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October 18, 2012

Karzai: NATO can speed up handover of security

The Afghan army has grown to 184,676 soldiers, and the country's police force now numbers 146,339 – putting the total just short of the goal of 352,000.
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October 18, 2012

Presidential candidates try some comic relief

The rivals quiet the hostilities Thursday evening to address the venerable Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a venue where lightheartedness is the tradition.
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October 18, 2012

Obama making campaign stop in NH today

Obama, who last visited the state in early September, is speaking at a rally in Manchester.
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October 18, 2012

Official proposes bullet tax to curb Chicago crime

The generated money would go toward — among other services — medical care for gunshot victims.
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October 18, 2012

9/11 suspect: U.S. kills and tortures

The Guantanamo hearing judge allows the alleged planner of the terror attacks one chance to speak out.

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October 18, 2012

Greek sports team solicits steamy sponsors

LARISSA, Greece – The world’s oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game. Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos “Villa Erotica” and “Soula’s House of History,” two bordellos it recruited as sponsors after drastic government spending cuts left the country’s sports […]
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October 18, 2012

Alleged jihadist held in plot to destroy Fed in Manhattan

Prosecutors say the young Bangladeshi man arrived in the U.S. in January on a student visa.
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October 18, 2012

Assaults fuel rise in violent crime

WASHINGTON – Violent crimes jumped 18 percent last year, the first rise in nearly 20 years, and property crimes rose for the first time in a decade. But academic experts said the new data don’t signal a reversal of the long decline in crime. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported Wednesday that the increase […]
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October 18, 2012

Evolution denier has new foe: Darwin

A write-in campaign seeks to press for the removal of a Georgia congressman from a science panel post.
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October 18, 2012

Scout cases reveal predators’ ‘grooming behavior’

In hundreds of cases, Scout leaders allowed boys to drive cars, drink alcohol or look at pornography. They gradually tested physical boundaries during skinny dipping, showers, sleepovers and one-on-one activities.