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| Malala's voice stronger, not silenced | | | The attack was meant to silence the outspoken teenager who dared to defy the Taliban's ban against girls in school. Instead, it only made Malala's voice more powerful. After a school year that started with a shooting, Malala now eyes a summer of speaking at the U.N., telling her story in a new book and amplifying the issue of girls education. |
| COMMODITIES-Gold leads selloff after U.S. shutdown; sugar jumps | | | By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Gold, copper, crude oil and a number of other commodities fell sharply on Tuesday after the U.S. government's partial shutdown caused investors to sell and discouraged others from buying. Talk that a commodities fund was having to liquidate positions added to the pressure on gold. Gold sank 3 percent as some investors became frustrated at the market's inability to rally after the U.S. government shutdown. The safe-haven metal fell to its |
| Colorado flooding fallout continues | | | Efforts continued Friday to cope with fallout from flooding that''s rocked the Rocky Mountain state -- including more airlifts of stranded residents, discoveries of oil spills and a plea to one town's residents to stay away until E. coli is cleared from their tap water. |
| Islanders Beat Senators 4-1 to Sweep SS Series | | | Riley Wetmore and Ryan Strome scored first-period goals to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-1 victory over Ottawa and a sweep of a split-squad series against the Senators on Sunday night that closed out the NHL preseason. |
| New Jersy race back on | | | The American dream of holding two Formula One races in 2014 is kept alive as a new Grand Prix of America is added to the 2014 calendar. |
| NASA 'Sort it out, humans' | | | Leave it to NASA to give us some perspective -- about 9.5 billion miles worth -- on the unpopular shutdown of the U.S. government. |
| Shutdown could slam frail U.S. economy | | | Oct. 1 - The government shutdown hits a fragile U.S. economy, taking away not only government jobs that contribute to economic growth, but also many of the tools used to determine monetary policy. Bobbi Rebell reports. |
| UPDATE 5-Web traffic, glitches slow Obamacare exchanges launch | | | Oct 1 (Reuters) - Technical glitches and heavy internet traffic slowed Tuesday's launch of new online insurance exchanges at the heart of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, showcasing the challenge of covering millions of uninsured Americans. |
| Apple shares get boost on Icahn dinner with CEO Cook | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Apple Inc. rose about 2 percent on Tuesday on news that billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn had dinner with Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Monday and "pushed hard" for a buyback. |
| U.S., Iran No overnight miracles | | | There is a story that the first time a Persian 'Qajar dynasty' king attended a concert during a European tour, he was asked what he liked most about it. "The beginning," he answered, having assumed that the sound check was part of the performance. |
| U.S. shutdown's impact on travelers | | | Never mind that visit to the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Forget visiting Independence Hall in Philadelphia. And that hiking adventure at Yellowstone National Park? You might want to tweak your travel plans. |
| U.S. defends diplomats expelled from Venezuela | | | CARACAS (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela on Tuesday defended three diplomats expelled by President Nicolas Maduro, rejecting charges they were involved in espionage and accusations Washington is trying to destabilize the OPEC nation. |
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