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  • Tiger Woods will have to come out of seclusion at some point, and when he finally does, his first TV interview will be a major get. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik describes the frenzied angling among producers and anchors desperate to get Tiger on their network.
  • President Obama nominated Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second four-year term, ending speculation that the man widely credited with stemming a wholesale financial collapse might be cast aside. The move was aimed at continuity as the economy pulls out of recession.
  • The Defense Department has confirmed that the remains of two soldiers kidnapped in May 2007 were discovered Wednesday and identified Thursday. The two were abducted in the area known as the "triangle of death," which is south of Baghdad.
  • The U.N. Security Council is debating the extension of the mandate of a peacekeeping force for Sudan's Darfur region. It also criticized the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for trying to arrest Sudan's president.
  • These Day's Legal Update examines: The attorney-client privilege case pending before the US Supreme Court; the US Supreme Court's decision to review the criminal conviction of Enron CEO Jeff Skilling; and a preview of the oral argument before the California Supreme Court on medical marijuana set for November 3.
  • From the deadly serious subject of overcrowding in California prisons to the banning of toys in Happy Meals: there's no subject too big or too small for our Legal Update.
  • How are demographic shifts in Mexico impacting the future of immigration to the U.S.?
  • Jennifer Weiner's latest novel, Best Friends Forever, is much sharper than its dopey title would suggest. With a nod to Thelma and Louise, Weiner's Addie and Valerie rekindle a friendship that fizzled decades ago.
  • The Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting with analysts predicting a half-point rate cut as policymakers try to moderate an economic slowdown driven largely by the subprime mortgage crisis.
  • Amid the global recession, the Indian economy is still relatively strong, and many Indians living in the United States have decided to head home — for better jobs and lifestyles.
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