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| Obama to tout Mass. health care example in speech Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:24 PM PDT  He'll stress the state's 8-year-old health care overhaul in Boston. Full Story | Top |
| Thousand protesters rally after boy killed by Calif. deputy Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 06:16 PM PDT  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators marched Tuesday to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Northern California sheriff's deputy in an encounter that sparked community outrage and an FBI investigation. Full Story | Top |
| David Beckham picks Miami for new MLS soccer team: source Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 04:25 PM PDT  By Kevin Gray MIAMI (Reuters) - Retired England football star David Beckham has chosen Miami for a new U.S. Major League Soccer expansion team, a source familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday. The former England captain, who retired from football earlier this year, played in MLS with the L.A. Galaxy and his contract included an option to create a new team for $25 million. He had been considering several locations and toured Miami this summer, meeting with city and county leaders. Beckham was still putting together a team of investors, the source said. ... Full Story | Top |
| UN officials confirm polio outbreak in north Syria Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 02:11 PM PDT  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The U.N. confirmed an outbreak of polio in Syria for the first time in over a decade on Tuesday, warning the disease threatens to spread among an estimated half-million children who have never been immunized because of the civil war. Full Story | Top |
| Resilience, recovery, grief on Sandy anniversary Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 07:44 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — For some, it's something to mark — a year of recovery and rebuilding since Superstorm Sandy walloped the region — homes that have been restored, pride in the resiliency of people and neighborhoods. Full Story | Top |
| Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 07:06 PM PDT  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, the second of four batches to be released as part of a deal that set in motion the current Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Full Story | Top |
| Chris Brown heading to rehab after assault charge Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 07:35 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Troubled singer Chris Brown is heading to rehab. Full Story | Top |
| 'Boobies' bracelet fight heading to Supreme Court Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:22 PM PDT  EASTON, Pa. (AP) — The court battle between two girls and their Pennsylvania school over "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets could be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story | Top |
| Heat get rings, then hold off Bulls 107-95 Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:00 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — They got their rings before the game, then a challenge as it was winding down. Full Story | Top |
| A look at opening night in the NBA Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 08:08 PM PDT  The NBA begins another season with three matchups on opening night. Some highlights from around the courts: Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Syrians flee besieged Damascus suburb Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 12:50 PM PDT  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Nearly 2,000 Syrians fled the war-ravaged Damascus district of Moadamiyeh Tuesday with the help of aid workers during a temporary cease-fire, a result of a rare agreement between government forces and rebels to avert a humanitarian crisis. Full Story | Top |
| Home at last: Red Sox hope to win title at Fenway Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:02 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Generations of New Englanders are preparing. Practically no one alive can remember seeing such an event unfold: The Boston Red Sox could win a World Series title on the celebrated green grass at Fenway Park. Full Story | Top |
| Russia breaks 'Zero Waste' Olympic pledge Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:50 PM PDT  AKHSHTYR, Russia (AP) — Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything together in a rudimentary effort to hide the mess. This landfill outside Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 100 days, is smack in the middle of a water protection zone where dumping industrial waste is banned. Full Story | Top |
| Istanbul's new rail tunnel links Europe and Asia Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 05:14 PM PDT  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has opened an underwater railway tunnel linking Europe and Asia, and the two sides of Istanbul, realizing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago. Full Story | Top |
| No immediate decision on Texas abortion law appeal Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 04:28 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court didn't act on an emergency motion Tuesday that would've allowed some new abortion restrictions to take effect in Texas, the latest step in a lengthy battle activists on both sides predicted would end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story | Top |
| US spying prompts reversal by anti-terror lawmaker Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 01:34 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — He gave more surveillance power to U.S. government spies, railed against civil liberties advocates who warned about privacy abuses, and famously shut down a 2005 hearing to silence critics. Now Rep. James Sensenbrenner wants to scale back some of the counterterror laws he once championed, citing an overreach by the National Security Agency that has proven him wrong. Full Story | Top |
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