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Hannah Graham: Remains found in search for missing student

BBC News - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Virginia state police say they have found human remains that could be those of a British-born student who has been missing since 13 September.
Police: Remains may be those of missing Virginia student
Remains found during search for Graham; no official ID made
WGN News
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Authorities looking for Hannah Graham — the University of Virginia student who went missing last month — found human remains Saturday in Albemarle County, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said Saturday. Graham’s parents were contacted soon after…
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Blood sample taken on Carnival cruise ship

KPRC Houston - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Oct. 18, 2014: A helicopter met up with a cruise ship with a Dallas health care worker aboard who is being monitored for signs of Ebola in order to take a blood sample for testing prior to the ship's arrival Sunday in Galveston.
Son of Monroe residents on ship carrying Ebola nurse
Coast Guard Gets Blood Samples From Health Care Worker Quarantined on Ship
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Ebola: Cruise Ship Turns Back To Texas #ebola A Texas-based cruise ship has returned to port in Galveston after a woman on board isolated herself, fearing she could have Ebola. The woman on board the Carnival Magic is employed in laboratories at the Dallas hospital which treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man to die of Ebola in the US, who was treated by two nurses who have contracted the disease. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/18/ebola-us-travel-ban-barack-obama
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Catholic synod: Gay rights groups say vote 'disappointing'

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Catholic gay rights groups say the rejection by bishops of proposals for wider acceptance of gay people, backed by Pope Francis, is "very disappointing".
Vatican Document on Family Revises Language on Gays
Vatican meeting on family walks back liberal language on gay couples, divorce
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Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to gays today, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to Catholic families. Their reasoning: http://nbcbay.com/LXjcQ4n CHIME IN: What do you think of their decision?
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President Obama urges nation to keep Ebola cases 'in perspective'

SFGate - ‎56 minutes ago‎
DALLAS - Trying to calm an increasingly alarmed public, President Obama on Saturday urged Americans to keep the Texas Ebola cases “in perspective,” as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepared new guidelines for health care workers ...
Obama appoints lawyer to handle Ebola response
Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola: Obama
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Obama urges Americans not to give in to hysteria over Ebola With three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States but dozens of people being monitored in case they contract the illness, President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday not to give in to "hysteria" about the spread of the virus.
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Former 'American Idol' contestant Joanne Borgella dies at 32

Reuters - ‎22 minutes ago‎
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer and model Joanne Borgella, who competed on "American Idol" in 2008, died on Saturday at age 32 after a battle with cancer, her family said on her Facebook page.
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Hurricane Gonzalo: Newfoundland girds for winds, waves and rain

CBC.ca - ‎45 minutes ago‎
Hurricane Gonzalo is expected to track southeast of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula on Sunday morning, although it will dump a fair bit of rain over the island.
Bermuda Clears Trees, Power Lines Hit by Gonzalo
UPDATE 4-Bermuda fares better than expected after hurricane's direct hit
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Rainy days here in the Adirondacks of NY. We're supposed to get a Nor'easter later this week, Weds-Thurs. Think it might be coming from that hurricane that just slammed Bermuda. I started wondering why people populate an island that gets slammed repeatedly every year during hurricane season. How can that island afford to keep rebuilding???
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Chinese coastguard vessels patrol disputed waters

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sent coastguard vessels to disputed waters in the East China Sea after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angered Beijing by sending a ritual offering to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead from Japan's wars.
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20 Injured in New Hong Kong Protest Violence

NDTV - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Hong Kong: Hong Kong police clashed with protesters early Sunday, with the government saying 20 people were injured in a fourth night of violence after nearly three weeks of largely peaceful pro-democracy rallies.
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Cautious optimism in hometown of Nigeria's kidnapped girls after cease-fire news

Fox News - ‎1 hour ago‎
ABUJA, Nigeri - There's no dancing in the streets, but people in the hometown of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about news of a cease-fire with the Islamic extremists who abducted their daughters six months ago.
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Hurricane Ana to Miss Hawaii But Brings Strong Winds, Big Waves

Mashable - ‎27 minutes ago‎
Hurricaneana A county bus is stranded on Highway 11 in Naalehu, Hawaii where heavy rains from Hurricane Ana flooded the road on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.
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Fugitive Frein believed spotted near his high school in Poconos

Philly.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
A wanted poster in the window of Iga's Men & Boys Hairstyling in Cresco, Pa. ED HILLE / Staff Photographer. Travel Deals. $1262 & up -- Ireland 7-Nt.
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5 key points in Morgan Stanley earnings

MarketWatch - ‎9 hours ago‎
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Morgan Stanley reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Friday. Here are five key things that are important to investors: Equity trading a standout: The bank reported higher revenues from equity trading than its ...
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Will Gov. Rick Snyder ban Tesla's direct selling?

Lansing State Journal - ‎4 hours ago‎
Dealers have tolerated and learned to cooperate with online car shopping services. But a manufacturer who bypasses the traditional franchise system to sell directly is a threat.
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Apple's new iMac 5K Retina display sets the trend in image quality - hard to match

Science Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
The October 16 Apple Keynote event was foreshadowed by hypes and leaks tirelessly circulating the net. Like Us on Facebook. For one it introduced some of the most leapfrogging technology in the digital world.
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OS X Yosemite goes beyond the Desktop

Capital OTC - ‎41 minutes ago‎
Apple has started the process of unifying the its desktop and mobile computing devices with the release of OS X Yosemite. Of course you may not be able to run your iPhone apps on your Mac for now but this will soon become a reality.
OS X Yosemite Upgrade Now Available For Compatible Macs
Apple patches 144 security flaws across seven products
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OS X Yosemite Download Via Torrent + Mac App Store   OS X Yosemite Downloading .... Are you ready for next level of OS X? Apple has been released new OS X 10.10 Yosemite for all, who want new OS for his Mac.  If you have iMac (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer), Ma...
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Rick Rubin Returns To NYU Dorm Room Where Def Jam Was Born

HipHopDX - ‎5 hours ago‎
Rick Rubin heads back to where Def Jam Records was born, his New York University dorm room. It's been nearly 30 years since Def Jam Records founder and record producer Rick Rubin was last at the location of where it all started for him.
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Ohio State stays on a roll, steamrolls Rutgers

The Detroit News - ‎31 minutes ago‎
Ohio State is on an historic roll and quarterback J.T. Barrett is leading the way. Loading… Post to Facebook. Ohio State stays on a roll, steamrolls Rutgers Ohio State is on an historic roll and quarterback J.T.
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Islanders, League's Last Unbeaten Team, Fall at Pittsburgh

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist scored power-play goals 55 seconds apart in the second period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins handed the visiting Islanders their first loss of the season, 3-1, on Saturday night.
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5 crazy stats from Alabama's dominant 59-0 win over Texas A&M

USA TODAY - ‎7 minutes ago‎
No. 7 Alabama beat No. 21 Texas A&M 59-0. It was an incredibly different game from the ones we've seen over the last couple seasons, with the Aggies winning two years ago 29-24, and the Crimson Tide winning last year 49-42.
Sims stars as Tide annihilate Aggies
SEC: Alabama flattens Aggies 59-0
Southeastern Conference
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Blake Sims passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns, and he scored on a 43-yard run while leading the seventh-ranked Crimson Tide to 35 second-quarter points and a 59-0 pummeling of No. 21 Texas A&M on Saturday. Recap: http://www.secsports.com/article/11696765/no-7-alabama-slams-no-21-texas-am
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Oregon Coasts Past Washington

ESPN - ‎5 minutes ago‎
EUGENE, Ore. -- Freshman Royce Freeman ran for 169 yards and four touchdowns and No. 9 Oregon extended its winning streak over Washington to 11 straight games with a 45-20 victory on Saturday night.
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Saturn's Wobbly Death Star: Astronomers On A Mission To Discover Bigger ...

Capital OTC - ‎17 minutes ago‎
One of the Saturn's smaller ice moons, Mimas, was never been a centre of attraction for the scientists until the latest research revealing some special secret of the moon emerged.
Saturn moon Mimas may be hiding subterranean ocean: Will alien life forms be ...
What's The Reason Behind Stronger than Expected Wobble of Saturn's Moon ...
SETI Institute
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Saturn's icy moon Mimas may hide a 'fossil' core or an ocean. A new study focused on the interior of Mimas suggests its cratered surface hides one of two intriguing possibilities: Either the moon's frozen core is shaped something like a football, or the satellite contains a liquid water ocean: http://buff.ly/1zecS9Q
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Comet Siding Spring set to whizz close to Mars

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Scientists should get a grandstand view of a comet on Sunday when it makes a dramatic flyby of Mars. The icy object, known as Siding Spring, will miss the Red Planet by what is - in astronomical terms - just a hair's breadth, or 139,500km (87,000 miles).
Comet heading for rendezvous with Mars
Watch Comet Siding Spring as it passes Mars
NASA
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On Oct. 19, Comet Siding Spring will pass within 88,000 miles of Mars – just one third of the distance from the Earth to the Moon! Traveling at 33 miles per second and weighing as much as a small mountain, the comet hails from the outer fringes of our solar system, originating in a region of icy debris known as the Oort cloud. Watch how we're observing the event.
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Ebola exposure leads some to agree to quarantine

Columbus Dispatch - ‎6 minutes ago‎
Enlarge Image Request to buy this photo Jarod Opperman | The New York Times Allen Mann, 41, a missionary who went to Liberia on a church trip, is spending three weeks under a self-imposed quarantine with his wife and four children in their home in ...
Life in Quarantine for Ebola Exposure: 21 Days of Fear and Loathing
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Ebola: The Fine Line Between Medical Martial Law And Common Sense http://b4in.org/iA9g A man in Texas who is thought to be infected with Ebola may be taken into custody against his will.  Is this the beginning of medical martial law, or is this a common sense practice to prevent the spread of a deadly disease? Thus far, due to medical privacy laws, the man is unnamed. Here’s an excerpt from yesterday’s Courthouse News Service: Texas wants a second patient “reaso...
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Ebola Unease Hangs Over Dallas

Wall Street Journal - ‎3 hours ago‎
Men in Hazmat suits clean the station where a person became sick at a DART train station in Dallas Saturday. European Pressphoto Agency.
Sick woman at Dallas train station not on Ebola watchlist -official
Woman falls ill at DART station, prompts emergency response
Chicago Tribune
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Ebola fears strike Dallas again Dallas local media reported a woman fell ill at a Dallas transit station. Those reports were quickly downplayed by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, who said the woman was not on any Ebola watchlist. The woman had a low-grade fever at a station in Northeast Dallas, WFAA-Channel 8 said, quoting a DART spokesman. DART closed White Rock Station, and Dallas hazardous materials teams were dispatched there, it said.
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Ebola Scare Turns Dallas Hospital Into a 'Ghost Town'

ABC News - ‎54 minutes ago‎
The Dallas nurses who contracted Ebola while treating a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital have been moved from the building, but patients are still steering clear of the once-bustling hospital.
Dallas Exporting New Ebola Cases Biocontainment Centers
How the microscopic Ebola virus kills thousands
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Ebola: The Fine Line Between Medical Martial Law And Common Sense http://b4in.org/iA9g A man in Texas who is thought to be infected with Ebola may be taken into custody against his will.  Is this the beginning of medical martial law, or is this a common sense practice to prevent the spread of a deadly disease? Thus far, due to medical privacy laws, the man is unnamed. Here’s an excerpt from yesterday’s Courthouse News Service: Texas wants a second patient “reaso...
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