SNL, Car Washes, and Dartmouth
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Top Stories: How Saturday Night Live wrung out comedy from the first presidential debate.
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World: Caste-based affirmative action in India tends to reward the wealthy.
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U.S.: In Phoenix, where cars are abundant and keeping them clean is "ritualistic," the car wash is used to raise money for everything from cheerleading to burying the dead.
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New York: A New York senate race shaped by two women who were at Dartmouth as it was "still struggling to adjust to the presence of women."
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Technology: The software patent system is one that "federal judges, economists, policy makers and technology executives say is so flawed that it often stymies innovation."
Sports: The postseason is looking grim for the Oakland Athletics.
Opinion: Bill Keller on healthcare and death in Britain and the U.S.
Dance: Justin Peck's "Year of the Rabbit" — a ballet to music by Sufjan Stevens at the New York City Ballet — "was a triumph not just for Mr. Peck but also for the institution that has nurtured him."
Television: Duck Dynasty, about a family in the duck-call-making business, is "one of the quirkiest, most enjoyable reality shows on television" with a sitcom-like format.
