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| Obama returns to campaign mode in NY Friday, Oct 25, 2013 05:03 PM PDT  He cast the shutdown as contrasting visions between the two political parties. Full Story | Top |
| Man fired for aiding woman rejects Wal-Mart offer to hire him back Friday, Oct 25, 2013 04:45 PM PDT  A Michigan man rejected an offer from Wal-Mart Stores Inc to rehire him after he was fired for helping a woman who was being attacked in the store parking lot during his meal break. Kristopher Oswald, ... Full Story | Top |
| Quincy Jones sues Michael Jackson's estate Friday, Oct 25, 2013 05:11 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones sued Michael Jackson's estate on Friday claiming he is owed millions in royalties and production fees on some of the superstar's greatest hits. Full Story | Top |
| New boss for fixing the balky health care website Friday, Oct 25, 2013 05:36 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a month into the dysfunctional rollout, the Obama administration acknowledged the wide extent of its health care website's problems Friday and abruptly turned to a private company to oversee urgent fixes. Setting a new timetable, officials said most issues will be repaired by the end of November. Full Story | Top |
| Germany, France want US to agree to curb spying Friday, Oct 25, 2013 11:03 AM PDT  BRUSSELS (AP) — Indignant at reports of U.S. electronic espionage overseas, the leaders of Germany and France said Friday they will insist the Obama administration agree by year's end to limits that could put an end to alleged American eavesdropping on foreign leaders, businesses and innocent citizens. Full Story | Top |
| Grand jury indicted JonBenet Ramsey parents Friday, Oct 25, 2013 03:43 PM PDT  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A grand jury found enough evidence to indict the parents of JonBenet Ramsey for child abuse and accessory to first-degree murder in the 6-year-old's death, newly unsealed documents revealed Friday, nearly a decade after DNA evidence cleared the couple. Full Story | Top |
| Syria claims al-Qaida linked group's leader killed Friday, Oct 25, 2013 04:22 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state-run TV reported Friday that the leader of a powerful al-Qaida-linked rebel group has been killed — a claim that if confirmed would be a huge blow to fighters trying to topple President Bashar Assad. At least one rebel commander denied the report. Full Story | Top |
| 7.3-magnitude quake rocks Japan; no damage reports Friday, Oct 25, 2013 08:06 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck offshore of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant early Saturday, triggering small tsunamis but causing no damage. Full Story | Top |
| Malaysia bans Ke$ha concert, cites 'culture' clash Friday, Oct 25, 2013 08:06 PM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia have banned a planned concert by U.S. pop singer Ke$ha after deciding it would hurt cultural and religious sensitivities. Full Story | Top |
| World Series scene shifts, Cards right at home Friday, Oct 25, 2013 03:14 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — From the Green Monster to the Gateway Arch. From the Charles River to the mighty Mississippi. From clam chowder to toasted ravioli. Full Story | Top |
| Suspect slain in Mojave Desert shootout Friday, Oct 25, 2013 09:05 PM PDT  RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) — A gunman fatally shot a woman, injured a man and then led police on a wild chase through the Mojave Desert with two hostages in his trunk on Friday before he was killed in a shootout with police. Full Story | Top |
| ND bishop exposes churchgoers to hepatitis A Friday, Oct 25, 2013 02:28 PM PDT  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The bishop of the Fargo Catholic Diocese exposed some parishioners at North Dakota churches in Fargo, Grand Forks and Jamestown to the hepatitis A virus in late September and early October. Full Story | Top |
| Patz case defense wants earlier suspect as witness Friday, Oct 25, 2013 06:12 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with killing a 6-year-old boy who disappeared in 1979 is securing an unusual witness in his defense: a convicted Pennsylvania child molester who was long the prime suspect. Full Story | Top |
| Tests prove Roma couple are mystery girl's parents Friday, Oct 25, 2013 02:43 PM PDT  NIKOLAEVO, Bulgaria (AP) — The mystery is solved — but the future of the young girl known only as Maria is still uncertain. Full Story | Top |
| Black actor: NY Macy's stopped me because of race Friday, Oct 25, 2013 06:40 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A black actor on the HBO drama series "Treme" said Friday he was stopped by police because of his race while shopping at Macy's — the third discrimination allegation made this week by a black shopper against a department store. Full Story | Top |
| Things you probably didn’t know about Ted Cruz Friday, Oct 25, 2013 01:43 PM PDT  Love him or hate him, it's safe to say Ted Cruz is currently the most compelling figure in U.S. politics today. Here are some fun facts about the influential Texas lawmaker. Full Story | Top |
| JPMorgan paying $5.1B in Fannie, Freddie deal Friday, Oct 25, 2013 05:18 PM PDT  JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $5.1 billion to resolve claims that it misled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky home loans and mortgage securities it sold them before the housing market collapsed. ... Full Story | Top |
| White House targeting young, uninsured Friday, Oct 25, 2013 12:43 PM PDT  The health exchanges need them to offset the costs of older, sicker people. Full Story | Top |
| Study: N.J. needs $28 billion to recover fully from Sandy Friday, Oct 25, 2013 11:31 AM PDT  A study by Rutgers University shows New Jersey needing another $28.4 billion to recover from Hurricane Sandy Full Story | Top |
| Extra security as Mass. students return to school Friday, Oct 25, 2013 03:30 PM PDT  DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — Students at the Massachusetts school where a classmate allegedly killed a teacher returned Friday, surrounded by extra safety measures as well as tributes to the victim, including trees adorned with pink ribbons, her favorite color. Full Story | Top |
| 7.3-magnitude quake rocks Japan Friday, Oct 25, 2013 11:31 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck Saturday morning off Japan's east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Japan's emergency agencies declared a tsunami warning for the area. Full Story | Top |
| HealthCare.gov needs dozens of fixes Friday, Oct 25, 2013 12:05 PM PDT  But most of the issues will be fixed by next month, says a consultant. Full Story | Top |
| Ecuador threatens to sue Britain over Assange status Friday, Oct 25, 2013 10:17 AM PDT  Quito (AFP) - Ecuador threatened Friday to sue Britain in international venues over the status of Julian Assange if it rejects a proposal to submit the matter to a bilateral commission. Full Story | Top |
| Nearly 300 N. Dakota oil spills not reported Friday, Oct 25, 2013 10:12 AM PDT  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota, the nation's No. 2 oil producer behind Texas, recorded nearly 300 oil pipeline spills in less than two years, state documents show. None was reported to the public, officials said. Full Story | Top |
| Sandy's sometimes forgotten victim Friday, Oct 25, 2013 09:18 AM PDT  Like New York and New Jersey, a year later, Connecticut is still recovering. Full Story | Top |
| Grand jury in 1999 indicted Ramseys in JonBenet's death Friday, Oct 25, 2013 10:21 AM PDT  Jurors found the girl's parents put her in a situation that resulted in her slaying. Full Story | Top |
| DNA tests show Bulgarian Roma couple are parents of 'Maria' Friday, Oct 25, 2013 10:10 AM PDT  By Tsvetelia Tsolova and Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian Roma couple are the biological parents of a four-year-old blonde girl found in Greece last week, DNA tests showed on Friday, clearing some of the mystery around a case that has captured global attention. Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating whether the mother, Sasha Ruseva, 35, sold her child. Ruseva denies this, but admits leaving a seven-month-old baby in Greece - where she was working as an olive-picker - in 2009 because she could not look after the child and had to return to Bulgaria. ... Full Story | Top |
| Meghan McCain dishes about her 'pain in the ass' dad Friday, Oct 25, 2013 04:06 AM PDT  "Republicans are giving young people no reason to join their party right now." Full Story | Top |
| Test proves Bulgarian woman mother of mystery girl Friday, Oct 25, 2013 07:17 AM PDT  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — DNA tests have confirmed that a 35-year-old Bulgarian Roma woman is the mother of a mysterious girl in Greece known as Maria, authorities said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Hundreds of migrants rescued at sea near Italy Friday, Oct 25, 2013 06:17 AM PDT  ROME (AP) — The Italian coast guard says more than 700 migrants have been rescued near Sicily in less than 24 hours. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors wanted abuse charges against Ramseys Friday, Oct 25, 2013 08:11 AM PDT  A 1999 grand jury indicted John Ramsey and Patsy Ramsey for child abuse. Full Story | Top |
| A laugh at the expense of Merkel and Obama Friday, Oct 25, 2013 07:18 AM PDT  The spying affair spawns good fodder for comedians. Full Story | Top |
| UK police cast doubt on 3D-printed 'gun parts' Friday, Oct 25, 2013 09:38 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Police in northern England thought they'd made a major discovery, but they may have jumped the gun. Full Story | Top |
| Unnamed diplomats worry Snowden docs could harm U.S. relations Friday, Oct 25, 2013 07:09 AM PDT  Leaked NSA documents could expose the intelligence operations, they claim. Full Story | Top |
| Mystery girl's suspected family lives in poverty Friday, Oct 25, 2013 05:54 AM PDT  NIKOLAEVO, Bulgaria (AP) — Attempts to track down the biological parents of a blue-eyed blond girl found living with a Roma couple in Greece have led authorities to an impoverished Roma camp in neighboring Bulgaria, where a couple with several other children says the child might be theirs. Full Story | Top |
| DNA confirms Bulgarian Roma couple as Maria's parents Friday, Oct 25, 2013 08:56 AM PDT  Sofia (AFP) - DNA tests confirmed Friday a Bulgarian Roma couple living in dire poverty as the biological parents of Maria, a mystery blonde girl discovered last week in a Greek Roma camp. Full Story | Top |
| Open season: 3D-printed gun parts seized by UK police Friday, Oct 25, 2013 03:53 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday they have seized components of a gun made from plastic on a 3-D printer and are testing to see whether it was a viable weapon. Full Story | Top |
| A Biden 'comeback'? He never left Friday, Oct 25, 2013 02:26 AM PDT  Is there a Biden-shaped hole in your life? Fret not. Full Story | Top |
| Greek police arrest 2 suspected of buying baby Friday, Oct 25, 2013 02:59 AM PDT The couple allegedly paid a Roma woman 4,000 euros ($5,500) for the baby. Full Story | Top |
| Cleaning Fukushima: Low pay, high risks and gangsters Friday, Oct 25, 2013 10:45 AM PDT  By Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito IWAKI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Tetsuya Hayashi went to Fukushima to take a job at ground zero of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. He lasted less than two weeks. Hayashi, 41, says he was recruited for a job monitoring the radiation exposure of workers leaving the plant in the summer of 2012. Instead, when he turned up for work, he was handed off through a web of contractors and assigned, to his surprise, to one of Fukushima's hottest radiation zones. He was told he would have to wear an oxygen tank and a double-layer protective suit. ... Full Story | Top |
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