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McCain and Obama in tense final debate

Barack Obama and John McCain have clashed over their economic plans and other issues in a fractious final TV debate before the US presidential poll.

BBC

Credit card crunch

As Sacramento State students finally start to settle into their familiar habits at school, they may ignore the habit that impacts them most after graduation. It's not the party habits or the work ethic they form; it's the habits of spending and saving.
State Hornet-

Some bottled water toxicity shown to exceed law

Bottled water brands do not always maintain the consistency of quality touted in ads featuring alpine peaks and crystalline lakes and, in some cases, contain toxic byproducts that exceed state safety standards, tests show

SF Gate

Casino-bound bus driver wasn't DUI, DA says
Toxicology tests found that he was not driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
The driver of a casino-bound bus that crashed last week killing nine people was not driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, according to toxicology reports.
SAC BEE



NKorea Allows UN Monitors to Main Nuclear Site
North Korea allows UN monitors to main nuclear site, 2 months after halt

North Korea allowed United Nations monitors back into their main nuclear site Tuesday, but it was unclear whether they had fulfilled a pledge to resume disabling the facilities in line with a six-nation deal.

ABC

Will China bail out the West?
With nearly $2 trillion (£1.2 trillion) worth of foreign currency reserves, China is being touted by some as the potential saviour of the Western banking system. In order to bail out ailing financial firms, Western governments need money - and China seems a good place to get that much-needed cash.

BBC

Nancy Reagan breaks pelvis in fall at home

LOS ANGELES - Nancy Reagan suffered a broken pelvis in a fall at her home and will be hospitalized for several days, her spokeswoman said yesterday.

NEWSDAY

Last Titanic survivor sells off her mementos

The last living survivor of the Titanic is selling off her disaster-related mementos in order to pay the bill at a British nursing home, according to a report in the Southern Daily Echo.

USA Today

Woman changes name to a URL to protest dissections
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - You can call her CutoutDissection.com, Cutout for short, but just don't call her Jennifer. The former Jennifer Thornburg — whose driver's license now reads Dissection.com, Cutout — wanted to do something to protest animal dissections in schools.
Yahoo


Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy
Yahoo

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