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Suspects held over schoolgirl shooting

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎2 hours ago‎
POLICE in Pakistan have arrested three suspects in connection with the attempted murder of Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old peace campaigner shot in the head, and the Taliban claimed the attack was months in the planning.
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Endeavour makes splash as it crawls home

CNN International - ‎1 hour ago‎
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Retired US space shuttle Endeavour inched through the streets Southern California on Saturday, a poignant and patriotic trip to its final resting place.
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Natitude check: Club looks to learn from painful finish

MLB.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Mike Fiammetta / MLB.com | 10/13/12 4:34 AM ET Friday night's conclusion to the National League Division Series between the Nationals and Cardinals will be remembered for a blown 6-0 lead, Drew Storen's five chances at getting one game-ending strike ...
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Egypt top prosecutor: standoff with president over

Houston Chronicle - ‎24 minutes ago‎
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's prosecutor general tells The Associated Press he has reached an "amicable" agreement with the country's leader to retain his job, days after President Mohammed Morsi ordered him to step down.
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Several Killed in Pakistan Market Blast

Voice of America - ‎1 hour ago‎
Pakistani officials say at least 15 people have been killed in suicide car bombing in a tribal area in northwestern Pakistan. Authorities say the explosion Saturday apparently targeted a pro-government militia created to fight Taliban militants.
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Missile gets makeover on 50th anniversary of Cuban crisis

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Zachary Fagenson | MIAMI (Reuters) - In October 1962, as fears of mushroom clouds and radioactive fallout gripped the United States in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a battery of anti-ballistic missiles near Miami stood as the nation's first ...

Prostitute Patrons Can't Hide Their Faces...

ABC News - ‎43 minutes ago‎
Gone are the days of the nameless, faceless "john." Men who buy sex are now likely to end up with their faces splashed across the Internet or the morning newspaper.
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Clarification: Chicago Public Schools story

Houston Chronicle - ‎42 minutes ago‎
CHICAGO (AP) - In a story Oct. 11 about the Chicago Public Schools chief stepping down, The Associated Press should have attributed statements by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to the Chicago Sun-Times, which first reported the resignation.
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Mother gets 99 years for beating, gluing daughter: Has the US had it with bad ...

Christian Science Monitor
57 minutes ago
Written by
Patrik Jonsson
A 99-year prison sentence for a 23-year-old Dallas mother who admitted she had acted like a “monster” when gluing her daughter's hands and beating her into a coma last year suggests that society and the courts are taking a harsher view of neglectful, ...
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Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes threaten central states

NBCNews.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Weather Channel's Maria LaRosa takes a look at the nation's weekend forecast. By NBC News staff Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes are threatening a swath of the central United States from Iowa to parts of ...
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Bill Clinton, Springsteen to campaign for Obama

Washington Post (blog) - ‎29 minutes ago‎
President Obama is calling on former president Bill Clinton and rocker Bruce Springsteen in an effort to inject new momentum into his campaign in the stretch run.
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Going Nuclear: Too Big to Fail, Redux?

Barron's - ‎6 hours ago‎
By ROBIN GOLDWYN BLUMENTHAL | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Derivative levels are higher than they were at the height of the financial crisis, and they are concentrated among four big banks: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.
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Will Consumer Sentiment Finally End Its 12 Year Trend Downwards?

Business Insider - ‎12 hours ago‎
The Thompson Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index was released this morning, and like just about every other September release, it hugely beat economists consensus expectations.
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China, Japan Signal Support for Europe Rescue Fund as IMF Meets

Bloomberg - ‎3 hours ago‎
China and Japan, the world's second- and third-biggest economies, indicated support for Europe's new rescue fund as they pushed for quick implementation of measures to solve the region's crisis.
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FTC Close To Google Antitrust Case, Sources Say

Huffington Post - ‎18 minutes ago‎
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The majority of top decision-makers at the Federal Trade Commission believe that an antitrust case should be brought against Google Inc, meaning the search giant could soon be headed into tough negotiations, ...
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iPad Mini: What We Know

InformationWeek - ‎2 hours ago‎
Apple is still playing dumb about the iPad Mini, but enough information has emerged to paint a pretty solid picture. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek For a device that's expected to go on sale in less than three weeks, the iPad Mini has remained fairly ...
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Dell's XPS 10 comes with a detachable keyboard.

CNET
13 minutes ago
Written by
Eric Franklin
I still don't yet know what to make of Windows tablets. They'll be running two different Operating Systems on two different types of processors and so far, announced prices for Windows tablets haven't been cheap.
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Emayatzy Corinealdi finds a good role in 'Middle of Nowhere'

Los Angeles Times - ‎29 minutes ago‎
In the new film "Middle of Nowhere," Emayatzy Corinealdi plays Ruby, an aspiring doctor who puts medical school on hold to spend hours commuting to and from the prison where her husband is serving an eight-year sentence, five with good behavior for his ...
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Octomom -- Current Nanny Says Abuse Claims Are 'Ridiculous'

TMZ.com - ‎24 minutes ago‎
One of Octomom's current nannies is standing by her employer ... calling the allegations two former nannies made against Nadya Suleman "ridiculous" and "BS.
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Regan Smith has big shoes to fill as Junior's replacement

Kansas City Star - ‎10 hours ago‎
NASCAR's Regan Smith was shuffling from one second-tier racing team to another this week when he got the opportunity of a lifetime.
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49ers coach rips comments by Giants' assistant

Wall Street Journal - ‎12 minutes ago‎
AP SANTA CLARA, Calif. - San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh says the comments Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride made about All-Pro defensive end Justin Smith are "outrageous" and "incendiary.
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X1 Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Astronauts Exercise and Could Benefit Paraplegics ...

Technabob (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
A lot of the technology we enjoy here on Earth started out as high-tech created for the space program. NASA has a very cool robot working on the International Space Station right now called Robonaut 2. New technology that has spun off from the Robonaut ...
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Fungal Meningitis Cases Increase In Florida

Wink News - ‎40 minutes ago‎
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Department of Health has confirmed that Escambia County has one case of fungal meningitis associated with contaminated steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) methylprednisolone acetate used for ...
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Soda Industry Sues to Stop a Sales Ban on Big Drinks

New York Times - ‎11 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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