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Evidence links Iran to foiled assassination plot

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WASHINGTON - Some of the strongest evidence tying Iran to the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States is contained in two wire transfers routing the down ...
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Slayings pierce Seal Beach's sense of safety

Los Angeles Times -
Seal Beach is quiet, the kind of town where residents sometimes wonder why they have a police department. Wednesday's salon shooting has shaken a number of locals.

Cain's nontraditional strategy -- unlikely, too?

Boston Globe -
AP / October 14, 2011 ATLANTA—Reveling in the national spotlight, Herman Cain is pledging to bolster his fledgling White House campaign.

5 Hidden Gems in iOS 5

Mashable -
One of the nicest new features in iOS 5's Camera app for iPhone is the ability to use the volume key as a camera shutter release.

Wolf sublime as Brewers even series

USA Today -
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Power pitching often dominates in the postseason. Soft tosses by Randy Wolf got the Milwaukee Brewers back to even in the NL championship series.

UBS Rating Cut, Fitch Says More Than Dozen Banks May Follow

BusinessWeek -
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG, Lloyds Banking Group Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc had long-term issuer default grades cut by Fitch Ratings, which put more than a dozen other lenders on watch negative as part of a global review.

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The Israeli academic who played a critical role in the Shalit deal

Ha'aretz -
A great many diplomats and intelligence officials from Egypt, Germany, France, Turkey and other countries tried for more than five years to broker an agreement between Israel and Hamas for Gilad ...

Second Defendant Is Convicted in Connecticut Triple Murder

New York Times -
By AP NEW HAVEN (AP) - The second defendant in the gruesome Cheshire, Conn., home invasion in which a woman and her two daughters were tied up, doused in gas and left to die in a fire was convicted on Thursday of murder.

Occupy Wall Street braces for showdown

Los Angeles Times -
Thousands of anti-greed protesters, told they must clear their camping gear out of Zuccotti Park, brace for a showdown with the NYPD on Friday.

Husband in custody in death of DC-area woman

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ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - The husband of a slain woman was arrested in North Carolina on Thursday and charged with first-degree murder, but police said they were still searching for her missing 11-year-old son.

Rajaratnam May Join Madoff, Blind Sheikh in 'Crown Jewel' Prison

BusinessWeek -
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund manager given the longest sentence for insider trading, may serve that time at a North Carolina prison whose inmates include Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard ...

Jamie Dimon puts brave face on tough quarter

Reuters -
By Antony Currie The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. JPMorgan started the banking sector's third-quarter earnings season with a thud.

China inflation dips to 6.1% in September

Financial Times -
Inflation in China moderated slightly last month in a sign that government attempts to rein in surging prices are taking effect. The headline consumer price index rose 6.1 per cent in September from a year earlier, ...

Gap to close about 200 stores in N. America as it expands overseas

Los Angeles Times -
The long-struggling apparel giant will also shrink the size of other US stores as it grapples with declining profits and slumping sales at locations open at least a year.

Google Gains After Advertising Demand Helps Sales Top Estimates

Bloomberg -
Google Inc. (GOOG), the world's biggest Internet-search company, rose as much as 7.1 percent in extended trading yesterday after demand for online advertising vaulted third-quarter sales past analysts' ...

New iPhone goes on sale, fans say tribute to Jobs

Reuters -
SYDNEY/TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Apple Inc's latest iPhone went on sale in stores across the globe on Friday, with fans snapping up the final gadget unveiled during Steve Jobs' lifetime, many buying the phone as a ...

RIM Suffers 'Awful' Timing for Snag as IPhone Debut Lures Users

BusinessWeek -
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd., struggling to recover from one of its worst BlackBerry service disruptions, may see more defections as the snag gives users another reason to turn to Apple Inc.'s new iPhone, ...

Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On

Wired News -
Dennis Ritchie (standing) and Ken Thompson at a PDP-11 in 1972. (Photo: Courtesy of Bell Labs) The tributes to Dennis Ritchie won't match the river of praise that spilled out over the web after the death of Steve Jobs.

Lindsay Lohan The Women's Center People Were Mean Girls

TMZ.com -
Lindsay Lohan is telling friends ... she was unfairly booted from the Downtown Women's Center ... insisting the staff was REALLY mean to her from the second she arrived.

'Footloose' remake is almost paradise

Boston Herald -
This remake of “Footloose” smells like 1980s teen spirit. Now that the success of “High School Musical” and “Glee” has made the world safe for youth-oriented musicals again, we have this modestly pleasing effort, sporting new versions ...

Box Office: 'Footloose' Seeks $20M+ From Its First Dance

Reuters -
The box office is set to party like it's the early-1980s this weekend, with two titles based on three-decade-old properties going wide.

Experts in Jackson doctor trial tell of surgical anesthetic's dangers

Los Angeles Times -
As prosecutors wrap up their case against Michael Jackson's physician, one expert tells jurors that Dr. Conrad Murray's decision to administer propofol on top of other sedatives without proper monitoring was a 'recipe for disaster.

Elite status eludes Rangers' CJ Wilson

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Delmon Young hit two home runs, driving in three runs, as Tigers held off Rangers' late rally for the 7-5 win. DETROIT -- All we can really do is go by what we see.

Stern doubts Christmas games if no deal Tuesday

Atlanta Journal Constitution -
AP NEW YORK - Commissioner David Stern said his "gut" tells him there will be no NBA basketball on Christmas without a labor agreement by Tuesday.

Wideman nets OT winner as Caps top Penguins

USA Today -
By Gene J. Puskar, AP Dennis Wideman's power-play goal 2:48 into overtime lifted the Capitals to a 3-2 victory Thursday night, extending their regular-season mastery over a postseason nemesis.

USC beats Cal for 8th straight time

USA Today -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Matt Barkley threw two touchdown passes and Southern California took advantage of five turnovers from California to win its eighth straight game in the series, 30-9 on Thursday night.

Devils Win Shootout After Brodeur Leaves With Injury

New York Times -
By AP Ilya Kovalchuk and Zach Parise scored shootout goals and the host Devils won their second straight game, beating the Los Angeles Kings, 2-1, on Thursday night.

Artifacts indicate a 100000-year-old art studio

Los Angeles Times -
In South Africa, abalone shells covered with pigment and tools for making paints are found in a cave, suggesting humans began thinking symbolically much earlier than previously recognized.

Threat to Arctic Ecosystem as Ice Cover Reduced to 'Young, Thin' Floes

International Business Times -
Severe seasonal melting has reduced ice floes, floating chunk of ice, in the Arctic Ocean to the thinnest on record, according to researchers.

Can't Buy Love: Materialism Kills Marriages

ABC News -
Studies show that being materialistic increases the likelihood of marital difficulties and dissatisfaction. (Getty Images) Focusing too heavily on the "for richer" part of the nuptial vows could spell ...

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