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Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 06:10 PM PDT
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Cellphone saves Florida store clerk from robber's bullet  Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 06:10 PM PDT ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A convenience store clerk in Florida can thank his cellphone for stopping a bullet fired at his chest during an attempted robbery, police said on Tuesday. "He was very lucky," said Lieutenant Scott Allen of the Winter Garden Police Department. The middle-aged clerk, who police are not identifying for his safety, was shot at by a robber who ordered him and a female clerk to open the safe at a gas station and convenience store near Orlando, Florida, on Monday. "He (the clerk) was not able to open the safe," Allen said. ... Full Story	Top
U.N. diplomats talking too much? Turn off microphone, says Britain  Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:29 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant suggested a new tactic on Tuesday to stop diplomats at the United Nations from speaking for too long - turn off their microphone. During a recent visit with the U.N. Security Council to the African Union Peace and Security Council in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, Lyall Grant was impressed by its procedures. ... Full Story	Top
Psychic scammers find fertile haunting ground in Internet age  Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 10:08 AM PDT By Jeffrey B. Roth GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - As pre-Halloween witches and ghouls sprout up on U.S. lawns, experts are warning people to be wary of modern occult scammers who have moved online to hawk virtual voodoo dolls, revenge spells and otherwise "haunted" items. While the idea of spending money for a magic spell - to help with an endeavor or to inflict pain on an enemy - has been around for centuries, experts say the anonymity of online transactions can encourage people who would otherwise never think of visiting a storefront psychic to fall for a con. ... Full Story	Top

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