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  1. A study shows that taking a multivitamin does not appear to reduce the risk of heart disease. For some people, taking a multivitamin might even make matters worse by distracting them from eating nutritious food and working out.

    Do you take vitamin supplement, and why?
  2. The Telegraph newspaper has set up shop in the small Ohio town of Dunkirk, where residents have been giving their views of the campaign. There's culture shock in both directions.
  3. Today's Page One:

    • Tight presidential race may come down to knocking on doors http://lat.ms/StoTOQ
    • State Supreme Court wants Arizona donors audited
    http://lat.ms/StoXyf
    • In a pivotal corner of Ohio, rival party leaders sweat it out ht...
    tp://lat.ms/Stp6S8

    • COLUMN ONE: Britain's Midwest lens on the presidential race http://lat.ms/StpfoE
    • Prosecutors in Afghanistan massacre case face tough challenge http://lat.ms/StpgJs\
    • Sandy a galvanizing moment for climate change?
    http://lat.ms/StrPLi

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

• Tight presidential race may come down to knocking on doors http://lat.ms/StoTOQ
• State Supreme Court wants Arizona donors audited 
http://lat.ms/StoXyf
• In a pivotal corner of Ohio, rival party leaders sweat it out http://lat.ms/Stp6S8
• COLUMN ONE: Britain's Midwest lens on the presidential race http://lat.ms/StpfoE
• Prosecutors in Afghanistan massacre case face tough challenge http://lat.ms/StpgJs\
• Sandy a galvanizing moment for climate change? 
http://lat.ms/StrPLi

A1 PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  4. With some subway lines still closed and long lines to get gas, many New Yorkers are braving the cold to get to work ... by foot. Read more in Nation Now: http://lat.ms/REe4bG.

    Photo: Richard Drew / AP Photo
    Photo: With some subway lines still closed and long lines to get gas, many New Yorkers are braving the cold to get to work ... by foot. Read more in Nation Now: http://lat.ms/REe4bG.

Photo: Richard Drew / AP Photo
  5. "Apple has once again put together a refined device in the iPad mini. But whether it's worth paying $130 more than its competition may come down to the thickness of your wallet," writes Sal Rodriguez in Technology | Los Angeles Times. For Sal's first look at Apple's newest tablet, visit: http://lat.ms/SEhsXu.
  6. In 1947, the Senate War Investigating Committee called Howard Hughes to testify regarding government money spent on his H-4 Hercules experimental aircraft. During a break in the hearings, Hughes returned to Los Angeles to perform taxi test flights on the aircraft. Those flights turned out to be the last of the Spruce Goose, says Los Angeles Times Photography, Video and Multimedia in this blast from the past: http://lat.ms/ProKOE.

    Photo: Los Angeles Times / November 2, 1947
    Photo: In 1947, the Senate War Investigating Committee called Howard Hughes to testify regarding government money spent on his H-4 Hercules experimental aircraft. During a break in the hearings, Hughes returned to Los Angeles to perform taxi test flights on the aircraft. Those flights turned out to be the last of the Spruce Goose, says Los Angeles Times Photography, Video and Multimedia in this blast from the past: http://lat.ms/ProKOE.

Photo: Los Angeles Times / November 2, 1947
  7. Police and death row inmates agree on one thing, a law enforcement group told its members: They both oppose Prop. 34, the California ballot measure to replace the death penalty with life without parole.
  8. Mayor Bloomberg has announced the cancellation of the New York City Marathon: "The marathon has always brought our city together and inspired us with stories of courage and determination. We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it."
  9. "Don't fire Brown now. Don't fire him tomorrow, or next month, or any time before this infamous process can be processed," writes Bill Plaschke in Los Angeles Times Sports. "The Lakers need to show the patience that everyone else around here lacks."

    For the full column: http://lat.ms/TpDXvy

    Photo: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: "Don't fire Brown now. Don't fire him tomorrow, or next month, or any time before this infamous process can be processed," writes Bill Plaschke in Los Angeles Times Sports. "The Lakers need to show the patience that everyone else around here lacks."

For the full column: http://lat.ms/TpDXvy

Photo: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
  10. Hoping to move on from the 1984 attack, Rose Steward backs Prop. 34 to end the death penalty, but fears offending families of Dean Carter's other victims. Should California abolish the death penalty?
  11. Today’s A1

    • Romney has his back to the wall in Florida
    With polls showing the crucial swing state in a dead heat, the Republican campaigns furiously to restore the lead he once held. http://lat.ms/TyHsnO

    • Staten Island is awash in a sea...
    of grief
    At least 19 of New York City's 40 fatalities from the storm occurred in the borough's evacuation zones, an area of close-knit communities now united in grief. For more: http://lat.ms/YatcmX

    • Shooting renews worries at USC
    Wounding of four non-students at a campus party raises concerns about safety. An official calls event 'isolated.' http://lat.ms/Sl4b3P

    • Rich Chinese seek a better life abroad
    Wealthy Chinese look to the U.S., Australia and Canada in search of less stress, cleaner air, better schools and a more stable political climate. http://lat.ms/TWYSGM

    • Column one: Torn by conscience
    Hoping to move on from the 1984 attack, Rose Steward backs Prop. 34 to end the death penalty, but fears offending families of Dean Carter's other victims. http://lat.ms/SufKWR

    Full PDF: http://lat.ms/X7IrF
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    Photo: Today’s A1

• Romney has his back to the wall in Florida
With polls showing the crucial swing state in a dead heat, the Republican campaigns furiously to restore the lead he once held. http://lat.ms/TyHsnO

• Staten Island is awash in a sea of grief
At least 19 of New York City's 40 fatalities from the storm occurred in the borough's evacuation zones, an area of close-knit communities now united in grief. For more: http://lat.ms/YatcmX

• Shooting renews worries at USC
Wounding of four non-students at a campus party raises concerns about safety. An official calls event 'isolated.' http://lat.ms/Sl4b3P

• Rich Chinese seek a better life abroad
Wealthy Chinese look to the U.S., Australia and Canada in search of less stress, cleaner air, better schools and a more stable political climate. http://lat.ms/TWYSGM

• Column one: Torn by conscience 
Hoping to move on from the 1984 attack, Rose Steward backs Prop. 34 to end the death penalty, but fears offending families of Dean Carter's other victims. http://lat.ms/SufKWR

Full PDF: http://lat.ms/X7IrF
  12. Researchers in Brazil are genetically modifying mosquitoes in the hope of wiping them out in the wild and ending the spread of dengue fever. But it's a controversial approach.
  13. Kay D'Arcy spent decades as a nurse, midwife and mother before jumping into Hollywood. Now she stars as an acrobatic assassin in the Web series 'Agent 88,' doing many of her own stunts.
  14. Hoping to move on from her 1984 attack, Rose Steward backs California's Proposition 34 to end the death penalty but fears offending families of serial killer Dean Carter's other victims.
  15. Facebook is testing a redesign of Timeline. In the test, the Timeline's left column becomes wider and the right column is only used to show modules such as "Friends," "Places" or "Recent Activity."
  16. Today's A1:

    • Number of California voters reaches record levels
    http://lat.ms/Toyaqd

    • LAPD withheld key details in use-of-force case
    ...
    http://lat.ms/ToyepT

    • Hurricane Sandy: Northeast struggles to its feet as sun comes out http://lat.ms/ToyiWs

    • Honolulu rail project up in the air, again
    http://lat.ms/Toyk0y

    • British woman, 79, becomes martial-arts action hero http://lat.ms/Toypl6

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

• Number of California voters reaches record levels 
http://lat.ms/Toyaqd

• LAPD withheld key details in use-of-force case 
http://lat.ms/ToyepT

• Hurricane Sandy: Northeast struggles to its feet as sun comes out http://lat.ms/ToyiWs

• Honolulu rail project up in the air, again 
http://lat.ms/Toyk0y

• British woman, 79, becomes martial-arts action hero http://lat.ms/Toypl6

PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  17. The 2012 vote will be closely watched by both campaigns, partisan and nonpartisan monitors, and thousands of lawyers prepared to go to court over irregularities.
  18. The more than 1.4 million new voters, almost half of whom registered online under a new state law, raise the total to more than 18 million. Democrats get a boost.
  19. As campaign spending reaches record numbers, Doyle McManus in Los Angeles Times Opinion breaks down all the year's most notable presidential election ads. The silliest? This Obama for America "Big Bird" ad, he says.

    For more: http://lat.ms/W4tEoH
  20. Kay D'Arcy spent decades as a nurse, midwife and mother before jumping into Hollywood. Now she stars as an acrobatic assassin in the Web series 'Agent 88,' doing many of her own stunts.
  21. Los Angeles Times Opinion staffer Paul Whitefield asks: Isn’t there a part of you that cringes, just a bit, at just how many animals we eat, and just how we treat them? Tell me you don’t feel just a little bit guilty when you pass a semi rig on the highway carrying cattle or pigs or chickens? Or when you gaze out at a feedlot, or even just at cattle grazing in a field?
  22. These before-and-after photos of spots affected by Sandy offer a small window into the destruction caused by the storm.

    Our full Sandy coverage: http://lat.ms/TYJQ9B
  23. A group of enterprising smugglers were caught trying an alternative method to circumvent the U.S.-Mexico border. They built a flimsy makeshift ramp and tried to drive over a U.S. Border Patrol fence near the Imperial Sand Dunes in Southern California. For the full story in Nation Now: http://lat.ms/TuS7Qz.

    Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
    Photo: A group of enterprising smugglers were caught trying an alternative method to circumvent the U.S.-Mexico border. They built a flimsy makeshift ramp and tried to drive over a U.S. Border Patrol fence near the Imperial Sand Dunes in Southern California. For the full story in Nation Now: http://lat.ms/TuS7Qz.

Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  24. "Hurricane Sandy's devastating intrusion into the final days of the presidential race would have at least one positive result if it inspired President Obama and Mitt Romney to finally address a huge issue they have ignored throughout the long campaign: climate change," writes cartoonist David Horsey. For more in his Top of the Ticket blog, visit: http://lat.ms/TmDslO.
    Photo: "Hurricane Sandy's devastating intrusion into the final days of the presidential race would have at least one positive result if it inspired President Obama and Mitt Romney to finally address a huge issue they have ignored throughout the long campaign: climate change," writes cartoonist David Horsey. For more in his Top of the Ticket blog, visit: http://lat.ms/TmDslO.
  25. Two juvenile great white sharks were released after being caught off the Manhattan Beach Pier early Tuesday. For more in Los Angeles Times Local News, visit: http://lat.ms/TuA6Sd.

    Photo: Eric Martin / KTLA-TV
    Photo: Two juvenile great white sharks were released after being caught off the Manhattan Beach Pier early Tuesday. For more in Los Angeles Times Local News, visit: http://lat.ms/TuA6Sd.

Photo: Eric Martin / KTLA-TV
  26. California's Proposition 35, a measure to toughen penalties for sex trafficking, faces opposition from some veteran advocates and academics in the field of human trafficking.
  27. Today's A1:

    • Disney adds 'Star Wars' to its galaxy http://lat.ms/SvIwJa

    • Northeast faces long road back in Sandy's wake; death toll at 50 http://lat.ms/SvIyAS

    ...
    • L.A. council to consider new tax proposals http://lat.ms/SvICAO

    • Storm's fury leaves New Yorkers reeling http://lat.ms/SvIHV3

    • Americans ready to risk lives to save souls in Monterrey, Mexico
    http://lat.ms/SvIMIl

    PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
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•  Disney adds 'Star Wars' to its galaxy http://lat.ms/SvIwJa

•  Northeast faces long road back in Sandy's wake; death toll at 50 http://lat.ms/SvIyAS

•  L.A. council to consider new tax proposals http://lat.ms/SvICAO

•  Storm's fury leaves New Yorkers reeling http://lat.ms/SvIHV3

• Americans ready to risk lives to save souls in Monterrey, Mexico
http://lat.ms/SvIMIl

PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  28. No Dirk, no problem. Minus their best player, the Dallas Mavericks still spoiled the Lakers' opener tonight, beating the home team 99-91 at Staples despite 19 points and 10 rebounds from Dwight Howard.

    Photo: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: No Dirk, no problem. Minus their best player, the Dallas Mavericks still spoiled the Lakers' opener tonight, beating the home team 99-91 at Staples despite 19 points and 10 rebounds from Dwight Howard.

Photo: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
  29. A photo taken in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens today.

    More photos of Sandy and its aftermath: http://lat.ms/VCzKXs

    Photo: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
    Photo: A photo taken in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens today.

More photos of Sandy and its aftermath: http://lat.ms/VCzKXs

Photo: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
  30. "The Obama administration has some explaining to do" about what happened in Benghazi, James Rainey writes on Politics Now. "With four Americans dead overseas, their fellow citizens rightly want to know why they couldn't have been protected. But the answers will not fit neatly, or in time, to make 30-second campaign ads."

    More on the issue from columnist Jonah Goldberg: http://lat.ms/VCwnjd
  31. A1 Today:

    Massive storm Sandy kills at least 8 as it roars ashore in East http://lat.ms/Yjcykj

    Hurricane Sandy blows away campaign plans http://lat.ms/Sagboq

    Chinese factory giant employed underage interns on assembly line http://lat.ms/TTzuI2

    'Island of the Blue Dolphins' woman's cave believed found http://lat.ms/Sag9Nc
    ...

    George Barris' custom cars are legend in hot rod industry http://lat.ms/VBoqLa

    PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
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Massive storm Sandy kills at least 8 as it roars ashore in East  http://lat.ms/Yjcykj

Hurricane Sandy blows away campaign plans http://lat.ms/Sagboq

Chinese factory giant employed underage interns on assembly line http://lat.ms/TTzuI2

'Island of the Blue Dolphins' woman's cave believed found  http://lat.ms/Sag9Nc

George Barris' custom cars are legend in hot rod industry http://lat.ms/VBoqLa

PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  32. Hurricane Sandy, whose winds and driving rains have caused flooding up and down the Eastern Seaboard, made its landfall at New Jersey around 8 p.m., slightly earlier than projected.

    Photos: http://lat.ms/YgoALj
  33. President Obama's healthcare law guarantees all Americans access to coverage, starting in 2014. Mitt Romney has pledged to repeal the law and let states decide what to do with the uninsured.
  34. Hurricane Sandy barrels toward Northeast; 'Get out before you can't'

    http://lati.ms/eR4mS


    Photo: NASA
    Photo: Hurricane Sandy barrels toward Northeast; 'Get out before you can't'

http://lati.ms/eR4mS 


Photo: NASA
  35. Today's headlines:

    • As Hurricane Sandy nears, 450,000 on East Coast told to evacuate http://lat.ms/QPX1Fp
    • El Monte soda tax plan faces crush by beverage industry
    http://lat.ms/QPX8Rw
    • President Obama looks to young voters, many of who...
    m seem uninspired http://lat.ms/QPXabT
    • Higher DVR usage becomes a mixed blessing for TV industry
    http://lat.ms/QPXbfY
    • Wildlife biologist Jeff Sikich knows how to get his mountain lion
    http://lat.ms/QPXd7y

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

• As Hurricane Sandy nears, 450,000 on East Coast told to evacuate http://lat.ms/QPX1Fp 
• El Monte soda tax plan faces crush by beverage industry
http://lat.ms/QPX8Rw
• President Obama looks to young voters, many of whom seem uninspired http://lat.ms/QPXabT
• Higher DVR usage becomes a mixed blessing for TV industry
http://lat.ms/QPXbfY
• Wildlife biologist Jeff Sikich knows how to get his mountain lion
http://lat.ms/QPXd7y

PDF: http://lat.ms/uxSrQ
  36. The San Francisco Giants are World Series champions, finishing off a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers. For more in Los Angeles Times Sports: http://lat.ms/U8ZOZd.

    Photo: Matt Slocum / Associated Press
    Photo: The San Francisco Giants are World Series champions, finishing off a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers. For more in Los Angeles Times Sports: http://lat.ms/U8ZOZd.

Photo: Matt Slocum / Associated Press
  37. AT&T U-Verse customers won't have to worry about missing any Lakers' games this season. Time Warner Cable has struck a distribution deal for its new regional sports networks, SportsNet and Deportes, with AT&T U-Verse. On Friday, TWC also reached agreements with Verizon Fios and Charter Communications, but still hasn't inked contracts with Cox Cable and DirecTV.
  38. Pauley Pavilion, on the UCLA campus, has undergone a $136-million renovation, and after a full year of work, crews are readying the remodeled arena to reopen for UCLA's season opener against Indiana State on November 9.

    But why wait? We've...
    got all the angles covered to give YOU an inside look, thanks to Los Angeles Times Sports and Los Angeles Times Photography, Video and Multimedia.

    For our story: http://lat.ms/RNGJMN
    For a video tour: http://lat.ms/SbSAqC
    For a virtual tour: http://lat.ms/TKc9CD
    For a photo gallery: http://lat.ms/Teq2sa

    Photo: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times
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    Photo: Pauley Pavilion, on the UCLA campus, has undergone a $136-million renovation, and after a full year of work, crews are readying the remodeled arena to reopen for UCLA's season opener against Indiana State on November 9.

But why wait? We've got all the angles covered to give YOU an inside look, thanks to Los Angeles Times Sports and Los Angeles Times Photography, Video and Multimedia.

For our story: http://lat.ms/RNGJMN
For a video tour: http://lat.ms/SbSAqC
For a virtual tour: http://lat.ms/TKc9CD
For a photo gallery: http://lat.ms/Teq2sa

Photo: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times