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Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:16 PM PDT

Who'll blink? Dems, GOP in shutdown stare down 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:16 PM PDT
An empty hallway in the U.S. Capitol Sunday morning, Sept. 29, 2013, as a government shutdown looms, in Washington. The political and economic stakes mounting with each tick of the clock, the White House and congressional Democrats say a House-approved delay in President Barack Obama's health care law does nothing but push Washington to the brink of the first government shutdown in 17 years. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)With the government on the brink of a shutdown, both sides are holding their ground.
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Small jet in 'unsurvivable' crash at Calif. airport 
Monday, Sep 30, 2013 12:33 AM PDT
Firefighters work to extinguish fire at the site of a plane crash in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Authorities say a twin-jet Cessna Citation went off the right side of the runway and crashed into a hangar after landing about 6:20 p.m. It was not immediately clear how many people were on the plane or whether anyone was inside the hangar, and there was no immediate word on any injuries or deaths. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rescuers and investigators were working amid the smoldering wreckage of a private jet and the hangar it hit after landing at a Southern California airport, but they did not expect to find any survivors from the flight from Idaho with an unknown number aboard, officials said.
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Amanda Knox retrial begins without her 
Monday, Sep 30, 2013 12:23 AM PDT
The retrial of Amanda Knox, seen here in Seattle after her release from an Italian prison, and her former lover for the murder of a British student begins in Florence on Monday, reanimating debate over who lies behind the notorious killingsFlorence (Italy) (AFP) - The retrial of Amanda Knox and her former lover for the murder of a British student begins in Florence on Monday, though she has decided not to attend.
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Israel's Netanyahu warns White House about Iran 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 11:30 PM PDT
FILE -This Sept. 1, 2013 file photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Mortified that the world may be warming up to Iran, Netanyahu is taking an unpopular message to the White House and the United Nations this week: Don't be fooled by Tehran's new leadership. With the White House cautiously optimistic about its dialogue with Iran, the meeting on Monday, Sept 30, 2013 between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama could be tense. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool, file)JERUSALEM (AP) — Mortified that the world may be warming up to Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking an unpopular message to the White House and the United Nations this week: Don't be fooled by Tehran's new leadership.
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Chemical weapons inspectors outline Syria plan 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 01:35 PM PDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Inspectors who will oversee Syria's destruction of its chemical weapons said Sunday their first priority is to help the country scrap its ability to manufacture such arms by a Nov. 1 deadline — using every means possible.
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Foreign minister: Iran open to negotiations 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 10:52 AM PDT
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo, seated at the table from left, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton attend a meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Always scrutinized, Iran now will be under even greater watch as the U.S. looks for signals the Islamic Republic's new president is serious and powerful enough to pursue detente with Washington and an end to the painful economic penalties imposed over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran would open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors as part of broad negotiations with the United States that could eventually restore diplomatic relations between the adversaries and those talks have the backing of the nation's supreme leader, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Sunday.
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Car bomb kills 40 in northwest Pakistan 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 10:33 PM PDT
A Pakistani man carrying a child rushes away from the site of a blast shortly after a car exploded in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. A car bomb exploded on a crowded street in northwestern Pakistan Sunday, killing scores of people in the third blast to hit the troubled city of Peshawar in a week, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb ripped through a crowded street in Peshawar's oldest bazaar, killing 40 people in the third blast to hit the troubled Pakistani city in a week, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
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9 killed in 3 apparent drug attacks in Mexico 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 09:37 PM PDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Shootings erupted over the weekend in three Mexican cities where drug gangs are fighting turf battles, killing at least nine people and wounding six more, officials said Sunday.
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States resist, build nascent insurance markets 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 11:29 AM PDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With new online health insurance exchanges set to launch Tuesday, consumers in many Southern and Plains states will have to look harder for information on how the marketplaces work than their counterparts elsewhere.
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Nigeria: Militants kill students in college attack 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 01:02 PM PDT
A grab made on July 13, 2013 from a video obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar ShekauPOTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms, the school's provost said — the latest violence in northeastern Nigeria's ongoing Islamic uprising.
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A final session of Walter White's 'Bad' behavior 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 08:34 PM PDT
This image released by AMC shows, from left, Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul, Mike Ehrmantraut, played by Jonathan Banks, Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston and Gustavo "Gus" Fring, played by Giancarlo Esposito in a scene from season four of "Breaking Bad." Any "Breaking Bad " fan could be forgiven for concluding that Sunday's finale held no major surprises. That's because this AMC drama series has delivered surprises, shock and OMG moments dependably since its premier five seasons ago. Just like it did on its final episode. (AP Photo/AMC, Ursula Coyote)NEW YORK (AP) — Any "Breaking Bad " fan could be forgiven for concluding that Sunday's finale held no major surprises.
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Manning leads Broncos' 52-20 rout of Eagles 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:48 PM PDT
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) passes the ball against the Philadelphia Eagles in the first quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)DENVER (AP) — Forget fast-break football. This was steel-cold efficiency.
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10 Things to Know for Monday 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 06:01 PM PDT
An Egyptian supporter of ousted former President Hosni Mubarak celebrates an appeal granted by a court, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence in a Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 hearing, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that toppled his regime nearly two years ago. The ruling came one day after a prosecutor placed a new detention order on Mubarak over gifts worth millions of Egyptian pounds (hundreds of thousands of US dollars) he and other regime officials allegedly received from Egypt's top newspaper as a show of loyalty while he was in power. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
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Nairobi morgue's last victim from mall is ID'd 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 11:35 AM PDT
A gravedigger digs additional graves with a shovel, in anticipation of an increased number of burials both of Westgate Mall attack victims and of those deceased from other causes, at the main cemetery in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Kenya's military caused the collapse of three floors of the Westgate Mall in the deadly terrorist siege, a top-ranking official disclosed Friday, while the government urged patience with the pace of an investigation that has left key questions unanswered. (AP Photo/David Rising)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Karen Wambui walked slowly through the Nairobi city morgue's turquoise and yellow iron gates, still trying to process what she had seen inside.
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AP PHOTOS: A look at the career of NY's Mo Rivera 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 02:09 PM PDT
File-This Sept. 26, 2013 file photo shows New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, left, handing the ball to Andy Pettitte as Derek Jeter, right, watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Rays defeated the Yankees 4-0 in Rivera's final home game with the team. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)After 19 stellar seasons and a record 652 saves, the career of Yankees closer Mariano Rivera ended Sunday.
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Thousands protest as Sudan officials promise cash 
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 02:09 PM PDT
Sudanese anti-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets in night march in the capital Khartoum late Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital Khartoum late Sunday, chanting "freedom" and renewing calls for their longtime autocratic president to resign after dozens of protesters were killed in a week of demonstrations sparked by austerity measures.
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