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World Series MVP David Freese celebrates in St. Louis after the Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers, 6-2, in Game 7 of the championship. (Photo by Eric Gay / AP)

‘Wild’ Cards win their 11th World Series

The Cardinals’ flight to their 11th title culminated with a 6-2 victory over the favored Texas Rangers in game seven and launched a real Octoberfest, St. Louis-style, at Busch Stadium.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

David Freese named World Series MVP

USA TODAY

Best of 2011 World Series

ESPN

Unions support Occupy movement

Labor unions have become a growing force in the Occupy movement. That shouldn’t be surprising since the movement is succeeding at advancing a message unions have been long trying to convey.

NPR

Suicide bomber strikes convoy in Afghanistan

NATO and U.S. officials say 13 U.S. service members, one Canadian, and four Afghans were killed in Kabul when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle in military convoy, though counts have not been confirmed.

CNN

Suicide bombing in Afghanistan

CBS News

Bangkok may dodge flood disaster

Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the prime minister said, but high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city’s flood defenses.

Reuters

Thailand asks US helicopters to survey floods

Telegraph.co.uk

Bangkok flood defences hold

Al Jazeera

Perry, Romney contrast style, substance

Campaigning just five miles apart, Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry showed first-in-the-nation primary state voters just how starkly different they are.

ABC News

Blog:

Romney fields friendly questions in NH

(New York Times)

The Caucus

NATION

Obama cites income gap to push stalled jobs bill

President Barack Obama is using a new report on the income gap between the richest Americans and everyone else to continue pushing for passage of his stalled $447 billion jobs bill.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Shuttle building open to public

NASA will offer tours of its gigantic Vehicle Assembly Building to visitors at Kennedy Space Center. It will be the first time that the general public will be granted access inside the building.

Discovery News

Has America become an oligarchy?

Viewing Occupy Wall Street as an example, experts now say the U.S. has entered a second Gilded Age, but one in which hedge fund managers have replaced oil barons and are killing the American dream.

Spiegel International

POLITICS

White House orders review of energy loan program for Solyndra

The White House has ordered an independent review of the Energy Department program that gave Solyndra LLC a $535 million loan guarantee.

Wall Street Journal

Tea party group to Bachmann: Give up

The leader of a key tea Party-affiliated group wants Michele Bachmann to call it quits and end her bid for the White House.

Slate

Blog:

Bachmann blames Perry for tea party trashing

(Politico)

Burns and Haberman

Should Bachmann drop out of the 2012 race?

U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

Qantas grounds fleet

Qantas grounded its entire domestic and international fleets indefinitely — stranding tens of thousands of passengers — as it declared it would lock out all workers engaged in industrial action.

Sydney Morning Herald

Big banks say no to debit fees; Bank of America backing down?

Bank of America is reportedly backing down from its $5 debit card fee, giving customers more ways to avoid the fee.

ABC News

Wells Fargo cancels $3 debit-card fee program as customers react

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

‘No evidence’ of effectiveness of cyber schools, study shows

A new study finds that the expansion of full-time cyber schools is not backed by any evidence of their effectiveness.

EducationNews.org

Limiting (some) loans

Under a financial aid “experiment” announced, some community colleges and for-profit institutions will be able to fulfill a long-held desire: limiting the amount their students can borrow in federal loans.

Inside Higher Ed

How to calculate the real cost of college

TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Spirituality helps chronically ill men and women differently

Spirituality improves health outcomes for both men and women who are facing chronic illnesses, but in different ways, a new study shows.

LiveScience

Integration of prayer into workday a struggle for US Muslims

Many Muslims successfully integrate prayer into their workday, often with help from their employers. Still, employers and Muslim workers sometimes clash over prayers.

Religion News Service

Penn Jillette’s atheist 10 Commandments

After being challenged by conservative radio host Glenn Beck to come up with an atheist’s version of The Ten Commandments, magician Penn Jillette delivered in his new book, “God, No!”

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Beavis and Butt-Head’: the 2nd coming

More than almost any other TV show, the original “Beavis and Butt-Head” was a celebration of the immersive, narcotizing effect of television, of the thrills of passive consumption.

Telegram & Gazette

‘In Living Color’ returning to Fox

“In Living Color,” the groundbreaking comedy sketch show that ran from 1990 to 1994, is returning in the form of two half-hour specials to Fox, the network said.

Reuters

YouTube set to announce TV initiative with 100 niche channels

In an effort to compete with satellite and cable TV providers, YouTube is set to announce its partnership with several entities to roll out television-style channels with professionally produced shows.

Hollywood Reporter

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Cal Thomas):

Bobby Jindal: the next US vice president?

Baltimore Sun

Editorial:

Lack of fresh water leads to oyster ban

Houston Chronicle

Blog (Eliza Barclay):

When forgettable salads cause a deadly outbreak

(NPR)

The Salt

Column (Larbi Sadiki):

Tunisia’s elections: Sidi Bouzid speaks out

Al Jazeera

Column (Arshin Adib-Moghaddam):

Do Tunisian elections mark shift to ‘post-modernized Islam’?

CNN

Column (Bill Boyarsky):

The great depression right outside our doors

Truthdig

Column (James Temple):

A look at the dark side of ‘Facebook revolution’

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Robert Lloyd):

Ghosts haunt every corner of television

Los Angeles Times

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GOOD NEWS

8-year-old autistic boy found alive after 5 days in woods

An 8-year-old autistic boy who went missing from a central Virginia park has been discovered alive at a nearby quarry, authorities said.

CNN

Shelter pets get glam makeovers

Photographers are setting up photo shoots with ownerless pets to capture their personalities and help people looking to adopt an animal to connect with their pictures.

MSNBC

New hope for melanoma patients

At least half and up to as many as 77 percent of 71 melanoma patients participating in a combination drug therapy clinical trial experienced reductions in tumor size.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

China defines terrorism to win support for global cooperation on terrorism