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Mysterious N.Korea keeps world guessing on rare meeting (Reuters)
September 10, 2010
Reuters - North Korea's capital is ready for its biggest political event in decades: giant billboards proclaim an event to make the country's "history shine forever," the dress rehearsals are complete and the army is ready.
To get to D.C., a Democrat runs away from it
September 10, 2010In Washington’s Third Congressional District, the Republican candidate has spent her career in government; the Democratic candidate is the one touting his private-sector experience
A whole different Playboy channel — for the blind
September 10, 2010While a text-only Braille edition of Playboy has been available for decades, volunteers at Taping for the Blind, Inc., in Houston record descriptions — in great detail — of the latest issue of the magazine for the blind.
Disgruntled Employee Kills 2 Women in Kraft Factory Shooting
September 10, 2010The female shooter was a 15 year employee of the factory.
Fidel latest to say Cuba's communism doesn't work (AP)
September 10, 2010
AP - Cuba's communist economic model has come in for criticism from an unlikely source: Fidel Castro.
US Marines take back pirate-held ship off Somalia (AP)
September 10, 2010
AP - U.S. Marine commandos stormed a pirate-held cargo ship off the Somalia coast Thursday, reclaiming control and taking nine prisoners without firing a shot in the first such boarding raid by the international anti-piracy flotilla, U.S. Navy officials said.
Rural Pennsylvania town fights big gas (Reuters)
September 10, 2010
Reuters - In the rush to develop America's biggest new source of domestic energy, one community is fighting to protect its rural way of life from the environmental strains that accompany shale gas drilling.
Mysterious N.Korea keeps world guessing on rare meeting (Reuters)
September 10, 2010
Reuters - North Korea's capital is ready for its biggest political event in decades: giant billboards proclaim an event to make the country's "history shine forever," the dress rehearsals are complete and the army is ready.
Obama sends greeting on Muslim holiday (AP)
September 10, 2010AP - President Barack Obama is sending best wishes to Muslims worldwide as they celebrate Eid-al-Fitr (ayd ahl-FIH'-tur), which marks the end of the holy month of fasting and prayer known as Ramadan (RAH'-mah-dahn).
Military bans video game that 'kills' US troops (AP)
September 10, 2010AP - Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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