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Nick Clegg speech: Horizon shiftThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:18AM"It falls to our political generation – and to this generation as a whole - to take the necessary steps now for a better, fairer future. Reform and change today is necessary if we want mobility and prosperity tomorrow. That’s the horizon shift we need. That’s what the Coalition Government is about."

The end of life: a just and reasonable accommodationThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:18AMIt doesn’t benefit the terminally ill or the rest of us to pour money into end-of-life treatment

Islamic center is historic mark of freedomThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:16AM"We are proceeding with the community center, Cordoba House. More important, we are doing so with the support of the downtown community, government at all levels and leaders from across the religious spectrum, who will be our partners. I am convinced that it is the right thing to do for many reasons."

DARKER SIDE OF INNOVATIONThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:15AMWINCHESTER, Va. — The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.

Texas woman emerges as vocal critic of copyright lawsuit firmThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:15AMColleen Lynn is an admitted copyright infringer — at least by the standards of Las Vegas newspaper copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC.

Business Briefs: Top 10 remodeler namedThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:12AMNormandy Builders of Hinsdale is proud to be listed as the #10 largest remodeling company in the United States by Remodeling Magazine. Remodeling Magazine annually publishes their Remodeling 550 list, ranking the nation's largest remodeling companies.

Community Briefs: Suicide Prevention Day Week notedThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:11AMThrive Counseling Center of Oak Park supports World Suicide Prevention Day on Friday and the 36th annual National Suicide Prevention Week through Sept. 11 and encourages everyone to "Take 5 to Save Lives."

Imam: Handling of Islamic center plan a matter of national securityThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:10AMThe religious leader behind plans to build an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York's ground zero said Wednesday night that America's national security depends on how it handles the controversy.

India-Pakistan pairing shows anything is possibleThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 4:09AMThe best measure of what India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi accomplished at the U.S. Open could be found in the stands, not the scoreline. The doubles team reached the U.S. Open final Wednesday, winning a match that brought the United Nations ambassadors from their long-at-odds countries to Flushing Meadows to sit in the stands together.