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NEWS Find more reaction, fallout and fact-checking from last night’s final presidential debate online as the candidates hit the road again. Just two weeks before Election Day, President Obama campaigns today in Delray, Fla., and Dayton, Ohio. Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan appear in Henderson, Nev., and later hold a rally in Morrison, Colo., with singers Kid Rock and Rodney Atkins.
TECH Apple is expected to unveil today its new models of Mac computers and its long-rumored smaller, cheaper iPad. Whether it’s called the iPad Mini or some other name, the global tech giant holds its new product preview at 1 p.m. ET. We live-blog the event, and USA TODAY tech writer Ed Baig offers his first impressions.
MONEY Earnings reports come out today for Facebook and 3M after the closing bell.
LIFE USA TODAY’s Andrea Mandell sits down with Scottish actor Gerard Butler (the star of 300 and Phantom of the Opera) to discuss his new movie, the surfing drama Chasing Mavericks, in theaters Friday. Butler talks about nearly drowning while shooting the film, playing a father figure and coping with tabloid coverage of his time in rehab.
SPORTS Gear up for the World Series before it starts Wednesday night as USA TODAY Sports gives you the lowdown on the matchups.
NEWS Shuttle astronaut Kevin Ford is set to blast off into space today, but this time on a Russian Soyuz craft headed for the International Space Station. The launch is from the Russian-leased space center in Kazakhstan. Ford will travel into space with Russian colleagues Oleg Novitsky and Evgeny Tarelkin. Ford spent two weeks in space as pilot of the shuttle Discovery in 2009.