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Stand-ins for the presidential candidates run through a rehearsal with moderator Candy Crowley, back to camera, ahead of the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (Photo by David Goldman / AP)

Paintbrushes at dawn: mega-galleries sprout in Paris

Welcome to the world of the mega-gallery, a larger-than-life testament to the power of the $1.2 billion contemporary art market and the latest battleground for art-dealer players and their valuable artists.

Reuters

Retail sales beating the forecasts and supporting US growth

Americans snapped up goods from cars to iPhones in September at a faster pace than forecast by economists, showing consumer demand was heading into the year-end holidays on a high note.

Bloomberg

Obama’s out to seize momentum in debate

The pressure is on President Obama to deliver a Goldilocks performance in the second debate: not too cool, as he was in his first, and not too hot — as some critics styled Joe Biden in his VP debate.

Independent Mail

5 things to watch at the debate

Politico

A crucial 90 minutes in race tonight

Boston Globe

Election 2012 trial heat

Gallup

Clinton claims responsibility for diplomats

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to douse a political firestorm over the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, saying she’s responsible for the security of American diplomatic outposts.

CNN

Jobs report challenges apparent pervasive ‘skills gap’

Employers have a laundry list of skills needed for a job and can’t find qualified workers. But that could change if employers were willing to train workers and pay better wages.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What tomorrow’s jobs look like

Newsweek

NATION

Historic Treme in New Orleans celebrates 200 years

The colorful and musical New Orleans neighborhood called Treme is marking the 200th anniversary of its origins as an early melting pot for the city and the nation.

Hattiesburg American

Interview:

Shannon Powell explains the real Treme of New Orleans

The Times-Picayune

CEOs urge compromise on fiscal debt

Some CEOs for U.S. companies said that Congress will need to raise taxes on the wealthy and cut programs like Medicare and Social Security to shrink federal debt and safeguard economic growth.

Reuters

Meningitis outbreak: Number of cases surpasses 200 across 14 states

15 people have died as a result of a rare form of meningitis as patients move to sue a Massachusetts compound drug manufacturer.

Guardian

Map:

Current meningitis case count

CDC.gov

POLITICS

Koch brothers’ company encourages employees to vote for Romney

A company owned by the GOP-mega-donor Koch brothers is encouraging its employees to vote for Mitt Romney and other chosen candidates.

NY Daily News

Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies

Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations, has died. He was 82.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

2008: Specter describes life with cancer

CNN

BUSINESS

Amazon to hire 50,000 seasonal workers this year

Amazon.com Inc. says it’s hiring 50,000 temporary workers at order-fulfillment centers across the U.S. this holiday season. They expect "thousands” of those they hire to stay on full time.

U.S. News & World Report

Microdistilleries growing in popularity in New York, other states

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law that lets microdistillers sell their wares at farmer’s markets and fairs, something both microbreweries and wineries are already allowed to do.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

September tied for world’s warmest September on record

September 2012 tied for the warmest September on record worldwide, scientists from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration have announced.

USA TODAY

Primates all over the world vanishing under relentless human pressure

More than half the world’s species of apes, monkeys and lemurs — humanity’s closest living relatives — are on the brink of extinction and need urgent conservation measures, wildlife experts warn.

Environment News Service

Demand for palm oil places orangutans at risk

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MetroPCS shareholders sue over the T-Mobile merger

Casting the merger as “drastically undervalued” and “conflicted,” MetroPCS shareholders work to block a deal that would give them a 26 percent stake in the combined company.

CNET News

Why cheese is better when it’s melted

Once a piece of cheddar has been heated to around 150°F, cheese takes on a creamy texture that many people find appealing.

Popular Science

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

A pig, a girl and a spider: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ turns 60

Some books are so much a part of our childhood experience that, when we hear their titles, we can remember where we were when we opened them for the first time. “Charlotte’s Web” is such a book.

The Atlantic Wire

Some book! ‘Charlotte’s Web’ at 60

NPR

Status affects when people return smiles

People who feel powerful are more likely to return the smiles of those they see as low status.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (Donna Krache):

Anti-bullying ad sends gut-wrenching message to adult audience

(CNN)

Schools of Thought

Column (Jon Meacham):

The decline of the Wasp president in the US

TIME

Editorial:

A terrifying threat candidates aren’t talking about

Star Tribune

Column (Dan Murphy):

A quiet waiver for Pakistan from the Obama administration

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Malala the heroine

Baltimore Sun

Column (Eileen Sullivan):

Why terrorism matters

Houston Chronicle

Blog (Michael Bérubé):

Why I resigned the Paterno chair

The Chronicle Review

(The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Column (Jonathan Weiler):

How your personality predicts your vote

Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Greenfield school collecting donations for family of fire victims

School and PTO leaders at Pittsburgh Greenfield K-8 school are collecting clothing, gift cards and cash donations for the family of Vernon Hayward, who lost his sister and cousin in a fire at his home.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mobile technology boosts access to clean water for the poor

The widespread availability of mobile phones has enabled the development of low-cost solutions aimed at improving water security and reducing poverty.

Christian Science Monitor

Tilghman: role of women growing in major US universities

When Shirley M. Tilghman became president of Princeton University in 2001, she was only the second woman to head one of the country’s eight Ivy League schools.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Secret cinema gently subverts Saudi Arabia’s puritanism