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This undated handout photo provided by The Civil War Preservation Trust shows the Antietam battlefield in Maryland. (Photo by Michael Melford / The Civil War Preservation Trust / AP)

Antietam seen as major victory for preservationists of history

A century and a half after the bloodiest day in American history, the struggle to preserve the ground where Union and Confederate soldiers fought at Antietam now appears close to victory.

Plain Dealer

Antietam: the battle that altered US history

Huffington Post

Balancing act: Worker fatigue costs employers billions

Researchers recently found that 41 million workers do not get the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep per night, and the consequences of burning too much midnight oil can be severe.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Midwestern drought of 2012 conjures up Dust Bowl memories

Nothing in U.S. history can compare to the calamity of the Dust Bowl eight decades ago, including the historic drought now gripping much of the country.

CNN

Ethanol industry’s big stand on Capitol Hill

Christian Science Monitor

Senate panel plans to hold a hearing on hate crimes

In the wake of the Wisconsin gurdwara shooting, a U.S. Congressional hearing on hate crimes will be held, a move welcomed as “monumental” by Sikh groups and human rights bodies.

Times of India

US moves resolution against hate crimes targeting Sikh-Americans

Economic Times

The greater your Web presence, the greater your risk of ID theft

When it comes to online identity theft, it’s a minefield out there. Every day, some cyber crook is devising new ways to sneak into our online accounts to pilfer money or just our sanity.

Salt Lake Tribune

The art of unfriending people

Guardian

NATION

Retirees head to some very unconventional destinations

The idea of people who uproot and move when they retire conjures up images of warm, sunny Florida or Arizona. But some of the older members of the baby boom generation are looking to cooler climates.

ABC News

Occupy Wall Street plans to surround NYSE to mark anniversary

Occupy Wall Street will mark its first anniversary, and, in a bid to rejuvenate a movement that has failed to sustain momentum, activists plan once again to descend on New York’s financial district.

Reuters

Hurricane Nadine takes shape in Atlantic

Hurricane Nadine swirls east of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean as forecasters said it posed no threat to land or to U.S. energy interests in the Gulf of Mexico.

Reuters

POLITICS

Young voters face conflicting visions of Social Security’s future

Today’s young adults face a future of higher taxes or lower benefits to keep Social Security afloat by the time they retire.

Orlando Sentinel

Black American Christians waver over presidential choice

Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day.

U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

Complaints about automated phone calls are rising

Complaints to the government are up sharply about unwanted phone solicitations, raising questions about how well the federal “do-not-call” registry is working.

USA TODAY

Buy an ‘as-is’ car? It’s all yours

Some used cars come with a state-mandated warranty, but dealers have no obligation to repair or accept the return of “as is” cars once they’re sold. Experts have some advice for steering clear of clunkers.

Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Wikipedia to get overdue makeover to recognize science’s female pioneers

The Royal Society will host a mass “edit-a-thon” to improve the Wikipedia profiles of leading female scientists who have been overlooked by the online encyclopedia’s male-dominated editors.

The Independent

The Wikipedia gender divide

Gizmodo

Preparing for takeoff

Airliners are highly efficient when they are in flight but not when on the ground. Here is a cheaper, cleaner solution for the long taxi to the runway.

Economist

ENVIRONMENT

1st tidal power delivered to grid off Maine

Ocean Renewable Power Co.’s first underwater turbine, off eastern Maine, was delivering to the grid the first commercially produced tidal power.

CBS News

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Wind turbines at sea could power East Coast, study says

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U.S. News

Why 1 man is risking his life to save Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains

The inaccessibility to the rainforests in the Cardamom Mountains once allowed rare species to flourish. Now, new infrastructure has allowed for an influx of illegal loggers, poachers and settlers.

Toronto Star

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

How art tricks the brain

The human brain is wired so we can make sense of lines, colors and patterns on a flat canvas. But artists have figured out how to create illusions like depth and brightness that make art seem more realistic.

CNN

Albanian project puts beds in bunkers

Albania has hundreds of thousands of disused communist-era bunkers and a booming tourist industry. Now a project has put the two things together by converting a bunker into a backpacker hostel.

Spiegel International

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GOOD NEWS

More than a garden

At GardenLab@510 in Pittsburgh, Rose Clancy tends to her public garden gallery where edible plants are the main media and building community is an ongoing theme.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On Lehman Brothers’ death anniversary, activists pay it forward

Four years ago Lehman Brothers collapsed, marking the beginning of the global financial crisis. A band of citizens is not counting how much they have lost — they are giving away money.

Huffington Post

New York City’s oldest piano player grows younger as he performs

There are a thousand things to do when visiting New York, but if you stop at Nino’s Tuscany on West 58th Street, you will get to hear the music of Irving Fields, 97, the oldest piano player in New York.

Chicago Sun-Times

WORLD

Religious conservatives in Egypt push for blasphemy clause in constitution