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A sign that was set up by Occupy Frankfurt activists stands next to the Euro sculpture and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)

It’s a radio horror revival!

Don’t think radio drama is dead. A new five-CD set, “Tales from Beyond the Pale,” looks backward into nostalgia with futuristic ambition. It offers fun twists, but is literal-minded in sound design.

Slate

Old time radio horror

YouTube

Occupy Oakland: Iraq vet injured during protests is improving

An Iraq war veteran injured during the raucous Occupy Oakland protest has been upgraded to fair condition at Highland Hospital in Oakland, a nursing supervisor said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Occupy Oakland live

Inside Bay Area

Europe stocks rise over deal on Greek debt

European stock markets shot high as investors waded into riskier assets, emboldened by EU leaders’ pre-dawn agreement to slash Greece’s massive debts.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog:

Live coverage: World reacts to debt deal

Guardian

Map:

Struggling eurozone countries

USA TODAY

US economy expands at faster pace

The economy grew in the third quarter at the fastest pace in a year with gains in consumer spending and investments.

BusinessWeek

Floods inch closer to Thai capital

Clamoring aboard bamboo rafts and army trucks, residents living on the heavily inundated outskirts of Bangkok fled waterlogged homes as flood waters inched closer to the heart of the capital.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Thousands evacuate flood-hit areas in Bangkok

Al Jazeera

‘Unearthly’ beauty tops jobs: US freezes mining near Grand Canyon

The White House unveiled a plan to ban new mining on federal lands. Mining companies say the decision will cost billions, and environmentalists say mining mars a unique natural treasure.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Red-light traffic camera deals under scrutiny nationwide

Local governments hungry for revenue are signing contracts with red-light camera companies that put profit over traffic safety, according to a new study by a national public interest advocacy group.

USA TODAY

In northwest town, a local fight against global coal

Plans are afoot to build giant new coal terminals on the West Coast to ship this lucrative commodity to China. But local activists want to stop this, in part because of carbon dioxide emissions.

NPR

A death highlights women’s role in US Special Ops teams

Army 1st Lt. Ashley White died on the front lines in southern Afghanistan, the first casualty in what the Army says is a new and vital wartime attempt to gain the trust of Afghan women.

Washington Examiner

POLITICS

Democrats seek up to $3 trillion savings

Democrats are proposing to slash huge budget deficits by up to $3 trillion, aiming high to repair the country’s fiscal mess even as Republicans show early signs of resisting the proposals.

Reuters

At 10, Patriot Act remains controversial

Civil liberties groups have raised concerns about whether the Patriot Act goes too far by scooping up too much data and violating people’s rights to privacy.

NPR

Muslim advocates call for reforms

Huffington Post

Obama decision to send troops to Uganda comes under new scrutiny

The decision to send 100 troops is under new scrutiny now as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle question it, with some suggesting it could draw the U.S. into a long conflict.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Freddie Mac CEO to resign

The chief executive of mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac will step down during the coming year, the latest blow to the troubled government-backed firm.

CNNMoney

BP wins approval for new deep-water drilling in Gulf of Mexico

BP won approval from the U.S. Interior Department to drill its first exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico since the blowout of its Macondo well.

McClatchy Newspapers

There is an ‘informal economy’ driving world business

More than half of all employed people worldwide work off the books. And that number is expected to climb.

NPR

HEALTH

Differences in mental health risk genes for genders found in the brain

Most genes associated with psychiatric illnesses are expressed before birth in the developing human brain, a study headed by Yale University researchers discovered.

e! science news

Not only women, but men also struggle with binge eating, study finds

Binge-eating disorder, in which people compulsively consume large amounts of food, is as destructive for men as for women, a new study finds. Nonetheless, men are less likely to seek treatment.

LiveScience

US study: Flu shots not effective enough, new vaccines needed

Researchers say the type of flu shots used to inoculate 90 percent of Americans only protect about 59 percent. They cite critical gaps in scientific understanding, and the need for new vaccines.

Medical News Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Parents using smartphones as high-tech pacifiers for toddlers

About 40 percent of 2-to 4-year-olds have used a smartphone, tablet or video iPod, says a new study. Roughly one in five parents surveyed said they give a child these devices while they run errands.

Star Tribune

The search for alien ‘footprints’: Scientist rethinks hunt for E.T.

If aliens did leave a mark on Earth by some wild chance, we could search for technological “footprints” or analyze DNA of terrestrial organisms for signs of intelligent messages, a scientist believes.

SPACE.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Scientologists settle in at old science museum as membership expands

The building once home to the Science Museum of Minnesota is now the largest Church of Scientology in the Midwest. Brightly lit multimedia displays touting the religion replaced a dinosaur collection.

Star Tribune

Pope won’t take part in common prayers

Pope Benedict XVI has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimage, but the leaders won’t take part in common prayers as they did when summoned by Pope John Paul II 25 years ago.

Florida Times-Union

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Occupy Oakland exits the high ground

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (William G. Moseley):

China’s farming history misapplied in Africa

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Yes to building the Keystone oil pipeline

USA TODAY

Blog (Van Jones and Jakada Imani):

All eyes on Occupy Oakland: too big to fail, too big to jail

Huffington Post

Editorial:

Mortgage crisis efforts weak

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Perry’s flat tax

Denver Post

Column (Dick Gephardt and Mike Leavitt):

Biomedical innovation: next moon landing

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Douglas J. Elliott):

Why you should be worried about Europe

CNNMoney

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GOOD NEWS

$130-a-month worker wins Indian ‘Millionaire’ quiz

A computer operator who earns just $130 a month has become the first person to win the $1 million top prize on the Indian version of the “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” television quiz.

Daily Star

‘Miracle baby’ born to Alabama couple that barely survived tornado

As Mitchell Johns helped his wife, Amanda Berry, walk toward the littered vacant lot, both fought back tears as a baby was born in Phil Campbell, Ala. during a tornado.

ABC News

Las Vegas Academy hopes to win $50,000 from ‘Glee’

Amid budget cuts to arts education throughout Clark County, one Las Vegas high school is getting creative. Glee Give a Note Foundation is awarding $1 million to music programs in need nationwide.

Las Vegas Sun

WORLD

UN to end mandate for NATO military operations in Libya