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NATO's decision to intervene in Libya was a new kind of operation for the alliance. And now that Moammar Gadhafi has been driven from power, there's a debate about whether NATO will undertake similar action in the future.

In his work with the dying, a psychiatrist asks patients to write a formal narrative of their life — a document they can pass on to whomever they choose. He's noticed that the stories people tell about themselves as they face death are often very different than the stories they tell at other points.

Hope for the future, rather than pessimism about it, characterized the remarks of many of the speakers at events commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Sunday's ceremonies, and the display of political unity they expressed, were very different from what's been going on lately on Capitol Hill.

President Obama says for all that's changed in the decade since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, America's character as a nation has endured, stronger than ever. Obama spoke at a memorial concert in Washington, D.C. Sunday night, marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks. It was one of many ceremonies held across the country, honoring a decade of loss and survival.

The day is coming when you'll be able to program a machine to have freshly made pancakes when you stumble out of bed. The Los Angeles Times reports scientists are making progress on 3D food printing machines. The printers work by spitting out liquified materials and building up the product in layers.

Only a few events in a lifetime serve as true turning points. There was the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, the day JFK was shot and the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. How have the events of Sept. 11 resonated through 10 years of American politics?

With the solemn ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacksnow over, Washington returns to the subject most likely to dominate the political debate between now and the 2012 presidential election: Jobs and the ailing economy.

Among today's top stories: U.S. stock futures point down; biggest of Texas wildfires 50 percent contained; another of Gadhafi's sons shows up in Niger.

The local newspaper reports it has been told there was "no radiation leak" earlier today after an explosion at a nuclear reprocessing facility in southern France. But much remains unknown about what happened at the plant in Marcoule.

Hundreds of people reportedly were trying to collect fuel from a broken tank. A cigarette tossed into an open sewer may have triggered the blast.