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Biden and Ryan, substance and style.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Poit from Public Radio International.

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The instant polls show a split decision, and both parties are predictably divided about last night's vice presidential debate. Democrats are saying Joe Biden re-energized their party.

Republicans say Paul Ryan more than held his own during his first time on a very big stage.

Did Biden interrupt too much and come off as disrespectful?

Did Ryan get swamped by the onslaught and get lost in wonkish details?

Will this change the campaign momentum by the time President Obama and Mitt Romney confront

each other again on Tuesday?

On reporter's notebook later on, will the Nobel Peace Prize keep the European Union together?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point.

Last night's vice presidential debate may be old news by Tuesday when the president and his challenger

will take questions in a so-called town hall, but Biden and Ryan still had an impact on the

national campaign story. We'll hear different versions today. On reporters' notebook, the

European Union has won the Nobel Peace Prize. How will a divided Europe respond?

First, this news update. Thirty-two more people were diagnosed with fungal meningitis yesterday,

bringing the total of 169 attributed to steroids from a so-called compounding center in Massachusetts.

Also yesterday, the first of what could be many lawsuits was filed in federal court.

Doctors already have been questioning whether steroid injections are worth the risk.

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