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Where Biden went way too far

New York Daily News - ‎2 hours ago‎
The heat generated by Joe Biden at Thursday night's vice presidential debate cooled into object lessons in the danger of bombast by a top United States government official.
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Shot fired at Obama campaign office in Denver

CBS News - ‎8 hours ago‎
DENVER Denver police say someone has fired a shot through the window of President Barack Obama's Denver campaign office. Police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez says people were inside the office when the shooting happened Friday afternoon, but no one was ...
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Authorities: Body Is That of Missing Colo....

ABC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
The weeklong search for a 10-year-old Colorado girl became a murder investigation after authorities identified a body found in a suburban Denver park as that of fifth-grader Jessica Ridgeway.
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Pakistan: Car bombing kills 15 in northwest

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful car bomb went off outside the offices of pro-government tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, police said.
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Driving space shuttle Endeavour through LA is 'special,' movers say

Los Angeles Times - ‎12 minutes ago‎
Louie Bello walked backward with a large control board dangling from his neck. The space shuttle Endeavour slowly inched 20 feet in front of him.
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Greek Euro Exit Unavoidable if IMF, Euro Zone Can't Agree

Wall Street Journal - ‎37 minutes ago‎
By COSTAS PARIS The International Monetary Fund and Europe are still far from finding a common formula to tackle Greece's explosive debt crisis, with the IMF insisting on a "haircut" on the principle that Athens owes its creditors, while euro-zone ...
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UN envoy to Syria in Turkey for talks as tensions escalate

CNN International - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) -- The joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria was due in Turkey on Saturday for talks aimed at putting a lid on boiling diplomatic tensions between Damascus and Ankara.
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Egypt Prosecutor Rejects Calls For Resignation

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - ‎18 minutes ago‎
In the face of street protests and mounting clashes in Egypt between pro-presidential supporters and his critics, Prosecutor-General Abdel Maguid Mahmud has repeated his vow not to leave office, saying the constitution does not give the president power ...
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UN Security Council seeks detailed Mali military intervention plan

CNN International - ‎3 hours ago‎
(CNN) -- The UN Security Council approved a resolution that gives regional leaders 45 days to provide specific plans for an international military intervention to oust rebels in northern Mali.
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Pakistan suicide blast kills at least 14

The Guardian - ‎43 minutes ago‎
At least 14 people have been killed after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a car in north-west Pakistan. Officials said the attack in the market of Darra Adam Khel, in the tribal Khyber region, appeared to be targeted at pro-government militia.
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Cuban missile crisis: The other, secret one

BBC News - ‎8 hours ago‎
By Joe Matthews Journalist Contrary to popular belief, the Cuban missile crisis did not end with the agreement between the US and Soviet Union in October, 1962.
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Bachelor party rescued after wine cruise hits rocks

NBCNews.com (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com. By NBC News staff Follow @NBCNewsUS SAN FRANCISCO -- A bachelor party had to be rescued after a wine-tasting cruise boat hit rocks near Alcatraz Island and began taking on water late Friday, NBCBayArea.
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Police: Zumba trainer taped sex encounters

NBCNews.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
Court papers filed in Maine allege that Alexis Wright, who has been charged with running a prostitution ring out of her Zumba studio, secretly taped her sexual encounters with clients.
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Fed actions to reduce mortgage rates may be helping banks more than borrowers

Washington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, the nation's largest mortgage lenders, said Friday they won't make home loans much cheaper for consumers, even as they reported booming profits from that business.
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China Exports Exceed Estimates, Easing Concern Over Slump Risk

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
China's exports grew at the fastest pace in three months in September, easing concerns that the global economy is heading for the first recession since 2009.
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Consumer Sentiment in US Rises to Pre-Recession High

Bloomberg - ‎19 hours ago‎
Confidence among US consumers unexpectedly jumped in October to the highest level since before the recession began five years ago, raising the odds that retailers will see sales improve.
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Money Watch: Maximizing your Social Security

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
5:00AM EDT October 13. 2012 - Money Watch, a personal finance column that runs every Saturday, features a financial planner from the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors answering reader questions about saving, protecting and growing ...
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Draghi sees ECB euro zone supervision operational in 2014

Fox Business - ‎1 hour ago‎
TOKYO - The European Central Bank's supervision of euro zone banks is likely to become operational only in 2014, even if a decision to set it up comes into force from the start of 2013, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Saturday.

Brit Hume: Biden looked like 'a cranky old man to some extent, debating a ...

Daily Caller - ‎Oct 11, 2012‎
Following Thursday night's vice presidential debate, Fox News Channel senior political analyst Brit Hume said the way viewers react to Vice President Joe Biden's aggressive demeanor will dictate who “won” the debate.
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Battle for Senate control rests in a few states

USA TODAY - ‎Oct 10, 2012‎
Democrats currently hold a 53-47 vote advantage over Republicans in the US Senate. Of the 33 Senate seats up for election this fall, these are the races where the incumbent party doesn't have a lock on holding the seat: Kevin A. Kepple and Julie Snider ...
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Report: Apple may unveil iPad mini this month

USA TODAY - ‎20 hours ago‎
The new iPad is displayed during an Apple product launch event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7. (Photo: By Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images) 10:06AM EDT October 12.
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Drafting Antitrust Case, FTC Raises Pressure on Google

New York Times - ‎9 hours ago‎
The Federal Trade Commission is raising the ante in its antitrust confrontation with Google with the commission staff preparing a recommendation that the government sue the search giant.
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Justin Bieber Laptop: Rep Says Computer Really Was Stolen!

E! Online - ‎3 hours ago‎
Did Justin Bieber really punk us all, or was the pop star legitimately victimized? Earlier today, the Biebs seemed to admit that the laptop and camera he claimed were stolen during a Tacoma, Wash.
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The Lohans -- You Be the Judge

TMZ.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
Lindsay Lohan's nuclear fight with her mom this week -- with Lindsay alleging Dina was on coke and then recanting it -- proves this is one screwed up family.
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Brooklyn pol cries 'double standard'

New York Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
By RICH CALDER It looks like the Barclays Center thinks Jay-Z fans are more likely to cause 99 problems than the upper-crust Barbra Streisand set.
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Miley Cyrus -- Intruder Sentenced to Year-and-a-Half in Jail

TMZ.com - ‎13 hours ago‎
The scissor-wielding man who snuck onto Miley Cyrus' property last month has just been sentenced to 18 months in jail for trespassing and resisting arrest ... TMZ has learned. The LA City Attorney tells TMZ, Jason Luis Rivera refused probation for some ...
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Oprah endorses 'Middle of Nowhere'; Participant ramps up campaign

Los Angeles Times - ‎8 hours ago‎
It's been a remarkable week for writer-director Ava DuVernay and her film "Middle of Nowhere." Starring Emayatzy Corinealdi as the wife of an incarcerated man, the searing drama received strong reviews when it premiered in January at Sundance and it's ...
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'Orioles Magic' finally goes poof

Yahoo! Sports (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
By David Brown By David Brown | Big League Stew - 52 minutes ago The moment Friday night when CC Sabathia turned the wrong way on a short grounder by Robert Andino, giving himself no outlet and allowing the Baltimore Orioles to load the bases in the ...
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Rockets trounce Hornets as Jeremy Lin debuts in home stadium

Focus Taiwan News Channel - ‎1 hour ago‎
Taipei, Oct. 13 (CNA) The Houston Rockets took down the New Orleans Hornets 95-75 in a preseason game during which Jeremy Lin debuted at the home stadium on Friday, according to reports posted on Rockets' official websites.
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W2W4: C's vs. Knicks (Preseason Game 3)

ESPN (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com AP Photo/Kathy Willens It's an Atlantic Division clash as the Celtics meet the Knicks. After opening their exhibition slate with two games overseas, the Boston Celtics get their first taste of NBA competition Saturday ...
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Huge eyeball washes ashore in Pompano Beach

Sun-Sentinel - ‎Oct 11, 2012‎
By David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel No one knows what species the huge eyeball came from, but whatever it is, it has blue eyes and has to be big enough to have eyeballs bigger than softballs.
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Spiral Shell Sheds Light on Red Giant Star's Recent Convulsive History

Scientific American - ‎Oct 11, 2012‎
As stars age, they often shed their skins, so to speak, casting off expansive shells of dust and gas into interstellar space. A new look at the shell surrounding a type of aging star called a red giant shows that the star's ejected husk carries in its ...
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Soda Industry Sues to Stop a Sales Ban on Big Drinks

New York Times - ‎6 hours ago‎
New York's battle over big sodas is heading to the courtroom. The American soft-drink industry, joined by several New York restaurant and business groups, filed a lawsuit on Friday that aims to overturn restrictions, proposed by Mayor Michael R.
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Congress widens scrutiny of meningitis outbreak

Reuters - ‎8 hours ago‎
By David Morgan | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers on Friday widened their investigation into the deadly meningitis outbreak to include the role state regulators played in monitoring the pharmacy that produced steroid treatments blamed for killing 14 ...

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