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• Ron Howard's remarks played at Mayberry Days
• Canada says it took Guantanamo detainee early after U.S. pressure
• Paul Ryan on tax plan: 'Too long to go through all the math’
• USGS reports deep 7.1 earthquake in Colombia
• Christie: Wednesday debate ‘the restart’ of Romney campaign
• Calif, woman shot, killed by border patrol agent while driving
• Insight: Mom and pop investors miss out on stock market gains
• Obama, Romney: Rivals with little personal history
• Iran touts domestic Internet as Gmail ban rankles
• As race stands, Obama within reach of second term
• String of Iraq car bomb blasts kill at least 32
• Muslim protesters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh
• Ahead of debate, Paul Ryan takes on Joe Biden
• Israel finance minister says Iran economy 'on verge of collapse'
• Miliband: UK Labor Party to impose 'real' bank split if elected
• In Bo's old stronghold, fall blamed on Chinese elite intrigue
• Spain crisis fuels Catalan separatist sentiment
• Libyans hand over their weapons in arms collection drive
• Police: 19 killed in blasts across Iraq
• Afghan 'inside' attack kills 2 Americans, 2 Afghans
• LA drivers steer clear of 'Carmageddon' scenario
• Police ID man who killed self on TV after chase
• Afghan 'inside' attack puts U.S. troop deaths at 2,000
• 3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas, Texas, suburb
• World diaper output may take a hit from blasts at Japan plant

Ron Howard's remarks played at Mayberry Days Posted: 30 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT Andy Griffith led by example on the set of his television show, teaching a 6-year-old boy that true leadership requires not only confidence and hard work but also humility, Academy Award-winning film director Ron Howard said in recorded remarks Sunday.

Canada says it took Guantanamo detainee early after U.S. pressure Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, which allowed Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to be transferred to a prison in his homeland months earlier than expected, did so after pressure from the United States, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Sunday. Baird declined to comment on reports an angry Washington had insisted on Khadr's quick return after someone in Canada leaked a secret U.S. report on him. Khadr, 26, the youngest prisoner and last Westerner held in the Guantanamo military base, was sent back to Canada on Saturday to finish his sentence. ...

Paul Ryan on tax plan: 'Too long to go through all the math’ Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:04 PM PDT Paul Ryan says "it would take me too long to go through all the math" involved in the tax plan he and Mitt Romney are proposing. The Republican vice presidential nominee said on "Fox News Sunday" that their plan--a 20 percent across-the-board income tax cut--would focus on deductions and closing tax loopholes for  the rich, [...]

USGS reports deep 7.1 earthquake in Colombia Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:59 AM PDT Colombian authorities say there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage from an earthquake centered deep underground in the country's southwest whose magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey placed at 7.1.

Christie: Wednesday debate ‘the restart’ of Romney campaign Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:05 AM PDT While both Democrats and Republicans have downplayed the importance of the first presidential debate in recent days, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie raised the stakes on Sunday, predicting this week's duel in Denver will be a game changer for Mitt Romney. "Wednesday night's the restart of this campaign," Christie told David Gregory on NBC's "Meet [...]

Calif, woman shot, killed by border patrol agent while driving Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:49 AM PDT Agent Said He Had No Choice But to Defend Himself and Fired at Alvarado Get Her to Stop the Car

Insight: Mom and pop investors miss out on stock market gains Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT By Jilian Mincer and Steven C . JohnsonNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks have more than doubled since the financial crisis and are closing in on a five-year high, but many Main Street investors have been absent ...

Obama, Romney: Rivals with little personal history Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:44 AM PDT When Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2008, one of the people who reached out to the couple was newly elected President Barack Obama.

Iran touts domestic Internet as Gmail ban rankles Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:07 AM PDT Iranian officials announced that they would soon introduce local alternatives to Google and its Gmail e-mail service, even as the country's media and even some officials stepped up complaints over Tehran's decision to enact a ban on Gmail in response to an anti-Islam film, newspapers reported on Sunday.

As race stands, Obama within reach of second term Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:51 AM PDT Five weeks to Election Day, President Barack Obama is within reach of the 270 electoral votes needed to win a second term. Republican Mitt Romney's path to victory is narrowing.

String of Iraq car bomb blasts kill at least 32 Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:34 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombings and shootings killed more than 32 people across Iraq on Sunday, underscoring the government's struggle with a stubborn insurgency more than nine months after the last U.S. troops withdrew. In Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, bombs in three parked cars went off separately, killing 11 people and wounding 24, including several policemen. Reuters footage of the scene of one of the explosions showed the remains of an exploded car surrounded by several completely and partially destroyed houses and cars. ...

Muslim protesters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:18 AM PDT COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh burned at least four Buddhist temples and 15 homes of Buddhists on Sunday after complaining that a Buddhist man had insulted Islam, police and residents said. Members of the Buddhist minority in the Cox's Bazar area in the southeast of the country said unidentified people were bent on upsetting peaceful relations between Muslims and Buddhists. Muslims took to the streets in the area late on Saturday to protest against what they said was a photograph posted on Facebook that insulted Islam. ...

Ahead of debate, Paul Ryan takes on Joe Biden Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:46 AM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio—Less than two weeks before Paul Ryan and Joe Biden face off on the debate stage, Paul Ryan took on his counterpart on the issues of Social Security and Medicare. The GOP vice presidential nominee almost always saves his rhetorical fire for the top...

Israel finance minister says Iran economy 'on verge of collapse' Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:30 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran's economy is edging towards collapse due to international sanctions over its controversial nuclear program, Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Sunday. Israel regards the prospect of its arch enemy developing nuclear weapons as a threat to its existence, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that, although sanctions are taking their toll, they are not yet forcing Iran to abandon work that could soon lead to a nuclear warhead. ...

Miliband: UK Labor Party to impose 'real' bank split if elected Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:14 AM PDT MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain's Labour opposition leader launched an offensive against banks on Sunday ahead of his party's annual conference, promising a "real separation" of retail and investment banking and to raise the top rate of personal income tax. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has said it will implement the recommendations of an independent review by Oxford University economist John Vickers into how banks should be structured in the wake of the global credit crisis. ...

In Bo's old stronghold, fall blamed on Chinese elite intrigue Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:41 AM PDT CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - China's campaign to bury fallen politician Bo Xilai under a litany of alleged misdeeds risks dragging down the ruling Communist Party's own standing among citizens who have already grown to assume that graft and abuse pervade it. Bo is almost surely headed for trial and jail after the party leadership on Friday accused him of multiple offences dating back to his early years in government, including taking bribes, engaging in "improper sexual relations" and meddling in an inquiry into his wife's murder of a British man. ...

Spain crisis fuels Catalan separatist sentiment Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:25 AM PDT Three weeks after a massive Catalan separatist march in Barcelona — the biggest since the 1970s — the independence flags still flutter from balconies across Spain's second largest city.

Libyans hand over their weapons in arms collection drive Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:08 AM PDT TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyans handed in weapons left over from last year's war on Saturday, part of a drive by the North African country to rid its streets of arms and crack down on rogue militia groups. As the day went on, a trickle of people turned into longer lines in Tripoli and in the eastern city of Benghazi, where tents were set up in squares for military officials to collect arms, explosives and even rocket propelled grenade launchers. ...

Police: 19 killed in blasts across Iraq Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:36 AM PDT Bombs striking Shiite neighborhoods, security forces and other targets across Iraq killed at least 19 people Sunday, officials said. It was the latest string of coordinated bombings in multiple Iraqi cities, a tactic used by insurgents apparently aimed at rekindling widespread sectarian conflict and undermining public confidence in the beleaguered government.

Afghan 'inside' attack kills 2 Americans, 2 Afghans Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:03 AM PDT An Afghan soldier turned his gun on American troops at a checkpoint in the country's east, killing two Americans and two fellow members of Afghanistan's army in a shooting that marked both the continuance of a disturbing trend of insider attacks and the 2,000th U.S. troop death in the long-running war, officials said Sunday.

LA drivers steer clear of 'Carmageddon' scenario Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:41 AM PDT Carmageddon II, the sequel to last year's shutdown of one of the nation's busiest freeways, is going according to script as many Los Angeles drivers heeded warnings to stay off the road.

Police ID man who killed self on TV after chase Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:25 AM PDT A man who stole a car at gunpoint, shot at Phoenix police officers and then led them on a chase that ended with his suicide broadcast on national television was identified Saturday as a wanted felon with a long criminal history.

Afghan 'inside' attack puts U.S. troop deaths at 2,000 Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:09 AM PDT An apparent insider attack by Afghan forces has killed a U.S. service member and a foreign civilian contractor with NATO, officials said Sunday. The shooting —the latest in a string of attacks on international troops by their Afghan allies — marked the 2,000th U.S. troop death in Afghanistan over the long-running conflict.

3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas, Texas, suburb Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:52 PM PDT A minor earthquake measuring a 3.4 magnitude rattled a suburb west of Dallas overnight, but there were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries and a major international airport nearby continued operations without disruption, authorities said.

World diaper output may take a hit from blasts at Japan plant Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:36 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Global diaper output is likely to take a hit from an increase in the price of acrylic acid after a chemical tank explosion at Nippon Shokubai Co's Himeji plant in Japan, a main production base of the ingredient, Japanese media reported. Nippon Shokubai is one of the world's biggest makers of acrylic acid, the main ingredient of a resin called SAP, which is used in diapers. The plant produces about 20 percent of the world's SAP and 10 percent of global output of acrylic acid. ...

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