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Report: Palin didn't fear for safety
Seattle Times - 1 hour ago
One of the paramount reasons that Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband have given for voicing concerns to Alaska public-safety officials about former brother-in-law Michael Wooten is that they and their relatives live in fear of him.
Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, was a fixture at governor's office Los Angeles Times
Palin's lawyers blast Troopergate findings Houston Chronicle
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McCain campaign sees Iowa as still in play
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Behind in polls there, the GOP nominee tells supporters at a Davenport rally that he'll fight harder. Palin's appeal to evangelicals may help.
Video: Kids Vote On Campaign '08 CBS

World

North Korea to resume disablement after nuclear deal
Reuters - 24 minutes ago
By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Sunday it would resume work to take apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant in response to a US decision to remove it from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal.
Video: N. Korea Off Terror Blacklist With Nuke Deal AssociatedPress

Mbeki to query Mugabe's ministry allocation in Harare: spokesman
AFP - 48 minutes ago
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - President Robert Mugabe's allocation of key ministries to his party will be discussed when former South African president Thabo Mbeki meets Monday with Zimbabwe's political leaders, Mbeki's spokesman said.
Power deal crisis as top jobs seized by Mugabe guardian.co.uk
Zimbabwe's Opposition Says Power-Sharing Deal in Jeopardy Voice of America
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Technology

Private data on armed forces goes missing
guardian.co.uk - 10 Oct 2008
MPs demanded a "cultural change" in public sector data handling yesterday after it emerged that a computer hard drive with the private details of 100000 armed forces personnel had gone missing.
Latest data breach leads MPs to demand culture change VNUNet.com
Ministry of Defence loses computer disc with 700000 more personal ... Times Online
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Scientists urged to leave finance
Financial Times - 8 hours ago
By Clive Cookson The financial crisis is a great opportunity to strengthen British science, Lord Drayson, the new science minister, said yesterday.
Minister wants astronaut 'icon' BBC News
Let's put a Brit in space, says minister Times Online
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Entertainment

Virgin record
Scotsman - 9 hours ago
A WOMAN believed to be the oldest virgin in Britain yesterday celebrated her 105th birthday. Clara Meadmore, who was born in Glasgow, enjoyed a glass of wine with her friends at the Perran Bay nursing home in Truro, Cornwall.
Katy Guest: No sex please, we've got better things to do Independent
Oldest virgin reaches 105 TeleText
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Gomorrah: Matteo Garrone 137 mins, 15
Independent - 9 hours ago
There's only one moment in the new Italian film Gomorrah that resembles the gangster movie as we know it. In a tanning parlour, assorted fleshy men stand gleaming in the blue light of their cubicles.
Gomorra - The Sunday Times review Times Online
Review: Gomorrah Telegraph.co.uk
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Business

Councils seek Iceland cash pledge
BBC News - 8 hours ago
Council leaders are to hold talks with the Icelandic ambassador to seek assurances their investments with the country's failed banks will be repaid.
Council salaries hit by bank collapses Independent
Universities lose millions in Icelandic collapses Telegraph.co.uk
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Britain to launch 35 bln pound banking rescue-paper
guardian.co.uk - 5 hours ago
LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Britain will launch its biggest retail bank rescue on Monday when the four largest, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and Barclays, ask for a combined 35 billion pound (.5 billion) lifeline, the Sunday Times ...
New fears over bank dividends Times Online
Income investors can’t bank on dividends Financial Times
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Sports

Japanese Grand Prix
BBC Sport - 41 minutes ago
Lewis Hamilton admits errors at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix cost him vital points in the title race. Hamilton ran wide as he attacked the first corner, falling back to sixth, and then spun on the second lap when he was hit by main rival Felipe ...
Alonso wins in Fuji while Hamilton fails to score guardian.co.uk
Hamilton's lead cut SkySports
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England boss Fabio Capello slams Wembley boo boys after Kazakhstan win
Mirror.co.uk - 1 hour ago
By Paul Smith And Steve Stammers, sundaymirror.co.uk 12/10/2008 The Wembley boo-boys who turned viciously on Ashley Cole were condemned by the England manager and captain last night.
Ferdinand preaches patience The Press Association
England hit five in Wembley win Setanta Sports
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Health

Degrees from top universities boost earning power
guardian.co.uk - 10 Oct 2008
Peterhouse College Cambridge: graduates can expect to earn significantly more than their peers at other universities. Photograph: Graham Turner Research reveals that a degree from one of the top universities "significantly" raises earning power and ...
Top universities 'should charge higher fees' Telegraph.co.uk
State school outshines private rivals Independent
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