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Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic candidate in Illinois' 6th Congressional District, is joined by Sens. Barack Obama, left, and Dick Durbin for a rally in Elmhurst, Ill. Duckworth is being challenged by Republican Peter Roskam. (Photo by M. Spencer Green / AP)

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U.S. Army lists factors that are destabilizing Iraq

A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the U.S. Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict.

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International Herald Tribune

Paris fears extremists may work at airport

The French authorities charged with assessing security risks at Charles de Gaulle airport have stripped 72 suspect Muslim workers of their security clearance.

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International Herald Tribune

Israel launches major Gaza raid

Six Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed in heavy clashes in the northern Gaza Strip.

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BBC News

Campaign spending up in U.S. congressional elections

The Center for Responsive Politics predicts that candidates, parties and outside groups will have raised $2.6 billion for the Nov. 7 elections, 18% more than in 2002.

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USA Today

Man arrested for Calif. arson fires; 5th firefighter dies of burns

Authorities arrested a man who is suspected of intentionally starting two wildfires this summer and is considered a person of interest in a blaze started last week that killed five firefighters.

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USAToday

U.S. using Wikipedia software for intelligence reports

The CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies have created a new computer system that uses software from a popular Internet encyclopedia site to gather input on sensitive topics from analysts across the spy community

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San Francisco Chronicle

US gives in to Maliki over siege

US forces lifted their week-long siege of Baghdad's Shia enclave of Sadr City yesterday, following orders from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malik.

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Botha, bastion of white rule, dies

Former South African President P.W. Botha, the defiant face of white rule at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle, died at his home on at the age of 90.

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CNN

NATION

Bush says Kerry's joke about 'stuck in Iraq' was aimed at troops, not him.

Kerry says his joke was about Bush's weak performance in school leading to being stuck in Iraq, while Bush says it referred to U.S. troops not being smart or brave.

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International Herald Tribune

10 wounded in gunfight at Halloween street party

Gunfire broke out between two groups at a massive Halloween street party in the city's Castro district, wounding at least 10 people, including innocent bystanders.

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CNN

Maine police arrest activist dressed as Bin Laden

The lawyer who divulged President Bush's drunken-driving arrest days before the 2000 election was arrested at gunpoint over a Halloween stunt.

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Fox News

Time Warner earnings perk up

Time Warner says third-quarter profit nearly tripled from a year ago, boosted by a gain from the purchase of cable operator Adelphia Communications and other investments.

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CNet

U.S. stock futures gain on merger news

U.S. stock index futures rose after drugstore chain CVS Corp. and pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc. said they were in merger talks.

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Reuters

Wearable iPod hits stores friday

Apple Computer Corp. said it will have the new iPod shuffle digital music player in stores Nov. 3.

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Information Week

Yankee owner Steinbrenner falls ill

New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was hospitalized for the second time in three years after becoming ill while watching his granddaughter perform in a play.

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Forbes

Sports agent among 5 charged with smuggling Cuban ballplayers

Sports agent Gustavo "Gus" Dominguez and four others were charged with conspiracy to smuggle prospective Major League Baseball players from Cuba to the United States.

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Bloomberg

RELIGION

Pope Benedict proclaims 4 new saints

Pope Benedict XVI gave Catholics four new saints, bestowing the honor on a 19th-century nun, a bishop who tended to the wounded during the Mexican Revolution and two Italian clergy.

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GOOD NEWS

Baby boom echoes in Iraq

In the face of relentless violence, political chaos, economic uncertainty and nightly curfews, Iraq's maternity wards are experiencing an unlikely baby boom.

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Washington Times

Good Samaritan surfer will get just reward

A surfer who saved a man from drowning only to realize that someone had ripped off his brand new board, got word that a private company had volunteered to buy him another one.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Possible 5.6 million Latinos to cast ballots

An estimated 5.6 million Latinos could vote in this year's midterm elections and help Hispanics make gains in state and federal political office, a nonpartisan Latino group said Tuesday.

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MSNBC

Dems hold record 15-point edge over GOP

The final pre-election NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll suggests that Democrats continue to have a significant advantage heading into the midterms that take place next Tuesday.

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MSNBC

Marriage measure may turn on Allen

A state constitutional marriage amendment designed to motivate conservative voters and help Virginia Sen. George Allen's re-election bid appears to be backfiring.

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Washington Times

WORLD

U.S. rethinks letting sex offender serve probation in Canada

U.S. legal authorities are reconsidering a judge's order that let an American teacher convicted of sex offences serve three years of probation in Canada.

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CBC News

Iran set for large-scale naval exercise

Iran has unexpectedly announced that it would be holding military maneuvers in the Gulf this week, only days after US-led navies held exercises in the same waterway.

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Turkey court clears archaeologist

A court has acquitted a 92-year-old academic of charges of insulting Muslim women over a book in which she linked the wearing of headscarves with ancient Sumerian sexual rites.

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BBC

HEALTH

Study: Precooking fries in microwave cuts suspected carcinogen

Precooking your French fries in the microwave before you fry them reduces levels of a suspected cancer-causing substance called acrylamide.

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HealthDay

Brain abnormality tied to sudden infant death

An abnormality in part of the brain that controls breathing, arousal and other reflexes may be what causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, a finding that could lead to a preventive treatment.

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MSNBC

Study says depression may weaken bones

Depression from ongoing stress may weaken bones, making osteoporosis more likely, a new study shows.

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Web MD

Bob Barker retiring after 50 years on TV

Bob Barker is heading toward his last showcase, his final "Come on down." The silver-haired daytime-TV icon is retiring in June.

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St. Petersburg Times

ENVIRONMENT

China plans desalination to ease water woes

Drought-stricken China, where hundreds of millions of people are without regular access to drinking water, is turning to desalinated sea water to help end the crisis, the government said.

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ENVIRONMENT

Britain to push for global climate deal by 2008

The UK is to use the warnings of irreversible climate change outlined in yesterday's Stern review, to press for a new global deal to curb carbon emissions.

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