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• Did the CIA have a double agent inside al-Qaida?
• North Korea says its rockets can hit U.S. mainland
• Sandusky's life in prison: Cellmate, work and recreation time
• Al-Qaida making comeback in Iraq, officials say
• Official says requests for more security in Libya went unanswered
• Stonehenge reveals new secrets in 3-D scan
• Romney had met ex-Navy SEAL killed in Libya attack
• SpaceX rocket glitch puts satellite in wrong orbit
• The 'real' unemployment rate is still really lousy
• Meningitis death toll hits 11 as cases continue to mount
• Taliban shoot Pakistani schoolgirl campaigning for peace
• Obama camp weighing request to stop Big Bird attack ad
• Cancer patient asked to lift bandages at airport
• 'Shiny object' on Mars is ... a piece of plastic from Curiosity
• Feds: Old potato behind Utah prison-brew botulism
• Photos: Thousands of angry Greeks protest Merkel visit
• Jack Welch and wife quit pundits' gig with Fortune
• Police release video of missing Colorado girl
• Why the Higgs Boson didn't win this year's Nobel
• Meet Nick Gjoka, the world’s biggest E.T. fan
• Warning signs the Obama campaign shouldn’t ignore
• BPA may worsen women's fertility problems
• Man behind mysterious note comes forward

Did the CIA have a double agent inside al-Qaida? Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:11 AM PDT A Danish man claims he worked with the CIA to infiltrate al Qaeda as a double agent for years and helped track radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki until the prominent al Qaeda figure was killed in an American drone strike, according to a Danish news report.

North Korea says its rockets can hit U.S. mainland Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has rockets that can hit the U.S. mainland, it said on Tuesday, two days after South Korea struck a deal with the United States to extend the range of its ballistic missiles. North and South Korea have been technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, and regional powers have for years been trying to rein in North Korea's nuclear weapons program. ...

Sandusky's life in prison: Cellmate, work and recreation time Posted: 09 Oct 2012 08:40 AM PDT As convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky was led away from the Centre County, Pa., court house today, the gaunt 68-year-old in the red jumpsuit was headed toward what will likely be the rest of his life in the Pennsylvania state prison system.

Al-Qaida making comeback in Iraq, officials say Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:56 AM PDT Al-Qaida is rebuilding in Iraq and has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts as the extremist group seizes on regional instability and government security failures to regain strength, officials say.

Official says requests for more security in Libya went unanswered Posted: 09 Oct 2012 04:17 PM PDT A U.S. security officer formerly stationed in Libya told lawmakers he sent cables to the State Dept. requesting more agents.

Stonehenge reveals new secrets in 3-D scan Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT Stonehenge, one of world's the most famous ancient landmarks, has been studied for centuries. Now, new evidence provides insight into the construction of the famous stone circle. Using 3-D laser scanning technology, the British company English Heritage conducted an extensive analysis of Stonehenge, revealing that more...

Romney had met ex-Navy SEAL killed in Libya attack Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:30 AM PDT Romney once mistakenly crashed a neighbor's Christmas party near his house in Calif. and met former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty.

SpaceX rocket glitch puts satellite in wrong orbit Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT A prototype communications satellite flying as a secondary payload aboard a Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket was sent into the wrong orbit because of a problem during launch Sunday evening, officials said Tuesday. One of the nine Merlin engines powering the Falcon 9 rocket shut down early, though the other engines burned longer to make up for the loss of thrust, saving the primary mission of delivering a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station for NASA. The rocket blasted off at 8:35 p.m. ...

The 'real' unemployment rate is still really lousy Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:18 PM PDT If you have doubts about the official jobless rate, there's another rate you can check out instead--the "real" unemployment rate, which measures everybody considered unemployed plus a lot of others who are falling through the cracks.

Meningitis death toll hits 11 as cases continue to mount Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT The deadly outbreak is linked to steroid injections produced by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass.

Taliban shoot Pakistani schoolgirl campaigning for peace Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT Taliban gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday a 14-year-old schoolgirl who rose to fame for speaking out against the militants, authorities said. Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head and neck when gunmen fired on her school bus in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. Two other girls were also wounded, police said. Yousufzai became famous for speaking out against the Pakistani Taliban at a time when even the government seemed to be appeasing the hardline Islamists. ...

Obama camp weighing request to stop Big Bird attack ad Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:13 PM PDT President Barack Obama's re-election campaign said Tuesday it was weighing a request from the Sesame Workshop—the people behind "Sesame Street"—to stop using the giant yellow-feathered mascot of early childhood education in its attacks on Mitt Romney. The organization, in a blog post, asked both Obama and Romney to discontinue any use of the beloved [...]

Cancer patient asked to lift bandages at airport Posted: 09 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT A Michigan woman dying of leukemia hopes her embarrassing experience at a Seattle airport changes the way the Transportation Security Administration treats travelers with medical conditions.

'Shiny object' on Mars is ... a piece of plastic from Curiosity Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:09 PM PDT "The rover team's assessment is that the bright object is something from the rover, not Martian material."

Feds: Old potato behind Utah prison-brew botulism Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:26 PM PDT A weeks-old baked potato was blamed for a botulism outbreak at a Utah prison where inmates drank alcohol brewed in cells, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Photos: Thousands of angry Greeks protest Merkel visit Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:34 AM PDT Riot policemen drag away a protester in Syntagma Square in Athens during a violent protest against the visit of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, October 9, 2012. Tens of thousands of angry Greek protesters filled the streets of Athens on Tuesday to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who offered sympathy but no promise of further aid on her first visit since the euro crisis erupted three years ago. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)

Jack Welch and wife quit pundits' gig with Fortune Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:31 AM PDT Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch has quit his punditry gigs -- except for Twitter, of course, which is the one that got him into trouble in the first place.

Police release video of missing Colorado girl Posted: 09 Oct 2012 04:41 PM PDT Authorities scoured a suburban Denver neighborhood for clues Tuesday and urged people to be on the lookout for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared four days earlier on her way to school.

Why the Higgs Boson didn't win this year's Nobel Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT In the days leading up to today's (Oct. 9) announcement of the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics, speculation was rampant that the discovery of the Higgs boson particle would be rewarded this year.

Meet Nick Gjoka, the world’s biggest E.T. fan Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT The world's biggest E.T. fan doesn't eat Reese's Pieces. "I love Reese's Pieces but I'm a vegan so I can't eat them," Nick Gjoka, told Yahoo News in an interview that coincides with the Blu-ray release of Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic. Gjoka has been collecting "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial" memorabilia ever since his grandfather gave [...]

Warning signs the Obama campaign shouldn’t ignore Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:45 AM PDT From Yahoo's Jeff Greenfield: There comes a point in every campaign when I run screaming from the torrent of poll numbers and go looking for signs and portents.

BPA may worsen women's fertility problems Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:43 PM PDT Exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may reduce fertility among women who already have fertility problems, a new study suggests.

Man behind mysterious note comes forward Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:47 AM PDT About 40 years ago, 13-year-old Tim Taylor left a note atop a mountain in the Sierra Nevada range in California. The note was simple and to the point: "Tim Taylor climbed to this peak, Thursday August 17, 1972. Age 13 yrs. Anyone finding this please write." After four decades, the note, which Taylor had left [...]

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