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• Millions seek shelter from 'super typhoon'
• Kerry joins Iran nuclear talks; accord a possibility
• Among gov't shutdown's less-known effects: Booze stranded in ports
• Moderate Republicans make move in GOP's war against itself
• Dazzling Twitter debut sends stock soaring 73 pct
• Strongest typhoon of the year slams Philippines
• Arafat's mysterious death becomes a whodunit
• Canceled policies could be a plus for new markets
• Senate OKs gay rights bill banning discrimination
• Malala plotter chosen as Pakistani Taliban chief
• New video emerges of ranting Toronto mayor
• Iran: nuclear plan 'backed' by 6 world powers
• AP sources: Kerry to join Iran nuclear talks
• JFK's Caroline: keeper of family flame, diplomat
• Twitter soars in market debut
• TWITTER IPO LIVE: Strong debut counters skepticism
• Philippines faces strongest typhoon of the year
• Hubble spots strange asteroid with six tails of dust
• 'There will be catastrophic damage'
• Massive typhoon makes Philippines landfall
• Zaatari: Temporary city on desert's edge
• 'Guns & Ammo' apologizes, fires writer; so much for debate
• Wait...government shutdown cost taxpayers HOW MUCH?
• Toronto mayor, hammered, appears in another strange video
• Bulger merits 'no mercy,' prosecutors tell judge
• Thousands flee before big typhoon hits Philippines
• After Virginia and New Jersey, voters offer GOP advice for 2014
• Twitter shares rocket 92% higher in NYSE debut
• Time's odd cover treatment of Christie
• Photographs: Earth from space
• Drone pilots face battlefield demons
• FDA to ban artery-clogging trans fats
• Philippines braces for super typhoon, the year's strongest
• Live coverage of Twitter's IPO
• Newly-elected Pakistan Taliban leader's group shot Malala
• A century of Camus, France's unlikely literary giant
• Twitter set for public stock debut on NYSE
• In Texas, Obama offers health care pep talk
• Olympic torch flies to International Space Station

Millions seek shelter from 'super typhoon' Posted: Multiple islands in Philippines face punishing winds.

Kerry joins Iran nuclear talks; accord a possibility Posted: 07 Nov 2013 04:33 PM PST By Louis Charbonneau, Fredrik Dahl and Justyna Pawlak GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will join nuclear talks between major powers and Iran in Geneva on Friday in an attempt to nail down a long-elusive accord to start resolving a decade-old standoff over Tehran's atomic aims.

Among gov't shutdown's less-known effects: Booze stranded in ports Posted: 07 Nov 2013 12:34 PM PST The White House details the impact of 16-day federal freeze.

Moderate Republicans make move in GOP's war against itself Posted: 07 Nov 2013 12:50 PM PST The Main Street Partnership hopes to put $8 million behind moderate Republican candidates in 2014.

Dazzling Twitter debut sends stock soaring 73 pct Posted: 07 Nov 2013 03:54 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Twitter went on sale to the public for the first time Thursday, instantly leaping more than 70 percent above their offering price in a dazzling debut that exceeded even Wall Street's lofty hopes.

Strongest typhoon of the year slams Philippines Posted: 07 Nov 2013 03:35 PM PST MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded slammed into the Philippines early Friday, and one weather expert warned, "There will be catastrophic damage."

Arafat's mysterious death becomes a whodunit Posted: 07 Nov 2013 04:23 PM PST RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Yasser Arafat's mysterious 2004 death turned into a whodunit Thursday after Swiss scientists who examined his remains said the Palestinian leader was probably poisoned with radioactive polonium.

Canceled policies could be a plus for new markets Posted: 07 Nov 2013 03:41 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Insurance cancellations are fueling a political backlash against President Barack Obama and Democrats supporting his health care overhaul.

Senate OKs gay rights bill banning discrimination Posted: 07 Nov 2013 03:11 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Reflecting Americans' increasing acceptance of gays, the Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would bar workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Malala plotter chosen as Pakistani Taliban chief Posted: 07 Nov 2013 10:59 AM PST DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — The ruthless commander behind the attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai as well as a series of bombings and beheadings was chosen Thursday as the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, nearly a week after a U.S. drone strike killed the previous chief.

New video emerges of ranting Toronto mayor Posted: 07 Nov 2013 05:06 PM PST TORONTO (AP) — A new video that surfaced Thursday showed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford threatening to "murder" someone and "poke his eyes out" in a rambling rage, deepening concerns among both critics and allies that he is no longer fit to lead Canada's largest city.

Iran: nuclear plan 'backed' by 6 world powers Posted: 07 Nov 2013 03:36 PM PST GENEVA (AP) — Iran's chief nuclear negotiator signaled progress at talks with six powers Thursday on a deal to cap some of his country's atomic programs in exchange for limited relief from sanctions stifling Iran's economy, saying the six had accepted Tehran's proposals on how to proceed.

AP sources: Kerry to join Iran nuclear talks Posted: 07 Nov 2013 03:17 PM PST GENEVA (AP) — Officials say U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will fly to Geneva on Friday to participate in nuclear negotiations with Iran and other major powers.

JFK's Caroline: keeper of family flame, diplomat Posted: 07 Nov 2013 01:54 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — She is the little girl riding her pony Macaroni around the White House lawn, the big sister hiding under the Oval Office desk with her little brother John. And in a heartbreaking childhood photo, she is the white-gloved daughter kneeling with her mother at the coffin of her slain father, the president.

Twitter soars in market debut Posted: 07 Nov 2013 01:37 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Twitter went on sale to the public for the first time Thursday, instantly leaping more than 70 percent above their offering price in a dazzling debut that exceeded even Wall Street's lofty hopes.

TWITTER IPO LIVE: Strong debut counters skepticism Posted: 07 Nov 2013 01:50 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter had a strong public stock debut Thursday in the most highly anticipated initial public offering since Facebook's last year.

Philippines faces strongest typhoon of the year Posted: 07 Nov 2013 01:04 PM PST MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The strongest typhoon in the world this year bore down on the Philippines, sending thousands fleeing villages Thursday.

Hubble spots strange asteroid with six tails of dust Posted: 07 Nov 2013 11:22 AM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — This is one strange asteroid.

'There will be catastrophic damage' Posted: 07 Nov 2013 03:34 PM PST Super Typhoon Haiyan, strongest this year, hits Philippines with 195-mph winds.

Massive typhoon makes Philippines landfall Posted: It's likely to be the worst of the year at least, reports Yahoo News SE Asia.

Zaatari: Temporary city on desert's edge Posted: Yahoo News UK exclusive. Life among 120,000 Syrian refugees.

'Guns & Ammo' apologizes, fires writer; so much for debate Posted: 07 Nov 2013 11:45 AM PST Jim Bequette issued a lengthy apology late Wednesday to outraged readers for publishing an editorial that called for gun control.

Wait...government shutdown cost taxpayers HOW MUCH? Posted: 07 Nov 2013 12:42 PM PST Federal worker furloughs cost the government 6.6 million work days in last month's partial government shutdown. That's according to the White House budget office. Taxpayers will foot the $2 billion cost ...

Toronto mayor, hammered, appears in another strange video Posted: 07 Nov 2013 12:13 PM PST By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Just days after Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologized for smoking crack cocaine, he admitted on Thursday he was "extremely, extremely inebriated" in a short expletive-laden video posted online. The blurry, 80-second clip, posted on the Toronto Star's website and shown on Canadian television, shows a clearly agitated Ford ranting and pounding his hands together, while at least one other person seems to goad him on.

Bulger merits 'no mercy,' prosecutors tell judge Posted: 07 Nov 2013 10:32 AM PST By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to sentence convicted Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger to two consecutive life sentences plus five years, arguing that the man who was convicted of 11 murders "deserves no mercy." U.S. District Judge Denise Casper next week is due to sentence Bulger. The former leader of Boston's Winter Hill gang was convicted in August after a trial that featured graphic accounts of gang members machine-guning rivals, beating up extortion victims and burying bodies in the dirt-floored basement of a South Boston home. "Bulger's horrific crimes and sadistic behavior (e.g., shooting Bucky Barrett in the back of the head at close range after hours of interrogation and then lying down on the couch to relax as his gang buried Barrett) demonstrate that he deserves no mercy at the time of sentencing," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo filed on Thursday. Prosecutors called Bulger one of the "most violent and despicable criminals in Boston history." Relatives of many of Bulger's murder victims are expected to testify in the sentencing hearing scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday about the emotional impact of his crimes.

Thousands flee before big typhoon hits Philippines Posted: 07 Nov 2013 08:44 AM PST MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people evacuated villages in the central Philippines on Thursday before one of the year's strongest typhoons strikes the region, including a province devastated by an earthquake last month.

After Virginia and New Jersey, voters offer GOP advice for 2014 Posted: 07 Nov 2013 08:09 AM PST Do two high-profile gubernatorial elections from Tuesday furnish the GOP a strategy going forward?

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Time's odd cover treatment of Christie Posted: 07 Nov 2013 07:38 AM PST The magazine references the GOP mascot and the N.J. governor's weight.

Photographs: Earth from space Posted: 06 Nov 2013 09:00 PM PST Page 46-47: BRAZIL, PARANA, ITAIPU DAM RESERVOIR, 25°20' S - 54°30' W © CNES 2007 â Distribution Astrium Services / SPOT Image

Drone pilots face battlefield demons Posted: 07 Nov 2013 04:24 AM PST But war is rarely so simple, and distance does nothing to numb the emotional impact of taking a life, said Slim (who is referred to here by his Air Force call sign in order to protect his identity). "People think we're sitting here with joysticks playing a video game, but that's simply not true," Slim, who retired from the Air Force in 2011, told LiveScience. In video games, players rarely make a human connection with the characters on their screen, but Predator drone operators often monitor their targets for weeks or months before ever firing a weapon, he added. Arguably, the first weapon to give humans standoff distance in battle was the bow and arrow, said Missy Cummings, an associate professor of aeronautics and engineering systems at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., and director of the school's Humans and Automation Laboratory.

FDA to ban artery-clogging trans fats Posted: 07 Nov 2013 08:31 AM PST The FDA commissioner said the move could prevent 20,000 heart attacks a year.

Philippines braces for super typhoon, the year's strongest Posted: 07 Nov 2013 04:01 AM PST The most powerful storm on earth this year, gathers speed.

Live coverage of Twitter's IPO Posted:

Newly-elected Pakistan Taliban leader's group shot Malala Posted: 07 Nov 2013 08:59 AM PST Miranshah (Pakistan) (AFP) - The Pakistani Taliban appointed a hardline cleric linked to the attack on Malala Yousafzai as their new chief Thursday and dismissed proposed peace talks with the government as a "waste of time". Maulana Fazlullah, notorious for leading the militants' brutal two-year rule in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley, was elected to replace Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike last Friday. The choice of Fazlullah by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ruling council appears to have sunk government plans for peace talks to try to end the militants' bloody six-year insurgency.

A century of Camus, France's unlikely literary giant Posted: 07 Nov 2013 01:22 AM PST Albert Camus once said that those who write clearly have readers, while those who write obscurely have commentators. By his own maxim, he must have been doing something right because, 100 years after his birth and more than half a century since his untimely death, Camus is still picking up new readers across the globe.

Twitter set for public stock debut on NYSE Posted: 07 Nov 2013 06:55 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Stock Exchange trading floor is crowded with traders and journalists on the morning of Twitter's public stock debut, with a busy trading day expected.

In Texas, Obama offers health care pep talk Posted: 06 Nov 2013 09:16 PM PST The president visits the heart of the Obamacare opposition to rally support for the law.

Olympic torch flies to International Space Station Posted: 07 Nov 2013 02:46 AM PST A Russian spacecraft carrying the torch and three astronauts docks with space station.

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