Bomb Kills Scores in Pakistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/world/asia/29pstan.html?_r=1&hp

Hard news lead about a car bomb that went off in Pakistan. It happened 90 minutes after Hilary Clinton arrived in Pakistan

http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/world/middleeast/22nuke.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26hp&OP=19278cb1Q2FFOXoFy8Q3BI988Q3DLFLttZFPtFLLFO89Q2AyFdSyyQ2AXXRIQ3DFLLQ51kQ7BXQ25sQ3DdQ2A

Iran agrees to deal about exporting nuclear fuel (hard news lead).

Balloon Runs Away, Boy 6 Never Leaves Home

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/us/16balloon.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1255701862-HPY2DTyZCr86OzhPh9BDWQ

Hard news lead about a boy who was suspected to have taken flight in his father's helium balloon he built. However after the balloon landed he was found to not be in the balloon, and hiding in the family's basement attic.

Stanley McChrystal's Long War

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/magazine/18Afghanistan-t.html?_r=1&hp

Narrative story

The Gift of Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/health/11fertility.html?pagewanted=4&_r=1&hp

Soft news lead about how doctors are encouraging parents who do IVF to not have multiple embryos implanted at the risk of carrying multiples. It details the reasons why carrying multiples should be avoided, and the conflict between doctors and parents to get this idea across.

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Price

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.html?_r=1&hp

Hard news lead about how the Nobel Committee announced that President Obama would be the nobel peace price recipient for this year. He was awarded this prize due to his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".

Pakistanis View US Aid Warily

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/pakistanis-view-us-aid-warily/?hp

Soft news lead about how Pakistanis have lost some trust in America, and the Kerry-Lugar bill is not helping that. It determines that this trust can be rebuilt by redoing this bill, and having less control over the counry of Pakistan.

Obama Stumps for Chicago's Bid

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/sports/03obama.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

Soft news lead detailing how Obama has rallied behind Chicago's vote for the 2016 Summer Olympics.