5 questions in government shutdown showdown

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• 5 questions in government shutdown showdown
• Bill Clinton: GOP 'begging for America to fail'
• Car bomb kills 37 in northwest Pakistan
• New commercial supply ship reaches space station
• AP PHOTOS: 'Breaking Bad' kept its audience hooked
• Syria's Assad vows to comply with UN resolution
• SEC lawsuit against Mark Cuban heads to trial
• Car bomb kills 40 in northwest Pakistan
• Olympic flame for Sochi Games ready for relay
• Terrorists used new tactic to spare some Muslims
• Iran: more needed than Obama call for full ties
• Wonder headlines NYC concert highlighting poverty
• Shutdown showdown intensifies over Obamacare delay
• Hagel in South Korea for security talks
• Activists: Syria airstrike hits school, killing 12

5 questions in government shutdown showdown Posted: 29 Sep 2013 08:19 AM PDT The federal government is careening ever closer to the first shutdown in 17 years.

Bill Clinton: GOP 'begging for America to fail' Posted: 29 Sep 2013 06:03 AM PDT The Republican Party is "begging for America to fail" by rooting for President Obama's signature health care law to fail, former President Bill Clinton said during an interview for "This Week" with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "I've never seen a time — can you remember a...

Car bomb kills 37 in northwest Pakistan Posted: 29 Sep 2013 03:51 AM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb exploded on a crowded street in northwestern Pakistan Sunday, killing 37 people in the third blast to hit the troubled city of Peshawar in a week, officials said.

New commercial supply ship reaches space station Posted: 29 Sep 2013 10:15 AM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's newest delivery service made its first-ever shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, another triumph for the booming commercial space arena that has its sights set on launching astronauts.

AP PHOTOS: 'Breaking Bad' kept its audience hooked Posted: 29 Sep 2013 08:15 AM PDT For five seasons audiences have been hooked on the evolution of Walter White and the dark world he embraced in "Breaking Bad." As the chemistry-teacher-turned-drug-lord, Bryan Cranston and the rest of the show's cast have earned their share of Emmys while the show has logged record ratings. As the show's finale airs tonight in the United States, here are some images from past episodes:

Syria's Assad vows to comply with UN resolution Posted: 29 Sep 2013 10:34 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's president vowed Sunday to abide by the U.N. resolution calling for the country's chemical weapons stockpile to be destroyed.

SEC lawsuit against Mark Cuban heads to trial Posted: 29 Sep 2013 09:38 AM PDT DALLAS (AP) — With the Dallas Mavericks' season-opening game still a month away, the basketball team's outspoken owner, Mark Cuban, will be seeing a different kind of court this week.

Car bomb kills 40 in northwest Pakistan Posted: 29 Sep 2013 09:40 AM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb ripped through a crowded street in Peshawar's oldest bazaar Sunday, killing 40 people in the third blast to hit the troubled city in a week, officials said.

Olympic flame for Sochi Games ready for relay Posted: 29 Sep 2013 10:30 AM PDT ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Using the sun's rays, the Olympic flame lighting for the Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch in southern Greece Sunday, ahead of its journey across Russia's nine time zones and even a trip to space before the Feb. 7-23 games.

Terrorists used new tactic to spare some Muslims Posted: 29 Sep 2013 04:34 AM PDT The turbaned gunmen who infiltrated Nairobi's Westgate mall arrived with a set of religious trivia questions: As terrified civilians hid in toilet stalls, behind mannequins, in ventilation shafts and underneath food court tables, the assailants began a high-stakes game of 20 Questions to separate Muslims from those they consider infidels.

Iran: more needed than Obama call for full ties Posted: 29 Sep 2013 10:28 AM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran sought Sunday to calm hard-liners worried over groundbreaking exchanges with Washington, saying a single phone conversation between the American and Iranian presidents is not a sign that relations will be quickly restored.

Wonder headlines NYC concert highlighting poverty Posted: 29 Sep 2013 02:21 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Wonder gave an electrifying performance at New York's Central Park in front of thousands of fans and several world leaders Saturday, singing his hits and calling for an end to poverty worldwide at the Global Citizen Festival.

Shutdown showdown intensifies over Obamacare delay Posted: 29 Sep 2013 02:09 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

Hagel in South Korea for security talks Posted: 29 Sep 2013 03:55 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Amid escalating threats from North Korea, U.S. and South Korean defense officials will meet over the next few days and discuss whether to extend America's wartime control over the South's armed forces, 60 years after a truce ended the Korean War.

Activists: Syria airstrike hits school, killing 12 Posted: 29 Sep 2013 03:52 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian government air raid struck a high school in a rebel-held city in the country's north on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, most of them students, activists said.

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