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Focus of shutdown negotiations shifts to Senate
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Groups criticize NC officer arrest in man's death
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Obamacare a success so far? It's hard to say
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Google to change terms to use your identity in ads
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AP Source: Dead 2-year-old Peterson's son
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General in charge of nuclear missiles is fired
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NY psychic convicted of scamming clients for $100K
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NM authorities say 1 boy from youth camp back home
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Wind, rain pound India as massive cyclone hits
A massive, powerful cyclone packing heavy rains and destructive winds slammed into India's eastern coastline Saturday evening, as hundreds of thousands of residents moved inland to shelters in hopes of riding out the dangerous storm.
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Truck, train collide in W.Va.; several injured
An emergency services official says a truck has collided with a train taking passengers on a scenic tour during the peak of fall foliage season in West Virginia, causing multiple injuries.
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Obama meets with Pakistani teen shot by Taliban
President Barack Obama met Friday with 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai, an advocate for girls' education and the target of a Taliban assassination attempt who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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BUSINESS
Federal shutdown staring to ripple through states
The federal government shutdown that has idled hundreds of thousands of workers is starting to ripple through states, which are now laying off employees and warning of thousands of additional furloughs if the budget stalemate is not resolved soon.
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CELEBRITIES
Beset by bad news, Canada cheers up over Nobel
Alice Munro's Nobel Prize in literature is a morale boost for a country that has been generating an unusual run of bad headlines.
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NATION/WORLD
Migrant tragedies sharpen calls for safe passage
Three deadly Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum-seekers fleeing war and repression sharpened calls Saturday for humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage to Europe.
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NATIONAL
W.Va. passenger train, truck collide; driver ID'ed
Authorities have identified the driver who died after his logging truck collided with a passenger train at a crossing in West Virginia.
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NATION/WORLD
Mortar shells hit near inspectors' hotel in Syria
Two mortar shells hit Syria's capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said.
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NATIONAL
Giffords to attend gun show under NY sales model
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, is set to tour a New York gun show, the first such visit since she was shot.
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WEIRD NEWS
TV ad puppets electrify Israeli gay rights debate
The goal was merely to promote clean energy in Israel — but television ads starring a pair of male puppets called "plug" and "socket" have instead unleashed a debate about gay pride.
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NATIONAL
3 children, mom killed in fire on NY's Long Island
A fast-moving fire that killed a Long Island mother and her three young children spread before she could wake them up and carry them to safety, authorities said Saturday.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Nancy Pelosi, Betty Ford join Women's Hall of Fame
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the late former first lady Betty Ford and Title IX advocate Bernice Sandler are among the nine women set to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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NATIONAL
Hurricane-proof church unbowed on Gulf coast
God is a mighty fortress, the old hymn goes, and the same could be said for Romar Beach Baptist Church.







