Almanac note for today in 2013 autumn day
Today marks the 304th day of 2013 and the 40th day of autumn. It lists notable birthdays including John Keats and Jane Pauley, recalls Earl Lloyd breaking NBA color barriers in 1950, quotes Keats, notes Luther’s excommunication timing, and reports the moon phase between Oct 26 last quarter and Nov 3 new moon.
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John Keats
Juliette Gordon Low
Girl Scouts
Chiang Kai-shek
Dale Evans
Dan Rather
Michael Landon
Stephen Rea
John Candy
Jane Pauley
Peter Jackson
Dermot Mulroney
Vanilla Ice
Piper Perabo
Willow Smith
Earl Lloyd
Martin Luther
Virginia voters sour on Cuccinelli and GOP in wake of shutdown
Kathleen Parker argues Virginia's gubernatorial race favors Terry McAuliffe as Obama-era policy backlash and a hostile GOP image hurt Ken Cuccinelli. She credits tea party friction, government shutdown fallout, and lingering distrust of the Republican Party with a broader national signal about 2014 political dynamics.
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Terry McAuliffe
Virginia
Washington Post
Ken Cuccinelli
McAuliffe
Cuccinelli
Bob McDonnell
GOP
House of Representatives
Ted Cruz
Senate
Texas
Iowa
Obama
Post-Abc
ACA
U.S
Nancy Pelosi
John Boehner
Braveheart
Potomac
NSA's Muscular data taps spark outcry over privacy
The Washington Post reports the NSA secretly intercepted vast data from Google and Yahoo through MUSCULAR while PRISM was active, suggesting agents took the intrusion lightly. Google responds that it is troubled by allegations of traffic interception, and NSA officials dispute parts of the report.
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Google
Yahoo
NSA
Washington Post
PRISM
Keith Alexander
Edward Snowden
the Post
U.S
Building community in a country of strangers
Connie Schultz reflects on a UCC gathering in Cleveland where baby boomers and younger people discuss faith and belonging. She links faith, social isolation, and changing civic ties to broader studies, noting Americans' shrinking confidence in religious institutions and the rise of intentional, diverse neighborhoods that foster connection.
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Cleveland
Amistad Chapel
Kathryn Matthews Huey
National Science Foundation
Stanford University
Russell Sage
Brown University
America
Gallup
UCC
Kate Huey
Sally
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