Video: Candidates buckle down ahead of first debate

>>> now to tomorrow's highly anticipated debate between president obama and mitt romney . today both candidates are hunkering down for what could be a pivotal night in this race. chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent in denver tonight in place where the debate will take place tomorrow night. chuck, good morning to you.

>> reporter: good morning, savannah. these candidates have each done four mock debates, mitt romney and president obama . they will each do one more today. it's more preparation than any two candidates have ever put in to general election presidential debates in the modern era of presidential politics .

>> because i get the opportunity to introduce to you the next president of the united states , governor mitt romney .

>> reporter: mitt romney landed in colorado monday night scoring the endorsement of denver broncos football legend john elway .

>> what an honor, what a welcome and colorado welcome. thank you so much

>> reporter: governor's first and only event ahead of tomorrow's big presidential debate was at a packed air and space museum in denver .

>> people want to know who is going to win? who is going to score the punches? you know, in my view it's not so much winning andalusian or even the people themselves, the president and myself. it's about something bigger than that.

>> reporter: still playing off the enthusiastic crowd, romney appeared to test out a few new zingers including this one on the keystone oil pipeline halted by the obama administration.

>> by the way, i'm going to get that pipeline from canada if i have to build it myself.

>> reporter: romney 's running mate paul ryan was greeted by his family in iowa before kicking off a bus tour in dubuque where he emphasized the importance of the upcoming debates.

>> we are entering the debate phase, the choice phase of this campaign, and this choice is ever so clear.

>> reporter: president obama is hunkering down in nevada preparing for his one-on-one confrontation with romney , keeping a much more low key pre-debate schedule in a las vegas suburb. the president did make a brief appearance at a local campaign office where he delivered pizzas and called and thanked volunteers.

>> the work that you're doing is making all the difference.

>> reporter: and he joked about how he's preparing for the debate.

>> basically they are keeping me indoors all the time. it's a drag. they are making me do my homework.

>> reporter: while romney aides continue to play down expectations for the debate, new jersey governor chris christie continued to ramp them up on monday.

>> it's a huge night. had a bad couple of weeks, and we want to turn this around, and if you want to turn it around, you've got to perform on the biggest stage.

>> reporter: speaking of turning around, a slew of national polls have come out in the last couple of days all showing the same thing. mitt romney inching back up, only a few points behind, down anywhere from two to four points. what's interesting here about the numbers, savannah is, president obama 's numbers sort of locked in place at 49. the fluidity is in mitt romney 's number.

>> chuck todd in denver this

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Connected To The Case to use Facebook for crowd-sourced crime solving

Ready the spandex and decide on a name for your alter ego, because come October 16th, you'll have the chance to fight crime from the comfort of your computer. On that date, the "Connected To The Case" website goes live with the aim of crowd-sourcing tips from its users to help the cops solve active investigations. You'll use your Facebook login for access, as the service pulls data from your profile to prioritize cases with which you might have a connection. Morgan Wright, CEO and Chief Crime Fighter of Crowd Sourced Investigations, told us its system looks at five key areas when digging for pertinent triggers: "date, location, time, relation and demographics." It then uses that data to tailor notifications of unsolved crimes based on -- for example -- proximity to your school, or where you used to work. Rest assured that you control the privacy settings, and if you've got useful info to share, you can do so anonymously.

Law enforcement agencies can register to include their cases from today, with the initial roll-out targeting the US. The plan is to expand first to other English-speaking countries, with foreign language support in the future to build a global network of internet do-gooders. Including data from other social networks is also in the pipeline, starting with Twitter and later, Foursquare and Pinterest. A smartphone app is also on the agenda, so get your detective devices ready -- we can be heroes, if just for one click.

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Study: Fraud growing in scientific research papers

EMBARGOED UNTIL 3 PM, EDT, MONDAY, OCT. 1 - FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, Dr. Andrew Wakefield speaks in Chicago. Fraud in scientific research, while still rare, is growing at an alarming rate, a new study finds. A review of retractions in medical and biological peer-reviewed journals finds the percentage of studies that had to be retracted because of scientific misconduct has jumped several-fold since the mid-1970s. From 1975 to 1980, scientists found a rate of about 15 fraud retractions for every 1 million studies published. That rate peaked in 2007 with 96 retractions for fraud for every 1 million studies. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogas, File)

EMBARGOED UNTIL 3 PM, EDT, MONDAY, OCT. 1 - FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, Dr. Andrew Wakefield speaks in Chicago. Fraud in scientific research, while still rare, is growing at an alarming rate, a new study finds. A review of retractions in medical and biological peer-reviewed journals finds the percentage of studies that had to be retracted because of scientific misconduct has jumped several-fold since the mid-1970s. From 1975 to 1980, scientists found a rate of about 15 fraud retractions for every 1 million studies published. That rate peaked in 2007 with 96 retractions for fraud for every 1 million studies. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogas, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Fraud in scientific research, while still rare, is growing at a troubling pace, a new study finds.

A review of retractions in medical and biological peer-reviewed journals finds the percentage of studies withdrawn because of fraud or suspected fraud has jumped substantially since the mid-1970s. In 1976, there were fewer than 10 fraud retractions for every 1 million studies published, compared with 96 retractions per million in 2007.

The study authors aren't quite sure why this is happening. But they and outside experts point to pressure to hit it big in science, both for funding and attention, and to what seems to be a subtle increase in deception in overall society that science may simply be mirroring.

Fraud in life sciences research is still minuscule and committed by only a few dozen scientific scofflaws. However, it causes big problems, said Arturo Casadevall, a professor of microbiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Casadevall is the lead author of the study which looked at the reasons for 2,047 retractions among many millions of studies published in journals and kept in a government database for medically focused research.

Fraud was the No. 1 cause of retractions, accounting for 43 percent of them. When fraud was combined with other areas of misconduct, such as plagiarism, it explained about 2 out of 3 retractions, the study found.

"Very few people are doing it, but when they do it, they are doing it in areas that are very important," Casadevall said. "And when these things come out, society loses faith in science."

Prominent retractions that Casadevall cited for fraud include a notorious British study that wrongly linked childhood vaccines to autism, nine separate studies on highly touted research at Duke University about cancer treatment, and work by a South Korean cloning expert who later was convicted in court of embezzlement and illegally buying human eggs for research.

Casadevall said he was surprised because he didn't set out to study fraud. His plan was to examine the most common avoidable errors that caused retractions. What he found was that 889 of the more than 2,000 retractions were due to fraud or suspected fraud.

While other studies have shown a rise in retractions, no previous study has found scientific misconduct as the leading cause, said Nicholas Steneck, director of the research ethics program at the University of Michigan, who wasn't involved in the Casadevall study. That shows a need for better, more honest reporting of retractions by the science journals themselves, he said.

He and others also said the findings suggest there may just be better detection of scientific fraud overall.

Most "scientists out there are well meaning and honest people who are going to be totally appalled by this," Casadevall said.

The study was published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which had the second most retracted articles for all reasons, behind only the journal Science.

The publication with the most fraud-based retractions was the Journal of Biological Chemistry. PNAS ranked fifth.

Casadevall said that even if society as a whole has become more deceptive, "I used to think that science was on a different plane. But I think science is like everybody else and that we are susceptible to the same pressures."

In science, he said, "there's a disproportionate reward system" so if a researcher is published in certain prominent journals they are more likely to get jobs and funding, so the temptations increase.

"Bigger money makes for bigger reasons for fraud," said New York University bioethicist Arthur Caplan. "More fame, more potential for profit... Some of the cheating and fraud is not too dissimilar to the cheating and fraud we've seen in banking."

Science historian Marcel LaFollette, author of a book about science fraud "Stealing into Print," said researchers can't prove that more people are lying in general in society, but they get the distinct feeling it's happening more. And in 2006 an Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that while most people say they don't approve of lying, 65 percent of those questioned said it is OK to lie in certain situations.

The world has become accustomed to lying and forgives politicians when they do it in relationships, LaFollette said. But it's different when it's a doctor, scientist or an engineer because people can get hurt, she said.

Casadevall and Caplan pointed to the 1998 study in Lancet by Andrew Wakefield temporarily linking childhood vaccines to autism ? a study later retracted because it was found to be what another scientific journal called "an elaborate fraud."

"Think about the damage society took when mothers started to question vaccines," Casadevall said. "That's damage and it's still going on."

Reached at home in Texas, Wakefield, who was banned from practicing medicine in his native Great Britain and whose claims are contrary to what prevailing established medical research shows about vaccine and autism, said: "There was no fraud and to use this and to use me as a poster child of fraud really compounds that error."

Casadevall said his work is about science trying to clean its own house. And because it's about fraud, he said he did one extra thing with his study: He sent reviewers not just a summary of their work, but all the data, "so they can check on us."

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DataWiz Is a Complete Data Usage Tracking Tool for iPhone [IPhone Downloads]

iOS: If you don't have an unlimited data plan with your cell phone carrier, then you likely keep pretty close track of your data usage so you don't go over. While a lot of different apps exist to help you do this, DataWiz is a tracking app that has all types of useful features to help keep your data bill down.

DataWiz tracks the amount of data you send over your carrier's network, analyzes it, and then creates predictions for your data usage over time. You can set it up so it alerts you if you're about to go over your cap. You can customize it for a variety of settings and billing periods. What's especially handy about DataWiz is that you can create alerts for daily usage as well. So, if you happen to be using a lot of data one day, you can set DataWiz to calculate ways to make that up over time. Essentially, DataWiz is a tool that not just lets you track your data usage, but actually get a good overall view of what you use, and when you use it. DataWiz is similar to our favorite data tracker, Data Usage, but it's free.

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Get Help With Your Home Based Business | The Board Magazine

Life can be unexpectedly cruel. After being steadily employed for many years, you can suddenly become unemployed, and you are unsure of what your next step should be. Has running a home based business every crossed your mind? This article can show you how to be your own boss.

All the expenditures of your business should be accounted for. These expenses include car mileage, gas and internet service. You will find that many items are actually tax deductible when you own your own business. To avoid these unnecessary tax obligations, just remember to keep up with all of your business related expenses.

TIP! Don?t start a home business without having a solid understanding of everything that it?s going to take to make it successful. Consider the needs of the home business from more than one perspective.

Make sure you have a separate business account so there are records of business transactions. Make sure all orders and expenses go through this account. By doing so, you will never be confused about your expenditures or how much you are making. Also consider getting a credit card to use specifically for business transactions, like ordering supplies.

Consider starting a membership with an online forum to get great ideas and advice for your home business. There is good information available on the internet, and a quick search will result in a number of good sites. Blogs are another great resource when it comes to educating yourself about online businesses.

Use multiple contact methods including snail mail, telephone and email. Keep track of your contacts and find out who bought your products after asking questions. You can then track if your answers influenced their decision to buy your product. Keep in mind your actions, and keep doing it if it worked the first time!

Make business cards for your home business. You can usually find many good deals on business cards, and sometimes you can even get them for free. You should always include your vital contact information, like your name, the name of your business and your phone number. Don?t forget to include your website address and your email. That way, customers can contact you via the method that?s most convenient for them.

TIP! Set up a place in your home that you can designate as your work space. Make sure you have enough room for all of your stuff to be organized.

Take some time to find out what other people have been saying about your company, the products that you offer, and your website. You can get this information from reviews, asking others or searching for yourself. Regardless of whether the feedback is good or bad, you can take the input to heart and make decisions about what to do next.

TIP! You could use your talents and interests to start a business that offers your services, from dog walking or chauffeuring, to preparing meals or delivering groceries. Do some brainstorming on paper to come up with ideas for helping out people in your community.

Business travel expenses, including driving, can be tax deductible if they meet certain criteria created by the IRS. For instance, if you are operating a online business that requires frequent trips to see customers or clients, these travel expenses can be deductible. You are subject to different tax laws as a business owner. One of these laws enables you to claim travel expenses, including fuel and lodging costs, as tax deductions. When you travel a lot, this will save you a great deal of tax liability.

When you start a home business, seek out people who will support you. If there are none available, gather up other home business owners with a view to starting your own. Even if the people you meet work in a completely different industry, you?ll share the common desire to run a strong home business.

TIP! Go on a trip for your business. Unlike straight-up vacations, a portion of the expenses from a business trip may be tax-deductible.

Make sure you let people know if you are out of a certain product. Nothing upsets customers more than finding out that the products that they ordered are not going to arrive for weeks or longer. Offer to ship the product when it comes back into stock, or suggest an alternative to keep your customers happy.

Create a schedule that dedicates specific hours to your home business, and other hours to your personal life. It is important to have a set stopping point each day. You need to allow time for your friends and family as well as your business.

TIP! You will find that there are a lot of home business owners online. Look around the Internet for forums or message boards where people in your business swap strategies.

Research anyone you plan to hire for your work from home business. The people that you hire must be dependable and knowledgeable with regard to the product you will be selling or else your business may fail.

If possible, charge membership fees to your members in order to boost your profits. Implementing membership subscriptions is a simple way to increase your profits.

TIP! When you make profits, make sure you put away some of them for taxes. Taxes usually run somewhere around 15% to 20% of your income.

While reading this article, hopefully you were inspired to take your life into your own hands. You were given a lot of tips about starting a home business, and now is the time to grab the bull by the horns and go for it! You can keep this article for reference to read anytime you are not sure what the next step you should be taking is

You have to know that a home business requires you to spend a lot of time on the phone. You?ll need to spend some money on a second phone line to handle your business traffic. Being able to mute or turn off the telephone at times that your business is closed is important.

TIP! Communicate appropriately with your home business customer base; share information without overwhelming them. Allow your customers to decide whether they would like to receive newsletters and information about your specials and discounts.

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First Week Of October: ISM, Presidential Debates, And The Jobs ...

Get lot and lots of rest today.

This first week of October is going to be HUGE from both an economic standpoint.

First, here's an abbreviated version of what's coming up. These bullets are courtesy of Dave Lutz at Stifel, Nicolaus:

• Chinese Markets closed for Golden Week
• Central Bank Decisions from Aussie, BOE, ECB and BOJ
• Big Ben speaks, and the Minutes from the September meeting
• Global PMI Data ? China, EU, UK, USA
• September Auto Sales and Retailer Same Store Sales
• US and EU Employment reports
• A Big Spanish Bond Auction
• Value Investing Conference ? Major HF speakers
• European Banking Authority - final report on capital plans
• The First debate between Gov. Romney and President Obama

Now, here's the full schedule:

MONDAY: It's global PMI day. So starting late Sunday night in the US, we'll be getting critical manufacturing reports from Asia, and then Europe, and then of course the US, concluding with the US at 10:00 AM ET. Also at 10:00 AM ET we get Construction Spending for October. There's also going to be a monetary policy speech by Bernanke, a speech by the head of the SF Fed. At the Value Investing Congress, Bill Ackman, Whitney Tilson, and other swill present picks.

TUESDAY: In the US we get September Auto & Truck Sales, which should provide a critical gauge of the state of the jobs market. The Aussie Central Bank will also act. And we get the New York ISM report. It's also the second day of the Value Investing Congress, so more potentially market-moving picks from hedgies.

WEDNESDAY: We get our first big preview of Friday's non-farm payrolls report, with the ADP jobs report, coming out at 9:15 AM ET. It's also non-manufacturing PMI day, so we'll get numbers from China, Europe, and the US. Wednesday night of course is also the night of the first debate between Romney and Obama. Everyone will be watching.

THURSDAY: The all-important Initial Claims number comes out at 8:30 AM ET. In Europe, there will be rate decisions from the BoE and the ECB (the press conference should be most interesting), and there will be bond auctions in Spain and France. Later in the day, there will be a speech from Fed Governor Bullard.

FRIDAY: The week ends with the Grande Finale of economic data: The September Jobs Report. This needs no hyping of course. Also at 3 PM ET that day, August Consumer Credit is revealed.

As we said: Get some rest. This is going to be big.

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