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24 venomous snakes at home: Man dies after bite

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:59 AM PDT

A Virginia man found dead in his home, surrounded by 24 caged snakes, died of complications from a snakebite, the state medical examiner's office concludes.

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Picasso painting to sell for at least $35 million

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:48 PM PDT

A 1932 portrait by Pablo Picasso of his young lover and a pioneering 3-D Andy Warhol painting of the Statue of Liberty are expected to sell for at least $35 million each.A 1932 portrait by Pablo Picasso of his young lover and a pioneering 3-D Andy Warhol painting of the Statue of Liberty are expected to sell for at least $35 million each.




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Sources: Friendly fire killed Border Patrol agent

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:28 PM PDT

Investigators are preparing to announce that the death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie in Arizona earlier this week was the result of friendly fire, state and federal officials say.Investigators are preparing to announce that the death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie in Arizona earlier this week was the result of friendly fire, state and federal officials say.




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Second fungus linked to growing meningitis outbreak

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Federal health officials have widened their recall of drugs suspected of giving people an unusual type of meningitis that has killed five so far, and identified two different types of fungus they believe are infecting people.

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Fewer vets jobless, but not ex-servicewomen

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:53 PM PDT

American businesses are carving out more room for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan − finally driving the overall unemployment rate for that group into single digits in September. But joblessness for the U.S. women home from war continued to climb, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

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Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:53 PM PDT

No matter who wins election, tax deductions might be in jeopardy

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:22 PM PDT

Millions of Americans use deductions to lighten their tax burden. But one lesson of Wednesday night's debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is that those deductions might be in jeopardy – no matter who wins the election.

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Romney downplays jobs report in VA rally

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 11:14 AM PDT

First Read: Mitt Romney downplayed the importance of new, positive jobs data released Friday, telling a crowd of supporters here in rural Virginia the drop in the unemployment rate had more to do with workers dropping out of the labor force than with any real expansion of hiring.

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Platinum mining firm fires 12,000 strikers in South Africa

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:19 AM PDT

Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 wildcat strikers on Friday, a high-stakes attempt by the world's biggest platinum producer to push back at a wave of illegal stoppages sweeping through South Africa's mining sector and beyond.Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 wildcat strikers on Friday, a high-stakes attempt by the world's biggest platinum producer to push back at a wave of illegal stoppages sweeping through South Africa's mining sector and beyond.




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Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:19 AM PDT

14 inches! Rare Oct. snowstorm hits Minn., N.D.

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:36 AM PDT

A rare early October snowstorm dumped snow across parts of Minnesota and North Dakota, including 14 inches in one Minnesota county, snapping tree lines and cutting power to residents who worked to dig out and clean up on Friday.A rare early October snowstorm dumped snow across parts of Minnesota and North Dakota, including 14 inches in one Minnesota county, snapping tree lines and cutting power to residents who worked to dig out and clean up on Friday.




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LAPD chief: We'll reject some deportation requests

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:20 AM PDT

The Los Angeles police chief has decided he won't comply with federal requests to hold onto undocumented immigrants in low-level cases.

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Teen to 911: 'I hate the feeling of killing someone'

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 08:29 AM PDT

A Parker County, Texas, teen has been arrested on suspicion of double murder after he called 911 and said he shot and killed his mother and sister, authorities say.A Parker County, Texas, teen has been arrested on suspicion of double murder after he called 911 and said he shot and killed his mother and sister, authorities say.




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Wolves likely real target of poison that killed dog

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:47 AM PDT

Fearing that someone is trying to kill gray wolves in central Idaho, an environmental group and a sheep ranch this week put up a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever laced meat with poison that instead killed one dog and sickened another.Fearing that someone is trying to kill gray wolves in central Idaho, an environmental group and a sheep ranch this week put up a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever laced meat with poison that instead killed one dog and sickened another.




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Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:47 AM PDT

Video: California short on gas?

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 08:34 AM PDT

Oct. 5: Car-loving Californians might soon find out the state is running a little short on gas due to refinery issues throughout the state, reports CNBC's Jane Wells. (CNBC)Car-loving Californians might soon find out the state is running a little short on gas due to refinery issues throughout the state, reports CNBC's Jane Wells. (CNBC)




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Skydiver ready to leap into record books

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:19 PM PDT

Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria is pictured before his jump at the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M., on March 15.On Monday morning, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the world record for highest-ever skydive, leaping from a balloon nearly 23 miles above Earth's surface.




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2,000 gone in Afghanistan: Is nation taking note?

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:24 AM PDT

When No. 2,000 fell last weekend in Afghanistan, journalists were keeping count. But is the nation keeping up?

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Unarmed man shot dead by police in NYC

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:51 AM PDT

An unarmed man was shot and killed by a New York police detective early Thursday after the man had been pulled over by two police cars in Queens, N.Y., authorities said.

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Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:51 AM PDT