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Thursday October 16th 2008

Yahoo! News | Elections News

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Troopergate investigator to get documents (AP)
AP - A legislative panel agreed Thursday to share confidential personnel records with the lawyer who is leading a second abuse-of-power investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner.
Obama, McCain attend New York political dinner (AP)
AP - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are together again, this time at an political dinner in New York City.
Biden says McCain 'more angry' (AP)
AP - John McCain, angry man?
Lobbyist speaks out, denies affair with McCain (AP)
AP - A female telecommunications lobbyist who became part of an explosive story early this year about John McCain has broken months of silence to deny the main subtext of the account — that she was suspected of being romantically involved with the Republican presidential candidate. "I did not have. […]
McCain tries to make peace with Letterman (AP)
AP - John McCain told David Letterman that "I screwed up" by canceling a "Late Show" appearance three weeks ago, then faced a sharp round of questioning about Sarah Palin and his campaign tactics.

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Yahoo! News | Odd News

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Man allegedly moves ambulance that blocked his car (AP)
AP - Police arrested a man after he got into an ambulance and drove it a few feet because it was partially blocking his car. Police said a 48-year-old man was charged Thursday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, operating a vehicle under a suspended license, interfering with police. […]
'Aping' around lands man in jail (AP)
AP - A man who went to buy cigarettes in a gorilla suit to win a bet with his girlfriend is now being accused of receiving stolen property. Altoona police said they noticed a 20-year-old man walking down the city's Sixth Avenue just after midnight on Wednesday dressed as an ape.
Woman, 88, says she overpaid land taxes since 1970 (AP)
AP - An 88-year-old Massachusetts woman wants a refund after learning that she's been paying taxes for nearly four decades on land she doesn't own. Valeria Novak, of Agawam, says the amount she has overpaid since 1970 probably totals less than $2,000. Nonetheless, she feels she deserves an abatement. […]
Man practicing a quick draw shoots himself in leg (AP)
AP - Police say a man was recovering from a gunshot wound after he shot himself in the leg with a handgun while practicing a quick draw. Police said a bullet from a revolver entered the 61-year-old man's leg just below the left knee and lodged in his foot.
Pa. man chews through belly-busting, 15-lb. burger (AP)
AP - It took Brad Sciullo 4 hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight t. […]

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Yahoo! News | Technology News

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IBM confident on profit, looks to emerging markets (Reuters)
Reuters - International Business Machines Corp , the biggest technology services company, said it expects to meet long-term profit forecasts despite economic turmoil, partly due to continued growth in emerging markets.
SEC plans XBRL standard to liberate financial data (CNET)
CNET - WASHINGTON--Financial information about companies is sometimes difficult to uncover, and even more difficult to compare.
Sept. video game sales decline, skewed by 'Halo 3' (AP)
AP - Video game sales declined in September, as expected. But for those quick to blame the economic downturn, it's good to note that comparisons were skewed by "Halo 3," the blockbuster from Microsoft Corp. that accounted for more than a third of all game sales in the same month last year.
IBM 3Q profit jumps 20 pct as hardware sales slump (AP)
AP - IBM Corp.'s third-quarter profit jumped nearly 20 percent, surpassing analyst estimates, as the technology company overcame slumping hardware sales and signed a healthy number of new services contracts.
Google stock soars on 26 pct jump in 3Q earnings (AP)
AP - Google Inc. shook off the economic turbulence to deliver a third-quarter profit that topped analysts' forecasts, supporting the Internet search leader's theory that its advertising system will prosper even in tough times.

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Yahoo! News | World News

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China toy export industry sees 1st bankruptcies: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Two factories subcontracting to Hong Kong-listed toymaker Smart Union Group have shut their doors, the China Daily reported, calling it the first recent bankruptcies for an industry heavily dependent upon exports to the United States.
Gunshots fired near US Consulate in Mexico (AP)
AP - Gunshots were fired Thursday near the U.S. Consulate in the Mexican city of Monterrey, prompting officials to suspend visa services and beef up security. It was not clear if the consulate was the target.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,185 (AP)
AP - As of Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, at least 4,185 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
New British army chief backs more troops in Afghanistan: reports (AFP)
AFP - A general who has called for more multinational troops to be sent to Afghanistan is set to be named the new head of the British army within days, newspapers reported Friday.
International flotilla to fight Somali pirates (AP)
AP - U.S. warships watched a hijacked vessel laden with tanks while other gunboats patrolled the dangerous waters off Somalia, but pirates still seized another freighter this week — and now hold about a dozen despite the international effort to protect a major shipping lane.

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Yahoo! News | Top Stories

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Rays get 3 more homers, lead 5-0 after 3 innings (AP)
AP - The slugging Tampa Bay Rays, just one win from the World Series, got three more homers from B.J. Upton, Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria and led the Boston Red Sox 5-0 after three innings in Game 5 of the AL championship series Thursday night.
Obama extends his campaign into Republican states (AP)
AP - Democrat Barack Obama extended his front-running campaign into West Virginia, a bastion of white, middle-class voters who rejected his primary season appeals, and confidently broached the subject of victory in a presidential contest playing out on Republican turf.
Dow ends up 401 in another stunning U-turn (AP)
AP - A stock market as difficult to fathom as it is volatile pulled off another stunning U-turn on Thursday, transforming a 380-point loss for the Dow Jones industrials into a 401-point gain. Was it the government's bailout beginning to have an effect? The credit markets finally beginning to loosen. […]
Lobbyist speaks out, denies affair with McCain (AP)
AP - A female telecommunications lobbyist who became part of an explosive story early this year about John McCain has broken months of silence to deny the main subtext of the account — that she was suspected of being romantically involved with the Republican presidential candidate. "I did not have. […]
Is 'Joe the Plumber' a plumber? That's debatable (AP)
AP - Joe the Plumber's story sprang a few leaks Thursday. Turns out that the man who was held up by John McCain as the typical, hard-working American taxpayer isn't really a licensed plumber. And court documents show he owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes.

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