| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Who's to blame for student debt crisis? | | As the new school year approaches, President Obama has been traveling around talking about the high cost of education. In a speech given on August 22 in Syracuse, New York, he laid out a plan to rein in the costs, describing affordable and accessible education as "Washington's highest priority." |
| Britain backs out | | Great Britain won't join a coalition, making it more likely the U.S. would have to make a strike on Syria without its closest ally. |
| Feds won't mess with state pot laws | | The Justice Department said it won't challenge state laws that legalize marijuana and will focus federal enforcement on serious trafficking cases and keeping the drug away from children. |
| Kids' TV host charged in sex inquiry | | British authorities have charged a veteran children's television host with more than a dozen counts of child abuse stemming from an ongoing investigation into another TV personality. |
| China sets course for lunar landing | | China set a bold new course in its ambitious space program Wednesday, when it announced plans to land its first probe on the moon by the end of the year. |
| Bergen: Al Qaeda's potent Syria force | | Why has the Obama administration been so reluctant to intervene in Syria? There are a host of reasons -- American fatigue with war, President Barack Obama's disinclination to start another conflict in the Middle East, and the splintered, fractured opposition to Bashar al-Assad. |
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