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  1. Robber targets police stationRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Clitheroe Today

    A DARING thief is being hunted - after striking at a police station. The Vietnamese authorities are hunting the masked man who robbed a district station, forcing the officer who was duty to hand over his mobile ...

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  2. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 37 today.Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Cbs2chicago.com

    Oct 13, 2008 2:00 am US/Central Today In History - October 13, 2008 Today is Monday, October 13, the 287th day of 2008.

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, US News, US Military, US Navy, US Navy, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, New York

  3. World Markets Soar After Last Week's RoutRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WCCO

    Oct 13, 2008 5:38 am US/Central HONG KONG Global stock markets rebounded strongly on Monday after last week's historic sell-off as governments from Europe to Australia and the U.S. intensified efforts to ease a ...

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    Related Topix: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Financial Services

  4. Bush Admin Hustling To Stand Up Financial RescueRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WCCO

    Oct 13, 2008 5:30 am US/Central With the world's financial markets on a stomach-churning ride, the Bush administration is scrambling to get a $700 billion rescue effort for the U.S. banking system up and ...

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

  5. Crunch hits some more than othersRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Chicago Tribune

    All small businesses are facing tighter credit, high energy costs and strapped customers, but the pain varies by sector.

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    Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Business News

  6. British banks to get $63B infusion from governmentRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | WJLA-TV Arlington

    Three of the largest British banks have announced plans to take up to $63 billion of government money to boost their balance sheets.Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC said Monday it will raise $34 billion worth ...

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    Related Topix: Lloyds TSB Group, Financial Services

  7. Woman aged 75 jumps into husband's funeral pyreRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | NowPublic

    This is very ancient tradition in Hinduism, A widow sacrifice herself on the death of husband.The practice of Sati is banned , but some incidents of Sati always pops up from the remote part of country.In this ...

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  8. East Chicago man could push Sally Field and Goldie Hawn off pages of AARP MagazineRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Times

    There have been many famous faces to grace the cover and inside pages of AARP's monthly magazine.

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    Related Topix: Health, AARP, East Chicago, IN, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro, Opinion

  9. Eating champ delivers top pizza performance in NYRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Times

    Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again _ this time proving he's a pizza powerhouse.

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    Related Topix: Life, Food, Pizza, New York, NY, Coney Island, NY

  10. Photos of North Korea leader Kim may be old: mediaRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Reuters

    Pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il issued by the communist state may be several months old and possibly taken before his reported illness, South Korean media said on Monday, raising more questions ...

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    Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, South Korea

  11. NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballotRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | The Napa Valley Register

    Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama." The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, New York County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, John McCain, Terrorism

  12. Why this utterly bizarre situation with wireless access and browsers?Read the original story

    8 hrs ago | Ask MetaFilter

    Why this utterly bizarre situation with wireless access and browsers? I'm at the in-laws this weekend and brought my laptop along .

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    Related Topix: Computers

  13. Conservatives ahead in Lithuania electionRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | WJLA-TV Arlington

    A conservative opposition party was ahead in Lithuania's parliamentary election, but strong support for populist groups set the stage for tricky coalition talks, partial results showed Monday.

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    Related Topix: Europe, World News, Lithuania, Gediminas Kirkilas

  14. Oil rebounds in Asia on Europe bank rescue planRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | WJLA-TV Arlington

    Oil prices rebounded from a 13-month low to rise above US$80 a barrel Monday in Asia on expectations that a pledge by European countries to keep banks from collapsing may stabilize a tumultuous global financial ...

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  15. Asian stock markets mixed after last week's routRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | WJLA-TV Arlington

    Most Asian stock markets recovered Monday after last week's historic sell-off as governments around the world intensified efforts to boost the ailing financial system.

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  16. Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendationsRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | WJLA-TV Arlington

    The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.

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    Related Topix: Pediatrics, Medicine, Drink, Milk

  17. Man looking at rental house finds human limbsRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

    Human limbs found at a rental property in Christchurch at the weekend sparked a police investigation.

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  18. Opinions? : Add your view nowRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Anorak

    A woman said she was shot in the leg by her stove. Cory Davis told the Peninsula Daily News she had just stoked her cast-iron heating stove Sunday when she heard a loud bang and was struck in her left calf.

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  19. Woman Accused Of Stealing Halloween DecorationsRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | KCBS-TV Los Angeles

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Acushnet, MA

  20. the World Bail-Out of Major Banks Seems Like an Illuminati Set-Up for New World OrderRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | NowPublic

    The recent global economic down fall is nothing new in fact this has been the plan of the New World Order from quite some time.

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