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Job applicants wait for the opening of a job fair held by National Career Fairs in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. (Photo by Lynne Sladky / File / AP)

Losing ground

Human activity is now outstripping nature’s ability to replenish the earth’s thin skin. And if we want to keep eating, it’s time to stop treating our soil like dirt.

The Global Mail

How Steve Jobs’ legacy has changed

When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died a year ago today, the world eulogized him in glowing terms. But since then, as high-profile books have probed Jobs’ life and career, that reputation has evolved.

CNN

Apple remembers Jobs with moving video

Gizmodo

US jobless rate drops to 7.8 percent

The unemployment rate in the U.S. unexpectedly fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009.

Bloomberg

Fiscal cliff threatens 277,000 federal jobs

CNNMoney

Special section:

Making sense of the economy

The Business Desk (PBS NewsHour)

Global shares up on hopes of US jobs

Reuters

Medication tied to meningitis outbreak

A steroid medication linked to the death of five people from rare fungal meningitis may have been administered in 23 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.

Reuters

Outbreak spotlights risks of custom drugs

Boston Herald

New contact lenses reshape eyes, preventing nearsightedness

Nearsighted kids have to wear glasses to correct their lack of focus, but this doesn’t cure the problem and may worsen it. However, a new type of contact lens coaxes the eye to grow in a different way.

Popular Science

NATION

California gas prices close pumps

Soaring gas prices across California have forced some station owners to shut off their pumps while people change their driving habits or avoid driving all together.

ABC News

Fatal parasail accidents renew calls for more rules

According to a report by the Parasail Safety Council, more than 70 people have been killed and at least 1,600 injured between 1982 and 2012.

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama fights back after debate setback

After a muted performance in a presidential debate, President Barack Obama fought back against Republican rival Mitt Romney, and the Democrat’s re-election campaign vowed to learn.

Reuters

Blog:

Jim Lehrer, Big Bird caught in crossfire

NPR

Special section:

Obama and Romney on the issues

Al Jazeera

Obama shatters 2012 fundraising record

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Obama’s campaign raised more than $150 million in September. A campaign source said Obama exceeded his previous fundraising record of $114 million.

Politico

BUSINESS

Oracle billionaire has green sights set on sustainable Hawaiian isle

If Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has his way, the Hawaiian island of Lanai will be transformed into a model for environmentally sustainable enterprise.

The Age

Why we spend more and more on pets

American consumers are expected to collectively spend $370 million on pet costumes this Halloween. Americans will spend barely three times more on costumes for children.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Blue and green honey makes French beekeepers see red

Bees at a cluster of apiaries in northeastern France have been producing honey in mysterious shades of blue and green, alarming their keepers.

Reuters

Polar, grizzly bears mate as Arctic melts

The melting Arctic ice has brought polar bears and grizzly bears together and their hybrid offspring, known as “pizzlies,” have been detected on Canadian islands.

Spiegel International

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The rise and fall of Polaroid

A pioneering technology company, an iconic brand, a visionary CEO: sounds like the story of Apple. But this is the story of Polaroid and its founder Edwin Land.

The Independent

Interview:

What makes Polaroids cool

The Atlantic

The psychology behind Sputnik

Fifty-five years ago, the Soviet Union launched history’s first artificial satellite. Sputnik was an innocuous satellite, but in the U.S., the engineering feat gave way to hysteria and paranoia.

Discovery News

Sputnik launch

YouTube

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Take my wife, please!

At the North American Wife-Carrying Championships, a new kind of “nuptial sport” is flourishing.

Salon

How Star Wars seduced another generation of kids

There has not been a new theatrical release since 2005, but there are constant additions to the Star Wars universe, including the fifth season premiere of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Andrew Leonard):

Jobs report stunner

Salon

Editorial:

Accountability: You can’t rely on YouTube to police the police

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

The US presidential debates’ illusion of political choice

Guardian

Column (Abram Brown):

Consumers won’t open their wallets until the election ends

Forbes

Column (Matthew Yglesias):

Immigration: the forgotten issue

Slate

Column (Mark Oppenheimer):

What the candidates could learn from high school debaters

The New Republic

Editorial:

NJ bill could make domestic violence accusers feel safe

NJ.com

Column (Erika Christakis):

Women’s inhumanity to other women in the workplace

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

‘Hobo Nick’ walks from Florida to California in 178 days

Nick Kleckner went for a walk across the country with no food, water or money in his backpack — for 178 days. And now he wants to use his experiences to advocate for America’s homeless population.

Yahoo! News

Father in Iraq watches the birth of his twins via Skype

No mountain was high enough, no river was wide enough, and no valley was low enough to keep one man from watching the birth of his baby twins at North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Mont.

ABC News

Ex-NASA engineer designs an app to chart water quality

John Feighery created mWater — a cell phone app that instantly records and maps the results of water-quality tests, making monitoring of water quality in developing countries quicker and easier.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Turkey urged to step back from Syria