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  1. Breaking in Nation Now: Federal agents arrested a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man in Manhattan on Wednesday who authorities said planned to detonate what he thought was a massive bomb outside the New York Federal Reserve Bank building.
  2. ICYMI: Miss any of Endeavour's three-day, 12-mile journey through the streets of L.A.? Watch our time-lapse video, via Los Angeles Times Photography, Video and Multimedia, to get all the insight into what happened ... in less than three min...
    utes.

    Bryan Chan, the video's creator, will join city editor Shelby Grad at the top of the hour to discuss the story behind the video. To watch live at 1 p.m., visit: http://lat.ms/QsucMO.
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  3. The gloves just keep working in this Los Angeles Times Photography, Video and Multimedia blast from the past.

    YOU write the caption! For a daily look into our archives and photos in the news, bookmark Framework: http://lat.ms/aXwGuD.

    Photo: Bill Varie / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 4, 1972
    Photo: The gloves just keep working in this Los Angeles Times Photography, Video and Multimedia blast from the past.

YOU write the caption! For a daily look into our archives and photos in the news, bookmark Framework: http://lat.ms/aXwGuD.

Photo: Bill Varie / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 4, 1972
  4. "This organization, its mission and its supporters are incredibly dear to my heart," Armstrong said in a statement. "Today therefore, to spare the foundation any negative effects as a result of controversy surrounding my cycling career, I will conclude my chairmanship."
  5. Today's A1:

    • A sharper tone in second presidential debate
    http://lat.ms/QrXFIU
    • News Analysis: President Obama is back in the fight
    http://lat.ms/QrXKwl
    ...
    • In Scouting reports, a pattern of molestation
    http://lat.ms/QrXMo3
    • Historic, once-bustling bazaar in Syria now a battleground http://lat.ms/QrXNZb
    • Arizona county's grim lost and found
    http://lat.ms/QrXRYQ

    PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
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    Photo: Today's A1:

• A sharper tone in second presidential debate 
http://lat.ms/QrXFIU
• News Analysis: President Obama is back in the fight 
http://lat.ms/QrXKwl
• In Scouting reports, a pattern of molestation 
http://lat.ms/QrXMo3
• Historic, once-bustling bazaar in Syria now a battleground http://lat.ms/QrXNZb
• Arizona county's grim lost and found 
http://lat.ms/QrXRYQ

PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  6. The Times latest story on confidential files kept by the Boy Scouts for nearly 100 years looks at patterns in the behavior documented by scouting officials. The intent -- but not always the result -- of the Scouts files was to permanently bar suspected molesters from the organization. The Times has also made available a searchable database that will grow in detail in coming days.
  7. A medical marijuana advocate is urging a federal appeals court to require the U.S. government to relax, or at least rethink, a more-than-40-year-old rule that treats marijuana as a highly dangerous drug with no medical value.
  8. "Who am I? Why am I here?" "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." Can you remember which politician said each memorable debate quote?
  9. In tonight's town-hall-style debate, body language, demeanor and nonverbal cues are likely to be most effective in persuading voters.

    "People are hiring a leader, not a scientific expert ... or a wonk or know-it-all," said Samuel Popkin, a UC San Diego political scientist and occasional Democratic campaign consultant.
  10. SoftBank's deal to pay $20 billion for Sprint, the No. 3 wireless carrier, seems to hint that other players, perhaps T-Mobile USA, could be its future target, columnist David Lazarus writes.
  11. Today's front-page stories:

    • In second presidential debate, style is likely to trump facts http://lat.ms/QpECPv
    • More California community college students commuting to multiple campuses http://lat.ms/QpEEa1
    • 2 Americans, 1 at UCLA, win...
    Nobel in economics
    http://lat.ms/QpEI9N
    • Widows, India's other 'untouchables'
    http://lat.ms/QpELT8
    • Celebrities and the wealthy find ways to keep home sales secret http://lat.ms/QpERdj

    PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
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    Photo: Today's front-page stories:

• In second presidential debate, style is likely to trump facts http://lat.ms/QpECPv
• More California community college students commuting to multiple campuses http://lat.ms/QpEEa1
• 2 Americans, 1 at UCLA, win Nobel in economics 
http://lat.ms/QpEI9N
• Widows, India's other 'untouchables' 
http://lat.ms/QpELT8
• Celebrities and the wealthy find ways to keep home sales secret http://lat.ms/QpERdj

PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  12. It remains to be seen if U.S. consumers have an appetite for a bite size car with a bite size pricetag.

    Would you buy a sub-$10,000 small car?
  13. Call him, crazy? Felix Baumgartner hit speeds as high as 834 mph on his 24-mile drop, becoming the first free-falling human to crack the sound barrier. For the full story and video of the daredevil's plunge via Los Angeles Times Business: http://lat.ms/R04fIj.

    Photo: Predrag Vuckovic / Red Bull Stratos
    Photo: Call him, crazy? Felix Baumgartner hit speeds as high as 834 mph on his 24-mile drop, becoming the first free-falling human to crack the sound barrier. For the full story and video of the daredevil's plunge via Los Angeles Times Business: http://lat.ms/R04fIj.

Photo: Predrag Vuckovic / Red Bull Stratos
  14. Today's A1:

    • U.S. families' debt loads decline to pre-recession levels http://lat.ms/R0UAkA
    • Critic's Notebook: Endeavour's voyage into L.A.'s public space http://lat.ms/R0UEB3
    • Arlen Specter dies at 82; longtime senator was a political...
    maverick http://lat.ms/R0UGc5
    • Mitt Romney distances himself from Bush-era neoconservatives http://lat.ms/R0UJEO
    • Column One: At skid row karaoke, they are all songs of hope http://lat.ms/R0UMR4

    PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
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    Photo: Today's A1:

• U.S. families' debt loads decline to pre-recession levels http://lat.ms/R0UAkA
• Critic's Notebook: Endeavour's voyage into L.A.'s public space http://lat.ms/R0UEB3
• Arlen Specter dies at 82; longtime senator was a political maverick http://lat.ms/R0UGc5
• Mitt Romney distances himself from Bush-era neoconservatives http://lat.ms/R0UJEO
• Column One: At skid row karaoke, they are all songs of hope http://lat.ms/R0UMR4

PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  15. Breaking: The 85-ton space shuttle Endeavour is within sight of Exposition Park. For more: http://lat.ms/RrG42W.

    Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: Breaking: The 85-ton space shuttle Endeavour is within sight of Exposition Park. For more: http://lat.ms/RrG42W.

Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
  16. Officials say Endeavour, below making its way down Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. earlier this morning, is set to arrive at the California Science Center momentarily. The space shuttle fell several hours behind Saturday. For more: http://lat.ms/QBO2qt. And for full coverage of Endeavour's two-day, 12-mile trek: http://lat.ms/P0z78c.

    Photo: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: Officials say Endeavour, below making its way down Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. earlier this morning, is set to arrive at the California Science Center momentarily. The space shuttle fell several hours behind Saturday. For more: http://lat.ms/QBO2qt. And for full coverage of Endeavour's two-day, 12-mile trek: http://lat.ms/P0z78c.

Photo: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times
  17. Our latest reports say Endeavour is now expected to arrive at its new, California Science Center home no earlier than 5 a.m. Sunday. For more, visit: http://lat.ms/Rqk6NR.

    Photo: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: Our latest reports say Endeavour is now expected to arrive at its new, California Science Center home no earlier than 5 a.m. Sunday. For more, visit: http://lat.ms/Rqk6NR.

Photo: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
  18. Breaking: Endeavour has fallen at least three hours behind, delayed by trees, a narrow stretch of roadway and an LAPD truck that blocked the shuttle's path. For more: http://lat.ms/QYhJ7p.

    Photo: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: Breaking: Endeavour has fallen at least three hours behind, delayed by trees, a narrow stretch of roadway and an LAPD truck that blocked the shuttle's path. For more: http://lat.ms/QYhJ7p.

Photo: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
  19. West Hollywood may be the next city to try extending the hours and hiking the price of meters, to keep street parkers moving. The extra money would be nice too.
  20. Lucas Ferrer, 4, is just one of thousands of Endeavour fans who've lined the streets to see the historic space shuttle as it makes its way to the California Science Center. For complete coverage of Endeavour's trek, visit: http://lat.ms/P0z78c.

    Photo: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: Lucas Ferrer, 4, is just one of thousands of Endeavour fans who've lined the streets to see the historic space shuttle as it makes its way to the California Science Center. For complete coverage of Endeavour's trek, visit: http://lat.ms/P0z78c.

Photo: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
  21. L.A. mayor is pushing a plan for an official city identification card that would double as a prepaid ATM card to help undocumented residents get access to banking services. Good idea?
  22. After spending 18 months in federal prison in a dogfighting case, Michael Vick has decided to get a dog as a family pet.
  23. The space shuttle Endeavour is on its way from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center in Exposition Park. The 12-mile route, which includes major thoroughfares such as Manchester, Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards, looks radically different than it did months ago. Power lines have been lifted and trees have been removed. Nearly 2,700 steel plates were placed on streets to better distribute Endeavour’s weight and protect the century-old infrastructure underneath. For more: http://lat.ms/P0z78c.
    Photo: Photo: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

Endeavour sits outside its temporary hangar at the California Science Center.
    Photo: Photo: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times

Joseph Duffield, of Venice, seems to hold up Endeavour as the space shuttle sits in a parking lot in Westchester.
    Photo: Photo: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

Our view of the space shuttle Endeavour from the roof of the Bed Bath & Beyond in Westchester.
    Photo: Photo: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

One of the shuttle transport drivers keeps a sharp eye on just how close Endeavour comes to clearing a eucalyptus tree on Manchester Blvd.
    Photo: Photo: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

The massive Endeavour rolls along Crenshaw Drive on the way to the California Science Center.
    Photo: Photo: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

Endeavour squeezes past homes on Crenshaw Drive, the narrowest street of the shuttle's trip to the California Science Center.
    Photo: Photo: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

Hundreds of spectators fill Manchester Blvd, spontaneously chanting "USA, USA" as Endeavour makes a left turn to Crenshaw Drive in Inglewood.
    Photo: Photo: Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times

Friends and family of Alexander Narciso watch Endeavour pass by his window.
  24. Amid much fanfare, space shuttle Endeavour is continuing its 12-mile, two-day trek through L.A. city streets. According to our reports, officials are currently questioning whether they'll be able to get the space shuttle, most recently at the Forum in Inglewood, to the California Science Center before sunset. For full coverage of Endeavour's move, visit: http://lat.ms/P0z78c.

    Photo: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: Amid much fanfare, space shuttle Endeavour is continuing its 12-mile, two-day trek through L.A. city streets. According to our reports, officials are currently questioning whether they'll be able to get the space shuttle, most recently at the Forum in Inglewood, to the California Science Center before sunset. For full coverage of Endeavour's move, visit: http://lat.ms/P0z78c. 

Photo: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
  25. Agents say the boy, 16, was throwing rocks. Critics have grown increasingly vocal at the frequency of such incidents and what they call a lack of transparency in follow-up investigations.
  26. With fewer U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Marines in a desolate patch of Helmand province find themselves vulnerable to Taliban attack. They're seeking help from locals, who distrust them and the militants.
  27. "Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose," was a regular refrain on the show "Friday Night Lights." Today, the show's creator wrote to Mitt Romney asking him to stop using the phrase.
  28. It's not exactly a news flash that phone companies frequently screw up people's bills. Sky-high charges in the thousands of dollars have become routine. But imagine how Solenne San Jose felt when she received a bill recently for nearly $15 quadrillion. Yep. Quadrillion. As in about $15,000,000,000,000,000.

    Consumer columnist David Lazarus has the story in Los Angeles Times Business.
  29. "Pocket like it's hot!" That's the focus of a new Hot Pockets ad campaign, sure to make you hungry, adapted from Snoop's 2004 hit, "Drop it like it's hot." Read on in Los Angeles Times Entertainment: http://lat.ms/TcAt06, and catch the video below.
  30. Today's post-VP debate special AA1:

    • Biden, Ryan clash in feisty vice presidential debate

    After a relatively calm presidential debate last week, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan take on similar issues but in a much more heated exchange. Read more: http://lat.ms/Qogyf8

    • Vice presidential debate has something for everyone

    In a lively exchange, Paul Ryan offers a calm defense of Mitt Romney's proposals, while Biden is feisty enough to revive Obama backers' spirits. For more: http:/...
    /lat.ms/RlEK4H


    • Critic’s notebook: Joe Biden in his element at the debate table

    In the debate with Paul D. Ryan, Biden rises to the task of buoying Obama supporters and convincing any undecideds not to change course. Read more: http://lat.ms/RkFhAK

    For the full PDF: http://lat.ms/aRGknL

    For all the latest campaign news, follow Politics Now.
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    Photo: Today's post-VP debate special AA1:

• Biden, Ryan clash in feisty vice presidential debate

After a relatively calm presidential debate last week, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan take on similar issues but in a much more heated exchange. Read more: http://lat.ms/Qogyf8

• Vice presidential debate has something for everyone

In a lively exchange, Paul Ryan offers a calm defense of Mitt Romney's proposals, while Biden is feisty enough to revive Obama backers' spirits. For more: http://lat.ms/RlEK4H

• Critic’s notebook: Joe Biden in his element at the debate table

In the debate with Paul D. Ryan, Biden rises to the task of buoying Obama supporters and convincing any undecideds not to change course. Read more: http://lat.ms/RkFhAK

For the full PDF: http://lat.ms/aRGknL

For all the latest campaign news, follow Politics Now.
  31. "If President Obama seemed as if he'd rather be getting his teeth drilled than debate Mitt Romney last week, Vice President Joe Biden spent most of his 90-minute televised showdown with Paul D. Ryan on Thursday night looking like he was hav...
    ing the time of his life," writes our own TV critic Mary McNamara. For more in Los Angeles Times Entertainment, go to: http://lat.ms/RkFhAK. And for full debate and election coverage, like Politics Now.

    If YOU had to choose, who do you think won the VP debate?

    Photo: Michael Reynolds / EPA
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    Photo: "If President Obama seemed as if he'd rather be getting his teeth drilled than debate Mitt Romney last week, Vice President Joe Biden spent most of his 90-minute televised showdown with Paul D. Ryan on Thursday night looking like he was having the time of his life," writes our own TV critic Mary McNamara. For more in Los Angeles Times Entertainment, go to: http://lat.ms/RkFhAK. And for full debate and election coverage, like Politics Now.

If YOU had to choose, who do you think won the VP debate?

Photo: Michael Reynolds / EPA
  32. Undercover video footage shows employees at Bettencourt Dairies, an Idaho dairy farm linked to Burger King, In-N-Out and other food companies, stomping on and beating cattle, twisting their tails and using a tractor to drag one animal by its chained neck. Read more (with video) in Los Angeles Times Business.
  33. Asked if he had any "butterflies" in advance of tonight's vice presidential debate, GOP candidate Paul Ryan said, "This is my first time so sure, it’s a nervous situation because Joe Biden is one of the most experienced debaters we have in ...
    modern politics. Joe Biden’s been on these big stages before. ... But what he can’t run from is President Obama’s indefensible record." For the full story in Politics Now: http://lat.ms/STo8mT.

    What are your expectations for tonight's debate?

    Photos: AFP/Getty Images
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    Photo: Asked if he had any "butterflies" in advance of tonight's vice presidential debate, GOP candidate Paul Ryan said, "This is my first time so sure, it’s a nervous situation because Joe Biden is one of the most experienced debaters we have in modern politics. Joe Biden’s been on these big stages before. ... But what he can’t run from is President Obama’s indefensible record." For the full story in Politics Now: http://lat.ms/STo8mT.

What are your expectations for tonight's debate?

Photos: AFP/Getty Images
  34. The Los Angeles Times wants to hear from you!

    What do you hope to see at the second presidential debate? Are you wishing for a more competitive Obama? Do you want a clearer economic plan from Romney? Are there issues beyond taxes, jobs and...
    military spending that you wish the candidates would spend more time addressing, such as gay rights or abortion?

    The Times' Washington columnist Doyle McManus will host a live video discussion after the next presidential debate and would love to hear what matters most to you.

    Care to join him live? Fill out this quick form, linked below, and we’ll be in touch.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGNYQU1Oa0J4d3o3TVZKdWh2ejBjZFE6MQ
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  35. Players big and small in California's rapidly growing industry worry a victory by Mitt Romney will strip them of federal subsidies they say are key to clean energy's future.
  36. Today's front-page stories:

    • USADA report details case against Lance Armstrong
    http://lat.ms/RzrJlt
    • Shuttle’s journey across L.A. is a vast challenge in logistics
    http://lat.ms/RzrKWl
    ...
    • Libya guards speak out on attack that killed U.S. ambassador
    http://lat.ms/RzrMxo
    • California’s renewable-energy plans may hinge on presidential
    race http://lat.ms/RzrQgB
    • Next generation of spaceflight taking shape in Mojave
    http://lat.ms/RzrRkN

    PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
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    Photo: Today's front-page stories:

• USADA report details case against Lance Armstrong 
   http://lat.ms/RzrJlt
• Shuttle’s journey across L.A. is a vast challenge in logistics 
   http://lat.ms/RzrKWl
• Libya guards speak out on attack that killed U.S. ambassador  
   http://lat.ms/RzrMxo
• California’s renewable-energy plans may hinge on presidential 
   race http://lat.ms/RzrQgB
• Next generation of spaceflight taking shape in Mojave 
   http://lat.ms/RzrRkN

PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  37. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong used a sophisticated doping program with two teams. Some close friends provided testimony.