Gore Vidal, NYPD Shell Casings, and Underwater Photography
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Top Stories: An obituary for Gore Vidal, who is described as, "at the end of his life, an Augustan figure who believed himself to be the last of a breed, and he was probably right." Obama is polling ahead of Mitt Romney in three battleground states.
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World: In India, where power has been restored, the electrical grid is described as like a "a whole bunch of rubber bands."
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U.S.: The country's voting systems' troubles go beyond voter identification: "there are worse problems with voter registration, ballot design, absentee voting and electoral administration." A square dance returns to a town in West Virginia.
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New York: Despite Mayor Bloomberg's stance against illegal guns, the NYPD's used shell casings are sold to a Georgia ammunition store.
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Business: The World Financial Center is set to get a facelift.
Sports: Gymnast John Orozco, who had a bad day in the men's team finals, knows how to "bounce back." Many photographers who capture images underwater are certified scuba divers.
Movies: A number of the movies set for fall and winter release "tackle tough, sometimes violent, sometimes politically tinged subject matter."
Opinion: Maureen Dowd writes that Mitt Romney had a "pretty good visit overseas," but only by "Sopranos standards" — by "political standards" she likened it to the painting The Scream.
