Heating costs to rise this winter as cold returns

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October 10, 2012

Heating costs to rise this winter as cold returns

Last winter was the warmest on record. This year temperatures are expected to be close to normal.
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October 10, 2012

NYC homeless crisis puts shelters in lap of wealthy

At last count, more than 46,000 people sought shelter every night in New York. The crisis stems from a lack of affordable housing and the city's ever-growing gap between the rich and the poor.
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October 10, 2012

Missing Colorado girl seen in Maine?

Authorities in Maine issue a statewide alert for officers to stop a blue Buick station wagon with Colorado plates if they see one after a reported sighting of Jessica Ridgeway.
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October 10, 2012

Ex-head of US military team in Libya: security weak

Lt. Col. Andrew Wood tells a House committee that U.S. security was so weak that in April, only one U.S. diplomatic security agent was stationed in Benghazi.
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October 10, 2012

Supreme Court questions Texas affirmative action plan

The court's conservatives cast doubt on the program that uses race as a factor in admitting about a quarter of the university's incoming freshmen.
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October 10, 2012

Panetta: US sends forces to Jordan

The revelation follows several days of shelling between Turkey and Syria, an indication that the civil war could spill across Syria's borders and become a regional conflict.
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October 10, 2012

Moscow court frees 1 of 3 punk band members

All three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin.
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October 10, 2012

Man arrested after smoke grenade, weapons found in luggage

Boston-bound Yongda Huang Harris, 28, was arrested on suspicion of transporting hazardous materials on a flight from Japan.
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October 10, 2012

Man behind anti-Muslim film to appear in court

Federal prosecutors say Mark Basseley Youssef, 55, has eight probation violations, including lying to his probation officer and using aliases.
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October 10, 2012

2 American scientists win Nobel chemistry prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says the researchers made groundbreaking discoveries in how body cells respond to signals from the outside like danger or the flavor of food.