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Bilal Khan, 19, sits at a destroyed cinema razed by the Taliban which serves as his family’s home in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO war in Afghanistan has gone into its 10th year, amid a grim picture of life in the country. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

Young breast cancer patients fight a lonely battle

The vast majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer are over 50. But women younger than 40 who develop the disease face additional challenges.

USA TODAY

Men who get breast cancer are often forgotten in the flurry of pink

NY Daily News

US obesity rate declines slightly

The percentage of Americans of “normal weight” has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority in the U.S., according to a new study.

Reuters

Afghan anniversary; attack on US outposts

No deaths were reported among U.S. service members as a suicide bomber and rocket fire struck U.S. outposts near the Pakistani border while the war in Afghanistan hit the 10-year mark.

NPR

Afghanistan: a journalist’s personal reflection

CBS News

Special section:

Afghanistan: 10 years of war

USA TODAY

Afghanistan: 10 years of war in pictures

Examiner

Perry supporter says Romney‘s religion is ‘a cult’

Controversial remarks by the pastor of a Dallas church stole the spotlight during the first day of the Values Voter Summit, an annual gathering of social conservatives.

CNN

Blog:

Evangelical pastor backing Perry: Romney is not a Christian

First Read (MSNBC)

Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill banning shark fins in California

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that bans the sale and possession of shark fins, declaring that California can play a central role in preserving oceans and the environment.

San Jose Mercury News

California groups work on tax proposals for next year’s ballot

Los Angeles Times

NATION

Battered wives, confessed murders, freed from prison

Two women, who in separate cases confessed to killing their husbands and made headlines, were freed just one day apart after they each claimed that years of abuse led them to murder.

ABC News

Domestic abuse cases ignored in Topeka, Kan., because of disagreement

NY Daily News

Mortgage rates at all-time lows, but very few qualify

Mortgage rates hit historic lows, falling below 4 percent for the first time since Freddie Mac started keeping track in 1971.

San Francisco Chronicle

US asks appeals court to halt Alabama immigration law

The federal government asked an appeals court to halt the Alabama immigration law considered by many to be the toughest in the U.S.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Obama faces season of doubt

In the American air, there is a whiff of suggestion that Obama might not be re-elected. A recent poll reveals that most Americans do indeed believe Obama will be a one-term president.

NPR

Solyndra loan supported by Obama fundraiser

A prominent 2008 Barack Obama fundraiser played an active part in solar company Solyndra’s $535 million loan guarantee, according to released internal Obama administration emails.

Politico

Blog:

More Solyndra emails detail role of 2nd Obama fundraiser

(TIME)

Swampland

BUSINESS

Payroll gain in US beats forecasts, easing recession concerns

American employers added more workers in September than forecast and earnings and hours also rose, allaying concern the economy is slipping into another recession.

BusinessWeek

In this economy, productivity without hiring

USA TODAY

Crackdown on pot clinics has threatened the $1B industry

A U.S. Justice Department crackdown aimed at the landlords of California’s medical-marijuana dispensaries threatens an industry that generates as much as $1.3 billion annually.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why Arnold’s self-statue is very serious

Psychology experts concede that commissioning an 8-to-9-foot tall statue of oneself isvery likely a symptom of some level of egotism.

LiveScience

Natural compound helps reverse diabetes in mice

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored normal blood sugar metabolism in diabetic mice using a compound the body makes naturally.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Final Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline hearing gets rowdy

Hundreds of laborers, environmentalists, oil industry representatives and religious leaders squared off at the final public hearing regarding a controversial pipeline that would carry oil from Alberta to Texas.

San Francisco Chronicle

Gardeners giving ‘heirloom life’ to forgotten flora

Jere Gettle and his wife, Emilee’s, company carries a large selection of seeds from the 19th century, and the couple’s new book offers advice on how to save and grow heirloom vegetables.

NPR

Olympic garland competition going green

Botanic gardens around the world are running a competition for 11-19-year-olds to design a 2012 Olympic garland that only contains native species.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

In exhibit at JCC, artist reflects on her bond with Rwandans

When Tanya Fredman left St. Louis for Rwanda, she went with a yearning to help orphaned Rwandan children, with extraordinary artistic talent and with a commitment to modern Orthodox Judaism.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Church of Scientology pays fines for Flag Building in downtown Clearwater

The Church of Scientology paid the city of Clearwater, Fla., $413,500 in fines, capping a five-year code enforcement battle over the church’s downtown Flag Building.

St. Petersburg Times

Chicago: Wheaton’s (unofficial) homecoming for gay evangelicals

Like most Evangelical colleges, Wheaton maintains that homosexuality is not God‘s design for humanity. So the highly visible presence of a gay homecoming on campus puts the college in a difficult position.

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (David Brooks):

Innovation stagnation is slowing US progress

Houston Chronicle

Blog (Julie Rovner):

To keep required insurance affordable, start with price

(NPR)

Shots

Editorial:

Why more women deserve more Nobel Peace Prizes

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Jeffrey Selingo):

The self-absorbed higher-education system

(The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Column (Stephen Foley):

The dictator is no more. Now Apple must adjust to democracy

The Independent

Column (Jim Sollisch):

Introverted talent in America, buried by the ‘influence score’

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Maria Popova):

‘Hark! A Vagrant’: Witty comics on historical and literary figures

The Atlantic

Column (Joshua Foust):

10 years on, are we fighting the right war in Afghanistan?

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

100 dogs rescued from Burien and Issaquah, Wash., homes

In a case they’re calling “animal hoarding,” King County sheriff’s deputies removed 100 dogs from the home of a Burien, Wash., man and from a second property near Issaquah.

Seattle Times

Family donating money from pumpkin sales to education fund

An extended family in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is looking to root out poverty with pumpkins. The family donates all of the expenses of both growing pumpkins and buying extra to the LDS Church.

Daily Herald

3 California parks to stay open thanks to US move

Three of California’s most picturesque state parks were taken off the state’s park closure list after the National Park Service has agreed to take over security and operations.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

Killing of Syrian Kurdish leader sparks anger and mourning