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Clarence Page: After occupying Wall Street, what will protesters do?

The Tennessean -
They're mad - mad as hell! - and they're taking their anger to the streets. Who needs leaders, structure or formal agendas?
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Jerry Brown signs Dream Act for illegal immigrants

San Francisco Chronicle -
Sacramento -- Thousands of California students in the country illegally will be eligible to receive state financial aid to attend public colleges, as Gov.

Romney calls for civility in wake of 'cult' remark

Detroit Free Press -
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney drew loud cheers Saturday at the Values Voter Summit in Washington when he spoke of being against same-sex marriage and abortion.

Davis's influence felt locally

Boston Globe -
Last Sunday, Kraft visited Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis in his box at O.co Coliseum before the Patriots and Raiders faced off. Davis, who always had an affinity for Myra Kraft because of their shared New England roots, ...

iPhone 4S pre-orders sell out

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Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S sold out in the first day of availability, according to shipping estimates on Apple's Web site. Apple's iPhone 4S will go on sale at retail outlets this coming Friday, Oct. 14.

Texas Takes Game 1 After Two Rain Delays

New York Times -
ARLINGTON, Tex. - In a state so parched by drought that the governor, Rick Perry, issued a proclamation declaring three days of prayer for rain back in April, enter the rainmaker, Justin Verlander.

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Yemen's President Saleh renews vow to step down

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In his first major speech since returning to Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh says he will step down in the coming days. He did not say exactly when and it is not the first time he has said he will resign.

Libyans Claim Gains in Assault on Qaddafi's Hometown

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| AP AP SIRTE, Libya - Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention center that loyalists of Muammar Qaddafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader's hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout ...

Killings pile pressure on Syria leader

Sydney Morning Herald -
A funeral in Syria for a celebrated Kurish opposition leader turns into a bloody protest as the country's president Basar al-Assad promises reform.

Dalai Lama: China is built on lies, run by hypocrites

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - China is built on lies and its officials are hypocrites, the Dalai Lama said on Saturday, speaking via videophone after visa problems prevented him from joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu's birthday celebrations in South Africa.

Authorities find body in Jeep linked to Everett, Cody Myers homicide suspects

OregonLive.com -
By Kristine Guerra, The Oregonian Linn County Sheriff's Office today confirmed finding the body of a white adult male in a black 2010 Jeep Patriot that was recovered Friday afternoon.

Casey Anthony takes video deposition in civil case

Salt Lake Tribune -
AP Orlando, Fla. • Wearing in sunglasses and a baseball cap, Casey Anthony was deposed Saturday for a civil lawsuit that accuses her of ruining another woman's reputation.

US Investors Prepare For Earnings Start, Retail Data

Wall Street Journal -
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--US stock investors are looking to quarterly earnings results, which ramp up next week, as a distraction from Europe's debt wrangling and reason to extend the past week's gains.

Economy adds 103000 jobs, but it's not enough

BusinessWeek -
The jobs crisis isn't getting worse. But it isn't getting much better, either. The economy added just enough jobs last month to ease fears of a new recession.

Who will be the next Steve Jobs?

Houston Chronicle -
Spencer Platt : Getty Images APPLE RIVAL: Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos displays the new Amazon tablet called the Kindle Fire. It could become the iPad's first credible challenger for market share.

Samsung Stratosphere cleared for Verizon landing October 13th

Engadget -
It seems like only yesterday that we got the full specy treatment from Samsung's QWERTYriffic Stratosphere -- 4-inch Super AMOLED display, Android 2.3 and 5MP rear-facing camera included.

Jackson children at memorial gig

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Michael Jackson's children Prince (l), Blanket (c) and Paris introduced Beyonce's performance at the Michael Forever gig. Clips courtesy Iambic Media LTD Michael Jackson's three children have joined thousands of the late pop star's fans for a memorial ...

Action-packed 'Real Steel': A robot movie with heart

Lake County News -
Though a comparison to “Transformers” is inevitable, the action-packed “Real Steel” is so much more than robots engaged in full-on, brutal destruction of each other.

On John Lennon's birthday, Sir Paul McCartney takes bride No. 3

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Sir Paul McCartney is expected to wed his American fiancee Nancy Shevell on Sunday, at the same venue where he married his first wife Linda 42 years ago.

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor shown in Midland, Texas.

USA Today -
Husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt said late Saturday that Gabor's fever is down, she's responding to antibiotics, and she has opened her eyes, though hasn't spoken.

Rochelle Riley: Didn't we all play a part in Michael Jackson's death?

Detroit Free Press -
In the case of the death of Michael Joseph Jackson (Aug. 29, 1958-June 25, 2009), we are all accessories after the fact. The fans who fueled his need to keep performing when he wasn't well, who pushed him to be bigger when he was already the greatest, ...

Phillies NLDS defeat a loss for the ages | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-09

Philadelphia Inquirer -
For Philadelphia sports fans, the disappointments are like acid drips. Drip, drip, drip - slowly eating away their insides and altering the DNA of future Philadelphia sports generations.

With heated history, Cardinals, Brewers renew rivalry in NLCS

Boston Globe -
MILWAUKEE - There was still an afterglow surrounding the Cardinals following the stunning, Bob Gibsonesque performance by New Hampshire native Chris Carpenter, who shut down the big, bad Philadelphia Phillies , 1-0, ...

Carmelo Anthony: Carmelo hits big shot, deals with calf cramp

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Carmelo Anthony hit a big 3-point shot to force overtime in the South Florida All-Star Classic, and was attended to shortly afterward for cramps in his calf.

Baird takes lead at CordeValle; Woods 9 shots back

Washington Post -
(Robert Laberge/ Getty Images ) - Briny Baird tees off on the seventh hole during his round of 7-under-par 64 at the CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California.

Oklahoma crushes Texas, makes case for No. 1

San Francisco Chronicle -
Dominique Whaley scampers to the end zone on a 64-yard run as Oklahoma coasted past Big 12 rival Texas to improve to 5-0. Landry Jones threw three touchdown passes, Dominique Whaley ran 64 yards for a score and three defensive players ...

Venus surprises with ozone layer

BBC News -
The thin layer, which is hundred of times less dense than the Earth's, was discovered by the European Space Agency's Venus Express craft, researchers report in the journal Icarus.

Crab Pulsar Gamma Rays Puzzle Scientists

International Business Times -
By IB Times Staff Reporter | October 9, 2011 2:37 AM EDT Astronomers have detected pulsed gamma rays from the neutron star at the heart of the Crab Nebula with energies far higher than their theoretical pulsar models can explain.

Prostate cancer blood test under fire

Omaha World-Herald -
Weighing the pros and cons of the PSA blood test for prostate cancer was not merely an academic exercise for Omahan Ron Hager. The prostate is a gland found only in men.

Merck's Combo-Pill Lowers Diabetes Drug Costs

The State Column -
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Merck & Co. (MRK) Juvisync diabetes drug, a combination pill for type 2 diabetes.

An exciting new ailment: Text neck

CNET -
They always seem to find the sorts of pain solutions that require you to spend the rest of your life visiting a chiropractor. In fact, if you walked into many a chiropractor's office and said you were suffering at the hands of a redneck, ...

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