| Gates seeking allies' help on Afghanistan war (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 04:19 AM PDT  AP - The Pentagon's chief is undertaking the tricky task of trying to persuade allies to remain committed to the war in Afghanistan even as the Obama administration debates whether to send more troops to fight.
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| Star football player killed Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:13 AM PDT  Connecticut's Jasper Howard died following a stabbing on campus just hours after a huge game.
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| Panthers S Dante Wesley ejected (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:08 PM PDT ![]() Carolina safety Dante Wesley was ejected late in the first half of Sunday's game against Tampa Bay when he launched himself into Buccaneers punt returner Clifton Smith, who had signaled for a fair catch. The hit with 10 seconds left in the second quarter brought players from both teams off the sidelines.
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| Aides: Obama not demanding government-run option (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:10 AM PDT ![]() Top White House advisers Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod are saying President Barack Obama still believes a government-run health care option would best meet his reform goals. But they say he's not demanding that it be in the overhaul legislation.
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| Officials Search Balloon Family's Home, Plan Charges Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:07 AM PDT  Fox News: Deputies searched the home of a couple caught up in Colorado's "balloon boy" saga after the sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in a case that at first sparked fear for the child, then relief he was okay, to suspicions of a hoax.
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| Adults lead `Wild Things' $32.5M box-office rumpus (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:35 AM PDT  AP - "Where the Wild Things Are" proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book debuted at No. 1 with $32.5 million.
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| Favre, Vikings outlast Flacco's Ravens (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:42 PM PDT  As great as Brett Favre was Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings quarterback was pretty sure he wasn't good enough. So sure that the Vikings were headed to their first defeat of the season, Favre couldn't even bear to watch as Baltimore kicker Steve Hauschka lined up for a 44-yard field goal with 2 seconds to play.
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| Surprises in BCS rankings Posted: 18 Oct 2009 02:35 PM PDT  The computers determine college football's best teams, and the order differs from the polls.
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| UBS registered mail warns U.S. clients on tax: report (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:23 AM PDT  Reuters - Swiss bank UBS AG warned U.S. customers by registered mail their account details may be given to U.S. tax authorities, a method that could itself breach secrecy laws, a Swiss paper said on Sunday.
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| Lupica: Best fans in the world Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:37 AM PDT  I am on a Metro-North train the other night, on my way to the new station and new platform next to the old Stadium. But it could just as easily have been the 4 train out of the city and to one more great October baseball night in the Bronx.
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| Iran Guard Commanders Are Killed in Bombings Posted: 18 Oct 2009 06:58 AM PDT ![]() At least five commanders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were killed and dozens of others left dead and injured as two bombs hit near Iran's frontier with Pakistan, according to state news agencies.
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| UConn CB Jasper Howard dies after stabbing Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:13 AM PDT ![]() Connecticut cornerback Jasper Howard died Sunday after an on-campus stabbing, the Hartford Courant reports.
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| Brees torches Giants as Saints win 48-27 (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:43 PM PDT  Who dat knew them Saints were this good? Drew Brees torched the Giants' league-leading defense, swarming Saints defenders ruined Eli Manning's homecoming and undefeated New Orleans matched its best start since 1993 with a 48-27 throttling of previously unbeaten New York on Sunday. "We wanted to really dictate the tempo of the game the whole way through," Brees said.
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| Senate showdown seen over public healthcare option Posted: 18 Oct 2009 03:15 PM PDT ![]() WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A key Democrat voiced confidence on Sunday that Senate leaders will include a government-run insurance plan in the healthcare bill they bring to the full U.S. Senate for consideration -- and suggested it might even pass.
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| Sarah Palin: Good Intentions Aren't Enough with Health Care Reform Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:50 PM PDT ![]() Now that the Senate Finance Committee has approved its health care bill, it's a good time to step back and take a look at the long term consequences should its provisions be enacted into law.
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