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  1. Body find confirmed as missing boy Ciaran Sweeney

    BBC News-53 minutes ago
    A body discovered in a quarry has been confirmed as missing schoolboy Ciaran Sweeney, police have said. The 14-year-old was reported ...


  2. Why Twitter isn't like Facebook

    CNET-by Dan Farber-2 hours ago
    Twitter wants to be more than a busy town square with targeted ads dropped into the flow of tweets. The company aspires to reach Facebook ...


  3. Upper Edgbold helicopter crash pilot escapes uninjured

    BBC News-4 hours ago
    A helicopter pilot was able to walk away unharmed after he was forced to make a crash landing in Shropshire. The Jet Ranger helicopter came ...



  4. Dale Cregan: Two more charged with assisting killer

    BBC News-5 hours ago
    Two more people have been charged with helping killer Dale Cregan while he was on the run. Marvin Herbert, 41, was extradited from the ...



  5. Female Pakistan quake victims 'struggle' for medical help

    BBC News-1 hour ago
    Relief efforts continue in the remote Balochistan province of south-west Pakistan after last month's 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed more than ...



  6. Lightning powers mobile phone

    BBC News-28 minutes ago
    The FBI has shut down the notorious online marketplace, Silk Road. The website allowed users to buy illegal drugs and other illicit items.



  7. How will Help to Buy scheme help property seekers?

    BBC News-11 minutes ago
    From next week, first-time buyers and current home owners who only have a 5% deposit will be able to apply for a scheme to help them buy a ...



  8. Foreign military raid al-Shabaab headquarters in Somalia, reports say

    The Guardian-2 hours ago
    Other Mogadishu news sources appeared to confirm the details of the raid. An al-Shabaab source, who spoke to Reuters, said a group of ...



  9. Maloya: The protest music banned as a threat to France

    BBC News-48 minutes ago
    A type of dance music from the island of Reunion was considered such a threat to the French state in the 1970s that it was banned. Maloya ...


  10. May the fireworks be with you

    CNET-by Daniel Terdiman-3 hours ago
    For the Pyro Spectacular team that put on a recent 'Star Wars' themed fireworks show at the Oakland Coliseum, it's a dangerous all-day job to ...


  11. Week in pictures

    BBC News-1 hour ago
    This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page ...



  12. Prince Harry views Sydney Harbour Flotilla

    BBC News-1 hour ago
    Prince Harry has attended the International Fleet Review in Sydney Harbour to commemorate the arrival of the original Royal Australian Navy ...


  13. News Analysis: Economy still on upswing despite inflation rise

    Philippine Star-2 hours ago
    MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The economy will continue to grow faster toward the end of the year despite a slight rise in inflation in ...


  14. Newport Chartist mural: Two hundred at demolition protest

    BBC News-2 hours ago
    About 200 campaigners are protesting at the site of a demolished mural after failing to have it preserved. The artwork depicted the 1839 ...



  15. Shutdown headache for Republican Speaker John Boehner

    BBC News-3 minutes ago
    John Boehner has spent most of his House speakership trying to keep the various factions of his Republican majority together. With the recent ...



  16. My two weeks on a migrant boat

    BBC News-5 hours ago
    The death of more than 300 African migrants after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea has comes as no surprise to many. Two years ago ...



  17. Mohammad Sarwar pledge over Mumtaz Sattar murder

    BBC News-2 hours ago
    The new governor of the Punjab, Mohammad Sarwar, has told the family of an Inverclyde woman that he will do everything possible to have her ...



  18. London 'courier scam' victims lose £3m to conmen

    BBC News-58 minutes ago
    A so-called courier scam involving people being persuaded to hand over their bank cards to criminals has lost victims more than £3m, since ...



  19. Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson's son walks in father's memory

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson's son has embarked on a charity walk in memory of his father, who died last year after suffering dementia.



  20. Molly Moore: Stroke patient receives 'space therapy'

    BBC News-5 hours ago
    One thousand miles from home, in a small town in Slovakia, a 10-year-old girl from Cambridgeshire is hard at work. Molly Moore, from Offord ...



  21. PC Jordan Powell sacked after sex text jail sentence

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    A West Mercia police officer jailed for sending sexual texts to female victims of crime has been sacked by the force. PC Jordan Powell, 31, who ...



  22. Animals blessed as Rio's zoo celebrates St Francis' day

    BBC News-9 minutes ago
    Zoo animals and pets have been blessed by a Roman Catholic friar at Rio de Janeiro's zoo, in Brazil, as part of the St Francis of Assisi's day ...



  23. Legacy of 1973 Arab-Israeli war reverberates 40 years on

    BBC News-1 hour ago
    Israel closes down for the fasting, repentance and prayer of Yom Kippur - the day of atonement. So complete is the suspension of everyday life ...


  24. Tropical Storm Karen weakens off US Gulf Coast

    BBC News-2 hours ago
    A tropical storm which sparked an alert on the US Gulf Coast is losing strength but heavy rain and potential flooding are still expected.



  25. From Ghana to the world's catwalks

    BBC News-2 minutes ago
    It has been a good year for the African fashion industry, with successful shows putting African designs in the spotlight in cities such as London ...



  26. Couple rescued in Russia from borsch-eating bear

    BBC News-4 minutes ago
    Police in the Siberian region of Irkutsk have rescued a couple after a bear broke into their holiday home, attracted by the smell of fresh soup.


  27. Georgia Woman Revealed as Voice of Siri

    PC Magazine-by Chloe Albanesius-9 minutes ago
    The voice of Apple's voice assistant Siri has been revealed as Georgia-based voiceover actress Susan Bennett. Bennett made the revelation to ...



  28. US stand-off: 'Endangering our personal and national livelihoods'

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    The US government has closed non-essential operations after the two houses of Congress failed to agree a new budget. The partial shutdown ...


  29. Overprescribed Antibiotics and Other Fascinating News on the Web

    TIME-18 hours ago
    Here's Dr. Jeffrey Linder of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston: “The right antibiotic prescribing rate for people with acute bronchitis ...



  30. Libyan gunmen kill 15 soldiers

    BBC News-18 minutes ago
    Gunmen have attacked a military checkpoint south-east of the Libyan capital Tripoli killing 15 soldiers, the authorities say. A military official said ...



  31. Scottish Green Party conference: Harvie calls for 'radical' vision of ...

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    The Scottish Greens could play a key role in convincing Scots to vote for independence in next year's referendum, the party's conference has ...


  32. Palestinian driver charges through checkpoint injuring 2 border...

    Jerusalem Post-32 minutes ago
    Two border policemen were injured when a Palestinian driver raced through a checkpoint near the village of Sebestia in the West Bank, Israel ...



  33. New business out of Cairo's traffic congestion problem

    BBC News-4 hours ago
    The increasing problem of traffic congestion in Cairo has been seized by some as a business opportunity. Curfews imposed by the interim ...



  34. Republicans to stage piecemeal budget votes as shutdown ...

    The Guardian-by Dan Roberts-5 hours ago
    Sign up for the Guardian Today. Our editors' picks for the day's top newsand commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Sign up for the ...



  35. A night with Delhi's homeless

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    BBC Hindi's Divya Arya meets a young woman who lives on the streets of the capital, Delhi, one of the millions of homeless people in India's ...



  36. James Paget staff member held in hospital murder probe

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    A hospital worker has been arrested on suspicion of murder by officers investigating the death of a patient at a Norfolk hospital. James May, 76 ...


  37. Libyan news agency says gunmen attack military post southeast of ...

    South China Morning Post-3 hours ago
    TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan news agency says gunmen attack military post southeast of capital, killing 15 soldiers.


  38. Kenya's Military Spokesman Names Attackers

    ABC News-1 minute ago
    A military spokesman on Saturday confirmed the names of the four fighters implicated in the attack on the upscale Westgate Mall in Kenya's ...


  39. Armed robbery at supermarket in west Belfast

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    Staff and customers have been threatened during an armed robbery at a supermarket in west Belfast. Two masked men, one armed with a ...



  40. Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban receives human rights ...

    RT-58 minutes ago
    Malala Yousafzai gives a speech after receiving the RAW in WAR Anna Politkovskaya Award at the Southbank Centre in central London on ...


  41. Liberman: Iran has no intention of slowing nuclear program

    Jerusalem Post-50 minutes ago
    Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Avigdor Liberman said it was clear that Iran has no intention of slowing down its ...


  42. Twitter Close to Picking High-Profile Head of News to Make Even ...

    AllThingsD-by Kara Swisher-19 hours ago
    Twitter, which made some sort of financial news yesterday, is close to tapping a person to become its head of news, according to sources close ...



  43. Detroit Rock City: The loudest music in the US

    BBC News-2 hours ago
    When it comes to music, the US city of Detroit is best know for the soul sounds of Motown. But the author Steve Miller, a writer who grew up in ...



  44. Kerry calls government shutdown a brief disruption

    Yahoo News-4 hours ago
    NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The partial shutdown of the U.S. government, which entered its fifth day on Saturday, is a "momentary ...



  45. Apec summit: Kerry defends US politics

    BBC News-4 hours ago
    US Secretary of State John Kerry has defended the American political system following a partial government shutdown at a meeting for the ...



  46. Undercover NYPD Cop Watched SUV Driver Get Beaten

    Yahoo News-10 hours ago
    An off-duty undercover New York City police officer was among the crowd of motorcyclists on the scene as SUV driver Alexian Lien was beaten ...



  47. Salty liquorice: The not-so-sweet sweet

    BBC News-2 hours ago
    Salty liquorice is an acquired taste - and many in Finland, Scandinavia and the Netherlands learn to love its sharp, sour flavours during ...



  48. Morocco teens held for kissing photo on Facebook

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    A Moroccan teenage boy and girl have been arrested for posting an online photograph of themselves kissing. The couple - aged 14 and 15 ...



  49. Q&A: What is the US debt ceiling?

    BBC News-4 hours ago
    The debt ceiling is a cap on the total amount the US government can borrow, set by US lawmakers. The current debt limit of $16.699 trillion was ...


  50. Egypt Journalist Gets 6-Month Suspended Sentence

    ABC News-3 hours ago
    A security official says an Egyptian military court has given a journalist a six-month suspended sentence on charges of spreading lies about ...


  51. Italian Fishermen Honor Dead Migrants at Sea

    ABC News-6 minutes ago
    A flotilla of Italian fishermen motored into rough seas off Lampedusa on Saturday to drop a bouquet of yellow flowers near the spot of a ...



  52. Giant pufferfish tower sparks debate in China

    BBC News-2 hours ago
    A giant Chinese viewing tower, built in the shape of a giant pufferfish, has sparked debate on Chinese social media. The monument, erected for ...



  53. Protest over Milford Haven School charity head shave boy

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    About 250 pupils walked out of a Pembrokeshire school to protest against a teenager being removed from lessons after shaving his head for ...



  54. The Chinese city living in fear of giant killer hornets

    The Guardian-2 minutes ago
    Sign up for the Guardian Today. Our editors' picks for the day's top newsand commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Sign up for the ...


  55. Sisters of woman killed in DC chase question police actions

    Fox News-1 hour ago
    The family of a woman who was shot to death outside the U.S. Capitol after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier said Friday they ...



  56. Shock and awww... 'UFO crashes' into London primary school...

    The Independent-by Felicity Morse-4 hours ago
    Pupils at a London primary school were shocked after a UFO appeared to have crashed into their playground. An officer guarded the 'crash site ...


  57. Analysis: US Reliability Questioned Overseas

    ABC News-4 hours ago
    An unmistakable sense of unease has been growing in capitals around the world as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly ...



  58. Anoushka Shankar discusses impact of Delhi gang rape

    BBC News-5 hours ago
    Musician Anoushka Shankar says she was prompted to reveal her experience of sexual abuse after learning of the gang rape and murder of a ...



  59. Herman Wallace dies after release from 41 years in solitary

    BBC News-30 minutes ago
    A Louisiana man released from prison on Tuesday after 41 years in solitary confinement has died of liver cancer. Herman Wallace, 71, died on ...


  60. Feng Takes 1-Stroke Lead at Reignwood Classic

    ABC News-2 hours ago
    Chinese golfer Shanshan Feng shot a 9-under 64 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over American Stacy Lewis after the third round of the ...



  61. US lobster fishermen's 'problem of plenty'

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    For those who harvest the seas a big catch is usually welcomed, but the abundance of lobsters in Maine in the US has seen the price of the ...



  62. Why is a children's book about rabbits being read at weddings?

    BBC News-4 hours ago
    When Hannah Larkin married her husband Jason, she had three readings, but one stood out - a reading from Guess How Much I Love You by ...



  63. Tornadoes hit US Midwest

    CBC.ca-1 hour ago
    Several buildings sit damaged in Wayne, Neb., after tornadoes swept through the southeast corner of the community. (Dave Weaver/Associated ...



  64. US shutdown: Four rearranged weddings

    BBC News-1 hour ago
    As disagreements in Congress mean that "closed" signs hang outside national parks across the US, four couples explain how they've coped ...


  65. BlackBerry hit with shareholder lawsuit

    CBC.ca-1 hour ago
    A shareholder of BlackBerry Ltd. sued the company and two of its executives on Friday, accusing them of inflating the stock price by painting a ...


  66. 26 flights affected by Typhoon Fitow

    Focus Taiwan News Channel-50 minutes ago
    Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) A total of 26 international flights have been delayed or canceled as of Saturday evening, as Typhoon Fitow hovers near ...


  67. Bloody Clothing Visible at Ore. Cabin Where 2 Shot

    ABC News-3 hours ago
    Michael Piete and his uncle, Kenneth Gilliland, had hunted deer together and with other relatives for years from a remote log cabin in the Blue ...



  68. Child sex abuse victims failed by courts, says NSPCC

    BBC News-4 hours ago
    Some sexual abuse cases are collapsing because children are being denied the support they need to give evidence in court, the NSPCC has ...


  69. 'I was broken beyond repair': Elizabeth Smart recalls kidnapping ...

    NBCNews.com (blog)-52 minutes ago
    In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Meredith Vieira, kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart describes how she survived her traumatic, ...



  70. NHS pay proposal criticised by health unions

    BBC News-58 minutes ago
    Unions have criticised government moves to halt a pay rise for NHS staff in England. Public sector pay increases are capped at 1%, but the ...


  71. Vivian Schiller Is Lead Candidate for Twitter's Head of NewsPosition

    AllThingsD-14 hours ago
    vivian schiller According to sources close to the situation, NBC Newschief digital officer Vivian Schiller is currently the leading choice for ...


  72. Canada's parkour gyms change course of outdoor sport

    CBC.ca-28 minutes ago
    2J Pantoja started practising parkour in 2008, and while he trains indoors, he doesn't consider himself to have mastered a trick until he can do it ...


  73. Microsoft, Yale Professor Spar Over 'Bing It On' Campaign

    PC Magazine-by Stephanie Mlot-9 minutes ago
    When Microsoft launched the "Bing It On" campaign more than a year ago, the company intended to break the "Google habit." But it doesn't ...


  74. Cash-Strapped Ireland Asks Voters to Shut Senate

    ABC News-2 hours ago
    Irish government plans to abolish the country's Senate in a cost-cutting move are facing a tough test in ballots being counted Saturday.



  75. Palestinians Say Settlers Destroyed Olive Trees

    ABC News-3 hours ago
    A Palestinian farmer says that a group of vandals from an Israeli settlement in the West Bank damaged dozens of olive trees as the annual ...



  76. Gromit statues auction raises £2.3m for Bristol Children's Hospital

    BBC News-2 hours ago
    More than £2.3m has been raised for charity as dozens of Gromit statues were auctioned in Bristol. All 81 of the sculptures were sold for ...



  77. Former NYPD sergeant questions sister's killing by police in ...

    Yahoo News-5 hours ago
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police in Washington could have avoided shooting dead a woman pursued by officers in a car chase that led to the ...


  78. Buy a movie home: 8 homes featured in famous films

    CBS News-3 hours ago
    (MoneyWatch) Want to own a piece of cinematic history? For as little as $78,000 to as much as $115 million, you can own a home that starred ...


  79. UNESCO passes six resolutions condemning Israel

    Jerusalem Post-8 hours ago
    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passed six anti-Israel resolutions at the meeting of its ...



  80. Guatemala 'drug lord' arrested in Mexico

    BBC News-1 hour ago
    Police in Mexico have arrested one of Guatemala's most wanted men - a drug lord suspected of masterminding the killing of eight policemen in ...



  81. Kenya's Westgate attack: 'I played dead to survive'

    BBC News-1 hour ago
    During the Westgate siege in Kenya last month, one of the iconic images showed a mother lying on the floor, protecting her two children.


  82. Greenpeace: Russia Actions Among Worst 'Assaults'

    ABC News-3 hours ago
    Greenpeace International's director says Russia's seizure of its ship "Arctic Sunrise" and the arrest of its crew is the worst "assault" on the ...



  83. Central Asia concerns over US pullout from Afghanistan

    BBC News-5 hours ago
    The neglected region of Central Asia faces a new threat from Islamic militancy as the US withdrawal from neighbouring Afghanistan nears, ...



  84. Waterbeach train cyclist 'near miss': Woman talks to police

    BBC News-1 hour ago
    A woman has told police she was the cyclist who came within inches of being struck by a train after dodging a level crossing barrier. The cyclist ...



  85. Sotheby's counters Loeb with 'poison pill' defence

    BBC News-4 hours ago
    The auction house Sotheby's has put in place a defence to ward off takeovers, just days after an attack on its leadership by an activist investor.


  86. Colo. federal workers on shutdown: "We've been abandoned"

    CBS News-2 hours ago
    (CBS News) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado's 5th congressional district has one of the highest concentrations of federal workers in ...


  87. Univision News President Isaac Lee Named CEO Of Fusion

    Variety-13 hours ago
    With its launch expected in mere weeks, Fusion, the news-and-lifestyle cable outlet backed by both Univision and Walt Disney's ABC News, ...



  88. Hastings Pier shares 'for £100'

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    Shares are going on sale for Hastings Pier - three years to the day after a fire destroyed the 140-year-old structure. For £100, investors can ...



  89. Circa's mobile news apps: Are news rewrites a business?

    ZDNet-by Tom Foremski-Oct 4, 2013
    Summary: Circa has a great team and pedigree but it'll have to do more than just rewrite news stories if it is to survive in a tough media ...



  90. Sri Lanka Velupillai Prabhakaran bunker is destroyed

    BBC News-2 hours ago
    The Sri Lankan military has blown up one of the final places where the dead leader of the Tamil Tiger militants, Velupillai Prabhakaran, lived.



  91. Himalayas still uphill for climate report

    BBC News-5 hours ago
    Himalaya Mountains photographed by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) Space imagery tells you only so much. This data ...


  92. Williams has last laugh with Seville in Metropolitan

    ABC Local-5 hours ago
    Lloyd Williams had one race taken off him earlier Saturday, but he had the last laugh thanks to a Group One victory in The Metropolitan with ...


  93. White House in Shutdown: Obamas Doing the Dishes?

    ABC News (blog)-by Devin Dwyer-13 seconds ago
    That's not exactly the scene inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. during this government shutdown, ABC News has been told. But White House ...


  94. Report: Indonesia's last synagogue destroyed

    Jerusalem Post-16 hours ago
    Indonesia's last synagogue has been destroyed, a Dutch news site reported ... The Dutch news site also quoted Sachiroel Alim, the head of the ...


  95. US Pushes Pacific Trade Agenda Despite Shutdown

    ABC News-1 hour ago
    Talks on a Pacific trade pact are forging ahead with hopes of meeting a year-end deadline still intact, officials said Saturday, despite President ...


  96. Circa's new app aims to revolutionize how you get breaking news

    VentureBeat-by Tom Cheredar-Oct 4, 2013
    It's one thing to make the assessment that the delivery system of how people get theirnews is broken. It's quite another when you actually build ...



  97. Harper meets with business leaders in Malaysia

    CBC.ca-1 hour ago
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ward Elcock, back left, Office of the Special Adviser on Human Smuggling and Illegal Migration in the Privy ...


  98. Good news for tax delinquents: shutdown halts new asset seizures ...

    Yahoo News-15 hours ago
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Friday that it has stopped initiating new asset seizures from tax ...



  99. Small businesses looks to new plans for Swansea centre

    BBC News-3 hours ago
    A business group has backed the decision to end a five-year deal which was to have delivered a £1bn transformation of Swansea city centre.


  100. Judge orders release of mentally ill Gitmo prisoner

    NBCNews.com (blog)-3 hours ago
    By Kevin Gray, Reuters. A federal judge has ordered the release of a Gu
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