Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
Ecuador's Cristian Benites, left, fights for the ball with Chile's Arturo Vidal during a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Quito, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.
George Soros, Chair of the Soros Fund Management and founder of The Open Society Institute, holds his new book during a news conference at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington October 12, 2008. Soros welcomed on Sunday a bank rescue package from euro zone leaders and said financial markets, although in panic, could turn around after such a display of leadership.
DANVILLE, CA - OCTOBER 12: Angela Stanford waves her ball to the crowd on the 8th hole during the final round of the LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge at the Blackhawk Country Club October 12, 2008 in Danville, California.
Omnialuo's designer Zheng Luo acknowledges applause after presenting her Spring 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week September 12, 2008.
In this image released by Ghostlight Records, Patti Lupone's CD, "Patti Lupone at Les Mouches," is shown. The album is a digitally restored concert recording of LuPone's 1980 solo show at the New York club Les Mouches. The CD will be released Nov. 11 by Ghostlight Records.
Geraman Timo Ball is pictured during his game mens singles final at the European Table Tennis Championships against Belarussian Vladimir Samsonov in St. Petersburg on October 12, 2008. Ball won 4-2.
Thousands of Roman Catholic devotees follow the image of Our Lady of Nazareth (bottom) at port area during the 'Cirio de Nazare' (Nazareth Candle) celebrations in Belem, northern Brazil, on October 12, 2008. Near two million pilgrims participated in Brazil's biggest Catholic procession.
East China Normal University is equivalent to Johns Hopkins, Yale or Princeton, and we’re very lucky to have them as a partner 
I know the speculation is I'm going to Johns Hopkins University and that has not been decided by me at all ... I wanted to take some time out between this and considering any other jobs.
We don't have perfect knowledge, but we don't have any evidence that we're failing to be adequately protective
We really didn't focus on composting, because of the extra level of treatment
It met federal and state standards, so I guess at that point, what's the question?
It is a subject of scientific debate ... Many researchers believe the compost is safe, but there are some who believe it may be dangerous and should be studied further. The original AP story leaned too heavily on the latter view. That was unbalanced, and it created a distorted impression about the level of risk in the Baltimore experiment.
We used a commercial, off-the-shelf product that's highly regulated by both the federal and the state governments
