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• Endeavour's final miles turn into all-night affair
• Amphibious vehicle to go on sale soon in U.S.
• Skydiver begins daring bid to break sound barrier
• Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies
• Daredevil begins balloon flight for world's highest skydive
• Card fee 'settlement' just start of big legal battle
• Iran denies role in Gulf cyberattacks
• Andes survivors mark 40th anniversary of crash
• 'SNL' parodies VP debate with help from Usain Bolt
• At 0-32, gay-marriage forces seek 1st win at polls
• Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney now
• Slain Gaza militants were senior Qaeda affiliates
• Skydiver hopes to break sound barrier on Sunday
• Armstrong might take lie detector test, says lawyer
• Bomb threat prompts Alaska airport evacuation
• Russian punk band members face tough life in penal colony
• Israel says it strikes Gaza rocket cell; 1 killed
• Endeavour's final miles turn into all-night affair
• Suspect charged in death of missing UNH student
• Poll: Obama grabs wide lead among early voters
• Obama campaign says it surpasses 4 million donors
• No injuries as Navy sub, cruiser collide off Florida coast
• Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers, crowds rise
• Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers, crowds rise
• Political junk mail boosts U.S. Postal Service

Endeavour's final miles turn into all-night affair Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT In thousands of Earth orbits, the space shuttle Endeavour traveled 123 million miles. But the last few miles of its final journey are proving hard to get through.Endeavour's 12-mile crawl across Los Angeles ...

Amphibious vehicle to go on sale soon in U.S. Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:15 AM PDT Amphibious vehicles could soon be zooming out of James Bond's garage — or pond — and into yours.

Skydiver begins daring bid to break sound barrier Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:43 AM PDT Lifted by a massive balloon, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner ascended high above Earth on Sunday in his bid to complete a death-defying 23-mile free fall that could make him the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.

Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:26 AM PDT Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations, died Sunday. He was 82.

Daredevil begins balloon flight for world's highest skydive Posted: 14 Oct 2012 09:05 AM PDT An Austrian daredevil has begun ascending toward the stratosphere in a giant balloon, kicking off his attempt to break the world record for highest-ever skydive.

Card fee 'settlement' just start of big legal battle Posted: 14 Oct 2012 07:43 AM PDT (Reuters) - Visa, Mastercard and a group of retailers plan to ask a judge this week to approve a landmark settlement of a lawsuit over credit card fees, setting the stage for a battle with Wal-Mart and hundreds of other merchants who say it is a bad deal. Announced in July, the $7.2 billion (4.5 billion pounds) settlement is intended to resolve seven years of antitrust litigation between merchants and credit-card companies and their banks over so-called "swipe fees" that retailers pay to process credit-card transactions. ...

Iran denies role in Gulf cyberattacks Posted: 14 Oct 2012 07:27 AM PDT Iranian officials denied any role in recent cyberattacks against oil and gas companies in the Persian Gulf and said they welcomed a probe of the case, a semiofficial news agency reported Sunday.

Andes survivors mark 40th anniversary of crash Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:19 AM PDT Surviving members of an Uruguayan rugby team have played a match postponed four decades ago when their plane crashed in the Andes, stranding them for 72 days in the cordillera and forcing them to eat human flesh to stay alive.

'SNL' parodies VP debate with help from Usain Bolt Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:03 AM PDT "Saturday Night Live" parodied the vice presidential debate with a little help from the world's fastest man.

At 0-32, gay-marriage forces seek 1st win at polls Posted: 14 Oct 2012 05:46 AM PDT Irene Huskens has the wedding venue picked out: a charming bed-and-breakfast in southern Maryland. But the wedding is no sure thing.

Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney now Posted: 14 Oct 2012 05:30 AM PDT Gun-rights groups perceive President Barack Obama as a threat to unfettered access to firearms. They once had qualms about Mitt Romney, too.

Slain Gaza militants were senior Qaeda affiliates Posted: 14 Oct 2012 05:14 AM PDT Gaza (Reuters) - Two Gaza militants killed by Israel on Saturday were the most senior al Qaeda affiliates in the Palestinian enclave, and one had links to jihadi networks in Egypt, Jordan and Iraq, sources said on Sunday. Hisham al-Saedni and Ashraf al-Sabah, who were killed by an air strike as they rode a motorcycle, were ultra-conservative Salafi Islamists. Armed Salafis, while a fringe presence in Gaza, have been stepping up violence against Israel while at times clashing with the Palestinian Hamas government. They also operate in the neighboring Egyptian Sinai. ...

Skydiver hopes to break sound barrier on Sunday Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:58 AM PDT Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner started preparations early Sunday for his attempt to be the first skydiver in history to break the sound barrier.

Armstrong might take lie detector test, says lawyer Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:41 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong may take a lie detector test to clear his name from doping allegations, his lawyer said on Sunday, even though he did not expect the result would change the public's opinion of the American cyclist. Armstrong is set to lose his record seven Tour de France titles after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) published a 1,000 page report on Wednesday that said the retired American took part in and organized doping on his way to his unrivalled success on the Tour. ...

Bomb threat prompts Alaska airport evacuation Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:25 AM PDT Officials say a terminal at Alaska's main airport has been evacuated over a bomb scare.

Russian punk band members face tough life in penal colony Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:09 AM PDT It's a far cry from Stalin's gulag, but the guiding principle of the Russian penal colony -- the destination of two members of punk band Pussy Riot -- remains the same: isolate inmates and wear them down through "corrective labor."

Israel says it strikes Gaza rocket cell; 1 killed Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:52 AM PDT The Israeli military says its aircraft have struck militants planning a rocket attack in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians say one person was killed.

Endeavour's final miles turn into all-night affair Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:36 AM PDT In thousands of Earth orbits, the space shuttle Endeavour traveled 123 million miles. But the last few miles of its final journey are proving hard to get through.

Suspect charged in death of missing UNH student Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:21 AM PDT An actor and martial arts instructor is charged in the death of a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student who disappeared last week, and the girl's family is pleading for her to be brought home.

Poll: Obama grabs wide lead among early voters Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are neck and neck in opinion polls, but there is one area in which the incumbent appears to have a big advantage: those who have already cast their ballots. Obama leads Romney by 59 percent to 31 percent among early voters, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling data compiled in recent weeks. The sample size of early voters is relatively small, but the Democrat's margin is still well above the poll's credibility interval - a measurement of polls' accuracy - of 10 percentage points. (full graphic: http://bit. ...

Obama campaign says it surpasses 4 million donors Posted: 13 Oct 2012 08:17 PM PDT President Barack Obama's campaign says it has surpassed 4 million donors, a record for a presidential campaign.

No injuries as Navy sub, cruiser collide off Florida coast Posted: 13 Oct 2012 07:28 PM PDT Two Navy vessels collided this afternoon off the coast of northeastern Florida, there were no injuries aboard the submarine and cruiser involved in the collision. According to a Navy statement the submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) and the Aegis cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56)...

Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers, crowds rise Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:56 PM PDT PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is recovering ground in the critical swing state of Ohio as he rises in the polls and crowd numbers swell after his strong debate performance last week against President Barack Obama. Despite pundits and pollsters dismissing Romney's chances in the state in late September, the Republican is now either tied or just barely trailing Obama in Ohio ahead of the next presidential debate on Tuesday night. At an event with thousands of Ohioans on Friday night, Romney boasted of "a growing crescendo of enthusiasm. ...

Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers, crowds rise Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:07 PM PDT PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is recovering ground in the critical swing state of Ohio as he rises in the polls and crowd numbers swell after his strong debate performance last week against President Barack Obama. Despite pundits and pollsters dismissing Romney's chances in the state in late September, the Republican is now either tied or just barely trailing Obama in Ohio ahead of the next presidential debate on Tuesday night. At an event with thousands of Ohioans on Friday night, Romney boasted of "a growing crescendo of enthusiasm. ...

Political junk mail boosts U.S. Postal Service Posted: 13 Oct 2012 05:51 PM PDT At least someone likes junk mail. The U.S. Postal Service, which is struggling with debt and low cash flow, has received a boost due to the tons of political mail being sent this election season, including pieces from Super PACs, which are willing to pay the highest postage rates, according to CNN. "We do expect [...]

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