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Washington Post

Congressional budget analysts said Friday that lawmakers could save as much as $54 billion over the next decade by imposing an array of new limits on medical malpractice lawsuits -- 10 times more than previously estimated. ...

New report boosts backers of lawsuit reform

Reuters

Report: Limiting medical lawsuits could save $41B

The Associated Press

US Budget Deficit Estimate $1.4 Trillion

New York Times

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WASHINGTON — NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact ...

Kamikaze moon mission kicks up dust, maybe ice?

CNET News

NASA Moon Bomb Stirs Up Cloud

InformationWeek

NASA's moon crash doesn't produce a spectacle, but it still might be a hit

Los Angeles Times

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Bloomberg

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Nobel Committee said. ...

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters

Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Voice of America

US President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Associated Press

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CNN

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomb attack near the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan's capital killed 17 people and wounded at least 63 Thursday, Afghan officials said. The bomb exploded in the center of Kabul on the corner of Passport Lane and ...

US condemns bombing outside Indian embassy in Kabul

AFP

A reminder of India's burden and stake in Afghanistan

Hindu

Kabul Car Bomb Kills 17 Near Indian Embassy

Voice of America

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

Spot shortages of the seasonal flu vaccine have been attributed to the pressure to manufacture and distribute the H1N1 vaccine. By BOB VON STERNBERG, Star Tribune Obviously nobody understands how the government works. The president is just a figurehead ...

Does seasonal flu vaccine protect against swine flu or make it riskier?

Los Angeles Times

Demand for seasonal flu shots is surpassing supply

Augusta Chronicle

Preparing for flu season

Desert Warrior

Douglas Daily Dispatch -KIVI-TV -Leesburg Today

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Voice of America

By VOA News US President Barack Obama will meet with his senior military and political advisors for another strategy session on Afghanistan Wednesday, the eighth anniversary of the US-led military mission. Mr. Obama held a 90-minute meeting with a ...

8 years in, Obama weighs Afghanistan options

The Associated Press

Obama rejects 'Biden option' on Afghanistan

Times Online

Afghan Taliban say they pose no threat to the West

Reuters

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FOXNews

In a brief, exclusive interview with The Associated Press before his news conference, Castle said he's running because he can do more for Delaware in the Senate than in the House. AP WILMINGTON, Del. -- Delaware Republican congressman Michael Castle is ...

Mike Castle to vie for Biden's Senate seat, maybe against Beau

Christian Science Monitor

Castle will seek Biden's Senate seat

USA Today

Del. GOP rep to seek Biden's former Senate seat

The Associated Press

Politico -The News Journal -Los Angeles Times

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Aljazeera.net

North Korea has said it is ready to return to "multilateral talks" on ending its nuclear weapons programme, but wants direct negotiations with the US first. "The hostile relations between the DPRK [North Korea] and the United States should be converted ...

North Korea to resume nuclear talks

ABC Online

Report: NKorea nearly restores nuclear facilities

The Associated Press

FACTBOX-A look at North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions

Reuters

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CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- There is no immediate danger of Afghanistan f »</nobr>

The Associated Press

MANILA, Philippines — Landslides buried two families in the Philippines as they sheltered in their homes from Asia's latest deadly typhoon, which killed at least 16 people and left more than a dozen villages flooded Sunday. ...

Typhoon kills 17 in Philippines

Reuters

Typhoon Parma approaches Taiwan

Aljazeera.net

Typhoon Parma Kills at Least 15 People in Philippines

Bloomberg

Times of India -ABC Online -Inquirer.net

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Voice of America

By Mike O'Sullivan Relief efforts are continuing in the Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, where the death toll is approaching 200 from Tuesday's earthquake and tsunami. Seaside communities are burying their dead and coming to grips ...

Samoa to hold mass funeral for tsunami victims

Xinhua

South Pacific Toll in Tsunami Rises

New York Times

Samoa Tsunami Lesson: Early Warning System Too Slow

ABC News

AFP -BBC News -ABC Online

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Reuters

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The top commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday met President Barack Obama for the first time since presenting a grim assessment of the war effort and requesting more troops. ...

Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark

The Associated Press

Gates leaning towards more troops for Afghanistan, sources say

CNN International

Barack Obama holds runway summit with General Stanley McChrystal

Times Online

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The Associated Press

LALOMANU, Samoa — Some frightened Samoans who fled to the hills as a tsunami tore through their seaside villages vowed never to return to the coastline, while aid workers delivered water and medicine amid the growing stench of decay. ...

Briton injured in Samoa tsunami to be evacuated to New Zealand

Times Online

Filipino killed in Samoan tsunami: gov't

Xinhua

No hope for Samoa tsunami missing as toll rises

AFP

Reuters -BBC News -Telegraph.co.uk

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Reuters

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines placed soldiers and civilian emergency teams on the main island of Luzon on alert on Thursday as a powerful typhoon moved closer, less than a week after an earlier storm killed 277 people in and around Manila. ...

Storm-ravaged Philippines braced for 'super typhoon' Parma

CNN International

Asia readies for next storm as death toll rises

The Associated Press

Philippines Mobilizes Armed Forces for Second Storm in a Week

Bloomberg

Xinhua -Inquirer.net -GMA news.tv

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CNN

(CNN) -- A Florida death-row inmate convicted of abducting and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in 2005 has died, prison officials said Wednesday. John Couey had been sentenced to death for killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in Florida in 2005. ...

Convicted Child Killer Dies at Jacksonville Hospital

WOKV

John Couey dies awaiting execution

myFOXlubbock.com

Jessica Lunsford's killer dies in prison

Ocala

WCTV -Tampa Tribune -News4Jax.com

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Los Angeles Times

Adam Goldstein died in Manhattan in August. He had survived a plane crash that killed four and injured Blink-182's Travis Barker. By Chris Lee Celebrity disc jockey and Los Angeles club owner Adam Goldstein -- better known by his professional alias, ...

DJ AM Death Ruled an Accidental Overdose

ABC News

Drug overdose killed DJ AM, official says

CNN

Arts, Briefly DJ AM's Death Ruled Accidental

New York Times

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The Associated Press

GENEVA — A UN investigator defended a report Tuesday that accuses Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza, an  »</nobr>