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Asiana Pilots Argue Throttle Glitch
Time - 8 Oct 2013 16:05
But U.S. probe failed to find mechanical error
EU lawmakers to push ahead with anti-tobacco plans
Boston - 8 Oct 2013 07:02
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European lawmakers are trying to tighten rules governing the multi-billion dollar tobacco market by imposing bigger and bolder warnings on cigarette packs, banning most flavorings like menthol and beefin...
Argentina frets as leader undergoes brain surgery
Boston - 8 Oct 2013 06:08
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Doctors prepared to drill into President Cristina Fernandez's skull Tuesday morning to siphon out blood that is pressuring her brain two months after she suffered an unexplained head injur...
Japanese court: Anti-Korea 'hate speech' illegal
Boston - 8 Oct 2013 06:39
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese court has ordered a group of anti-Korean activists to pay a Korean school in Kyoto 12 million yen ($120,000) in compensation for disturbing classes and scaring students by shouting "kimchi stinks...
Targets of US raid planned terrorism in Kenya
Boston - 8 Oct 2013 06:25
NAIROBI -- American interrogators headed to an American warship in the Mediterranean to question a suspected Libyan Al Qaeda operative linked to the bombings of US embassies in Africa, as new details emerged Monday about...
Obama urges Congress to reopen government
Al Jazeera English - 8 Oct 2013 06:23
US president calls on Congress to pass legislation that would end shutdown that has stalled government services.
Brazil Teachers' Pay Protest Turns Violent
Sky News - 8 Oct 2013 06:20
A peaceful march turns into fiery chaos as demonstrators torch a bus, break into buildings and set cashpoints alight.
Tsarnaev lawyers seek records to make death penalty presentation
Boston - 8 Oct 2013 06:12
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston Marathon bomber, repeatedly requested a lawyer when he was being questioned at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center following his arrest in Watertown, according to court documents fi...
Typhoon Fitow kills five in China
BBC - 8 Oct 2013 05:46
Powerful Typhoon Fitow has killed at least five people in China, with four others missing, Chinese media report.
Syria Inspectors 'Face Unprecedented Danger'
Sky News - 8 Oct 2013 05:01
The UN chief highlights the looming threats to experts as they try to destroy Syria's poison gas stockpile during a civil war.
What the New $100 Bill Looks Like
Time - 8 Oct 2013 04:20
It enters circulation Tuesday
Health Exchange Delays Tied to Software Crash in Early Rush
The New York Times - 8 Oct 2013 04:16
President Obama's top technology adviser said the failure occurred in the part of the Web site that lets people create user accounts at the beginning of the insurance sign-up process.
The NSA's Massive New Data Center Is Melting
The Atlantic Wire - 8 Oct 2013 03:11
The NSA's huge Utah data center is supposed to help U.S. intelligence collect billions of bytes of intelligence when it opens this fall.
Shutdown will cost taxpayers more than if government stayed open, as Congress promises furloughed workers pay
Boston - 8 Oct 2013 06:07
WASHINGTON -- The conservatives who have helped propel the first federal shutdown in 17 years have argued that they are fighting for smaller and less bloated government. But a vote over the weekend to grant back-pay to f...
Faint glimmers of hope emerge in deadlocked Washington
Chicago Tribune - 8 Oct 2013 04:46Veto Halts Bill for Jury Duty by Noncitizens in California
The New York Times - 8 Oct 2013 03:26
After signing into law numerous measures praised by immigrants' rights groups, Gov. Jerry Brown denied noncitizens what he called a "responsibility of citizenship."
Senate Leaders Mull Raising Debt Ceiling in Challenge to House
The New York Times - 8 Oct 2013 03:14
The first Senate vote on raising the debt ceiling could come as early as Friday, but there have been no bipartisan meetings on ending the partial government shutdown.
The War in Afghanistan Is 12 Years Old
The Atlantic Wire - 8 Oct 2013 03:12
Today was the 12th anniversary of the U.S. invasion Afghanistan. Very few people noticed.
NH school hopes for mosquito-killing frost
Boston - 8 Oct 2013 16:01
SANDOWN, N.H. (AP) -- Officials at a New Hampshire elementary school are hoping for colder weather, so students can go outside.
In 'Afterlife,' Archie Comics Veers Into Horror
ABC News - 8 Oct 2013 08:49
Archie Comics veers into horror with 'Afterlife' and new territory for publisher's famed teens
Bolivia crackdown on coca agency
BBC - 8 Oct 2013 03:10
The head of Bolivia's coca control agency is arrested over accusations of illegally selling seized coca, document fraud and extortion.
The Nasa probe keeping tabs on our turbulent Sun
BBC - 8 Oct 2013 02:59
The news from Nasa's highly productive solar observatory