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Yemen: U.S. Strike Kills al-Qaeda Media Head

TIME - 
(SANAA, Yemen) - An American drone strike in southern Yemen has killed seven al-Qaeda-linked militants, including the media chief for the group's Yemeni branch and the son of a prominent US-born cleric slain ...

US Won't Start Long-Term Care Insurance

Bloomberg - 
A long-term disability care program shepherded into the US health overhaul by Senator Edward Kennedy before his death was canceled as financially unsustainable by health secretary Kathleen ...

iPhone 4S activation proves to be difficult for AT&T

Digitaltrends.com - 
With each release of a new Apple iPhone, AT&T has continually struggled over the years to keep up with the sheer amount of activations on launch day.

Egypt's military rulers criminalize discrimination

CBS News - 
Egyptian Mariam Hattour, 11, lights a candle during mourning at Talat Harb Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, to mourn more than two dozen people who were killed when Christians, angered by a recent church attack, clashed Sunday night ...

Rick Perry jobs plan: Make rest of America more like Texas

Christian Science Monitor - 
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in an address in Pennsylvania, says the energy sector could create jobs in plenty of states where there are resources, and vows to lead charge to clear regulatory hurdles.

Libyan forces search Tripoli for Gadhafi loyalists

CBS News - 
A revolutionary fighter reacts after fighting broke out with Gadhafi supporters in the Abu Salim neighborhood of Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011.

Syria draft constitution 'ready in four months'

AFP - 
DAMASCUS - President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday announced the creation of an ad hoc committee tasked with preparing a new constitution for Syria within four months, the official SANA news agency said.

Labour calls for Fox inquiry to continue

The Guardian - 
Murphy has called on the government to widen the probe to include a broader investigation of rules governing ministerial conduct. Photograph: PA The inquiry into Liam Fox's relationship with Adam Werritty should continue, despite the defence ...

Kidnappings: Kenya to Pursue Militants in Somalia

Fox News - 
| AP July 11, 201: Somali parents care for their young children who are being treated for malnutrition at a Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) hospital in Dagahaley Camp, Dadaab, Kenya.

Iran's supreme leader lambasts US over assassination allegations

CNN - 
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot in Iran's parliamentary election on March 14, 2008 in Tehran. (CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader took verbal jabs at the United States Saturday in his first public reaction since the United States ...

Prosecutor: Revenge Was Motive in Salon Massacre

Fox News - 
| AP Oct. 12, 2011: A gunman opens fire at Southern California hair salon, killing six and wounding three. SANTA ANA, California- Prosecutors said it was revenge and a desire to kill his ex-wife that drove a man to go on a deadly shooting rampage at a ...

US court: No immigration checks at Ala. schools

CBS News - 
(AP) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - In a blow to Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law, a federal appeals court sided with the Obama administration Friday when it blocked public schools from checking the immigration status of students.

U.S. rejects plan to strengthen IMF in euro zone crisis

Reuters - 
1 of 6. From LR,: Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, France's Finance Minister Francois Baroin, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and France's Central Bank Governor Christian Noyer pose together during the family photo of G20 Finance ...

Wall Street protests go global

Reuters - 
1 of 15. Demonstrators attempt to break through the entrance of a bank branch during a demonstration of the 'Indignant' group against banking and finance in Rome October 15, 2011.

Treasury officials: Never saw a loan like Solyndra

BusinessWeek - 
Two senior Treasury officials said Friday that they had never seen a loan restructuring similar to an Energy Department loan to a failed solar panel maker.

Dow average turns positive for 2011 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-15

Philadelphia Inquirer - 
AP NEW YORK - Stronger retail sales and surging profits from Google Inc. sent stocks higher Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average turned positive for the year and the S&P 500 had its best week in more than two years.

Summary Box : Sprint customers line up for iPhone

BusinessWeek - 
By AP FIRST TIMER: Although Apple stores got the longest lines as the new iPhone model launched, there were lines at Sprint stores too.

Lines for iPhone turn into Jobs memorials

News Sentinel - 
- From AP By Chip Cutter of AP NEW YORK - It wasn't just the latest iPhone that drew people to Apple stores Friday. Many consumers waited in lines for hours - sometimes enduring chilly temperatures and overnight thunderstorms - to remember Steve Jobs, ...

BlackBerry blackout is new threat to brand

BusinessWeek - 
The longest BlackBerry outage in many years left customers outraged this week, threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded marketplace.

Rick Ross hospitalized after suffering from second seizure

NME.com - 
Rapper Rick Ross is reportedly in a stable condition in hospital after suffering from two seizures in one day (October 14). According to TMZ, Ross - whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II - was hospitalized in Birmingham, Alabama after he lost ...

Larry Hagman is battling cancer

USA Today - 
For the second time in his life, Dallas star Larry Hagman is facing a serious medical condition. The 80-year-old actor, who is set to appear in an update of the popular drama which ran for more than a decade starting in 1978, ...

Lindsay Lohan checks in for community service at Red Cross

Daily Mail - 
They are famed around the world for coming to the aid of people in need. So it seems appropriate the American Red Cross are helping troubled actress Lindsay Lohan by allowing her to complete her community service.

Box Office: "Footloose" Dances Its Way Past "Real Steel"

The Gossip Girls - 
Edging out last weekend's victor by a slim margin, "Footloose" has danced its way to the top of the box office over the weekend of October 14-16, 2011.

NLCS Notebook: Cardinals' bullpen shining so far

OnMilwaukee.com - 
Love him or hate him, but Tony La Russa knows what he's doing with the Cardinals' bullpen. ST. LOUIS - Before Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, a reporter asked Tony La Russa about his methods of bullpen management.

Setting up some of the weekend's top college football games

USA Today - 
Each Friday during the season, USA TODAY will highlight the biggest showdowns on the schedule. This weekend has several games to keep an eye on.

Speedy neutrino mystery likely solved, relativity safe after all

DVICE - 
Those weird faster-than-light neutrinos that CERN thought they saw last month may have just gotten slowed down to a speed that'll keep them from completely destroying physics as we know it.

Renaming New Mexico's Radio Telescope, Any Suggestions?

The State Column - 
The world famous radio telescope facilities in New Mexico seek a new name after completing extensive upgrades. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory announced it is accepting ideas for a new name from the public and fellow scientists for the Very ...

NASA Buys Flights on Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship

Fox News - 
The private space plane SpaceShipTwo lands after a successful glide test June 21 at Mojave Air and Space Port in California. The space tourism company Virgin Galactic has struck a deal with NASA worth up to $4.5 million for research flights on the ...

U.S. Coronary Heart Disease Prevalence Dropping

The State Column - 
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of coronary heart disease is declining in the US More specifically, surveys from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) found that between 2006 and 2010 ...

California company recalls salad for possible listeria

Reuters - 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - River Ranch Fresh Foods is recalling 2154 cases of bagged salad because of possible contamination by listeria monocytogenes, the Salinas, Calif.