Obama, GOP Open Talks Over Temporary Debt Fix
Wall Street Journal - 4 minutes ago
Speaker John Boehner heads to the White House to discuss a GOP plan to extend the government's ability to borrow in exchange for spending cuts.
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Malala Yousafzai favored to win Nobel Peace Prize
USA TODAY
4 minutes ago
Written byMelanie Eversley
The winner of 2013 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo, Norway, later Friday and Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai has emerged as a favorite to take home the prestigious prize.
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Obama, NSA dissed by report as Edward Snowden reappears
CNET - 4 hours ago
NSA surveillance and Obama administration policies are putting a damper on freedom of the press, says a report. Meanwhile, Prism leaker Edward Snowden accepts an award in Moscow.
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Sergeant: Officers involved in bike/SUV incident a 'blemish'
USA TODAY
2 hours ago
Written byMelanie Eversley
Any New York City Police Department officers involved in the Sept. 29th skirmish on a Manhattan highway between motorcyclists and the driver of an SUV amount to "knuckleheads" who are damaging the reputation of the department, a police sergeant says.
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NR Narayana Murthy marks Infosys return with brighter outlook
Financial Times - 2 minutes ago
NR Narayana Murthy has marked his return to Infosys by boosting revenue targets for next year despite missing profit expectations in the second quarter, raising hopes of a further turnround at the struggling Indian outsourcer and sending its shares up by 5 ...
New York Daily News
Ariel Castro did not die of auto-erotic asphyxiation, coroner says
CNN - 3 hours ago
(CNN) -- An Ohio medical examiner disputed reports that kidnapper Ariel Castro died from auto-erotic asphyxiation. Franklin Country coroner Paula Gorniak's statement Thursday night disputed a report from Ohio corrections officials that the man who ...
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Libyan Prime Minister's Abduction Caps Year of Mayhem
Bloomberg - 10 minutes ago
The abduction of Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zaidan was only the latest sign that his interim government's control over the country is slipping.
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Winner of Nobel Peace Prize set to be announced
BBC News - 3 minutes ago
The Nobel Peace Prize winner is due to be announced amid reports it will go to the group overseeing the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons.
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Katrina-Sized Cyclone Phailin Headed for India
TIME - 15 minutes ago
Indian fishermen sort their fishing nets after they return with their catch on the Bay of Bengal coast at Puri, Odisha state, India, Thursday, Oct.10, 2013.
AFP
Chemical weapons inspectors visit three sites in Syria
Times of India - 19 minutes ago
BEIRUT: International inspectors have so far visited three sites linked to Syria's chemical weapons program, a spokesman said on Thursday, as the team races to destroy the country's stockpile and delivery systems amid a raging civil war.
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Syria rebels executed civilians, says Human Rights Watch
BBC News - 4 minutes ago
Rebel forces in Syria killed as many as 190 civilians and seized more than 200 hostages during a military offensive in August, Human Rights Watch says.
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Shutdown impact: Some national parks could reopen
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 14 minutes ago
The government shutdown continues with some glimmer of hope for those who would like to visit the nation's national parks: The Obama administration said it would consider offers from the states to use their own money to pay for park operations.
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Jury: Toyota not liable for death of Calif. woman
Houston Chronicle - 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A verdict clearing Toyota Motor Corp. in the death of a California woman whose 2006 Camry apparently accelerated despite her efforts to stop could bode well for the Japanese automaker as it faces similar cases.
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Obama signs bill to pay death benefits to families of fallen soldiers
Fox News - 8 hours ago
WASHINGTON - President Obama signed a bill late Thursday to pay death benefits to families of fallen soldiers during the partial government shutdown.
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Oregon man killed in Colo. on nationwide walk
Houston Chronicle - 7 minutes ago
KIT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - An Oregon man who lost his gay son to suicide and was walking across the country to raise awareness about bullying is dead after being hit by a truck in eastern Colorado.
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Eco-saboteur Rebecca Rubin pleads guilty to arson, but won't give up any names
OregonLive.com
7 hours ago
Written byBryan Denson
The Two Elk Lodge restaurant, foreground, on top of Vail Mountain burns along with another structure at right on Oct. 19, 1998, in Vail, Colo.
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BlackBerry co-founders considering bid for company
Reuters India - 1 hour ago
By Alastair Sharp. TORONTO | Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:46pm IST. TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are considering a bid to buy the struggling smartphone maker, according to a securities filing on ...
San Francisco Chronicle
GOP debt limit offer gives Wall Street its biggest gains of the year
Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago
The stock market staged its best rally of the year as lawmakers inched toward a deal that would temporarily stave off a government debt default.
New York Times
Blue Cross Plans Jump to an Early Lead
New York Times - 57 minutes ago
Published: October 10, 2013. Color the new online insurance marketplaces Blue. Related. Health Act Embraced in California (October 11, 2013).
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Facebook Removing Option To Be Unsearchable By Name, Highlighting Lack Of ...
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35 minutes ago
Written byJosh Constine
“Who can look up your Timeline by name?” Anyone you haven't blocked. Facebook is removing this privacy setting, notifying those who had hidden themselves that they'll be searchable.
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T-Mobile to offer data roaming, texting free of charge internationally
TechSpot
20 hours ago
Written byShawn Knight
T-Mobile is shaking up the wireless industry once again. The company on Tuesday announced plans to eliminate international roaming fees for data and text messages sent abroad and charge a fixed rate of $0.20 per minute for voice calls - all with no ...
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TV-over-Internet service Aereo to come to Android
San Francisco Chronicle - 17 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Aereo, a service that delivers broadcast television stations over the Internet, will come to Android devices on Oct. 22.
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Glee's Cory Monteith Tribute: Everything You Need to Know
E! Online - 1 hour ago
Get ready for the biggest TV-inspired cry of your life. If you are a diehard Glee fan, or even just a casual Glee viewer, the Cory Monteith (Finn) tribute episode airing tonight probably will rock you to the core.
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'Captain Phillips' torn from the headlines, but tells an old story
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Patricia Zengerle. WASHINGTON | Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:15am IST. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Greengrass' new thriller, "Captain Phillips," is torn from the headlines, but the British director sees the story of an American ship captain's ordeal with Somali ...
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A's tab 'bulldog' Sonny Gray for Game 5 showdown
USA TODAY
35 minutes ago
Written byJorge Ortiz
OAKLAND -- In three postseason starts against the Oakland Athletics the last two years, Justin Verlander has allowed one run in 23 innings while striking out 33, making him an easy choice for Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland as his starter for Thursday ...
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'W' no giant leap
Chicago Tribune - 3 minutes ago
Brandon Marshall really wanted to see the football more. It came his way plenty Thursday night. Brandon Marshall desperately needed a Bears victory.
New York Times
NLCS Preview: For the Dodgers, a Model in the Opposite Dugout
New York Times
6 minutes ago
Written byTyler Kepner
The Los Angeles Dodgers get a lot of attention for their payroll, which was $216 million on opening day, a full $100 million more than the payroll of the St. Louis Cardinals, their opponents in the National League Championship Series.
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Scientists find water-rich asteroid GD 61 that may have been habitable
Pentagon Post - 46 minutes ago
UK and Germany astronomers have found a large asteroid that may once have flooded with water and orbiting a superdense dying star.
New York Times
Scott Carpenter, One of the Original Seven Astronauts, Is Dead at 88
New York Times - 2 hours ago
M. Scott Carpenter, whose flight into space in 1962 as the second American to orbit the Earth was marred by technical problems and ended with the nation waiting anxiously to see if he had survived a landing far from the target site, died on Thursday in ...
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Elephants Get the Point
Wired - 8 minutes ago
The next time you need to show an elephant where something is, just point. Chances are he'll understand what you mean. New research shows elephants spontaneously understand the communicative intent of human pointing and can use it as a cue to find ...
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USDA won't close plants in salmonella outbreak
USA TODAY - 13 hours ago
The Department of Agriculture will not close the California chicken-processing plants linked to a nationwide outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella, officials said.
The Independent
Alzheimer's treatment breakthrough: British scientists pave way for simple pill to ...
The Independent
16 hours ago
Written byCharlie Cooper
Scientists have hailed an historic “turning point” in the search for a medicine that could beat Alzheimer's disease, after a drug-like compound was used to halt brain cell death in mice for the first time.
Montreal Gazette
Older people may benefit from high dosage flu vaccine
Fox News - 19 hours ago
For elderly people in long-term care, high-dosage flu vaccines seem to produce better antibody responses against the flu virus compared to standard vaccines, MedPage Today reported.
Telegraph.co.uk
Vitamin D pills 'unnecessary' for healthy older people
Telegraph.co.uk - 10 hours ago
In most adults bone mineral density does not significantly improve as a result of taking vitamin D supplements and widespread use of them to ward off osteoporosis is worthless, researchers found.
San Francisco Chronicle
Research: Exercise can help reduce the risk of breast cancer
Alexandria Town Talk - 1 hour ago
Breast cancer can be a devastating disease, but most women can take active steps to reduce their risk, say some of the nation's leading breast cancer experts.
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