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Tax the rich: Should millionaires really pay more?

The fight over raising levies on the wealthy, a theme of the 'Occupy Wall Street' protests, is about more than money. It's a clash over fundamental American values.
In search for Earth-size world, a historic first: Kepler finds rocky planet

For the first time, scientists have confirmed an exoplanet that is rocky like Earth – not a gas giant. It's also 2,500 degrees F and denser than iron, so it's no candidate for life, say members of the team working with the planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft.
In Pictures: Jerry Brown through the years
Gallery: Election Photos of the Week 10/17 - 10/24
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (horrible writing contest) winner announced

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (a contest that honors bad writing) has a new winner for 2010. A Seattle writer won the award for describing a ravenous kiss.
Jerry Brown stresses his frugality (but doesn't mention his $1.8 million house)

Jerry Brown is all about frugality on the California campaign trail except when it comes to his rarely mentioned custom-designed, $1.8 million house in one of the San Francisco Bay area's most prestigious neighborhoods
Guns at Starbucks? Pushing the right to bear arms in public

Gun owners in California have been wearing their handguns in coffee shops and restaurants. The guns are unloaded and legal, but some citizens and police departments are wary.
Interest groups complicate California’s budget woes

As lawmakers edge closer a budget deal, teachers' unions, business groups, and even the governor hit the airwaves with their demands.
What a good idea!

For kids: These student designers invented simple solutions to everyday problems.
How tiny Jamaica develops so many champion sprinters

The world's two fastest men will go head-to-head in Jamaica's Olympic trials this weekend.
How tiny Jamaica develops so many champion sprinters

The world's two fastest men will go head-to-head in Jamaica's Olympic trials this weekend.