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Scary shootout: Driver opens fire on officer
Fox News - 4 Oct 2013 15:06Overflowing tank cause of new leak at Fukushima
USA Today - 4 Oct 2013 14:36
Leak is one of many from the plant wrecked by 2001 quake and tsunami.
Israel Wants a Seat on the U.N. Security Council
The Atlantic Wire - 4 Oct 2013 01:59
Israel announced on Thursday that it would run for a rotating seat on the U.N. Security Council for the 2019-2020 year.
Mars mission preparations continue despite shutdown
USA Today - 4 Oct 2013 14:45
NASA has exempted the Maven mission from shutdown.
500 students attend UNH sex talk
Boston - 4 Oct 2013 13:03
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- A University of New Hampshire forum about orgasms has drawn a lot of criticism -- and about 500 students.
Miriam Carey, Capitol Suspect, Suffered Post-Partum Depression
ABC News - 4 Oct 2013 05:31
A woman killed by Capitol Police today after a high-speed chase through Washington that temporarily shut down the U.S. Capitol suffered post-partum depression following the recent birth of her daughter, the suspect's mot...
Cops: Rape link to pastor's death?
CNN - 4 Oct 2013 05:14
Allegations of rape surface after a man kills a pastor in Louisiana. CNN's David Mattingly reports.
Jungle horror: A survivor of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army tells his story
Fox News - 4 Oct 2013 05:10
Ocitti David was only 17 when he was abducted by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. He watched his father brutally murdered and his family taken away before enduring six months against his will as a child soldier for ...
US jury indicts Anonymous members
Al Jazeera English - 4 Oct 2013 04:20
Suspected hackers accused of global online attacks against firms that refused to process payments for WikiLeaks website.
DEA: Drug trafficking doubles in Caribbean
Miami Herald - 4 Oct 2013 03:40
Smugglers are moving their transit points from Mexico and Central America to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and other islands. U.S. authorities say they have seen a doubling of drug shipments through the region.
Gulf Coast Braces for Tropical Storm Karen
ABC News - 4 Oct 2013 02:52
Gulf Coast residents brace for Tropical Storm Karen; hurricane watch in place from Fla. to La.
New trial for NY man who said he assisted suicide
Boston - 4 Oct 2013 01:59
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man convicted of murder after claiming he was just helping a motivational speaker kill himself won a new trial Thursday in a case that tests the legal bounds of assisted suicide.
Man charged in Biddeford bank robbery
Boston - 4 Oct 2013 20:40
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) -- A California man has been charged in connection with a bank robbery in Biddeford, Maine.
Gulf Fears Tropical Storm Karen
Time - 4 Oct 2013 15:50
A state of emergency has been declared
The Madness of Never-Ending Economic Growth
OpEdNews - 4 Oct 2013 14:07
Our societies need a paradigm shift in what we value. We need to treat our environment and our planet with the respect that is essential for our survival as a species. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to alter...
Chicago police organize take-back events at parks after shootings
Chicago Tribune - 4 Oct 2013 05:50China: Apple pulls firewall-busting app
CNN - 4 Oct 2013 12:50
Apple has been accused of kowtowing to the Chinese government by pulling from its China App Store a product enabling users to circumvent firewalls and access restricted sites.
NH plans open houses to highlight manufacturing
Boston - 4 Oct 2013 11:00
SALEM, N.H. (AP) -- State officials are kicking off a weeklong effort to raise awareness about New Hampshire's manufacturing industry and its need for skilled workers.
California governor signs law expanding protections for journalists
Reuters - 4 Oct 2013 05:44
SACRAMENTO, California
Corrections Officers Forced To Work Without Pay During Government Shutdown
Boston - 4 Oct 2013 05:33
Corrections Officers Forced To Work Without Pay During Government Shutdown
Obama Cancels Asia Trip Because of Shutdown
ABC News - 4 Oct 2013 05:25
Obama cancels plans to visit Asia next week due to government shutdown
U.S. shutdown seen dragging on as debt ceiling fight nears
Reuters - 4 Oct 2013 04:46
(Reuters) - The shutdown of the U.S. government appeared likely to drag on for another week and possibly longer as lawmakers consumed day three of the shutdown with a stalling game and there was no end in sight until the...