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Doctober! No-no for Halladay in playoff debut

MLB.com - Todd Zolecki - ‎12 minutes ago‎
Halladay threw a no-hitter Wednesday in Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Reds at Citizens Bank Park, which the Phillies won, 4-0.
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Obama awards Medal of Honor to Green Beret who died in Afghanistan

Los Angeles Times - Jordan Steffen - ‎1 hour ago‎
'America is forever in your debt,' the president tells the parents of Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, an Illinois man credited with saving more than 20 US and Afghan troops as he was dying.
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Spill Panel Finds US Was Slow to React

Wall Street Journal - Stephen Power, Tennille Tracy - ‎41 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration was slow to ramp up its response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, then overreacted as public criticism turned the disaster into a political liability, the staff of a special ...
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Toxic Sludge Turns Hungary Town Into Ocean of Red

ABC News - Jessica Hopper - ‎1 hour ago‎
The thick, red torrent of sludge, which burst from a reservoir at a metals plant 100 miles south of Budapest Monday, has left yards covered in toxic waste, piled up in streets and poured into fields.

Apple TV vs. Google TV: What's the difference?

msnbc.com - Wilson Rothman - ‎43 minutes ago‎
Google TV arrives this month in the form of Logitech's Revue and the Sony Internet TV and set-top box. The fact that it comes on the heels of a major overhaul of Apple TV may not be a total coincidence.

Phillies' Halladay Throws No-Hitter in First Postseason Start

New York Times - David Waldstein - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Rob Carr/AP The Phillies' starting pitcher, Roy Halladay, left, celebrated with catcher Carlos Ruiz after throwing a no-hitter to defeat the Cincinnati Reds.

Snyder v. Phelps: Inside the Supreme Court's Free Speech Showdown

TIME - Sean Gregory - ‎41 minutes ago‎
Carolyn Kaster / AP "Is this a joke?" a befuddled young woman asked as she stood outside the Supreme Court the morning of Oct. 6. She was staring at members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist ...

Facebook unveils 'groups' feature

BBC News - Maggie Shiels - ‎2 hours ago‎
Facebook has introduced new features aimed at giving users more control over their information and who can see it. The biggest change will allow users to map their offline life to the ...

Thinking Pink Hasn't Helped Find Causes of Breast Cancer

U.S. News & World Report - Deborah Kotz - ‎3 hours ago‎
It's that time of the year again, when women are told to don pink and think about breast cancer. And, yes, we're thinking about it: An illogical but attention-grabbing Facebook breast cancer awareness campaign to get women to post "I ...

RATE FUTURES REPORT: Market Focus On Quantitative Easing

Wall Street Journal - Howard Packowitz - ‎4 hours ago‎
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Consumed by the prospect of additional monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve, US interest rate futures traders found more ammunition Wednesday to price in lower rates.

Fight for Congress could last past Election Day

The Associated Press - Julie Hirschfeld Davis - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - The nation may be waiting well beyond Election Day this year to find out who won control of Congress. It's a troubling ballot-box scenario that has hundreds of lawyers from both parties preparing for battles that could drag on days, ...

Poised Lee fans 10 to lead Rangers in Game 1

MLB.com - T.R. Sullivan - ‎48 minutes ago‎
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rangers brushed aside all their postseason inexperience and past playoff ghosts on one afternoon at Tropicana Field.

Report: iPhone 5 to Abandon iPhone 4 Form Factor

The Mac Observer - Bryan Chaffin - ‎2 hours ago‎
In addition to reporting (again) that a CDMA iPhone was on the way for Verizon's network, The Wall Street Journal also reported that Apple was working on the fifth generation of iPhone, and that this device would abandon the form factor used in the ...

Sheriff's Dept. Interviews Oksana's Mediation Lawyer

TMZ.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
TMZ has learned ... LA County Sheriff's investigators have just interviewed the lawyer who mediated Oksana Grigorieva's case with Mel Gibson, in connection with the extortion investigation.

Verizon Wireless Reveals LTE Launch Markets

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO - Verizon Wireless today announced the full list of the carrier's 4G LTE launch markets in a press release issued at the CTIA Wireless trade show.

Give-and-take needed for consensus on IMF reforms

Reuters - Lesley Wroughton - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The only way to break a deadlock over how to give emerging nations more say at the International Monetary Fund is to make sure everyone walks away feeling like a winner, Egypt's finance minister and chair of ...

Taliban's high command in secret talks to end war in Afghanistan

Independent - Kim Sengupta, Julius Cavendish - ‎1 hour ago‎
Secret high-level negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban leadership aimed at ending the war have begun, diplomatic sources have revealed.

Vikings' Gamble on Moss Helps Patriots' Plans

New York Times - Judy Battista - ‎21 minutes ago‎
In New England, Bill Belichick wished Randy Moss good luck on the rest of his Hall of Fame receiving career. But it was another part of Belichick's statement - in which the Patriots announced the stunning trade of Moss to the Minnesota ...

U.S. Apologizes for Killing of Guards

Wall Street Journal - Tom Wright - ‎38 minutes ago‎
ISLAMABAD—The US apologized to Pakistan for a shooting incident last week, as suspected militants continued to attack trucks carrying NATO supplies through Pakistan Wednesday.

The Case Against Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation

TIME - Meredith Melnick - ‎6 hours ago‎
Three recent studies have found that when untrained bystanders perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as part of CPR on people who are in cardiac arrest, it does not improve patient survival ...

Woman attacks controversial artwork in Loveland

Denver Post - Monte Whaley - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Jane Ketterer of Loveland, Colo., holds a protest sign in a group of about 40 people protesting a piece of art work on Oct. 1, 2010, appearing to depict Jesus engaged in a sex act with another man.

Terrorist trial judge excludes witness over possible torture links

The Guardian - ‎1 hour ago‎
Lawyers in the US hailed a landmark victory for civil rights today when a judge in a high-profile Guantánamo case barred a witness because of possible links to torture at a CIA secret prison in Pakistan.

Liverpool FC sale headed for high court as chairman battles co-owners

The Guardian - ‎1 hour ago‎
The fight to control Liverpool's future is heading for the high court next week, after the chairman, Martin Broughton, insisted he has the legal right to sell the club despite the opposition of Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the American owners.

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