Newser Story Index from October, 2010

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.

US No Longer One of 20 Least Corrupt Nations
Madonna to Sell You Arms Like These
Streetwalkers Ordered to Wear Neon Vests
Murkowski: A Frontrunner Who's Not on the Ballot
McCain: It's Too Soon to Endorse Palin
Sean Penn's Galpal Charged After Catfight
Firefox Add-on Makes Hacking Facebook a Breeze
Glenn Beck to MSNBC: Bend Over
Rand Paul Backer Stomps on Woman's Head
Buffett Flags 39-Year-Old as Likely Successor
Forget the Pill: Birth Control Gel Is Coming
Mom: Hiccups Sent Her Down Wrong Path
Iran Begins Loading Nuke Reactor Core
Deficit Fights Loom for Lame Duck Congress
Jon Stewart Kicks Off DC Week
Saddam Crony Tariq Aziz Will Hang
RIP, Paul the Octopus
Bristol Actually Not Awful on DWTS
Biggest-Ever Solar Plant Wins OK in Calif.
Mom Charged With Murder of 5 Babies
Radioactive Cancer Patients a Growing Health Concern
$2B House, Senate Races Smash Fundraising Record
Calif. Cops Lost in Pot Law Haze
Nurse Caught on Tape Switching Off Ventilator
Strikes Costing France $557M a Day
Halloween Horror: a Snooki Invasion
Sharron Angle Uses Decoy to Dodge Press
Feds Raid Missile Expert's Home After He's Stopped at Airport
Fiddler On the Roof Author Dead at 98
Your Lungs Have Their Own Taste Buds
Favre Fracture Might End 315-Game Streak
Marijuana's Newest, Unlikeliest Fans: Republicans
Fatal Driver's Sentence: 15 Years of Letter Writing
Melinda Gates: Apple Banned at Our House
US Military a Better Place Than Disney to Work
Mark Cuban Wants to Pay to Investigate... Mark Cuban
Bee Brains Beat Out Computers in Math
RI Democrat Frank Caprio Tells Obama to 'Shove It'
Americans Don't Want Change
The Center Gets Shafted, the 'Base' Rules
New App Can Identify Trick-or-Treat Sex Offenders
New BP Boss Decries 'Rush to Judgment'
NAACP Has Better Things to Do Than Bash Tea Party
To Help World's Poor, Hand Them Cash
Don't Let GOP Make It 'Even Worse'
1 in 3 Voters Still Undecided
Women Shrug Off Bad Sex
Why the White House Struggles to Be Heard
Aussie Anti-Porn Rule Has Honeymooners Baring All
Thousands Protest to Keep Hobbit in New Zealand