turf from occupiers

Tea Party groups launch attack against Occupy Wall St. protests, challenging the line that the anti-corporate uprising is "the Tea Party of the left.”

Politico

Arrests at ‘Occupy Wall Street’

YouTube

Despite divide, Evangelicals could support a Mormon president

Nearly 60 percent of evangelicals say they could vote for a Mormon for president. Between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, many leaders believe that evangelicals would pull the lever for Romney.

NPR

BUSINESS

European Commission outlines plan to resolve eurozone debt crisis

The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has set out a plan designed to bring an end to the eurozone debt crisis.

BBC

Federal Reserve signals its next move on the economy

Federal Reserve officials moved closer to setting targets for economic performance, such as inflation, to decide how long to keep interest rates at a record low, which may come as soon as next month.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Alternative responses to bullying

Under a new antibullying program, Needham, Mass. Youth Services director Jon Mattleman uses YouTube videos and other unconventional strategies to not simply punish, but also to transform.

Boston Globe

Dealing with gay students, bullying in very different ways

CNN

Florida GOP vs. social science

Governor Rick Scott gave an interview saying he wants to shift money away from some degree programs, such as anthropology, at state universities to science and technology fields.

Inside Higher Ed

HEALTH

Vitamin E tied to higher risk of prostate cancer, study finds

Men taking daily vitamin E were more likely to get prostate cancer than those not taking the dietary supplement in a new study of close to 35,000 North Americans.

HealthNews

Spawn of medieval ‘Black Death’ bug still roams the Earth

The Black Death in medieval Europe was more than the deadliest plague outbreak on record: The epidemic appears to be responsible for the cases of plague that still infect humans today.

National Geographic

Secrets of the Black Death

YouTube

Preemies with faster brain growth may end up smarter

Growth in a particular part of a premature baby’s brain in the first weeks and months following birth may predict how well a child thinks, plans and pays attention later in childhood, new research suggests.

HealthDay

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Religion hits the comedy circuits

Can God take a joke? “Absolutely!,” say Christians, Jews, Mormons and Muslims. There’s a fresh wave of humor among clergy, comics and believers, who have put out books and taken to comedy stages.

USA TODAY

Muslim comic book series aims to break through in US

In the aftermath of 9/11, a Muslim man creates a comic book series, “The 99,” inspired by the principles of his faith. It builds a global audience and investors contribute for it to continue and expand.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Christina Sommers):

Fight proposed ban on single-sex schools

USA TODAY

Column (Glenn Garvin):

Faking it, Hollywood style

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Torie Bosch):

For the love of science fiction: a guilty pleasure

Slate

Column (Madison Schramm):

Hey America, Iran still isn’t threat No. 1

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Marie-Claire Shanahan):

How to have a great science conversation with a kid

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Perry’s rocky campaign trail

Cleveland.com

Editorial:

Drones overhead: A new arms race could threaten the US

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (David Shaywitz):

Are doctors obsolete?

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Anticipating new SEC Rules, tech companies shift to conflict-free metals

The Dodd-Frank Act requires the Securities Exchange Commission to have companies report when minerals used are from the Congo. The act is now having industry-wide impact in the tech sector.

Forbes

Small fish with big impact rebounds, easing fears of extinction

The population of a little fish with an outsize influence on California’s water supplies rebounded to its highest level, easing fears it was near extinction.

Contra Costa Times

Tablets turned into Braille keyboard

U.S. researchers devised a way to use the touchscreen of a tablet, such as an iPad, as a Braille keyboard, changing previous thinking about how to make technology accessible to blind people.

BBC

WORLD

Local floods disrupt auto companies’ production in Thailand

Severe flooding has forced a halt to Honda’s and Toyota’s assembly lines in Thailand that account for 7 percent of their combined global production. Ford and General Motors are faring better.

Forbes

Missile kills Haqqani member in Pakistan

An American missile strike killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network in northwestern Pakistan, increasing pressure on one of the deadliest factions fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

TIME

Former Bush-era diplomat: Iranian plot makes ‘no sense’

CNN

Digital revolution in sub-Saharan Africa

Much is written about technology’s role in change across the Middle East and North Africa. But in a technological revolution in sub-Saharan Africa, more people will have mobile phones than electricity by 2015.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

BlackBerry chief apologies for outage

After saying very little since Blackberry services went down, Lazaridis apologised profusely for his company’s failings.

Telegraph.co.uk

The obscure government agency trying to predict the future

From the websites you visit to the tweets you send, you and every other internet user leave behind a wake of data that’s captivated a relatively new government intelligence agency.

The Atlantic

Precious titanium abundant on moon

Lava flows that turned into rocks on the moon are enriched with more titanium than what is found on Earth. The material could be used for spacecraft equipment.

Discovery News

ENVIRONMENT

Alabama: No ID, no water

A controversial Alabama immigration law is setting a dangerous precedent and could compromise what is widely considered a basic human right: access to clean water.

Earth Times

‘Snowball Earth’ theory debated

The hypothesis that Earth was completely covered in ice — “Snowball Earth” — 635 million years ago may not be so.

Environmental News Network

Cargo ship leaking oil off New Zealand breaking apart

A cargo ship that has spilled hundreds of tons of oil since striking a reef off New Zealand’s coast appeared to be breaking up in heavy seas, as its captain faced criminal charges in court.

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Michael Moore giddy over Occupy Wall Street: “Finally!”

At the culmination of his last documentary, he said he wouldn’t make another until someone else — a group, movement, individual, anyone — stepped up with their own dissonant voice.

Reuters

Asterix to invade Europe with new tour

Europe is bracing itself for an invasion of indomitable Gauls after it was announced that the world of Asterix and friends would be brought to life as part of a new European tour.

Guardian

SPORTS

NFL experiencing year of urban renewal

Cities that had no hope whatsoever of winning football inside their borders suddenly are giddy with success: Detroit, Buffalo, Washington, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Houston and Oakland.

NBCSports

Bullpen proves Cardinals’ unlikely savior in Game 3

The misery of the St. Louis Cardinals‘ bullpen, which was going to be the epitaph when the team was on life-support, suddenly are the reason for the Cardinals’ miraculous recovery.

USA TODAY

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