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The Best Halloween Movies Streaming Right Now
Time - 15 Oct 2014 13:30
Watch 22 of the spookiest thrillers on the Internet
Top 10 Inspiring TED Talks for 2014
Time - 15 Oct 2014 11:19
Bill Gates, Edward Snowden, Larry Page, and the inventor of the World Wide Web converged on the year's hottest topics
Hired thugs break up protests?
CNN - 15 Oct 2014 02:16
CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva speaks to journalist Louisa Lim about rumors that hired thugs were used to break up protests.
How to make homemade Oreos
The Week - 15 Oct 2014 20:27
Tucked away in the corner of my grandmother's kitchen, there was an old, heavy ceramic cookie jar. It had a cracked lid that had been glued together too many times to count, thanks to all the tiny hands (mine included) t...
"Badminton" + "Joanie" + "a Talking Cat"
Slate - 15 Oct 2014 19:22
Microsoft Word can sometimes feel like the place where creativity goes to die. Its icons evoke the wan cubicle world of '90s office culture: impassive clipboards, boring scissors, a squat dour printer. (And don't get me ...
Man accused of sexual assault in airplane bathroom
New York Post - 15 Oct 2014 15:22
HONOLULU -- A Japan Airlines flight had to return to Honolulu after a male passenger sexually assaulted a female passenger in the airplaneās bathroom, the FBI said. FBI agents arrested...
Putin's Reaction To Sanctions Is Destroying The Economy And China Won't Help
Forbes - 15 Oct 2014 00:09
Things are not going well for Vladimir Putin. The price of oil and the ruble continue to fall. Top Russian officials admit that the economy is in big trouble, despite Putin's denials. Likely presidential candidate, Hilla...
The U.S. Supreme Court Upholds a California Ban on Foie Gras
Time - 15 Oct 2014 06:39
Haute diners in California will have to do without
Video of Apparent Beating of Protester in Hong Kong Stirs Anger
The New York Times - 15 Oct 2014 06:06
Footage filmed by TVB, a usually pro-government channel, appears to show a group of police officers kicking a demonstrator while his hands are bound.
WFP cuts rations for one million Afghans
Al Jazeera English - 15 Oct 2014 18:25
Funds crunch forces UN food-assistance agency, which runs on donations from member countries, to scale back operation.
Mexico says bodies in mass graves aren't those of missing students
Fox News - 15 Oct 2014 06:14
It was news that gave parents hope: None of the bodies found in five mass graves in southern Mexico belonged to 43 teachers college students who have been missing for nearly three weeks since a clash with police.
So Far, Mass Graves Don't Hold Mexico's 43 Missing
ABC News - 15 Oct 2014 06:08
So far, mass graves don't hold Mexico's 43 missing; parents hold on to hope they're alive
Video: In Iraq, a Cache of Abandoned Weapons
The New York Times - 15 Oct 2014 05:31
The United States went to war in Iraq expecting to destroy an active weapons of mass destruction program. Instead, it found only remnants of chemical arms built in close collaboration with the West.
Storm Strengthening to Hurricane Heads for Hawaii
ABC News - 15 Oct 2014 03:27
Tropical Storm Ana expected to strengthen to hurricane, hit Hawaii's Big Island this weekend
Boy, 10, 'admits killing woman'
CNN - 15 Oct 2014 02:17
"I killed that lady," the 10-year-old boy told a Pennsylvania state trooper, after a 90-year-old woman was found dead in the home of the boy's grandfather.
Supreme Court Blocks Key Parts of Texas Abortion Law
ABC News - 15 Oct 2014 02:17
The law would close most Texas abortion facilities.
Pursuing sanity in a digital tsunami: be calm; be kind
OpEdNews - 15 Oct 2014 19:19
Pursuing sanity in a digital tsunami: be calm; be kind What if every user manual began with the directions, Be calm; Be kind... Remarks at 12th Rhodes Conference: 'Dialogue of Civilizations' (wpfdc.org)
Dog of Dallas Ebola Patient Rehoused, Given Toys
Time - 15 Oct 2014 02:01
City officials have pledged to keep 'Bentley' safe
Iraqi Troops Abandon Military Base To ISIS Raising Concerns Over Military Strategy In Iraq And Baghdad's Safety
IBTimes - 15 Oct 2014 01:30
The Iraqi military's abandonment of a military base near the town of Hit, near the capital of Anbar province, calls into question the strategy of coalition airstrikes supported by local army units as sufficient to stop t...
Strong Explosion Hits Cairo, Leaving 12 Injured
ABC News - 15 Oct 2014 01:23
12 injured in Cairo blast; 7 Islamic militants sentenced to death over earlier attacks
New Charges Brought in 2012 Benghazi Attacks
ABC News - 15 Oct 2014 01:22
US brings new indictment against Libyan militant in 2012 Benghazi attacks
News Guide: CDC Admits Missteps in Ebola Fight
ABC News - 15 Oct 2014 01:20
News Guide: Federal government says it could have done more on Ebola, steps up response