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Lynn University students serve as stand-ins on the stage during final preparations for the last presidential debate between President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall / AP)

Why would you leave the West for India?

With India‘s economy growing faster than America or Britain’s, the BBC’s Rajini Vaidyanathan has been speaking to some of the new wave of “reverse migrants” who are seeking opportunities.

BBC

Orionid meteor shower amazes spectators

The Orionid meteor shower put on a cosmic light show for the Northern Hemisphere over the weekend. The Orionids peaked early Sunday morning as more than 25 meteors an hour streaked the night sky.

CNN

Special section:

Meteor shower quiz: How well do you know ‘shooting stars’?

SPACE.com

Final debate sets stage for last campaign push

President Obama and Mitt Romney face each other on-stage for the last time, when they meet at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., for their third televised debate.

The Hill

5 things to watch for in foreign policy debate

TIME

Special section:

Campaign 2012

CBS News

Lebanon protesters try to storm government palace

The assassination of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in a massive car bomb threatens to shatter the fragile political balance in Lebanon.

Houston Chronicle

Lebanon prepares to bury its murdered intelligence chief

YouTube

Special section:

Syria’s civil war developments

CNN

Is Ohio’s energy boom going to bust?

Dozens of wells drilled this year across rural Ohio are quietly pumping out the answer to the U.S. energy industry’s most loaded question: Is the Utica shale formation a boom or a bust?

Reuters

NATION

Manhunt underway after a shooting spree in Wisconsin

A manhunt was underway in Brookfield, Wis., for a gunman who shot at least seven people at a suburban Milwaukee spa, authorities said.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Three killed in shooting at Milwaukee-area salon; possible bomb delays investigation

(NBCNews.com)

U.S. News

George McGovern, proud liberal, dead at 90 years old

Former Sen. George McGovern, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate who won his party’s nomination in 1972 on an anti-war platform but lost to President Richard Nixon, has died.

CBS News

George McGovern ‘never betrayed his soul’

Politico

George McGovern, the quiet warrior

TIME

BUSINESS

Ancestry.com to be sold for $1.6 billion

Ancestry.com, the online genealogy site, agreed to be purchased by Permira, a European private equity firm, for $1.6 billion.

CNNMoney

Small business playing crucial role in aerospace, defense industries

While the big businesses in aerospace and defense like Honeywell and Boeing get a lot of the headlines, small companies form the East Valley’s backbone and growing business in the sector.

East Valley Tribune

Rosneft buys BP’s TNK-BP stake for $26B in cash, shares

BP will sell its 50 percent stake in Russia’s third-largest oil producer for $17.1 billion in cash and 12.8 percent of Rosneft’s shares. BP will reinvest $4.8 billion in the government’s shares of Rosneft.

BusinessWeek

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope names 7 new saints

Pope Benedict XVI added seven more saints to the roster of Catholic role models, saying their example would strengthen the church as it tries to rekindle the faith in places where it’s lagging.

San Francisco Chronicle

Aboriginal saint

CBC News

Fire on the prairie burns over gay rights, religious freedoms

Culture wars are raging in the nation’s heart, including bright red Kansas. It’s one of three states where sodomy laws are still on the books.

Kansas City Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Just hook the Internet into our veins

The Internet forms a crucial part of our everyday lives, but are we growing a little too attached to the warmth and comfort of cyberspace?

The Age

Self-harm websites top list of teenagers’ greatest worries about the Internet

The Independent

US astronaut sees scientific breakthrough in space mission

A U.S. astronaut departing for the International Space Station said that the bulk of the scientific benefits from the orbiting laboratory will be seen over the coming decade.

Houston Chronicle

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Backlash for Disney’s first Latina princess

Disney‘s first Latina princess has received backlash as well as support from media outlets, especially the Latino community. Is Disney’s new princess a milestone for Latinos or a culturally irrelevant character?

CNN

Halloween scares offer catharsis

When we perceive a threat, the brain assesses it and the body gets prepared for action.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Mr. Lincoln goes to Hollywood

In Lincoln, the Steven Spielberg movie opening this month, President Abraham Lincoln has a talk with U.S. Representative Thaddeus Stevens that should be studied in civics classes today.

Smithsonian Magazine

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Voters, Congress needs your attention

USA TODAY

Column (Dave Helling):

Should Medicare be ran like the airline industry?

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Rachel Hills):

Skinny privilege

The Age

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Taliban Binders

Rob Rogers’ Cartoons (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Column (Richard Benedetto):

George McGovern was a politician Americans could be proud of

FOX News

Column (Issac J. Bailey):

Voting is constitutionally protected and doesn’t require a photo ID

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Joan Walsh):

George McGovern: He deserved better

Salon

Column (Cat del Valle Castellanos):

Young, female and undecided

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Coat drive offers warmth to a group of needy Iowa kids

One of the teachers at Hoover High School announced that the school would be distributing a donation of winter coats to help needy kids in the upcoming season who’re unable to afford one.

Des Moines Register

Erasing harassment makes fiscal sense

Ridding the workplace of harassment is not only a good idea for office morale, but also a good idea financially.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A CEO tackles a ‘terrible wrong’

Nancy Feldman, who lost her husband Bob possibly to after-effects of Agent Orange exposure, now seeks to help others in Vietnam.

Star Tribune

POLITICS

Foreign policy crammed for last debate