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Some of Syria's neighbors are already feeling the impact of the civil war there. The war has led to an upsurge in regional violence and has sent refugees flowing across borders.

The move allows legally married same-sex couples to apply for Veterans Affairs benefits like health care and disability payments.

A dispute over a proposed iron ore mine in Wisconsin has spilled into the nearby woods. Native Americans have set up a camp to protect land near the mine site and say federal treaty rights allow the campers to stay.

With less than a month until the launch of the new health care exchanges, polls show people are still mightily confused about how the Affordable Care Act works. So the Obama administration is bringing out the big guns, including former president and explainer-in-chief Bill Clinton.

The House, unlike the Senate, gave the Obama administration an aggressive grilling about its plans to launch a military strike on Syria.

The number of Latinos enrolled in college has hit an all-time high, and it's part of a years-long trend.

A bomb destroyed some vehicles in the interior minister's convoy. It was the first such attack on a member of Egypt's interim government. Still, after the deadly violence of last month, some sense of normalcy has returned to Egypt, according to news reports.

It's taken about two weeks for tests to confirm the cub's gender. She was born Aug. 23 had is said to have a healthy, "fat little belly." As for her name, that won't be chosen until around Thanksgiving.

President Obama recently proposed a new college ranking system, based on more than test scores. The Washington Monthly has been doing that for years. Host Michel Martin finds out more.

Reports about the use of chemical weapons near Damascus are "very troublesome," the president tells CNN. For the U.S., "core national interests" are now at stake: Syria's weapons of mass destruction must not be allowed to spread. But military action also requires international support, Obama says.