Newser Story Index from October, 2009

Welcome to the Newser Story Index. Here you find stories written by Newser writers and editors, assembled with supporting photos and videos from the files of the news story.

Viral Campaign Succeeds: Tracy Morgan Joins Twitter
Public Option Compromise Gains Steam
New Trouble for Rangel: Ethics Panel Widens Probe
Juno 's Ellen Page to Write Comedy for HBO
Most Influential Man of 2009 Is... Don Draper?
Lower-Key McCain Edges Back Into Picture
Ditch Your Trashy Avatar
A Decade of Nobel Literature Laureates
Dow Up 61 on Strong Earnings
Even a Little Exercise Boosts Your Ego
Glenn Beck's Mormonism Is the Apocalyptic Kind
New Facebook App Finds Your Long-Lost Twin
Brooke Astor's Son Guilty on 16 Counts, Faces 25 Years
Tourists Seek Mythical Lesbian City in Sweden
Right Suddenly Embraces Truther King
Alaska Democrats Complain of Palin Email Cover-Up
Afghan Rift? It's Just 'Smoke and Puffery'
Paris Fashion Week Plays it Safe
Jackson 5 Skit Sparks Outrage—It's in Blackface
Florida Mayor's Dad Threatens Her at Gunpoint
Why We Love to Hate Anthropologie
7-Foot Dog Has High Hopes for World Record
Autopsy Shows 100-Year-Old Was Murdered
CIA Knew of 'Secret' Iran Facility: Panetta
Beach Boy Wilson to Complete Gershwin Songs
Taliban to West: We Mean You No Harm
The Latest From Paris: 12-Inch Heels
Pelosi Eye Roll Hints at Dem Rift on Afghanistan
Twins' Granny Likes That Hef
Halderman 'Enraged' Over 'Passionate Embrace'
Gone With Gourmet : a Taste for Expertise
Gov't to Japanese: Have Babies, We'll Pay You
Ritchie: Madonna Is 'Retarded'
Gaza Film Exposes Deadly Breast Cancer Taboos
Lawsuits Over Chinese Drywall Mounting
Jon, Kate Face Off Over Twins' Birthday
Telenovela Sexes Up Census Participation
Hollywood Heads Roll as DVD Sales Plunge
Iran Fingers US in Scientist's Disappearance
Troops Despair, Question Afghan Mission: Chaplains
Berlusconi: I'm Not Going Anywhere
Windows 7: Finally an End to the Ordeal of Vista
Blast Kills 17 Outside Indian Embassy in Kabul
Fey: Palin Wig 'Will Come Out of the Closet'
If Congress Can't Pass Health Reform, Yank Their Coverage
Why the Dems Will Hold Congress in 2010
NJ Gov's Ads Target Opponent's Waistline
German Novelist Herta Mueller Wins Nobel for Literature
Coming Soon: Cheney, Cheney & Cheney?
Feds to Sterilize Wild Mustangs