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Gupta was once a director at Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble. He was convicted of leaking information to convicted hedge fund manager Galleon Rajaratnam.

A group of respected world leaders who call themselves "The Elders" have made it their goal to find solutions for a host of intractable global problems. Two members, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson discuss their accomplishments and ongoing projects.

Since June, more than 915,000 presidential ads alone have aired on broadcast and cable TV. So what's it like to watch the local news in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio and Virginia?

Karl Rove's tax-exempt Crossroads GPS group said it was interested only in advancing issues, not engaging in electoral politics. But now it's running a minute-long ad telling viewers to vote for Mitt Romney — with no mention of those very issues it had been saying were central to its mission.

Next month's vote is getting national attention because the state is a pioneer in health care reform. The outcome could influence voters in other parts of the country.

If you don't believe me, just ask Canada. They produce more oil than they can use — and they pay just as much as we do.

Plants can sometimes exhibit human-like behavior — some respond to music, smell other plants or seem to shrink away when touched. In fact, some would argue that greenery is sensitive enough to deserve rights.

Jail inmates in Westchester County, N.Y., have sued the county for $500 million: They want to be issued dental floss. The county is reluctant, saying prisoners elsewhere have used floss as a weapon — and to escape.

"We're not trying to hype it," National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Kocin tells Bloomberg News. "What we're seeing in some of our models is a storm at an intensity that we have not seen in this part of the country in the past century."

The news is sure to be a hot topic on the campaign trail as President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney push to the Nov. 6 election.