Global flare on Mideast polls and meatball record
Pales tinians accuse Hillary Clinton of undermining peace progress after she praised Israel for a settlement slowdown. In Los Angeles a Coast Guard plane crash search shifts to recovery for nine missing personnel. Concord hosts the world’s largest meatball weighing 222.5 pounds, certified by officials. Seattle cop Timothy Brenton, a veteran of nine years, is killed in a Halloween drive by shooting. a trainee is injured. suspect vehicle and weapon not yet identified.
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U.S
Ghassan Khatib
Washington
Los Angeles
U.S. Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Pacific Ocean
Allison Conroy
Coast Guard
Conroy
Concord
N.H
Matthew Mitnitsky
Nonni
Mitnitsky
Jimmy Kimmel
Mexico
Seattle
Timothy Brenton
Britt Sweeney
Karzai secures Afghanistan presidency after runoff boycott
Abdullah Abdullah withdraws six days before the November runoff, allowing Hamid Karzai to secure a second term amid a flawed election. The United States signals readiness to work with Karzai on corruption and Taliban challenges as Obama weighs a new Afghanistan war strategy with tens of thousands more troops. About 68,000 U.S. troops are already ordered to deploy by year end.
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Kabul
Hamid Karzai
Obama
Barack Obama
Afghanistan
U.S
Abdullah Abdullah
United Nations
Karzai
Abdullah
U.n.-Backed
Axelrod
Hillary Clinton
United States
Associated Press
Asia
Stimulus slow to reach factory towns like Lamar
In Lamar Missouri and Croswell Michigan, stimulus funds delivered few jobs and little relief. Factory closures since 2007 left 700 unemployed and a city in slow decline. White House officials say stimulus helps in key areas, though towns complain gains are few and temporary.
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Lamar
O'Sullivan Industries
Lynn Dalton
Keith Divine
Divine
Obama
White House
Jared Bernstein
O’sullivan
Dalton
Union Hall
Bob Williams
Millionaire college presidents rise with private schools surge
A Chronicle of Higher Education analysis finds a record 23 presidents earned more than $1 million in 2008 and median compensation for the group rose to $359,000, with major private research universities averaging $628,000. Includes Shirley Ann Jackson at RPI and David Sargent at Suffolk University.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Shirley Ann Jackson
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N.Y
Chronicle
David Sargent
Suffolk University
Boston
Jackson
the Chronicle
New York University
Columbia
Vanderbilt
George University
Stephen Trachtenberg
Ohio State
Gordon Gee
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David Axelrod
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Gary Macklem
Croswell
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Lamar, Mo
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