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Former Vice President Al Gore shakes hands with supporters as he leaves with his wife Tipper after speaking at a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif. Gore won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the fight against global warming. (Photo by Paul Sakuma / AP)

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Mom bought assault rifle for boy

The mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of planning a "Columbine" type event at a high school was arrested. She is accused of buying a 9 mm assault rifle for her son.

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CNN

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Teen planned 'Columbine-type' attack

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Yahoo! News

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U.S. diplomat meets Burma leader

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TIME

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Myanmar protests

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Yahoo! News

Gore shares Nobel Peace Prize with U.N. panel

Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their work to raise awareness about global warming.

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Could Nobel Prize spur Gore to run in '08?

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CBS News

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Profile: Al Gore

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BBC

Putin threatens withdrawal from Cold War nuclear treaty

President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia was considering withdrawal from a major Cold War arms treaty restricting intermediate range nuclear missiles.

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Guardian

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U.S., Russia no closer to missile agreement

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USA Today

Florida boot camp staff acquitted

Seven Florida boot camp guards and a nurse have been acquitted of manslaughter in the case of a teenager whose beating was caught on videotape.

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BBC

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Half of deaths in custody laid to cops

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Denver Post

NATION

CIA chief orders internal inquiry

Central Intelligence Agency director General Michael Hayden ordered a highly unusual internal inquiry into the work of the agency's inspector general.

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International Herald Tribune

Accused woman’s husband asked police about missing baby

Lisa Montgomery is accused of strangling a woman in her Skidmore, Mo. home, then taking her unborn child via a crude Caesarean section.

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Kansas City Star

NYPD gets security tapes in noose case

Police began collecting 56 hours of surveillance camera images they hope will reveal the culprit who strung a noose on a black professor's office door at Columbia University.

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Associated Press

POLITICS

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Ms Obama heads for London to raise funds

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Guardian

Judge delays 'no-match' firings

Dealing a major blow to Bush administration policy, a federal judge put on hold new rules that would require businesses to fire employees whose names don't match their Social Security numbers.

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San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

Oil prices rise to record level: $84 a barrel

Oil futures rose to a new trading high above $84 a barrel — and settled at a new record — on concerns that supplies are not adequate to meet fourth-quarter demand.

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MSNBC

Retail sales jumped up in September

The Commerce Department reported that retail sales posted a stronger-than-expected gain, as a big jump in auto sales helped offset weak demand for clothing.

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Associated Press

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Americans not in buying mood

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Yahoo! News

Bernanke praises economist John Taylor

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke heaped praise on Stanford University economist John Taylor, kicking off a conference on Taylor's accomplishments at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank.

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MarketWatch

HEALTH

FDA to investigate lead levels in lipstick

A consumer group says that certain popular, U.S.-made red lipsticks contain "surprisingly high levels of lead" that might be potentially dangerous.

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USA Today

Spray cleaners may up asthma risk

Using spray home cleaning products, even as little as once a week, may increase an adult's risk for developing asthma symptoms, a study shows.

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WebMD

SPORTS

Reds' manager search includes interview with ex-Cubs skipper Baker

Dusty Baker has interviewed with the Cincinnati Reds for their vacant managing job, according to a person within the organization familiar with the search.

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Cowboys' Phillips denies 'Spygate' report

Wade Phillips denied comments attributed to him that said the Dallas Cowboys' coach believes the Patriots spying scandal earlier this season tainted New England's three Super Bowl titles.

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ESPN

Braves' Schuerholz switches roles

John Schuerholz stepped aside after 17 years as general manager of the Atlanta Braves with only one regret. Despite an unprecedented 14 straight division titles, the Braves won just one World Series.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Malaysia sets flexible religious rules for Muslims in space

The Malaysian government's Department of Islamic Development has prepared religious guidelines for the country's first astronaut, who is spending about 10 days at the international space station.

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International Herald Tribune

Conflict between religions threatens future of the world

The survival of the world is at stake if Muslims and Christians cannot make peace with each other, Islamic scholars have told the Pope.

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Guardian

Terrorist mastermind now a Christian?

Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, claims he converted from Islam to Christianity, a reporter said.

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GOOD NEWS

Students steer school bus after driver falls ill

Some quick-thinking students were able to take control of an out-of-control school bus after the driver apparently lost consciousness along a busy highway.

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WESH 2 News

Dog saves family from fire blamed on cat

Thumper, a black Labrador retriever, is getting credit for saving a man when a fire swept through his home.

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Newsday

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Pet killings spark outrage in Puerto Rico

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WORLD

Brazil won't extradite Lebanese banker

Brazil's Supreme Court denied a Lebanese request to extradite a fugitive banker accused of a multimillion-dollar bank fraud.

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San Jose Mercury News

Turkish ire may affect Iraq war

Two obsessions in Turkey may appear unrelated, but they are swiftly combining as a tipping point in U.S.-Turkey relations that could affect American forces in Iraq.

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Christian Science Monitor

Olmert, Abbas narrow land gap, other snags remain

The gap is narrowing between Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the amount of territory Israel would hand over to a Palestinian state.

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Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

NM Tech to lead greenhouse gas project

New Mexico Tech will coordinate a project to inject million of tons of carbon dioxide into a sandstone formation that stretches from Colorado to Wyoming, removing the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.

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Forbes

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Critters never seen before

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ABC News

Pollution pouring into nation's waters far beyond legal limits

Over half of all industrial and municipal facilities across the country dumped more sewage and other pollutants into the nation's waterways than allowed under the Clean Water Act.

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San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Joy snatched from Hannah Montana fans

When Disney announced a U.S 'Hannah Montana' tour, ticket brokers swooped up thousands of tickets and desperate fans found they would have to pay up to $2,000 for a $63 ticket.

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CNN

Radiohead: shaking up the recording industry, with success

Without a label or a fixed price, and not quantifying its sales for pop charts, "In Rainbows," Radiohead's first album since 2003, is selling, being avidly played and making the world pay attention.

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International Herald Tribune

Literature Nobel awarded to Brit

British writer Doris Lessing was announced the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Just several weeks short of age 88, she is the oldest writer and only the 11th woman to receive the honor.

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Searching for God in the brain

Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the neural commotion of the brain that accompanies the spiritual epiphanies of nuns, Buddhists and other people of faith.

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Scientific American

World's oldest wall painting unearthed

French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old wall painting underground in northern Syria which they believe is the oldest in the world.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

Parent says school's 'weight notice' causes emotional distress

Flaurette Martinez's daughter's school district suggests the girl is overweight due to the daughter's body mass index, and sent a note home with Martinez's daughter to inform her.

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USA Today

The rising price of studying abroad

With the dollar falling, the cost of studying abroad is rising for everything from meals to museums.

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Newsweek

Student suspended over Robertson pic

A Regent University law student who posted an unflattering photo of Regent president Pat Robertson on his Facebook page has been indefinitely suspended pending a psychiatric evaluation.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

'New continent' and species discovered in Atlantic study

Exploring life in the North Atlantic Ocean at various depths of 800 to 3,500 meters, a team of 31 scientists are returning from a five-week scientific expedition with a wealth of new information and insights.

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Environmental News Network

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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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