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• Terror plot thwarted as US-bound explosives seized (AP)
• Chicago Jewish groups on alert for odd packages (AP)
• Workplace safety rules a part of ND death probe (AP)
• School Diversity: The Problems with Economic Integration (Time.com)
• Kentucky's Rand Paul Tries to Survive a Rocky Campaign (Time.com)
• APNewsBreak: Arrest in revenge beating of priest (AP)
• Traditional NM tribe bans trick-or-treating (AP)
• Clinton denies asking Fla. Dem to drop Senate bid (AP)
• Brother of Conn. triple killer: Don't kill self (AP)
• Tapes recount drama of crash response (AP)
• Police say gunman surrenders at Nevada Walmart (AP)
• Ohio McDonald's gives voting advice in paychecks (AP)
• Hollywood doctors face fallout from Smith case (AP)
• Teen testifies about abuse at Calif. torture trial (AP)
• Mo. man charged with shooting 4 people, killing 3 (AP)
• Person of interest held in Ill. student's death (AP)
• Pa. collar bomb victim's brother: Trial a 'circus' (AP)
• Jury recommends death in Fla. ninja slaying (AP)
• 2 wildfires prompt evacuations in Boulder, Colo. (AP)
• Plane with cargo from Yemen lands in NY, searched (AP)

Terror plot thwarted as US-bound explosives seized (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets. The plot triggered worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new terror campaign.

Chicago Jewish groups on alert for odd packages (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:26 PM PDT AP - Leaders of Jewish institutions in Chicago put their staffs on alert Friday following the overseas discovery of U.S.-bound packages aboard cargo jets that contained explosives.

Workplace safety rules a part of ND death probe (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - State regulators are investigating whether the University of Notre Dame violated safety rules when it allowed a student to videotape football practice from a tall hydraulic lift that toppled in high winds, killing the young man.

School Diversity: The Problems with Economic Integration (Time.com) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT Time.com - Education reform: despite its allure, the economic integration of schools is not a panacea

Kentucky's Rand Paul Tries to Survive a Rocky Campaign (Time.com) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT Time.com - A campaign altercation is the latest incident to mar what is turning out to be a tougher race for the Kentucky Senate than some Republicans had expected

APNewsBreak: Arrest in revenge beating of priest (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:31 PM PDT AP - A man allegedly molested three decades ago by a Jesuit priest was arrested Friday on charges that he tracked down the retired cleric in his retirement home and severely beat him.

Traditional NM tribe bans trick-or-treating (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:11 PM PDT AP - Kids who have been eagerly awaiting a fun-filled night of trick-or-treating in this small Native American community will need to find a new way to spend Halloween.

Clinton denies asking Fla. Dem to drop Senate bid (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton on Friday denied reports — confirmed by his spokesman a day earlier — that he asked Democrat Kendrick Meek to drop out of the three-way Florida Senate race to clear the way for independent Gov. Charlie Crist.

Brother of Conn. triple killer: Don't kill self (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - Shortly after Steven Hayes was charged with killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their home in 2007, his brother called him a monster who could be hanged for his crimes.

Tapes recount drama of crash response (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:16 PM PDT AP - Radio transmissions released by the Federal Aviation Administration show snippets of the frantic rescue efforts that unfolded after a floatplane slammed into a remote mountainside in southwest Alaska, killing former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others.

Police say gunman surrenders at Nevada Walmart (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:02 PM PDT AP - A gunman who police said was about to be fired surrendered Friday after shooting three co-workers at a Walmart store in Nevada in a possible retaliation attack, authorities said.

Ohio McDonald's gives voting advice in paychecks (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:46 PM PDT AP - A handful of McDonald's employees in northeastern Ohio received handbills in their most recent paychecks suggesting they vote for three Republican candidates.

Hollywood doctors face fallout from Smith case (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:42 PM PDT AP - In hospitals, medical offices and pharmacies, Anna Nicole Smith was routinely registered under pseudonyms to protect her privacy.

Teen testifies about abuse at Calif. torture trial (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - A teenage boy who stumbled into a Northern California health club nearly two years ago almost naked with a chain shackled to his ankle testified Friday that a neighbor cut him with a knife, lit his pants on fire and beat him unconscious with a boxing glove.

Mo. man charged with shooting 4 people, killing 3 (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - In the hours before police say he killed three people and wounded another, Joshua Maylee met with an attorney — he was facing a felony theft charge — and passed much of the day at his grandfather's home.

Person of interest held in Ill. student's death (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:26 PM PDT AP - The family of a freshman art student at Northern Illinois University expressed relief on Friday that a person of interest was being held in the investigation of her death — though details are scant about the identity or current location of the detainee.

Pa. collar bomb victim's brother: Trial a 'circus' (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - A trial examining the death of a pizza delivery driver who was killed in a collar-bomb bank robbery plot is a "circus show" that will bring the family no justice, the dead man's brother said Friday.

Jury recommends death in Fla. ninja slaying (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:55 PM PDT AP - A former karate instructor should be put to death for leading a group of men dressed like ninjas to rob and kill a wealthy Florida couple while their nine special-needs children slept or cowered nearby, a jury recommended Friday.

2 wildfires prompt evacuations in Boulder, Colo. (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:54 PM PDT AP - Two wildfires burning in Colorado on Friday prompted the evacuations of the homes of 1,700 people as well as more in neighboring foothills where dozens of houses were burned in a blaze last month.

Plane with cargo from Yemen lands in NY, searched (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:31 PM PDT AP - A commercial passenger jet carrying cargo from Yemen landed in New York under military fighter jet escort and its cargo was searched Friday, as parcels in transit across the globe were scrutinized after authorities overseas found two explosive packages from Yemen bound for Chicago.

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