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Members of the left-wing Workers' Party wave Turkish flags in Istanbul, while a man, second from left, holds a banner reading, "Genocide is a lie and it's an American game", as they chant slogans during a protest against the U.S. and its passing of a bill describing World War I-era killings of Armenians as genocide. (Photo by Murad Sezer / AP)

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Cleveland high school shooter gave many warnings

Fellow students say they and school authorities didn't think Asa Coon's threats of violence were serious until the 14-year-old started shooting people at his Cleveland high school.

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CNN

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Cleveland school shooting

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ABC News

The great iPhone hack, round 3

Two weeks after Apple's iPhone software update wiped third-party applications from the device and disabled unlocked phones, the hackers have struck back.

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CNET News

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New iPhone lawsuit seeks $2.6 billion in damages

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Turks warn U.S. over genocide vote

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has warned the U.S. that a bill recognizing the mass killings of Armenians during WWI as genocide could cause "serious problems" for relations between the two countries.

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CNN

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Bomb kills two at Indian Muslim pilgrimage site

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Reuters

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Q&A: Armenian 'genocide'

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BBC

Bush plan on illegal workers dealt a loss

A federal judge held off on rules that require businesses to fire employees whose names don't match their Social Security numbers.

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San Jose Mercury News

J&J recalls some infant cold medicines

Johnson & Johnson voluntarily recalled certain infant cough and cold products, citing "rare" overdoses.

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BusinessWeek

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Even insured kids don't get care

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Medicines: How savvy are you?

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CBS News

Bhutto 'to ignore Musharraf plea'

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will ignore a request to delay her return to the country next week.

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BBC

NATION

Gore to learn whether he'll win Nobel Peace Prize

Although the secretive five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee does not disclose names of its award nominees, it's been widely reported that Gore is up for the prize.

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German scientist wins chemistry Nobel Prize

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Yahoo! News

Lead found in toys, backpacks in stores

A Curious George doll, vinyl lunch boxes and backpacks had high amounts of lead, the nonprofit group Center for Environmental Health said.

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Environmental News Network

Sniper feels shame, guilt for murders

Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said in a letter to CNN that he is still "grappling with shame, guilt, remorse and my own healing if that will ever be possible."

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CNN

POLITICS

U.S. rights group sues Blackwater

A U.S. human rights group says it is suing private security firm Blackwater for unspecified damages for war crimes and wrongfully killing Iraqi civilians.

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BBC

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U.N. says prosecute Iraq contractors who commit crimes

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Reuters

Jimmy Carter slams Bush on human rights

The U.S. tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Jimmy Carter said, adding that President Bush makes up his own definition of torture.

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CBS News

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Carter calls Cheney 'disaster' and 'militant'

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MSNBC

BUSINESS

Dreamliner stuck in holding pattern

And you thought a six-hour flight delay was bad. Aerospace giant Boeing Co. said that it would be six months late delivering its new 787 Dreamliner to airlines.

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Newsday

Affordable housing may come factory-built

Call it an iHome or maybe a really big Lego. In any case, the modular apartments Unico Properties plans to build install in Seattle are different.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

HEALTH

Wyeth ordered to pay $134.5 million in hormone case

A Nevada jury ordered Wyeth to pay a total of $134.5 million in compensatory damages to three women who blamed their breast cancer on the drugmaker's hormone replacement medicines.

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Reuters

Chemo drug fails breast cancer patients

The widely used chemotherapy drug Taxol does not work for the most common form of breast cancer and helps far fewer patients than has been believed, surprising new research suggests.

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MSNBC

SPORTS

Rockies carry near-spotless run into NL Championship series

The one blemish on the Colorado Rockies' near-spotless run into the Major League Baseball playoffs came at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks and the arm of Brandon Webb.

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Bloomberg

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Fresh faces set to shine for Rockies, D-Backs in NLCS

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For NFL officials, scrutiny begins long before kickoff

NFL referee Ed Hochuli's final preparations for Sunday's game between the Detroit Lions and the Washington Redskins began with three rubber ducks, three stuffed bears and a plunger.

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USA Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Riot police storm Polish convent

A rebellion that pitted an order of Polish nuns against the might of the Vatican has ended after police forced their way into their convent, evicting 64 people and arresting two.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Priest banned for falling in love

A priest who declared his love for a woman has been banned from hearing confessions and removed from his pastoral duties.

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Times Online

Muslim scholars reach out to Pope

More than 130 Muslim scholars have written to Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders urging greater understanding between the two faiths.

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Salesman decides to donate kidney after learning man's story

Door-to-door salesman Jamie Howard decided to give a kidney to Paul Sucher after learning of his health troubles while trying to sell him a vacuum.

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ABC News

Robot offers super powers, helps elderly

Japanese scientists showed off their intimidating and clunky AIR-PRESSURE ROBOT SUIT, designed to keep old people out of wheelchairs and on their own.

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Good News Network

WORLD

Gaza banks run out of cash as Israelis cut ties

Gaza's banks have run out of shekels, dollars and Jordanian dinars, an economic adviser to Ismail Haniya, the Hamas leader in Gaza, said.

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International Herald Tribune

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Palestinians watch as Hamas offers olive branch to Fatah

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Al Jazeera

Sudan red tape delaying U.N. force

The United Nations has criticized the Sudanese government's use of red tape to delay the deployment of the hybrid U.N. African Union force to Darfur.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Survey: Travelers choosing green, but not at any cost

More than half of all U.S. adults say they would be more likely to select an airline, rental car or hotel that uses more environmentally friendly products and processes.

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Environmental News Network

Endangered birds delay Trump golf plan

Nature and sports have collided over tycoon Donald Trump's plans to build "the world's greatest golf course" on a stretch of remote Scottish coastline that is home to some of the country's rarest birds.

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MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

NBC packing its bags for Universal City

Three and a half years after the NBC-Universal merger, the company is relocating most of its television operations from Burbank to Universal City.

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Hollywood Reporter

Lessing wins 2007 Nobel for literature

Novelist Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for a body of work that delved into human relationships and inspired a generation of feminist writers.

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Reuters

'Control' rocks the big screen

This picture about Joy Division's Ian Curtis is one of the most beautiful movies ever made about rock 'n' roll.

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Salon.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists sound out how baboons think

Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth have spent 14 years observing the Moremi baboons. Through ingenious playback experiments they have worked out aspects of how baboons use their minds.

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International Herald Tribune

Excel number formatting problem fixed

Microsoft has released a patch for Excel 2007 to fix a bug that caused certain numbers to be displayed incorrectly. The patches will be offered via Microsoft Update and included in Office 2007 SP1.

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iTWire

Mozilla working on new mobile browser

Mozilla has recently hired two new developers to help work on the Mobile Firefox Web browser and plans to release it some time in the next year or two.

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PC World

EDUCATION

Middle school pupils, parents to rally at superintendent's home

Students from a Texas middle school and their parents plan to protest after school outside the home of the district superintendent, demanding that he improve their educational environment.

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Houston Chronicle

Split court, special-ed tuition stands

The Supreme Court said it was evenly divided on an important case that would have told public school districts when they must pay for private tuition for special-education students.

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Denver Post

Countering credit-card pushers

A different breed of credit card marketer flooded college campuses across the country on Oct. 10: a counter-marketer.

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BusinessWeek

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Report card: Who has the dirtiest hands?

Students and dads have the dirtiest hands, and school nurses and other health professionals have the cleanest hands, according to the hygiene grades in the Clean Hands Report Card.

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Swimmers prepare to enter the water for a training swim, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, at the site of the swim start for the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. (Photo by Elaine Thompson / AP)

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