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FROM TODAY'S BOSTON GLOBE
(Stephen M. Katz/ The Virginian-Pilot via Associated Press)McCain fights to forge message
John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, above, campaigned in Virginia yesterday. The two are
trying to keep the fervor of conservatives while reaching independent voters. (By Sasha Issenberg, Boston Globe)
Genetics sheds light on mental illnesses
For decades, scientists seeking genes involved in mental illness reaped mainly frustration. But in recent months, painstaking analysis of the DNA of thousands of patients has yielded important, and surprising, insights into the roots of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism. (By Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff)
Study finds risk from taking Vioxx lingers
A long-term analysis of people who took the arthritis drug Vioxx confirms it doubles the risk of strokes and heart attacks, researchers said yesterday, but this risk goes away a year after people stop taking it. (By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters)
Calif. fires ravage 10,000 acres
Two massive fires were burning out of control in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles yesterday, devouring more than 10,000 acres and several dozen residences, forcing thousands to evacuate, closing freeways and causing at least two deaths. (By Joe Mozingo and Jennifer Oldham, Los Angeles Times)
National Perspective
Dems may have a better Deal this time round
Now, with just three weeks until the 2008 election, Democrats are beginning to see the outlines of a majority more potent than those of the New Deal era, because it wouldn't require the support of Southern conservatives. (By Peter S. Canellos, Boston Globe)
Daily Briefing
Pelosi wants ethics probe of lawmaker
Florida congressman Tim Mahoney has called for an ethics investigation of himself amid reports that he had an affair and then paid the woman to keep quiet. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also called for an investigation yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Contractors expect a
slowdown after 8 boom years
At the Walter E. Washington Convention Center last week, Army soldiers, Pentagon weapons buyers, and defense company representatives milled about a cavernous trade show floor for a look at the latest military equipment and gadgets. (By Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post)
Airport helps a bird sanctuary take flight
The world's busiest airport has taken time to transform a dried lake bed into a serene 56.5-acre sanctuary nestled 15 miles south of the bustle. (By Juanita Cousins, Associated Press)
Tension may feed space power decline
Differences between the Pentagon and intelligence agencies over capabilities to be built into future US satellites have led to delayed starts in new programs and may result in a decline in US space dominance, according to a new report by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. (By Walter Pincus, Washington Post)
A hitman amid the haunts
It is a fitting backdrop for a ghost story: An old mansion on a secluded hilltop is empty, save for a caretaker who lives upstairs. A no-trespassing sign is staked near the locked metal gates, and the stately grounds are covered in thistles. (By Colleen Long, Associated Press)
DECISION: OHIO
Anxiety shadows even economic 'oasis'
In Lordstown, Ohio, the past several weeks of economic turmoil have stirred anxieties: rumors of layoffs, fears of a sudden change in course by GM, worries that the credit crunch - which has restricted consumers' ability to get car loans - will severely depress new car sales. (By Scott Helman, Boston Globe)
Campaign Notebook
Biden criticizes McCain's attacks
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that Republican John McCain is falsely attacking Barack Obama to distract voters from the economy while lurching from one bad idea to another. (Boston Globe)
Obama proposes halt to
foreclosures, business tax breaks
Democrat Barack Obama proposed more immediate steps yesterday to heal the nation's ailing economy, including a 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures at some banks and a two-year tax break for businesses that create new jobs. (Boston Globe)
Palin's future son-in-law speaks out
Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Governor Sarah Palin's daughter, can't believe all the things he's hearing. (Boston Globe)
For the record (Boston Globe)
LATEST NATIONAL NEWS
FROM AP AND REUTERS
Man wins contest with 1,528-pound pumpkin
Thad Starr's giant pumpkin really began putting on weight in August -- a lot of weight. The pumpkin gained about 30 pounds a day on its way to victory Monday at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay. Starr's pumpkin finished at a record 1,528 pounds. (AP, 7:48 a.m.)
Man wins contest with 1,528-pound pumpkin
Thad Starr's giant pumpkin really began putting on weight in August -- a lot of weight. (AP, 6:39 a.m.)
People run for lives as flames explode around them
It was a wild, chaotic scene across a rugged swath of the San Fernando Valley as fire season arrived with a vengeance. (AP, 5:40 a.m.)
Supreme Court to issue orders, hear cases
The Supreme Court is meeting to issue orders and hear arguments in cases about voting rights and warrantless home searches. (AP, 5:24 a.m.)
Settlement to be argued in big pet food case
Thousands of pet owners whose dogs and cats died last year after eating contaminated pet food traced to China could be close to a $32 million settlement. (AP, 5:11 a.m.)
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