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Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country’s most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and it could possibly be a threat to Florida. (Photo by Collin Reid / AP)

Tunisia’s Jews: hanging on and cooking

Tunisia has a long Jewish history — Jews were present in North Africa before the arrival of Islam or Christianity. In good times they prospered, but now they are at risk of extinction.

BBC

Replacing diseased DNA by having more than 1 mother

Scientists have found a way to remove damaged genetic material and replace it with healthy DNA. Children born using the technique would, technically, have three genetic parents.

(NBCNews.com)

Vitals

What doctors aren’t saying about your DNA

TIME

East Coast urged to be wary of Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy churned over eastern Cuba as a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 mph, slipping a bit in strength since making landfall, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

CNN

Blog:

Sandy could be ‘billion-dollar storm’

(NPR)

The Two-Way

Special section:

Tracking Sandy

The Weather Channel

Syria rebels ‘advance in Aleppo’

Syrian rebels have made advances into several central neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, activists say.

BBC

UN Security Council endorses holiday truce

USA TODAY

With nowhere to go, Syrians confront violence

Al Jazeera

Single mom fights Air Force dismissal

Weeks before being commissioned as an officer, Rebecca Edmonds discovered that she was pregnant. The Air Force, which forbids single parents from enlisting, accused Edmonds of committing fraud.

CNN

NATION

Clinton: Facebook post about Benghazi attack not hard ‘evidence’

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a Facebook post in which an Islamic militant group claimed credit for a recent attack in Benghazi, Libya did not constitute hard evidence.

Reuters

Emails paint picture of Benghazi attack

CBS News

Food trucks are an increasingly serious terrorism threat, says fire department

Not only are food trucks serious fire hazards — with large propane and gasoline tanks — but also a genuine terrorist threat, says the New York City fire department.

Gizmodo

US to become world’s top oil producer?

U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the country could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest producer.

CBS News

Special section:

Timeline: oil dependence and US foreign policy

Council on Foreign Relations

POLITICS

Rape comment causes controversy

Senate candidate Richard Mourdock was the latest Republican to stir up controversy when he said that when a woman is impregnated from rape, "it is something that God intended to happen.”

ABC News

Unseen, but still looming over the race: George W. Bush

He does not speak on the stump or appear in television ads, but aside from President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, no one has shaped the 2012 election more than George W. Bush.

Telegram & Gazette

BUSINESS

The US economy’s personality disorder

U.S. consumers have been surprisingly upbeat lately. After a slow spring, retail sales have increased for three straight months, posting their strongest gains since the end of 2010.

BusinessWeek

Jobless claims fall, give clearer sign of health

Reuters

Pay gap starts early for female grads

The gender pay gap starts right away in a woman’s career, with female college graduates earning 82 cents per dollar that male peers earn, only one year out of college.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

NOAA, NASA: Antarctic ozone hole 2nd smallest in 20 years

Warmer air temperatures high above the Antarctic led to the second smallest seasonal ozone hole in 20 years, according to NOAA and NASA satellite measurements.

National Oceanic and Atmoshperic Administration

US downplayed effect of Deepwater oil spill on wildlife, emails reveal

The plight of wildlife caught up in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill — especially endangered species such as sea turtles and sperm whales — has enormous financial implications for BP.

Guardian

In US building industry, easy to be green?

An examination shows that thousands of “green” builders win tax breaks, exceed local restrictions and get expedited permitting under a system that often rewards minor, low-cost steps.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Verlander biggest treat of delicious Tigers vs. Giants World Series

This World Series is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. The best pitcher in baseball with Hall of Fame ability is smack in the sweet spot of the prime of his career and getting the ball for Game 1.

Sports Illustrated

Twitter gives fans a glimpse into their favorite athletes’ personalities

Athletes are not just yapping from a distance at news conferences and after-the-game interviews — they are talking directly to the fans and even encouraging fans to speak up.

San Jose Mercury News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (George F. Will):

Let us hope our leaders stop trying to remake the world

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Obama’s pet parrot

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Ahmed Moor):

Palestinian cause gains ground in the American mainstream

Al Jazeera

Column (Neil Steinberg):

Mourdock’s mistake is speaking for God

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial (Belinda Luscombe):

How innocent pictures feed the Internet porn machine

TIME

Column (Alex Pareene):

Sorry America, there is no such thing as ‘October Surprises’

Salon

Blog (David S. Levine):

Can we trust voting machines without independent verification?

(Slate)

Future Tense

Column (Gregor Peter Schmitz):

Debate reveals outdated US foreign policy

Spiegel International

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GOOD NEWS

Peer pressure does good

More than half of American teenagers and young adults volunteered last year, and the best way to enlist this group turned out to be peer pressure.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Gates Foundation reboots

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic foundation, is undergoing a “global redesign” overseas and is listening to critics of its efforts to improve U.S. schools.

Christian Science Monitor

Vet walks on new legs with a little help from mom

When veteran Nick Staback lost both of his legs to a homemade bomb, his mother Maria took a leave of absence to move in with her son. She was a tough coach as he learned to walk on two prosthetic legs.

NPR

WORLD

The new Israeli apartheid