10 September 2008: Morning

  • Gov. Paterson accuses the GOP of racial coding in its heckling of "community organizer."
  • White women voters are deserting the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama because of the sudden emergence on the Republican ticket of Sarah Palin.
  • Conservative talk host Reese Hopkins finds 70 cases of listeners' double standards on teen pregnancy.
  • McCain's acknowledgement of global warming and his new support for offshore drilling could have trouble fitting on the same platform.
  • Density is cost effective, it fosters small business development at the local level. The conservative case for urbanism.
  • After 21 months of sitting in U.C. Berkeley trees, four protestors give up their perches, surrender to police.
  • As salvia use continues its spread--igniting concerns and calls for regulation--hopes for its medical use dwindle.
  • Outside Geneva, the Large Hadron Collider completes its first major test--we're a step closer to understanding what composes the universe.
  • Don't be disappointed if the collider doesn't trigger the apocalypse--for physicists, finding the God particle will be much more exciting.
  • The webcast is limited to 2,000 connections! Who's the rocket scientist behind that? Live-blogging the LHC startup.
  • Op: The public is numb to the crisis in Somalia, but the population are experiencing a worst-case scenario--now is the time for policy makers to act.
  • North Korea denies reports Kim Jong Il is unwell, calling them "worthless" and a "conspiracy plot."
  • New high-fructose corn syrup commercials want you to know that anti-HFCSers are just plain crazies who talk crazy.