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Afghan challenger drops out of election (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:56 AM PDT

An Afghan woman walks past a military vehicle of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) near a site where a police station is being rebuilt with Italian support in Herat November 1, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS)AP - Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah announced Sunday he would not participate in next weekend's runoff election but stopped short of calling on his supporters to boycott the balloting.

Third party challenges in NJ, NY are warning sign (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:32 PM PDT

FILE - This combination image of Oct. 2009, file photos shows Congressional candidates in New York's 23rd district, from left, Democrat Bill Owens, Conservative Party Dan Hoffman, and Republican Dede Scozzafava. Prominent national Republicans have snubbed GOP candidate Scozzafava, a state assemblywoman who supports abortion rights and gay marriage, in favor of third party candidate Hoffman. (AP Photo/FILES)AP - Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.

After all the fuss, public health plan covers few (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:44 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.

Reversed HR call helps A-Rod, Yankees beat Phils (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:31 AM PDT

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez is congratulated by Mark Teixeira (25) after hitting a two-run homer in the fourth inning. The hit, originally called a double, was reversed to a home run. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Julie Jacobson)AP - Guess who showed up for Halloween dressed as sluggers?

Calif. searchers scour seas 2 days after air crash (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:34 AM PDT

This undated image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows from left: Lt. Cmdr. Che J Barnes, 35, from Capay, Calif., aircraft commander; Lt. Adam W. Bryant, 28, from Crewe, Va., co-pilot; and Chief Petty Officer John F. Seidman, 43, from Stockton, Ca., flight engineer. The C-130 and the Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter collided at 7:10 p.m. Thursday Oct. 29, 2009 as the Coast Guard was conducting a search operation for a missing boater. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard)AP - Crews will search the Pacific's chilly waters overnight for nine people lost two days ago when a Marine Corps helicopter and a U.S. Coast Guard plane crashed in midair, though hope of finding survivors fades with each hour, a top Coast Guard commander said Saturday.

Clinton calls Israeli concessions 'unprecedented' (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ,right, reacts as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands during a press conference in Jerusalem. Saturday, Oct. 31. 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Israel is making 'unprecedented' concessions on West Bank settlement construction.The U.S. administration had previously demanded Israel halt all settlement building before negotiations could resume.But speaking at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, Clinton said 'there has never been a precondition. It has always been an issue with negotiations.'(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.

6 bodies found, Ohio rape convict arrested (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PDT

This undated photo released by the Cleveland Police Department shows Anthony E. Sowell. Police in Cleveland have arrested Sowell, a convicted rapist after they found as many as six bodies at his house. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)AP - Anthony Sowell regularly reported to the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office, as required since his release from prison after serving 15 years for a rape conviction, authorities say.

No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:22 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hand out candy at the White House, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 in Washington, on Halloween. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.

Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:36 PM PDT

In the state capital's downtown core, decorative street lights beam down on a recently revitalized pedestrian plaza in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. A study shows that the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties have, as a whole, fared worse than the national average since the start of the recession. Yet 42 of those 100 counties are bucking that boom-then-doom trend. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - In the state capital's downtown core, $500,000 decorative street lights beam down on bustling crowds who've come to dine and play along a recently revitalized pedestrian plaza.

No. 10 Oregon runs past No. 4 USC 47-20 (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:25 PM PDT

Oregon's quarterback Jeremiah Masoli (8) celebrates with teammates after he scored a touchdown against Southern California in the first quarter of their NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - Jeremiah Masoli and Oregon trampled the Southern California Trojans, leaving the kings of the Pac-10 in serious danger of relinquishing the throne they've held for the last seven seasons.

Karzai rival pulls out of run-off (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:44 AM PDT

Afghan street vendors stand near electoral posters in Kabul, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said on Sunday he will not take part in this week's run-off vote because demands he made for a fair vote had not been met by the government and election officials.

Obama says new data shows economy recovering (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:44 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday this week's positive job and economic growth figures proved that his big spending efforts to stimulate the economy were working.

Clinton urges Abbas to talk without settlement halt (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) stands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Abu Dhabi October 31, 2009, in this picture released by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO). REUTERS/Thaer Ganaim/PPO/HandoutReuters - Hillary Clinton turned U.S. pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday when she endorsed Israel's view that its expansion of settlements on occupied land should not be a bar to resuming peace talks.

Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT

Reuters - Two men sought by the FBI and linked to a Detroit Muslim leader killed by U.S. authorities were arrested in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, Canadian police said.

U.S. sends six Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 07:19 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the Pacific island nation of Palau, the Justice Department said on Saturday.

Senior Iran MPs reject U.N. atom fuel plan (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

A worker watches visitors during the inauguration of the Fuel Manufacturing plant at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility 440 kilometres (274 miles) south of Tehran April 9, 2009. REUTERS/Caren FirouzReuters - Senior Iranian lawmakers voiced opposition on Saturday to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal, casting further doubt on a proposal aimed at easing international tension over Tehran's atomic activities.

Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl mark Berlin Wall's fall (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:34 AM PDT

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (R) reach out his hand to former U.S. President George Bush (C) as former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev applauds during a ceremony of the Konrad-Adenauer foundation to mark the upcoming 20-year anniversary of the fall of the wall which once divided communist East Berlin from capitalist west Berlin, in Berlin October 31, 2009. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl paid their respects to the ordinary people who were behind the peaceful revolution of 1989 that brought down the Berlin Wall at an emotional ceremony in Berlin on Saturday.

Republican in New York race suspends campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:31 AM PDT

Reuters - The Republican candidate in a closely watched U.S. congressional race in New York state abruptly suspended her campaign on Saturday in a move that could boost a conservative's battle against a Democrat next Tuesday.

Abdullah to announce Afghan run-off decision (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 07:35 PM PDT

Former Afghan foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah, is set to announce whether he will run in next weekend's presidential election run-off after the incumbent Hamid Karzai snubbed a series of demands laid down by his challenger. Abdullah is due to reveal his decision at a meeting of supporters amid expectations he will either call a boycott or that he has reached some form of power-sharing deal.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Abdullah Abdullah is to announce Sunday whether he will run in next weekend's Afghan presidential election run-off after the incumbent Hamid Karzai snubbed a series of demands laid down by his challenger.

Abdullah pulls out of Afghan run-off election (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:54 AM PDT

Opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah, pictured, has announced that he was pulling out of this week's run-off presidential election in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah announced on Sunday that he was pulling out of this week's run-off presidential election in Afghanistan.
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