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• Clinton continues push for Mideast peace (AP)
• Sources: Abdullah to pull out of Afghan runoff (AP)
• Madoff: Had 'too much credibility' with SEC (AP)
• Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID (AP)
• Calif. searchers seek survivors after air crash (AP)
• 4th typhoon in month lashes sodden Philippines (AP)
• Celebs, lobbyists among White House guests (AP)
• ALL BUSINESS: Credit-card rates up before new law (AP)
• More jamming for rock 'n' roll royalty at Garden (AP)
• South Florida stops No. 20 West Virginia again (AP)
• Nine U.S. banks seized in largest one-day haul (Reuters)
• Japan preparing up to $5 billion in Afghan aid: report (Reuters)
• Fed to meet bank execs on pay reviews (Reuters)
• Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines (Reuters)
• Honduras' Zelaya set to return to power (Reuters)
• Iran tells U.N. it wants nuclear fuel first: envoys (Reuters)
• Consumer spending falls as sentiment sours (Reuters)
• Madoff to SEC watchdog: Agency held me in awe (Reuters)
• Mixed messages as Europe reaches out on climate (AFP)
• Afghan poll faces Abdullah boycott threat (AFP)

Clinton continues push for Mideast peace (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:53 AM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is making a new push to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table, holding talks Saturday in this Persian Gulf city with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and later in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Sources: Abdullah to pull out of Afghan runoff (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT AP - Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the country's electoral crisis, two people familiar with the discussions said.

Madoff: Had 'too much credibility' with SEC (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT AP - As Bernard Madoff sat in jail a few months after pleading guilty to fraud, he sounded faintly boastful.

Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI in 2004 he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

Calif. searchers seek survivors after air crash (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:48 AM PDT AP - A flotilla of rescue vessels continued its search Saturday for nine people feared dead at sea following an air collision between a Coast Guard aircraft and a Marine Corps helicopter.

4th typhoon in month lashes sodden Philippines (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:44 PM PDT AP - A powerful typhoon crashed into the Philippine capital Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm.

Celebs, lobbyists among White House guests (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:31 PM PDT AP - Celebrities Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Denzel Washington, prominent Democratic fundraisers and heavyweights from the financial services and high-tech industries were among those landing visits with President Barack Obama or others at the White House during Obama's first months in office.

ALL BUSINESS: Credit-card rates up before new law (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:17 PM PDT AP - Have you checked the interest rates on your credit cards lately? Odds are they're going way up.

More jamming for rock 'n' roll royalty at Garden (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:47 PM PDT AP - U2 brought three generations of chart-toppers — Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and the Black Eyed Peas — with them onstage Friday at another night of mix and match magic at Madison Square Garden.

South Florida stops No. 20 West Virginia again (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:46 PM PDT AP - Once again, South Florida had all the answers for slowing down West Virginia.

Nine U.S. banks seized in largest one-day haul (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:11 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation's banking industry are being crippled by bad loans.

Japan preparing up to $5 billion in Afghan aid: report (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:46 PM PDT Reuters - Japan is preparing new aid for Afghanistan of up to $5 billion to be used to help former Taliban fighters find jobs and build roads, a big increase from previous commitments, the Nikkei newspaper said on Saturday.

Fed to meet bank execs on pay reviews (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:19 PM PDT Reuters - Federal Reserve officials are scheduled to meet with bank executives on Monday to discuss executive pay at large financial firms, a Fed spokesperson said on Friday.

Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:39 PM PDT Reuters - The third typhoon to hit the Philippines in five weeks slammed into the main island of Luzon on Saturday, uprooting trees and toppling power lines, but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage.

Honduras' Zelaya set to return to power (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:20 PM PDT Reuters - Honduras' de facto government buckled under international pressure and agreed to allow the return to power of President Manuel Zelaya, who was toppled in a military coup four months ago.

Iran tells U.N. it wants nuclear fuel first: envoys (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it wants fresh fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it will agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said Friday.

Consumer spending falls as sentiment sours (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:42 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. consumers cut spending in September and turned gloomier this month, underscoring the fragility of the economy's recovery even as signs emerged that manufacturing may be picking up.

Madoff to SEC watchdog: Agency held me in awe (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - Bernard Madoff believed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission employees were too dazzled by his stature on Wall Street to properly probe his operations and uncover his massive fraud, documents released on Friday showed.

Mixed messages as Europe reaches out on climate (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:57 PM PDT AFP - Europe's leaders wanted to send a clear message to Asian giants from this week's summit -- one about coughing up their share in the fight against climate change.

Afghan poll faces Abdullah boycott threat (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT AFP - Abdullah Abdullah was poised Saturday to boycott Afghanistan's run-off presidential poll unless incumbent Hamid Karzai has a last minute change of heart and bows to a series of demands from his rival.

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