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Demonstrators gather in front of a police barricade in New York to call for the occupation of Wall Street, as part of a movement to persuade President Barack Obama to establish a commission to end “the influence money has over representatives in Washington.” (Photo by Frank Franklin II / AP)

Zoo to study animal and human health

Some of the world’s most frightening diseases are spread to humans by animals, so a new initiative at the St. Louis Zoo will investigate the connections between animal and human health.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Intel officials’ emails posted after hack of cybersecurity group

The names and email addresses of hundreds of U.S. intelligence officials have been posted on an anti-secrecy website after computer hackers allegedly swiped them from a national security organization.

Msnbc.com

Protesters invade NYC financial district

More than 1,000 demonstrators descended on New York City’s Financial District for what could be a days-long protest of what they said was corporate greed favoring the rich at the expense of ordinary people.

Msnbc.com

President Obama set to call for a higher tax rate for millionaires

Politico

Blog:

Obama to propose ‘Buffett Rule’ tax rate

(ABC News)

Political Punch

Palestinian statehood bid pits Obama against allies

Although President Barack Obama recently pushed for a sovereign state of Palestine, negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis are nowhere on the horizon.

NPR

Special section:

The fight for statehood

Al Jazeera

Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in US, data show

Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Times analysis of government data has found.

Orlando Sentinel

NATION

Historic plane crashes at West Virginia air show, resulting in fireball

A day after a P-51 crashed at a show in Nevada, killing nine people, another World War II-era plane crashed in a fireball at a West Virginia air show.

Reuters

Reno air race has raised alarm in past

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Nevada: Investigators look into air show crash

New York Times

Nevada: Was stunt plane damaged?

CNN

Obama says ‘Pass this jobs bill.’ But what’s actually in the bill?

There’s a lot in President Obama’s 200-page bill for Congress and the public to chew over. Here’s a look at the main points in Obama’s American Jobs Act.

Christian Science Monitor

States struggle for financing for roads

The Hoover Dam, one of the world’s great engineering feats, is marred by roads with traffic which are so jammed along the Nevada-Arizona border that it tells a different story.

Yahoo! News

POLITICS

Mitch Daniels: Americans ought to be scared for country’s future

As the 2012 Republican Presidential candidates scuffle for attention, there‘s one would-be contender who made headlines, by choosing not to run: Indiana’s popular governor, Mitch Daniels.

CBS News

Kara Kennedy, senator’s daughter, dies of heart attack

Kara Kennedy, the oldest child of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died at a Washington-area health club, her brother said. She was 51.

Politico

BUSINESS

How Steve Jobs & Co. won over the world

Apple knew what consumers didn’t want and understood among other things, the power of being itself. The company has a lot it can teach corporate America.

Christian Science Monitor

Blame for 2010 Gulf blast, spill will be decided by trial judge

Which companies share the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and will have to pay for it will be decided in a non-jury trial, a federal judge in New Orleans said.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Nashville revamps music classes for public schools

Nashville city and business leaders want to keep the music playing in public schools in Music City U.S.A. through a new curriculum that will incorporate new musical programs into the classroom.

Houston Chronicle

Tacoma teachers’ strike: day 4 and it’s back to court

Public opinion has been running in favor of the striking teachers in Tacoma, Wash., except on the issue of teacher reassignments based on seniority. The parties are due back in court.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

ACC adding Big East’s Syracuse, Pittsburgh universities

Pittsburgh and Syracuse, once flagship programs of the Big East conference, have been accepted as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the ACC has announced.

ESPN

Clemson rallies to end Auburn’s 17-game win streak

No. 21 Auburn’s luck ended along with its 17-game winning streak as Clemson piled up 624 yards in beating the defending national champions 38-24.

CBSSports

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Uncanny valley: Will we ever learn to live with artificial humans?

Pop blogs and a magazine cover story introduced Aimi Eguchi as a new member of the Japanese band AKB48. But there was something strange about this new girl: She was computer generated.

ABC News

Mother tongue comes from your prehistoric father

Language change among our prehistoric ancestors came about via the arrival of immigrant men — rather than women — who moved into new settlements, according to new research.

ScienceDaily

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Belief in ‘Da Vinci Code’ may ease fear of approaching death

A love of Dan Brown and his hit book “The Da Vinci Code” may be a coping mechanism in the face of death — at least if you believe what you read.

LiveScience

Echoes of Jewish back-to-land movement under Utah’s big sky

On September the first settlers arrived at Gunnison train station from Philadelphia. Brown greeted them in Yiddish, and they made their way to the Clarion site, singing Ukrainian folk songs as they went.

Forward

Orleans United Methodist Church marks 175th year

To celebrate the 175th anniversary of its first sanctuary, the Orleans United Methodist Church is reaching out to the larger Cape community.

Cape Cod Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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A gallery of prevailing issues in the nation

Houston Chronicle

Column (Stuart Shapiro):

Financial games will harm elderly

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog (F. Diane Barth, LCSW):

When a crisis is not an emergency

(Psychology Today)

Off the Couch

Editorial:

Retirement isn’t what it used to be

Baltimore Sun

Column (Frida Ghitis):

Egypt-Israel relationship faces danger

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

No conflict in Fallin‘s husband’s work

Houston Chronicle

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Main statehood obstacle

Gulf News

Column (Andres Monroy-Hernandez):

Mexico murders show how Internet empowers, threatens

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Research suggests brain training for babies works

Scientists say they have found the first evidence that infants as young as 11 months can be taught to focus attention, in turn making it easier for them to learn new skills.

Telegraph.co.uk

Cash-strapped California schools seek savings through solar

Some California schools have spent millions on solar panels to trim their electricity bills. Those panels should create enough electricity to offset 67 to 75 percent of each school’s electrical use.

CNN

More than 8,000 attend Denver‘s Walk to End Alzheimer’s

A record crowd of more than 8,000 people attended the 5K “Walk to End Alzheimer’s,” in Denver, Colo., bringing the total amount of funds raised to more than $600,000.

Denver Post

WORLD

I made a ‘moral error,’ Strauss-Kahn says