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Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Vice President Joe Biden pass each other after the vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall / AP)

Global cities that have the most to offer

New York tops the list of the world’s best “cities of opportunity,” with London second and Toronto third, according to a report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Partnership for New York City.

The Atlantic

EU wins Nobel Peace Prize

The European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, providing a positive moment for the distressed bloc at a time when its post-national vision is losing traction at home and abroad.

Bloomberg

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EU wins Nobel Prize

Guardian

Biden and Ryan trade blows in aggressive VP debate

Vice President Biden attacked the GOP presidential ticket from the start in the vice presidential debate — and Paul Ryan punched right back.

The Hill

Moderator seemed to be 3rd debater

CNN

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Vice presidential debate transcript

ABC News

Anger over Bali bomb site, 10 years on

On Oct. 12, 2002, bombs ripped through two popular nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people. The survivors and families mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

BBC

When should breast screening occur?

How often should breast screening occur, and when should they start? Because of false positives, needless biopsies, extra financial costs and the psychological distress, the answer now is, “It depends.”

Medical News Today

Cancer-sensing bra detects tumors

TechCrunch

NATION

Oakland sues US to halt closure of marijuana dispensary

The city of Oakland has sued to block U.S. authorities from closing down a medical marijuana dispensary, marking the latest clash with federal authorities over California’s cannabis industry.

Reuters

Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments on marijuana dispensaries

Detroit Free Press

Minnesota hospitals are testing ways to reduce return trips

Until now, hospitals have had little incentive to keep patients away. But last week, the federal Medicare program started imposing financial penalties on hospitals that, in its view, have too many repeat customers.

Star Tribune

POLITICS

Panetta warns of dire threat of cyberattack on US

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned that the United States was increasingly vulnerable to foreign computer hackers who could dismantle the nation’s power grid, financial networks and government.

CNBC

Federal judges uphold South Carolina voter ID law

A federal court upheld South Carolina’s voter ID law, overturning its rejection by the U.S. Justice Department.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

US drilling frenzy slows as natural gas liquid prices fall

Frantic drilling activity across the United States has at last begun to moderate, as the industry responds to the plunge in prices for natural gas and now liquids such as butane and natural gasoline.

Reuters

‘Made in USA’ still sells

In Brazil and India, Russia and China, the value of America as a brand-enhancing, anabolic sales booster has never been stronger.

BusinessWeek

Publishing: a very public library

A New York City tech start-up wants to create a Spotify-like service for reading. A place where you can borrow books. How novel?

The Independent

ENVIRONMENT

Disney breaks ties with paper makers

Environmentalists campaigning to prevent destruction of the Indonesian rainforest scored a major victory after coaxing Disney to sever ties with two of Asia’s most controversial paper manufacturers.

Guardian

UAE poised to become global leader in renewable energy

With global energy demand set to double or triple by 2050, UAE has shown an unyielding commitment to renewable energy, launching a host of initiatives that aim to reduce its carbon footprint.

Khaleej Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PC sales slump

Kids do not want computers, and it is starting to look like they are also not needed. That is one of several findings from worse-than-expected figures showing the global PC market is in decline.

Wired

YouTube exposure means network knows cats of all kinds

The Humane Society of the U.S. estimates that Americans own more than 86 million cats, but the latest strong evidence of our cat fixation comes from an artificial-intelligence project at Google’s X Labs.

Scientific American

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Couples request ‘funny dates’ for union

The low numbered years we’re living in abound with dates with a nice ring for putting a ring on it.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Feminine charm: no financial harm

A judicious laugh, a coy smile, a flick of the hair: cute, perhaps, but business-savvy too. New research reveals that flirting can help women get ahead in negotiation.

Sydney Morning Herald

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Alexis C. Madrigal):

Dark social: We have the whole history of the Web wrong

The Atlantic

Column (Liel Leibovitz):

PETA vs. Pokémon: Does the video game make kids cruel?

The New Republic

Editorial:

Biden, Ryan put on a partisan show

USA TODAY

Column (Noliwe Rooks):

Why it’s time to get rid of standardized tests

TIME

Column (Jill Filipovic):

Why Mitt Romney is the wrong choice on abortion rights

Guardian

Column (Arthur Herman):

Hillary’s sinking ship

FOX News

Blog (- Lexington):

An impressive draw

(Economist)

Lexington's notebook

Column (Edward Wasserman):

As political ad cash rolls in, are TV ‘watchdogs’ quiet?

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Rohini Nilekani pours her wealth into low-cost books

When Rohini Nilekani found herself suddenly wealthy, the Indian philanthropist founded Pratham Books, a publisher that uses innovative ways to give low-cost books to millions of kids.

Christian Science Monitor

Forest people return to their land ... as tour guides

When the Batwa forest people of Uganda lost their forest, they lost their identity. But they are heading back into their former kingdom, leading tourists through the jungle on the Batwa Trail.

NPR

World Sight Day: celebrating 25 years fighting river blindness

Twenty-five years after the founding of the MECTIZAN Donation Program, the company celebrates progress in the fight against river blindness, a leading cause of preventable blindness.

The Street

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World Sight Day: leveling with you about avoidable blindness

The Independent

WORLD

Arrests made in shooting of 14-year-old

Several suspects were arrested in the Taliban shooting of a defenseless 14-year-old Pakistani girl over her advocacy of education for women, authorities said.

NY Daily News

Hezbollah admits launching drone over Israel

The leader of Lebanese Shia militant movement Hezbollah has said that his group was behind the launch of a drone shot down over Israel.

BBC

Strangers in a strange land

Even with a ban on foreigners traveling to was in the spring — extending into autumn, a rare foreign visitor finds a Chinese tourism boom there.

Economist

EDUCATION

Emory University apologizes for anti-semitism at dental school

Emory University issued a formal apology to Jewish dental students who attended the school between 1948 and 1961 and faced anti-Semitism.

JewishPress.com

Chicago schools CEO to be replaced after 17 months on the job

Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s efforts to improve Chicago’s schools face yet more upheaval after his hand-picked CEO, Jean-Claude Brizard, resigned just three weeks after the end of the city’s teachers strike.

Houston Chronicle

HEALTH

Meningitis risk spreads to 14,000 people given pain shot

About 14,000 people who received pain-relieving steroid shots may be at risk for meningitis because of a fungal contamination that’s already led to the deaths of 14 people, U.S. regulators said.

Bloomberg

1st lawsuit filed in meningitis outbreak

CBS News

Massachusetts governor says drug firm may have misled regulators

San Francisco Chronicle

Investigation continues into meningitis outbreak

Reuters

With lung cancer, quitters do better than smokers do

Younger people with advanced lung cancer who quit smoking more than a year before their diagnosis survive longer than those who continued smoking, according to a U.S. study.

Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

1st evidence found on Iran’s parallel ‘halal’ Internet

For years, Iranian officials have talked about creating a “halal” Internet — a religiously acceptable internal network isolated from the World Wide Web.

New Scientist

Vatican II: a mixed legacy

At Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul, 50 years ago, a pontiff stunned the world by calling the first Catholic Church Council in nearly a century — the Second Vatican Council, or what is known as Vatican II.

NPR

SPORTS

College football coach Gagliardi faces 1st losing season in 4 decades

As John Gagliardi faces the possibility of his first losing season in 45 years, rumors of retirement begin to swirl.

Star Tribune

Hardy, Orioles beat Yankees in 13th inning, force game 5

Bouncing back from a demoralizing defeat, the Orioles beat the New York Yankees 2-1 in 13 innings in Game 4 of the division series. Now they get a chance to prove they’re unflappable.

ABC News

Knicks start off gimpy as veterans are held out of preseason opener

It only may have been a preseason game, but for the Knicks, it marked an important step forward. Starting out what the organization believes can be a season of contending for a title.

North Jersey

Game highlights

nba.com

Photo of the Day

A tourist uses a hand fan inside the tomb that belongs to Queen Meresankh III at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Nariman El-Mofty / AP)

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