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Two Red Cross workers walk away from a barn that was lifted off its foundation by a tornado in Mount Pleasant, Wis. Wisconsin is one of 11 states in the Midwest under a high wind warning. (Photo by Carrie Antlfinger / AP)

Chicago’s 1st official turnaround school

William T. Sherman Elementary School offers a case study in the importance of having a deep bench of talent ready to tackle the complex challenges of reversing its academic fortunes.

Education Week

Ford races toward best year since ’98

The Dearborn automaker, which launched its turnaround plan in 2006, posted a $1.7 billion third-quarter profit and said it is hiring workers and aggressively paying down its debt.

Detroit Free Press

Ford income rises on US market share gains

YouTube

Massive storm system marches eastward

The eastern United States can expect a second blustery day as severe storms stretch from the Deep South to Delaware, the National Weather Service said.

CNN

Special section:

Birth of a tornado

MSNBC

Midwest storms

Christian Science Monitor

US military campaign to topple resilient Taliban hasn’t succeeded

An intense military campaign aimed at crippling the Taliban has so far failed to inflict more than fleeting setbacks on the insurgency or put pressure on its leaders to seek peace, according to officials.

Washington Post

Gorbachev: Victory in Afghanistan impossible

BBC

With $7.5M exhibit, Katrina tragedy finds place in history

Memories of the disastrous effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 line the dim-lighted halls of “Living With Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” an exhibit at the Louisiana State Museum.

USA TODAY

NATION

State can’t add additional voting hurdle

A state can’t require people to submit proof of citizenship when they register to vote, a federal appeals court ruled, overturning a key provision of a 2004 Arizona initiative.

San Francisco Chronicle

Pentagon: WikiLeaks has more documents

The Pentagon says WikiLeaks may have more classified U.S. material than previously thought. The website of the international anti-secrecy group has already posted half a million secret war files.

San Francisco Chronicle

In information age, leaks are here to stay

NPR

POLITICS

With Senate control in play, labor unions look past card-check bill

Unions, which had long warned they wouldn’t help Democrats who did not support favored bills, are putting ideology aside to keep more Republicans from being elected to the Senate.

The Hill

Tea party-backed Senate candidates

McClatchy Newspapers

The audacity of nope

John Boehner is a backslapping, deal-making throwback to the Republican Party’s past. But his recent “Hell, no!” anti-Obama strategy may point to an ugly future.

Vanity Fair

BUSINESS

Luxury buying on rise, as unemployed still not spending

Consumers are buying more luxury items, but spending remains tight for essentials such as food and dental care, analysis finds.

USA TODAY

US capital goods fall, signaling less investment

Bookings for capital goods, including computers and machinery meant to last at least three years, fell 0.6 percent after a 4.8 percent gain in August that was smaller than previously estimated.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Cancer risk from radiation doesn’t fade with age

Middle-aged adults may face as high a risk for developing cancer as a result of radiation exposure as younger adults and children, new research suggests.

HealthDay

Does ‘ice cube diet’ work?

Many weight loss products promise to melt away pounds, but few of them take this idea to such a literal extreme as the new ice cube diet.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Plastic from plants: an environmental boon or bane?

Plant-based plastics may replace petroleum. But as the price drops and usage rises, will advantages outweigh disadvantages?

Scientific American

Furious growth and cost cuts led to BP accidents past and present

In BP’s quest to compete with the world’s biggest oil companies, its managers had become deaf to risk and systematically gambled with safety at hundreds of facilities and with thousands of lives.

ProPublica

Blog:

Frontline, ProPublica examine BP

(PBS)

The Rundown

Navajos move away from coal in favor of sun and wind

For decades, coal has been an economic lifeline for the Navajos, even as mining and power plant emissions dulled the blue skies and sullied the waters of their reservation.

New York Times

SPORTS

UFC planning to start own TV network

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White said that the UFC will be on broadcast TV in 2011 and start its own network within the next few years.

MMAFighting

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo won’t have surgery

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo won’t require surgery on his broken collarbone and will need a lengthy recovery, leaving his return this season in question.

Bloomberg

No surgery for Romo

ESPN

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GOOD NEWS

Coalition invests $80 million for poor

Living Cities, a philanthropic collaborative of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions, announced $80 million in grants, loans and investments in five cities.

USA TODAY

Chinese pandas enjoying a baby boom

China’s endangered giant pandas are enjoying a baby boom with a record number of births in captivity.

Telegraph.co.uk

Potent new polio vaccine found

Scientists in Europe have announced a new and more potent double-strain polio vaccine that is reportedly more effective than triple and single vaccines.

Al Jazeera

WORLD

Indonesia volcano kills 30, including keeper of the mountain’s spirits