Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 10 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

Top Stories: Americans are giving up hope on a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan. 

World: Fighting in Aleppo, Syria is "disrupting the city and threatening to open new rifts among ethnic groups that have long coexisted there." 

U.S.: The Seattle Police Department has instituted 51 hyper-local Twitter accounts with "moment-to-moment crime reports." 

New York: The politics of soda at the Barclays Center. 

Business: After a "love hotel" sale in Japan, controversy over new ownership. 

Science: Alan Dudley has spent four decades collecting skulls "and his collection makes up one of the finest and most comprehensive known." 

Sports: The Red Sox are ending a disappointing season and Bobby Valentine could be at the end of his career in major league baseball. 

Opinion: Frank Bruni on debate expectations. David Brooks speaks for Mitt Romney. 

Theater: Lawyers get involved in the curious case of the musical Rebecca's money loss and cancellation. 

Books: Four new memoirs look at hunting for ethical and culinary reasons. 

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Esther Zuckerman