Cory Booker sworn in as U.S. senator

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• Cory Booker sworn in as U.S. senator
• Prosecutor reviewing facts in Georgia gym mat death
• Halloween live blog: Scary? Nah, these kids are just plain cute
• Why spy on allies? Even good friends keep secrets
• China, other Asians angry over embassy spy reports
• Fewer Americans seek unemployment aid for 3rd week
• Iraqi PM: Terror 'got a second chance' in Iraq
• UK hacking prosecutor: Brooks, Coulson had affair
• FAA OKs air passengers using gadgets on planes
• IOC members urge action after Sochi dump report
• Toronto police say they have Ford drug video
• Dylan's guitar from Newport to be auctioned in NYC
• Kentucky is No. 1 in preseason poll
• Red Sox win 6-1, 1st WS title at home since 1918
• AP: Dylan's Newport guitar to be auctioned in NYC
• Boston rejoices in World Series victory at home
• Justices reverse wrongful death Virginia Tech verdict
• Boy falls from Disneyland Paris pirate ride
• Drink it while you can, as study points to looming wine shortage
• Businessweek mocks Obamacare glitches
• FAA tells air travelers to rock on
• Court testimony reveals affair between two Murdoch editors
• 'This call may be monitored': Snowden gets tech support job in Russia, report says
• Obamacare court challenge: Do corporations have religious freedom rights?
• Watchdog: Syria has destroyed chemical production facilities

Cory Booker sworn in as U.S. senator Posted: 31 Oct 2013 11:01 AM PDT Minutes after his swearing-in, Senator Booker cast his first vote.

Prosecutor reviewing facts in Georgia gym mat death Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:35 AM PDT MACON, Ga. (AP) — A federal prosecutor said Thursday that he is conducting a formal review of facts and evidence in the death of a teenager whose body was found inside a rolled-up wrestling mat in his high school gym.

Halloween live blog: Scary? Nah, these kids are just plain cute Posted: The best of the web for the holiday.

Why spy on allies? Even good friends keep secrets Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:47 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In geopolitics, just as on the playground, even best friends don't tell each other everything. And everybody's dying to know what the other guy knows.

China, other Asians angry over embassy spy reports Posted: 31 Oct 2013 03:36 AM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — China and Southeast Asian governments demanded an explanation from the U.S. and its allies on Thursday following media reports that American and Australian embassies in the region were being used as hubs for Washington's secret electronic data collection program.

Fewer Americans seek unemployment aid for 3rd week Posted: 31 Oct 2013 06:13 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a sign that employers are laying off very few workers.

Iraqi PM: Terror 'got a second chance' in Iraq Posted: 31 Oct 2013 09:23 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Terrorists "found a second chance" to thrive in Iraq, the nation's prime minister said Thursday in asking for new U.S. aid to beat back a bloody insurgency that has been fueled by the neighboring Syrian civil war and the departure of American troops from Iraq two years ago.

UK hacking prosecutor: Brooks, Coulson had affair Posted: 31 Oct 2013 09:51 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — In a blockbuster declaration at Britain's phone hacking trial, a prosecutor said two of Rupert Murdoch's former senior tabloid executives — Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, later a top aide to Prime Minister David Cameron — had an affair lasting at least six years.

FAA OKs air passengers using gadgets on planes Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Airline passengers will be able to use their electronic devices gate-to-gate to read, work, play games, watch movies and listen to music — but not talk on their cellphones — under much-anticipated guidelines issued Thursday by the Federal Aviation Administration.

IOC members urge action after Sochi dump report Posted: 31 Oct 2013 11:03 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Senior IOC members have urged the Olympic body and Russian authorities to investigate the dumping of construction waste that has raised concerns of possible contamination of the water supply in the Winter Games host city of Sochi.

Toronto police say they have Ford drug video Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:12 AM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police said Thursday they have recovered a video deleted from a computer that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking from a crack pipe.

Dylan's guitar from Newport to be auctioned in NYC Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:26 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The sunburst Fender Stratocaster that a young Bob Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when he famously went electric, perhaps the most historic instrument in rock 'n' roll, is coming up for auction, where it could bring as much as half a million dollars.

Kentucky is No. 1 in preseason poll Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:47 AM PDT LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Every time Kentucky coach John Calipari starts to praise his latest crop of talented freshmen, he's just as quick to point out that it is a work in progress.

Red Sox win 6-1, 1st WS title at home since 1918 Posted: 31 Oct 2013 06:15 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — More than an hour after the final out, players lingered on the field and fans stood by their seats, cheering, singing and applauding.

AP: Dylan's Newport guitar to be auctioned in NYC Posted: 31 Oct 2013 09:03 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The sunburst Fender Stratocaster that a young Bob Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when he famously went electric, perhaps the most historic instrument in rock 'n' roll, is coming up for auction, where it could bring as much as half a million dollars.

Boston rejoices in World Series victory at home Posted: 31 Oct 2013 09:31 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox have now won three World Series in the past decade — but not since the days of Babe Ruth had Boston won a fall classic in its beloved Fenway Park.

Justices reverse wrongful death Virginia Tech verdict Posted: 31 Oct 2013 07:56 AM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The state Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a jury's wrongful death verdict against the state stemming from the April 16, 2007, killing of 32 students and faculty at Virginia Tech in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Boy falls from Disneyland Paris pirate ride Posted: 31 Oct 2013 06:17 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — A popular boat ride at Disneyland Paris is closed and under police examination after a 5-year-old boy suffered serious injuries in an accident.

Drink it while you can, as study points to looming wine shortage Posted: 31 Oct 2013 04:45 AM PDT Attention wine lovers: savor every last sip, as researchers say there may be a global shortage looming. Wine prices could shoot up because of a fall in production and growing thirst for wine among Chinese and Americans, Morgan Stanley research said in a report Wednesday. But since then supply has fallen because of lower production capacity, slipping in 2012 to the lowest level in 40 years, the US bank said. Production capacity has dropped particularly in Europe, where today it is 10 percent lower than in 2005, especially in France, the world's top producer, followed by Italy and Spain.

Businessweek mocks Obamacare glitches Posted: 31 Oct 2013 07:31 AM PDT Bloomberg Businessweek poked fun in its new issue at the tech problems that have plagued HealthCare.gov since it opened for business Oct. 1.

FAA tells air travelers to rock on Posted: 31 Oct 2013 09:19 AM PDT Listeners won't have to power down during takeoffs and landings.

Court testimony reveals affair between two Murdoch editors Posted: 31 Oct 2013 07:49 AM PDT Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, two former editors of Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid, were having an affair at the time their reporters are accused of hacking into phones, a court heard on Thursday. Prosecutor Andrew Edis said the closeness of their relationship showed that both knew as much as each other how staff at the tabloid were operating. "What Mr Coulson knew, Mrs Brooks knew too. What Mrs Brooks knew, Mr Coulson knew too," Edis told the court.

'This call may be monitored': Snowden gets tech support job in Russia, report says Posted: 31 Oct 2013 04:11 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Anatoly Kucherena, a lawyer for former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, says his client has found a technical support job at a Russian website.

Obamacare court challenge: Do corporations have religious freedom rights? Posted: 31 Oct 2013 02:41 AM PDT For-profit corporations could opt out of the law by asserting freedom of religion.

Watchdog: Syria has destroyed chemical production facilities Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:31 AM PDT By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an ambitious disarmament program, the international chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which won the Nobel Peace prize this month, said its teams had inspected 21 out of 23 chemical weapons sites across the country. Syria "has completed the functional destruction of critical equipment for all of its declared chemical weapons production facilities and mixing/filling plants, rendering them inoperable," it said, meeting a November 1 deadline for the work. The next target date is November 15, by when the OPCW and Syria must agree to a detailed plan of destruction, including how and where to destroy more than 1,000 metric tons of toxic agents and munitions.

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