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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Photo by Jason DeCrow / AP)

Loco for cocoa: Artisanal chocolate looks to roots

Dozens of small chocolate makers around the world wager that artisanal chocolate is on the cusp of taking off. Comparisons with gourmet coffee, craft beer and high-end wine abound.

McClatchy Newspapers

Advances in kids’ early aging disease

Progeria affects approximately one in every 4 million to 8 million infants. Encouraging results from the first clinical drug trial has researchers hopeful that the its treatment could be on the horizon.

CNN

Iran accuses West of nuclear ‘intimidation’

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president, accused the West of nuclear “intimidation” in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly that the U.S. and Israel boycotted.

Al Jazeera

What to watch for at UN General Assembly

CNN

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Iran condemns US removal of MEK group from terrorist list

Yahoo! News

Live at the UN General Assembly

United Nations Webcast

IMF Managing Director calls for action now to secure global recovery

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, urged policymakers to take the actions needed to achieve a decisive turn in the global economic crisis.

IMF

The devil in the housing report details

Home prices are rising, experts say, but not as much as some suggest. And to maintain a realistic view of any real-estate recovery, it may be wise to err on the conservative side.

MarketWatch

NATION

Taxes threaten island culture in Georgia

Increasing economic pressures are forcing the saltwater Geechees of Sapelo Island, Ga., to wonder if their fragile community will finally succumb to cultural erosion.

New York Times

Supreme Court to address blood testing for drunk driving

The Supreme Court will consider whether police must get a warrant before forcing a suspected drunken driver to submit to a blood test, a case that could set a new legal standard for motorists’ privacy.

Reuters

Program aims at getting minority kids buckled up

A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan finds that black and Hispanic infants and toddlers are unrestrained at rates 10 times those of white children.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Weather can sway outcome of 2012 election

As many as 35 percent of undecided likely voters say bad weather could keep them from heading to the polls on Nov. 6, according to a Weather Channel survey.

Politico

Bad weather on election day? Many will not vote

The Weather Channel

US election: crunching the numbers

Just like in every U.S. presidential election campaign before, the two opponents have been using statistics to bolster their arguments. But do the numbers stand up?

BBC

BUSINESS

Religious pilgrimages spur multibillion dollar industry

International religious pilgrimage: the business of devotion and divinity. A time of life-affirming contemplation for the faithful and the lifeblood of the communities surrounding popular shrines.

NBCNews.com

Study: Lenders may see a different credit score than you do

About one in five consumers are likely to receive credit scores that differ substantially from those used by lenders, according to a government study released.

McClatchy Newspapers

ENVIRONMENT

Midwest drought: how engineered corn saved some farmers from disaster

Estimates suggest that drought-resistant corn might have diminished potential crop losses by one-quarter this year.

Christian Science Monitor

Journey to the Antarctic Ocean

A 70,000 mile expedition by a tiny research ship gives us a snapshot of life in the depths of the world’s seas.

The Independent

Dipping into the deep: mission investigates Tonga Trench

The Tonga Trench is the second-deepest trench in the world, reaching 35,700 feet at its deepest point. A mission aims to explore the ecosystem that exists in the trench under intense pressures.

LiveScience

HEALTH

The link between diet and disease

At a dietary conference, several Australian medical experts with different specialties have their say on the link between soil, food and health, with vastly divergent results.

Canberra Times

Secrets of dieting success are in genes

The Age

That may not be a cold; it could be fall allergies, experts say

Many parents complain that as soon as school starts, their child inevitably catches a cold. But not every runny nose stems from a cold. Often, those sneezy symptoms are the result of fall allergies.

HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

They are still watching

A group of British UFO-watchers is celebrating 50 years of searching for spacecrafts in the sky. What keeps them looking for extraterrestrial life?

BBC

Is the Texas twang dyin’, y’all?

The Southern charm of the Texas twang has become a part Western swagger. But as the media homogenizes all regional accents into one American English sound, some fear that the famous twang is fading.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

For Hasidic Jews, a slow, steady rebirth in Russia continues

At one synagogue in Moscow, Russia, Hasidic Jews have been working for years to rebuild their numbers. For some, including the rabbi, it has largely been a self-guided journey.

NPR

Responses to ‘last acceptable prejudice’

A spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations points out that Catholics are frequently the targets of anti-religious bigotry in art and popular media.

National Catholic Register

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Joan Walsh):

Frat-boy conservatism

Salon

Editorial:

When the budget ax falls

Daily Herald

Column (Emily Bazelon):

The Supreme Court’s big cases, big decisions

Slate

Editorial:

Paying with cash is good medicine for health-care costs

Columbus Dispatch

Column (Tim Padgett):

Jesus’ wife matters a lot — and not at all

TIME

Column (Michelle Cottle):

Prepping a rusty Obama for debates

Daily Beast

Editorial:

Syria’s war continues with nation and world divided

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (David Brooks):

Conservatism out of balance: eclipse of the traditionalists

Seattle Times

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GOOD NEWS

Man’s failing heart heals itself on day of emergency transplant

A miraculous thing happened the day Michael Crowe was set to receive a potentially life-saving heart transplant. His heart suddenly started beating again.

ABC News

Jenifer’s journey: A man born without legs wheels his way to Paralympic glory

A boy is born without legs to a single unemployed mom in a poor, crime-ridden part of Maryland. Ask Trevon Jenifer if that boy could imagine that one day he would compete at the Paralympic Games.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Michigan town gives bullied teen a homecoming to remember

Students voted Whitney Kropp to the homecoming court because they thought it would be funny if an unpopular student won the popularity contest. The town quickly rallied to support her.

Yahoo! News

Bullied teen gets $40k plastic surgery

Asbury Park Press