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Gunman wounds three officers, is shot dead in New Mexico  Saturday, Oct 26, 2013 08:56 PM PDT By Zelie Pollon SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire on police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday and wounded three officers before he was shot and killed, the city's police department said. Two Albuquerque police officers and one Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, according to a statement on the Albuquerque Police Department website, which did not detail their conditions. "There are multiple scenes as the shooter fired at officers throughout the entirety of this incident," the statement said. ... Full Story	Top
Exclusive: Aiming to avoid Facebook chaos, NYSE runs Twitter IPO test  Saturday, Oct 26, 2013 02:13 PM PDT By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange on Saturday did a test run of Twitter's highly anticipated market debut, as it seeks to avoid the types of problems that plagued Facebook's initial public offering on rival Nasdaq. The Big Board, run by NYSE Euronext, regularly does systems testing on the weekends, but this was the first time it had run a simulated IPO, and it did so at the request of its member firms - many of whom took part in Facebook's 2012 IPO on Nasdaq OMX Group's main exchange. ... Full Story	Top
Italy's Mount Etna volcano erupts  Saturday, Oct 26, 2013 10:12 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Europe's tallest and most active volcano Mount Etna erupted on Saturday, spewing glowing lava into the air and sending a vast plume of smoke over the southern Italian island of Sicily. The eruption did not require any mountain villages to be evacuated or cause significant disruption, though airspace over Sicily was briefly closed on Saturday morning, according to Catania airport. The volcano is in almost constant activity, although the last major eruption was in 1992. The latest eruption was preceded by a series of underground tremors on Friday. ... Full Story	Top
Blackberry not a strategic fit for us: SAP CFO in magazine  Saturday, Oct 26, 2013 03:58 AM PDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German business software group SAP is not interested in bidding for troubled smart phone maker Blackberry, its chief financial officer told a German magazine. "Blackberry doesn't fit with our strategy," Werner Brandt told Euro am Sonntag in an interview, adding that SAP already offers mobile solutions and did not need to fill any gaps there. BlackBerry, based in Canada, once dominated the smartphone market but has put itself up for sale after being overtaken by Apple's iPhone and devices using Google Inc's Android operating system. ... Full Story	Top

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