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Today's Front Page News: Third party challenges in NJ, NY are warning sign After all the fuss, public health plan covers few Reversed HR call helps A-Rod, Yankees beat Phils Calif. searchers scour seas 2 days after air crash Clinton calls Israeli concessions 'unprecedented' Abdullah plans runoff boycott to delay Afghan vote Coroner: 6 bodies found at home; Ohioan arrested No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession No. 10 Oregon runs past No. 4 USC 47-20 Karzai rival poised to make run-off decision Obama says new data shows economy recovering Clinton urges Abbas to talk without settlement halt Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI U.S. sends six Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau Senior Iran MPs reject U.N. atom fuel plan Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl mark Berlin Wall's fall Republican in New York race suspends campaign Abdullah to announce Afghan run-off decision Clinton urges swift resumption of Mideast peace talks Third party challenges in NJ, NY are warning sign Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:31 pm PDT AP - Third party candidates could upend two major races in off-year elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual. Full Story Top After all the fuss, public health plan covers few Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:44 pm PDT AP - What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent. Full Story Top Reversed HR call helps A-Rod, Yankees beat Phils Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:53 pm PDT AP - The first instant replay call in World Series history did more than turn a double into a home run. It changed the whole game for Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees. Full Story Top Calif. searchers scour seas 2 days after air crash Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:04 pm PDT AP - Crews will search the Pacific's chilly waters overnight for nine people lost two days ago when a Marine Corps helicopter and a U.S. Coast Guard plane crashed in midair, though hope of finding survivors fades with each hour, a top Coast Guard commander said Saturday. Full Story Top Clinton calls Israeli concessions 'unprecedented' Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:40 pm PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view. Full Story Top Abdullah plans runoff boycott to delay Afghan vote Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:39 pm PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai's challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in an attempt to force the vote's postponement until spring, his campaign manager said — a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a stable Afghan government for months. Full Story Top Coroner: 6 bodies found at home; Ohioan arrested Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:42 pm PDT AP - A convicted rapist who fled before police arrived to arrest him on new rape charges was arrested Saturday in his inner-city neighborhood after police found six decomposing bodies at his home. Full Story Top No trick: 2,000 kids knock on White House door Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:22 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families. Full Story Top Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:36 pm PDT AP - In the state capital's downtown core, $500,000 decorative street lights beam down on bustling crowds who've come to dine and play along a recently revitalized pedestrian plaza. Full Story Top No. 10 Oregon runs past No. 4 USC 47-20 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:25 pm PDT AP - Jeremiah Masoli and Oregon trampled the Southern California Trojans, leaving the kings of the Pac-10 in serious danger of relinquishing the throne they've held for the last seven seasons. Full Story Top Karzai rival poised to make run-off decision Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:33 pm PDT Reuters - Pressure grew on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's rival Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday to pull out of an election run-off as his supporters gathered to chart their next step in a protracted and complicated campaign. Full Story Top Obama says new data shows economy recovering Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:44 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday this week's positive job and economic growth figures proved that his big spending efforts to stimulate the economy were working. Full Story Top Clinton urges Abbas to talk without settlement halt Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:12 pm PDT Reuters - Hillary Clinton turned U.S. pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday when she endorsed Israel's view that its expansion of settlements on occupied land should not be a bar to resuming peace talks. Full Story Top Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:57 pm PDT Reuters - Two men sought by the FBI and linked to a Detroit Muslim leader killed by U.S. authorities were arrested in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, Canadian police said. Full Story Top U.S. sends six Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:19 pm PDT Reuters - The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the Pacific island nation of Palau, the Justice Department said on Saturday. Full Story Top Senior Iran MPs reject U.N. atom fuel plan Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:45 pm PDT Reuters - Senior Iranian lawmakers voiced opposition on Saturday to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal, casting further doubt on a proposal aimed at easing international tension over Tehran's atomic activities. Full Story Top Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl mark Berlin Wall's fall Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:34 am PDT Reuters - George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl paid their respects to the ordinary people who were behind the peaceful revolution of 1989 that brought down the Berlin Wall at an emotional ceremony in Berlin on Saturday. Full Story Top Republican in New York race suspends campaign Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:31 am PDT Reuters - The Republican candidate in a closely watched U.S. congressional race in New York state abruptly suspended her campaign on Saturday in a move that could boost a conservative's battle against a Democrat next Tuesday. Full Story Top Abdullah to announce Afghan run-off decision Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:35 pm PDT AFP - Abdullah Abdullah is to announce Sunday whether he will run in next weekend's Afghan presidential election run-off after the incumbent Hamid Karzai snubbed a series of demands laid down by his challenger. Full Story Top Clinton urges swift resumption of Mideast peace talks Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:20 pm PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday pressed for a swift resumption of Middle East peace talks despite the Palestinian insistence that Israel first stop all settlement activity. Full Story Top

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