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    <title><![CDATA[   Northern California bus crash leaves 10 dead ]]></title>
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        A casino-bound charter bus flipped over about 10 miles from its destination, ejecting passengers and crushing others as it rolled into a ditch. Ten people died and dozens of others were injured.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   China detains 6 more suspects in milk scandal ]]></title>
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        China pledged to improve food safety after authorities detained six more people in the country&#39;s contaminated milk scandal as the government increases efforts to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Military: Suicide bomber kills 27 in Sri Lanka ]]></title>
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        A suspected rebel suicide bomber blew himself up Monday inside a crowded opposition party office in northern Sri Lanka, killing a former army general and 26 others.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Court tilts Wachovia fight toward Wells Fargo ]]></title>
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        The battle for control of troubled bank Wachovia tilted toward Wells Fargo Sunday as a state appeals court blocked a lower court ruling that had favored rival bidder Citigroup.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Taliban said to be furious over US missile strike ]]></title>
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        The Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents said Sunday.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Turkish warplanes bomb Kurd bases in northern Iraq ]]></title>
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        Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, the military said Sunday, two days after rebels killed 15 soldiers in an attack staged partly from Iraqi soil.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Rice says US not trying to undermine Russia ]]></title>
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        Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday rejected any suggestion that U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this former Soviet republic are meant to undermine Russian influence in Central Asia.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Simpson convicted of robbing memorabilia dealers ]]></title>
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        Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her friend in Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   U.S. military: Mastermind of Baghdad bombings killed ]]></title>
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        The U.S. military said Saturday it killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of masterminding one of the deadliest bombings in Baghdad as well as recent attacks and the 2006 videotaped execution of a kidnapped Russian official.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Suspected US missile strike kills 20 in Pakistan ]]></title>
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        Militants on Saturday buried the bodies of Arab comrades who were among at least 20 people killed when suspected U.S. missiles hit a house near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Wells Fargo agrees to buy Wachovia; Citi objects ]]></title>
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        A battle broke out Friday for control of Wachovia, as Wells Fargo agreed to pay $14.8 billion for the struggling bank, while Citigroup and federal regulators insisted that Citi&#39;s earlier and lower-priced takeover offer go forward.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Historic bailout bill passes Congress; Bush signs ]]></title>
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        With the economy on the brink of meltdown and elections looming, a reluctant Congress abruptly reversed course and approved a historic $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday. President Bush swiftly signed it.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Palin says debate went well as polls favor Biden ]]></title>
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        Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin on Friday played up her debate performance as polls showed voters judging her Democratic rival, Joe Biden, to be the winner of the only vice presidential face-off of the campaign.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Discovery of Fossett's plane brings closure ]]></title>
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        Thirteen months after millionaire thrill-seeker Steve Fossett mysteriously disappeared, authorities finally know what happened to his small single-engine airplane: It slammed straight into a mountain on a cloudy day.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Employers cut jobs by most in more than 5 years ]]></title>
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        Employers slashed payrolls by 159,000 in September, the most in more than five years, a worrisome sign that the economy is hurtling toward a deep recession.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   US stocks head for higher open ahead of House vote ]]></title>
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        Stocks headed for a moderately higher open while credit markets remained strained Friday ahead of an expected House vote on the government&#39;s $700 billion financial rescue plan and a key reading on employment.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Palin Troopergate probe goes on after suit tossed ]]></title>
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        An investigator hired by Alaskan lawmakers to probe abuse-of-power allegations against Gov. Sarah Palin was free to finish his work by a deadline set for a week from Friday after a state judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block the probe.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   McCain struggles to explain support for bailout ]]></title>
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        Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who insists he would veto any pork barrel bills to come across his desk as president, is struggling to explain his vote for the revised financial bailout plan that contained a number of those pet projects.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Wave of House converts jump aboard bailout bill ]]></title>
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        A wave of House converts jumped aboard the $700 billion financial industry bailout Thursday on the eve of a make-or-break second vote, as lawmakers responded to an awakening among voters to the pain ahead of them if stability isn&#39;t restored to the tottering economy.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Folksy Palin, disciplined Biden get the job done ]]></title>
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        Even before she reached the podium, the first words out of Sarah Palin&#39;s mouth set the tone for her debate night: &quot;Hey, can I call ya Joe?&quot;      
    
  

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