KOLONTAR, Hungary - The toxic red sludge that burst out of a Hungarian factory's reservoir reached the mighty Danube on Thursday after wreaking havoc on smaller rivers and creeks, and downstream nations rushed to test their waters. Full Story »
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Hungary: Toxic red sludge has reached the Danube
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Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize
AP – 7 mins agoSTOCKHOLM - Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once ran for president in his tumultuous homeland. Full Story »
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Everyone hates the deficit - but likes the spending
Exclusive to Yahoo! News – Thu Oct 7, 12:54 am ETBy Lisa Todorovich It's the deficit - all $1.47 trillion of it - that has most people worried. Many of them are angry. That's the issue that gave birth to the tea party movement and compels thousands to show up … Full Story »
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Biden boldly goes where Obama can't
Politico – Thu Oct 7, 5:30 am ETST. PAUL, Minn. — The White House’s preferred 2010 campaign plane is Air Force Two. Full Story »
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Floods continue to punish Asia, killing nearly 140
AP – Thu Oct 7, 6:09 am ETHANOI, Vietnam - Asia's death toll from vicious rains spiked Thursday to nearly 140 as disaster officials reached previously isolated areas in Vietnam, while the worst flooding in parts of southern China in nearly a half-century killed one person and forced 213,000 villagers to evacuate. Full Story »
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Obama to campaign in Maryland, Illinois
AP – Thu Oct 7, 7:02 am ETWASHINGTON - Campaigning for Democrats in a string of blue states, President Barack Obama is warning his party's rank-and-file of the dangers of "sulking and sitting back." Full Story »
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Police: Blasts kill 7 at Sufi shrine in Pakistan
AP – 29 mins agoKARACHI, Pakistan - Twin explosions rocked a famed Sufi shrine in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least seven people, wounding 65 others, and sending a stark reminder of the threat posed by Islamist militants to this U.S.-allied nation. Full Story »
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AP sources: All hopeful Mideast talks can go on
AP – Thu Oct 7, 7:02 am ETWASHINGTON - U.S., Israeli and Palestinian officials are hopeful they can break an impasse that has threatened to kill new U.S.-brokered Mideast peace talks before they really begin. Full Story »
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Previously unseen poem details Sylvia Plath's suicide
AP – Thu Oct 7, 7:16 am ETLONDON - A previously unseen poem by Ted Hughes that details the painful moments surrounding the suicide of his wife Sylvia Plath is being published by The New Statesman on Thursday, the magazine said. Full Story »
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Lost Vivaldi concerto found in Scotland
Reuters – Thu Oct 7, 6:08 am ETLONDON (Reuters Life!) - A lost flute concerto by 18th century composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi has been discovered by an academic among a set of dusty papers housed in Scotland's National Archives in Edinburgh. Full Story »
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Yemen arrests 7 suspects in attack on UK diplomat
AP – 1 hr 34 mins agoSAN'A, Yemen - Yemeni authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of seven suspects in the attack on the motorcade of the British embassy's No. 2 — all from an area in the capital that has become synonymous with militancy. Full Story »
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Bill Clinton lobbies for earthquake aid to Haiti
AP – Thu Oct 7, 7:02 am ETPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Former President Bill Clinton said desperately needed U.S. aid is coming to Haiti despite delays after listening on Wednesday to refugees in a sprawling homeless camp complain of a lack of food, jobs and housing nine months after a devastating earthquake. Full Story »
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Obama honors Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he retires
AP – 1 hr 56 mins agoWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a "moral titan" who will be missed as he formally retires from public life on his 79th birthday Thursday. Full Story »
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Who are GOP's 'Young Guns' and what do they want from Election 2010?
The Christian Science Monitor – Wed Oct 6, 2:40 pm ETERIE, PA.; and Kingswood, W.Va. - Election 2010 could be a historic year and historic class for House Republicans. Full Story »
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Will Donald Trump try to say 'You're fired!' to President Obama?
The Christian Science Monitor – Wed Oct 6, 2:42 pm ETBoston - Blame Canada...errr...New Hampshire! Full Story »
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China Currency War: U.S. House Bill Won't Fix Problem
Time.com – 57 mins agoForget that currency row over how China undervalues the renminbi. The real story is that China is now investing in its people Full Story »
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Iraq's Unformed Government: What Do the Kurds Want?
Time.com – Thu Oct 7, 2:25 am ETThe Kurds are key to Maliki's ability to form his ruling coalition. TIME asks the head of Iraq's Kurdish regional government for his assessment Full Story »
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Delaware Wiccan speaks out on Christine O'Donnell, witches
Time.com – Thu Oct 7, 1:50 am ETThe Delaware senate candidate has gone out of her way to say she is "not a witch." But a Wiccan high priest from the state says he and his coven have nothing to hide Full Story »
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