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    <title>Far and Wide</title>
    
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    <updated>2007-10-30T17:56:19-04:00</updated>
    
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        <title>Hubble captures two galaxies interacting</title>
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        <published>2007-10-30T17:56:19-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-30T17:56:19-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/NASA-ESA) A pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 87 are shown in this photo released today by NASA and the European Space Agency. The Hubble Telescope captured the image of stars, gas and dust from the larger spiral galaxy on the right wrapping an arm around its smaller companion. Arp 87 is located in the constellation of Leo, the Lion, and is about 300 million light-years away from Earth. Arp 87 was first cataloged in the 1960s. The...</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/30/arp87.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Arp87" height="163" alt="Arp87" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/30/arp87.jpg" width="320" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/NASA-ESA)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 87 are shown in this photo released today by NASA and the European Space Agency. The Hubble Telescope captured the image of stars, gas and dust from the larger spiral galaxy on the right wrapping an arm around its smaller companion. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Arp 87 is located in the constellation of Leo, the Lion, and is about 300 million light-years away from Earth.&amp;nbsp; Arp 87 was first cataloged in the 1960s.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The images were taken in February 2007 with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 with an exposure time of 6.3 hours. This image is roughly 2.3 arcminutes (203,000 light-years or 62 kiloparsecs) wide.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>INSIDER INSIGHT: The buzz at NowPublic</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40885658</id>
        <published>2007-10-30T16:25:47-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-30T16:25:47-04:00</updated>
        <summary>A tropical storm, a college basketball program and some angry Chinese farmers are dominating the attention of contributors to NowPublic, the "crowd-powered media" site The Associated Press is working with to selectively incorporate citizen journalism -– especially photos and video -– into its news report. Listen to this audio clip to learn more from NowPublic's Brian Kennedy. -- Eric Carvin</summary>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;A tropical storm, a college basketball program and some angry Chinese farmers are &#xD;
dominating the attention of contributors to &lt;a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/"&gt;NowPublic&lt;/a&gt;, the "crowd-powered media" site &#xD;
The Associated Press is working with to selectively incorporate citizen &#xD;
journalism -– especially photos and video -– into its news report. &#xD;
&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img border="0" align="middle" src="http://hosted.ap.org/specials/images/icnplay.gif"&gt;&lt;/img&gt; Listen to &lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/files/NP-10-30-07.mp3"&gt;this audio clip&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
 to learn more from NowPublic's Brian Kennedy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;-- Eric Carvin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>INSIDER INSIGHT: The world in focus</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40870740</id>
        <published>2007-10-30T11:38:03-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-30T11:38:03-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/EyePress) "No, this is not RoboCop." That's how Michael Feldman, the AP's international photo editor, introduced this photo of a law enforcement officer in Zhengzhou, China. The officer was showing off body armor and a gun that shoots a net to catch dogs. Meanwhile, a few hundred miles up the road, baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. has some fun during a clinic he's conducting for kids in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) See below for more of Feldman's top...</summary>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/30/robocop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="232" border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/30/robocop.jpg" title="Robocop" alt="Robocop"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/EyePress)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br&gt;"No, this is not RoboCop."&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;That's how &lt;strong&gt;Michael Feldman&lt;/strong&gt;, the AP's international photo editor, introduced this photo of a law enforcement officer in Zhengzhou, China. The officer was showing off body armor and a gun that shoots a net to catch dogs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, a few hundred miles up the road, baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. has some fun during a clinic he's conducting for kids in Beijing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/30/ripken.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="206" border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/30/ripken.jpg" title="Ripken" alt="Ripken"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;See below for more of Feldman's top photo picks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;-- Eric Carvin&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/30/putin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="214" border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/30/putin.jpg" title="Putin" alt="Putin"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Maxim Marmur, Pool)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;In this image taken south of Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin looks very intense during a visit to a place where thousands were shot at the height of Josef Stalin's purges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Below, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas checks his watch after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/30/abbas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="230" border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/30/abbas.jpg" title="Abbas" alt="Abbas"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Indian police lock landless protesters in fairgrounds</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40847414</id>
        <published>2007-10-29T20:38:19-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-29T20:38:19-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Saurabh Das) Police in India chained the gates to vast fairgrounds today where some 27,000 landless demonstrators had gathered in New Delhi, barricading the protesters inside and preventing them from marching to the nation's capital. Today was supposed to be the end of an 185-mile march north from the city of Gwalior to the nation's capital to highlight the plight of the masses who have been largely untouched by India's economic boom. DID YOU KNOW?: Of India's 1.1 billion...</summary>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Dwalior" />
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/29/indiaprotest.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Indiaprotest" height="213" alt="Indiaprotest" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/29/indiaprotest.jpg" width="320" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Police in India chained the gates to vast fairgrounds today where some 27,000 landless demonstrators had gathered in New Delhi, barricading the protesters inside and preventing them from marching to the nation's capital.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Today was supposed to be the end of an 185-mile march north from the city of Gwalior to the nation's capital to highlight the plight of the masses who have been largely untouched by India's economic boom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DID YOU KNOW?:&lt;/strong&gt; Of India's 1.1 billion people about 450 million live on less than $1 a day, according to the World Bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For more on the demonstrations by the landless, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INDIA_LEFT_BEHIND?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; filed today from New Delhi by &lt;strong&gt;Gavin Rabinowitz&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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        <title>Yankees offer manager's job to Joe Girardi</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40839074</id>
        <published>2007-10-29T18:00:21-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-29T18:00:21-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Looks like former Yankees star and bench coach Don Mattingly won't be in pinstripes next year. The popular, early favorite to replace longtime manager Joe Torre has been passed over in favor of Joe Girardi, who spent the past season as a Yankees TV announcer after being fired last year by the Florida Marlins. "Don was extremely disappointed to learn today that he wasn't the organization's choice to fill the managerial vacancy," Mattingly's agent, Ray Schulte,...</summary>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Don Mattingly" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Joe Girardi" />
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Tony Pena" />
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/29/girardi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Girardi" height="376" alt="Girardi" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/29/girardi.jpg" width="320" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/David J. Phillip) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Looks like former Yankees star and bench coach Don Mattingly won't be in pinstripes next year. The popular, early favorite to replace longtime manager Joe Torre has been passed over in favor of Joe Girardi, who spent the past season as a Yankees TV announcer after being fired last year by the Florida Marlins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;"Don was extremely disappointed to learn today that he wasn't the organization's choice to fill the managerial vacancy," Mattingly's agent, Ray Schulte, said today in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "Instead, he was informed the organization offered the position to Joe Girardi."&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Girardi, 43, beat out Mattingly and first-base coach Tony Pena for the job. Mattingly told the Yankees he isn't interested in a coaching position next year and he also extended congratulations to Girardi and offered his best wishes, Schulte said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Girardi, shown above before Saturday's World Series game, was the first person to interview to replace Torre, who managed the team to the playoffs in each of his 12 seasons. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For more on the Yankees, who also lost star player &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBA_YANKEES_RODRIGUEZ?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-29-15-50-54"&gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; to free agency, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBA_YANKEES_MANAGER?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-29-16-17-00"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; by AP baseball writer &lt;strong&gt;Ronald Blum&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>INSIDER INSIGHT: The buzz at NowPublic</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40836056</id>
        <published>2007-10-29T16:53:25-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-29T16:53:25-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Baseball, cardboard tubes and the anniversary of a journalist's death are dominating the attention of contributors to NowPublic, the "crowd-powered media" site The Associated Press is working with to selectively incorporate citizen journalism -– especially photos and video -– into its news report. Listen to this audio clip to learn more from NowPublic's Brian Kennedy. -- Eric Carvin</summary>
        <author>
            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Media Issues" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Baseball, cardboard tubes and the anniversary of a journalist's death are dominating the attention of &#xD;
contributors to &lt;a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/"&gt;NowPublic&lt;/a&gt;, the &#xD;
"crowd-powered media" site The Associated Press is working with to selectively &#xD;
incorporate citizen journalism -– especially photos and video -– into its news &#xD;
report. &#xD;
&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img border="0" align="middle" src="http://hosted.ap.org/specials/images/icnplay.gif"&gt;&lt;/img&gt; &#xD;
Listen to &lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/files/NP-10-29-07.mp3"&gt;this audio clip&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
 to learn more from NowPublic's Brian Kennedy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;div class="entry-body"&gt;&#xD;
&lt;div class="entry-body"&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;-- Eric Carvin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Israeli PM Olmert discloses treatable prostate cancer</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40831980</id>
        <published>2007-10-29T15:24:31-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-29T15:24:31-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Israelis today that he has a treatable form of prostate cancer. Watch the above AP video report for details and for the latest developments, read this story from Jerusalem by Matti Friedman. --Paul Chavez</summary>
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            <name>asapblogs</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Israelis today that he has a treatable form of prostate cancer. Watch the above AP video report for details and for the latest developments, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_OLMERT?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-29-15-04-36"&gt;read this story&lt;/a&gt; from Jerusalem by Matti Friedman.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Fast Focus: Cristina Fernandez vs. Hillary Clinton</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40822092</id>
        <published>2007-10-29T13:03:45-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-29T13:03:45-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photos/Eduardo Di Baia/Charles Dharapak) It's not an episode of "Wife Swap." It's Argentina's presidential election. Partial election results indicate that President Nestor Kirchner and first lady Cristina Fernandez will switch roles in December. That would make Fernandez the country's first elected female president. Sound sorta familiar? In this audio clip, the AP's Niko Price discusses the comparisons between Fernandez and Sen. Hillary Clinton. Read Price's story about the election here. -- Derrik J. Lang</summary>
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            <name>asapblogs</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/29/cristina_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="500" height="312" border="0" alt="Cristina_3" title="Cristina_3" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/29/cristina_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/29/nike_price_copy_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="200" height="285" border="0" alt="Nike_price_copy_3" title="Nike_price_copy_3" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/29/nike_price_copy_3.jpg" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It's not an episode of "Wife Swap." It's Argentina's presidential election. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;Partial election results&#xD;
indicate that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;President Nestor Kirchner and first lady Cristina&#xD;
Fernandez will switch roles in December. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;That would make Fernandez the country's first elected &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;female president. Sound sorta familiar? &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/djlang/My%20Documents/The%20Slug/Slug%20Images/icnplay.gif"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;img border="0" align="middle" src="http://hosted.ap.org/specials/images/icnplay.gif"&gt;&lt;/img&gt; &lt;span class="body"&gt;In &lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/files/cristina.mp3"&gt;this audio clip&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;the AP's Niko Price discusses the comparisons between Fernandez and Sen. Hillary Clinton.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Read Price's story about the election &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ARGENTINA_ELECTION?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;-- Derrik J. Lang&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Court to hear Exxon Valdez case</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40823130</id>
        <published>2007-10-29T12:26:40-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-29T12:26:40-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/John Gaps III, File) Should Exxon Mobil Corp. have to pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages for the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill? The Supreme Court will decide. Nearly 20 years after the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound and affected 1,200 miles of coastline, the nation's highest court will finally decide if the penalty is fair. In 1994, a federal court cut the $5 billion award in half. AP Writer...</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/29/scotus_exxon_valdez_rumb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="200" height="304" border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/29/scotus_exxon_valdez_rumb.jpg" title="Scotus_exxon_valdez_rumb" alt="Scotus_exxon_valdez_rumb" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/John Gaps III, File)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Should Exxon Mobil Corp. have to pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages for &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SCOTUS_EXXON_VALDEZ?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-29-11-30-06"&gt;the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill&lt;/a&gt;?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Supreme Court will decide.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nearly 20 years after the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound and affected 1,200 miles of coastline, the nation's highest court will finally decide if the penalty is fair. In 1994, a federal court cut the $5 billion award in half.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AP Writer &lt;strong&gt;Mark Sherman&lt;/strong&gt; reports the justices will consider if Exxon has to pay any punitive damages at all. The company is arguing that $2.5 billion is excessive under laws governing shipping. Exxon said it should not have to pay any further fines because it already has paid $3.4 billion in clean-up costs and other 
penalties resulting from the oil spill in 1989.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lawyers for the plaintiffs said the damages awarded is &amp;quot;barely more than three weeks of Exxon's net profits.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-- Howie Rumberg&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Yankees win! Wait, Yankees win?</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40821884</id>
        <published>2007-10-29T12:03:09-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-29T12:03:09-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Is there a reason to feel happy for these guys anymore? When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series back in 2004, there was cause to celebrate outside of New England, too. Who doesn't want to see decades of misery washed away by a scruffy group of self-proclaimed "idiots," including one in blood-soaked hose? But is the bloom off that rose, now that the high-priced Red Sox are looking less like an underdog and more like,...</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/29/soxfans.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="224" border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/29/soxfans.jpg" title="Soxfans" alt="Soxfans" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is there a reason to feel happy for these guys anymore?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series back in 2004, there was cause to celebrate outside of New England, too. Who doesn't want to see decades of misery washed away by a scruffy group of self-proclaimed &amp;quot;idiots,&amp;quot; including one in blood-soaked hose?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But is the bloom off that rose, now that the high-priced Red Sox are looking less like an underdog and more like, well ... the Yankees? (And let's not forget that just about every team in Boston -- heck, even the &lt;em&gt;Bruins &lt;/em&gt;have a winning record -- is enjoying a preposterous level of success right now.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For some outside perspective, check out AP Sports Columnist &lt;strong&gt;Tim Dahlberg's&lt;/strong&gt; take (below).&lt;br /&gt;--Josh L. Dickey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;DENVER (AP) _ There's nothing warm and fuzzy about utter dominance, nothing heartwarming about a juggernaut.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Put pinstripes on these Boston Red Sox, move them to the Bronx, and America would have the same love/hate relationship with them as they do with George Steinbrenner's multimillionaire minions.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Three years have passed since the nation shed a collective tear for the uplifting story about a team that battled back against all odds, wiped out a curse, and rewarded the suffering of generations. Only the most hardened heart couldn't find something special in the lovable lugs who brought a World Series title back to their equally lovable ballpark.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The ballpark is still terminally cute. Always will be as long as the Green Monster remains standing and people offer up their first born for tickets.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;But these aren't your grandfather's Red Sox.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Meet the new Yankees, same as the old Yankees.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;They once sold Babe Ruth to pay expenses. Now they hire gunslingers from far away countries to mow down the guys in the hated pinstripes.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;On Sunday night in this mile-high city, they did something only the Yankees thought they had the birthright to do. And, after not only winning but sweeping their second World Series title in four years, they seem perched on the verge of a dynasty.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;No wonder even the Yankees might be feeling a tad jealous.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;They talk about Red Sox Nation. We talk about Yankee universe,&amp;quot; George Steinbrenner's son, Hank, told the New York Times the other day. &amp;quot;As bad as they want it, they'll never be the Yankees with their brand.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Maybe not, but being the Red Sox isn't such a bad thing these days.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;It wasn't that long ago that their loyal fans were begging, pleading, for the team to win before their beloved (fill in the blank) grandfather, uncle, father, or grandmother died without seeing them win a championship.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Now they march with the swagger of card-carrying members of the Red Sox Nation, a fan base so die-hard thousands think nothing of traveling the country to make themselves a very vocal presence in opponents' stadiums. Some 5,000 or so stood in the stands behind the visitor's dugout after the game, not just satisfied that their team had won its eighth straight World Series game over three years.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;No, they had to use the occasion to rub it into the Yankees, who were having a bad enough day after Alex Rodriguez bid them adieu. They mocked the Yankees for a good minute just to make sure New Yorkers understood there was a new sheriff in town.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Can the inevitable backlash be far behind?&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;No doubt, because there's nothing we hate more than arrogant winners who think they can buy their way to success much the way Steinbrenner's millions helped the Yankees win like no other team except the Yankees who came before them.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;An AP-AOL Sports poll last year confirmed the Yankees were the team America both loves to love and loves to hate. The Yankees had the highest following of any team at 14 percent of baseball fans, but 40 percent said New York was also the team they rooted most against.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Meanwhile, the Red Sox had the support of 9 percent of fans, but their negatives were only 7 percent.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;That figures to change after a second World Series win because this is a team that not only plays like the Yankees of their prime, but spends like them. Their payroll is second only to the Yankees, and they thought nothing of paying $51 million just for the rights to a pitcher who might be able to give them six good innings in Game 3 of the World Series as Daisuke Matsuzaka did Saturday night.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;To put things in perspective, that was just a couple million dollars short of the Rockies' entire 25-man payroll.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Regarded as skinflints since the Babe Ruth sale, the Red Sox have shown no hesitancy since new ownership took over in 2002 to spend what they think it will take to win.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Some of the moves, like signing J.D. Drew at $14 million a year, and spending millions in midseason on Eric Gagne to pitch middle relief, even look Yankees-esque in their questionable return on investment. But now A-Rod beckons, and the Red Sox have a chance to land the biggest Yankee catch of them all.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Like the Yankees, they have the money to spend. Forbes estimates the team has more than doubled in value since 2001 to $724 million, and the team has sold out 388 straight regular season games.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Unlike the Yankees, the Red Sox don't have a meddling owner, with John Henry and Tom Werner content to figure out ways to put in more seats at Fenway Park, while watching their investment grow. That has allowed team president Larry Lucchino and boy wonder GM Theo Epstein to put together a team that seems solidly built for years to come.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Lucchino, of course, is the one who famously called the Yankees the &amp;quot;Evil Empire&amp;quot; a few years back.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Well, the Yankees haven't won a World Series in seven years and the empire appears in decline.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Evil has been defeated, but with victory comes new risk for Boston.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;They're not warm and fuzzy anymore, and no longer seem all that lovable.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Red Sox fans will take that, though, because the most important thing is the Yankees are now chasing them.&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;____=&lt;br /&gt;¶&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg@ap.org &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>INSIDER INSIGHT: The world in focus</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40820986</id>
        <published>2007-10-29T11:44:20-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-29T11:44:20-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) Two of the images highlighted by AP International Photo Editor Michael Feldman at the AP global news meeting came from East Timor, where pilgrims traveled to a Christ statue on Matebian Mountain -- formerly the site of a rebel base. Some claim that, in 1978, thousands of Timorese were killed at the base in fighting with Indonesia forces. See below for more of the AP photos Feldman chose to highlight at the meeting. (Though...</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;Two of the images highlighted by AP International Photo Editor &lt;strong&gt;Michael Feldman&lt;/strong&gt; at the AP global news meeting came from East Timor, where pilgrims traveled to a Christ statue on Matebian Mountain -- formerly the site of a rebel base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Some claim that, in 1978, thousands of Timorese were killed at the base in fighting with Indonesia forces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;-- Eric Carvin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Feldman found lots of great AP photos to highlight from Boston's World Series victory on Sunday night. In particular, he enjoyed a couple of angles of Red Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon reacting to the final out:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/29/sox.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="282" border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/29/sox.jpg" title="Sox" alt="Sox"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
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    <entry>
        <title>Chargers treat fire-weary San Diego to rout</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40798842</id>
        <published>2007-10-28T21:21:19-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-28T21:21:19-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) The San Diego Chargers helped bring some normalcy to a region that's been ravaged by deadly wildfires by whipping the Houston Texans today by a score of 35-10. Philip Rivers tossed three touchdown passes for the Chargers and cornerback Antonio Cromartie had a great game with a fumble recovery for a touchdown and two interceptions, one of which he returned 70 yards for another TD. Cromartie is shown above with the ball celebrating with teammate Barton Siler...</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;The San Diego Chargers helped bring some normalcy to a region that's been ravaged by deadly wildfires by whipping the Houston Texans today by a score of 35-10. Philip Rivers tossed three touchdown passes for the Chargers and cornerback Antonio Cromartie had a great game with a fumble recovery for a touchdown and two interceptions, one of which he returned 70 yards for another TD. Cromartie is shown above with the ball celebrating with teammate Barton Siler after recovering a bad snap in the end zone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;The game was played at Qualcomm Stadium just two days after the last fire evacuee left and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and firefighters were on hand for the game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For more details on the Chargers, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_TEXANS_CHARGERS?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-19-09-16"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; by AP sports writer &lt;strong&gt;Bernie Wilson&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UNDEFEATED MATCHUP SET:&lt;/strong&gt; In other developments, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_REDSKINS_PATRIOTS?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-19-37-01"&gt;the New England Patriots won again&lt;/a&gt;, this time thoroughly dismantling the Washington Redskins, 52-7. The &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_COLTS_PANTHERS?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-16-37-15"&gt;Indianapolis Colts also won today&lt;/a&gt; with Peyton Manning leading the way to a 31-7 win over the Carolina Panthers. The Colts and Patriots play each other next weekend in a battle of unbeaten teams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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    <entry>
        <title>Exit polls show Argentine first lady winning</title>
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        <published>2007-10-28T20:56:14-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-28T20:56:14-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Argentina's Presidency) Exit polls suggest that first lady Cristina Fernandez won the presidential election by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff, which would make her the first woman in Argentina elected to the post. Official results were due later today and none of the opposition candidates have conceded defeat. Some challengers complained of unprecedented fraud. Fernandez is shown above, right, with her husband, President Nestor Kircher, after they voted and returned to the capital to await results....</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;Exit polls suggest that first lady Cristina Fernandez won the presidential election by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff, which would make her the first woman in Argentina elected to the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Official results were due later today and none of the opposition candidates have conceded defeat. Some challengers complained of unprecedented fraud.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Fernandez is shown above, right, with her husband, President Nestor Kircher, after they voted and returned to the capital to await results. Her husband is widely credited for Argentina's rebound from a 2001 economic collapse and much of her support is due to her popularity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For the latest on the Argentinean elections, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ARGENTINA_ELECTION?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-19-07-25"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; that will be updated with the latest results by &lt;strong&gt;Bill Cormier&lt;/strong&gt; from Buenos Aires, Argentina.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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    <entry>
        <title>7 college students killed in N.C. beach house fire</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40797624</id>
        <published>2007-10-28T20:38:58-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-28T20:38:58-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Seven college students died today after the North Carolina beach house they were staying in erupted in flames. Six survivors were hospitalized, including one student who jumped from the burning structure into a nearby canal. Six of the students who died were from the University of South Carolina and the seventh victim was from Clemson University. The six who survived also were from USC. Officials said the fire struck sometime before 7 a.m. and burned through the first and second...</summary>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/28/beachhouse.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/28/beachhouse_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Beachhouse_2" height="358" alt="Beachhouse_2" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/28/beachhouse_2.jpg" width="236" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Seven college students died today after the North Carolina beach house they were staying in erupted in flames. Six survivors were hospitalized, including one student who jumped from the burning structure into a nearby canal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Officials said the fire struck sometime before 7 a.m. and burned through the first and second floors, leaving only the frame intact. The waterfront home was built on stilts and firefighters had to climb a ladder onto the house's deck to reach the first floor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For the latest information on this tragic story, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BEACH_HOUSE_FIRE?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-20-09-00"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;strong&gt;Estes Thompson&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>8 dead in Iraq suicide bombing; sheiks kidnapped</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40797214</id>
        <published>2007-10-28T20:20:10-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-28T20:20:10-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Watch the above AP video for a report on a suicide bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq, that left eight dead and dozens wounded. For the latest developments in Iraq, read this dispatch from Baghdad by Kim Gamel, which has details on the broad daylight abduction today of 10 Sunni and Shiite tribal sheiks. --Paul Chavez</summary>
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            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Iraq" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Kirkuk" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="sheiks kidnapped" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="suicide bombing" />
        
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&lt;p&gt;Watch the above AP video for a report on a suicide bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq, that left eight dead and dozens wounded. For the latest developments in Iraq, read &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-19-04-36"&gt;this dispatch from Baghdad&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;strong&gt;Kim Gamel&lt;/strong&gt;, which has details on the broad daylight abduction today of 10 Sunni and Shiite tribal sheiks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Report: Gap uses child labor in India</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/2007/10/report-gap-uses.html" />
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40789326</id>
        <published>2007-10-28T15:42:20-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-28T15:42:20-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) An investigation by a British newspaper found children as young as 10 making clothes for Gap Inc. in a sweatshop in New Delhi, India, and the good were destined for sale in the West. The Observer reported today that the children said they had been sold to the sweatshop by their families and they could not leave until they had repaid that fee. The paper quoted on boy identified only as Jivas as saying that child employees...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="child labor" />
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="India" />
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/28/gap.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Gap" height="227" alt="Gap" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/28/gap.jpg" width="320" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;An investigation by a British newspaper found children as young as 10 making clothes for Gap Inc. in a sweatshop in New Delhi, India, and the good were destined for sale in the West.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;The Observer reported today that the children said they had been sold to the sweatshop by their families and they could not leave until they had repaid that fee. The paper quoted on boy identified only as Jivas as saying that child employees who cried or did not work hard enough were hit with a rubber pipe or had oily cloths stuffed into their mouths.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Gap officials told The Associated Press today that the sweatshop was run by a subcontractor hired in violation of company policies and none of the goods made there will be sold in stores.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For more, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_GAP_CHILD_LABOR?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-15-23-26"&gt;read this report &lt;/a&gt;filed today out of London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Israel cuts fuel supplies to Gaza Strip</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40786678</id>
        <published>2007-10-28T14:27:55-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-28T14:27:55-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Israel promised to cut fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip if the area's Hamas rulers didn't put an end to months of Palestinian rocket attacks. They kept that promise today and ordered Dor Alon, the Israeli energy company that sells fuel to Gaza, to reduce shipments. Palestinians in Gaza rely on Israel for nearly all their fuel and gasoline and more than half of their electricity. The Israeli plan has drawn harsh criticism from human rights groups...</summary>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Dor Alon" />
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Israel promised to cut fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip if the area's Hamas rulers didn't put an end to months of Palestinian rocket attacks. They kept that promise today and ordered Dor Alon, the Israeli energy company that sells fuel to Gaza, to reduce shipments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Palestinians in Gaza rely on Israel for nearly all their fuel and gasoline and more than half of their electricity. The Israeli plan has drawn harsh criticism from human rights groups and the international community, which believe the sanctions amount to collective punishment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;In the photo above, Palestinians examine the rubble of a house after an explosion yesterday in the southern Gaza Strip that killed two women and a 4-year-old girl. The Israeli military denies carrying out an operation in the area and Palestinian police believe explosives being handled by militants accidentally exploded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For more on the fuel crunch in the Gaza Strip, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-09-20-12"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;strong&gt;Sarah El Deeb&lt;/strong&gt; from Gaza City, Gaza Strip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=QIZMGg1bwRA:8R0hHw-3vjE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=QIZMGg1bwRA:8R0hHw-3vjE:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=QIZMGg1bwRA:8R0hHw-3vjE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=QIZMGg1bwRA:8R0hHw-3vjE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=QIZMGg1bwRA:8R0hHw-3vjE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>In the news Sunday</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/2007/10/in-the-news-s-4.html" />
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40783902</id>
        <published>2007-10-28T12:32:18-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-28T12:32:18-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/David J. Phillip) California firefighters work to hold gains Astronauts conduct second spacewalk Vatican beatifies 498 martyrs Report: 15 Kurds dead in clashes with Turkey Rookies lead Red Sox to brink of sweep Caption: Boston Red Sox player Jacoby Ellsbury watches his RBI double against the Colorado Rockies in the eighth inning in Game 3 of the baseball World Series Saturday at Coors Field in Denver. Boston's Julio Lugo scored on the hit. --Paul Chavez</summary>
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            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--09--&gt;Sports" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/28/ellsbury.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Ellsbury" height="234" alt="Ellsbury" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/28/ellsbury.jpg" width="320" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-10-35-25"&gt;California firefighters work to hold gains&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-11-34-55"&gt;Astronauts conduct second spacewalk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VATICAN_SPAIN_BEATIFICATIONS?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-09-15-46"&gt;Vatican beatifies 498 martyrs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TURKEY_IRAQ?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-12-17-02"&gt;Report: 15 Kurds dead in clashes with Turkey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBO_WORLD_SERIES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-28-09-38-03"&gt;Rookies lead Red Sox to brink of sweep&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Caption: Boston Red Sox player Jacoby Ellsbury watches his RBI double against the Colorado Rockies in the eighth inning in Game 3 of the baseball World Series Saturday at Coors Field in Denver. Boston's Julio Lugo scored on the hit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>College football: No. 5 Oregon tops No. 9 USC</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/2007/10/college-footbal.html" />
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40764854</id>
        <published>2007-10-27T18:56:32-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-27T18:56:32-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Don Ryan) Oregon is still a contender for the national title after the fifth-ranked Ducks beat No. 9 USC 24-17 today in front of a raucous crowd at Autzen Stadium. Southern California, ranked No. 1 in many polls before the season, suffered their second Pac-10 defeat with the loss and winning the conference will be a long shot at this point. Jonathan Stewart, shown above, ran for 103 yards and scored two touchdowns. Oregon's Dennis Dixon also passed for...</summary>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Autzen Stadium" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Oregon Ducks" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="USC Trojans" />
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/27/ducks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Ducks" height="301" alt="Ducks" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/27/ducks.jpg" width="257" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Don Ryan)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Oregon is still a contender for the national title after the fifth-ranked Ducks beat No. 9 USC 24-17 today in front of a raucous crowd at Autzen Stadium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Southern California, ranked No. 1 in many polls before the season, suffered their second Pac-10 defeat with the loss and winning the conference will be a long shot at this point. Jonathan Stewart, shown above, ran for 103 yards and scored two touchdowns. Oregon's Dennis Dixon also passed for 157 yards and ran for another 76 yards and a touchdown. The Ducks (7-1) came into the game ranked second nationally in offense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For more on the game, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBC_T25_USC_OREGON?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-18-39-13"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; by AP sports writer &lt;strong&gt;Anne M. Peterson&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>VIDEO: Astronomy village in Georgia</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40764004</id>
        <published>2007-10-27T18:14:29-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-27T18:14:29-04:00</updated>
        <summary>There's a simple rule at the astronomy village in eastern Georgia: now white light. Watch the AP video above for more details and for an even more on the village, read this report by Dorie Turner. --Paul Chavez</summary>
        <author>
            <name>asapblogs</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--02--&gt;National" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Video" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="astronomy village" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Deerlick Astronomy Village" />
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1272266573" frameborder="0" width="486" scrolling="no" height="412"&gt; &lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;There's a simple rule at the astronomy village in eastern Georgia: now white light. Watch the AP video above for more details and for an even more on the village, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ASTRONOMY_VILLAGE?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-15-22-57"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; by Dorie Turner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Astronauts open new space station addition</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40759662</id>
        <published>2007-10-27T15:14:21-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-27T15:14:21-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/NASA TV) Astronauts floated into the newest addition to the international space station today and formally christened the sparkling white room known as Harmony. Space station commander Peggy Whitson and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli -- shown above with an unidentified astronaut -- were the first ones in. The chamber was named by schoolchildren in America and was made in Italy. For more on the space station, read this report filed today by AP aerospace writer Marcia Dunn.</summary>
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            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--05--&gt;Tech" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/27/harmony.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Harmony" height="182" alt="Harmony" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/27/harmony.jpg" width="320" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;(AP Photo/NASA TV) &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Astronauts floated into the newest addition to the international space station today and formally christened the sparkling white room known as Harmony.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Space station commander Peggy Whitson and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli -- shown above with an unidentified astronaut -- were the first ones in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;The chamber was named by schoolchildren in America and was made in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For more on the space station, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-13-10-25"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; filed today by AP aerospace writer &lt;strong&gt;Marcia Dunn&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Chinese tech firm raises $1.5 billion in IPO</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40759210</id>
        <published>2007-10-27T14:50:03-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-27T14:50:03-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Chinese technology company Alibaba.com Ltd. reached its goal today of raising $1.5 billion in its initial public offering, sources told The Associated Press. The e-commerce portal, sold 858.9 million shares, or a 17 percent stake, at roughly $1.75 each, a source told Dow Jones Newswires on condition of anonymity. The shares will debut on the Hong Kong stock market on Nov. 6. Interested investors are shown above receiving copies of the prospectus and brochures for the IPO....</summary>
        <author>
            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Alibaba" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Hong Kong" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="IPO" />
        
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/27/alibaba.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Alibaba" height="213" alt="Alibaba" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/27/alibaba.jpg" width="320" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(AP Photo/Vincent Yu) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chinese technology company Alibaba.com Ltd. reached its goal today of raising $1.5 billion in its initial public offering, sources told The Associated Press.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The&amp;nbsp; e-commerce portal, sold 858.9 million shares, or a 17 percent stake, at roughly $1.75 each, a source told Dow Jones Newswires on condition of anonymity. The shares will debut on the Hong Kong stock market on Nov. 6.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Interested investors are shown above receiving copies of the prospectus and brochures for the IPO.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For more on Alibaba.com, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_ALIBABA_IPO?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-06-34-44"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; filed today from Hong Kong.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;

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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Heavy fighting erupts in Somalia's capital</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40756492</id>
        <published>2007-10-27T12:46:23-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-27T12:46:23-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) The heaviest fighting in months hit Somalia's capital today as insurgents and government-backed troops fired machine guns, mortars and rocket-proplled grenades, leaving at least seven dead and dozens wounded, officials told The Associated Press. Islamic fighters briefly took over a police station in south Mogadishu and chanted "God is great" before heading back out of the area. At least 35 people, including the woman shown above, were being treated at Mogadishu's Medina Hospital. MORE HARDSHIP: Some...</summary>
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            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Ethiopia" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Islamic insurgency" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Somalia" />
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/27/somalia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Somalia" height="240" alt="Somalia" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/27/somalia.jpg" width="320" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;The heaviest fighting in months hit Somalia's capital today as insurgents and government-backed troops fired machine guns, mortars and rocket-proplled grenades, leaving at least seven dead and dozens wounded, officials told The Associated Press.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Islamic fighters briefly took over a police station in south Mogadishu and chanted "God is great" before heading back out of the area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;At least 35 people, including the woman shown above, were being treated at Mogadishu's Medina Hospital.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MORE HARDSHIP:&lt;/strong&gt; Some 1.5 million Somalis are now in need of food and protection -- 50 percent more than at the start of the year -- due to inadequate rains, continuing internal displacement and a potential cholera epidemic, the U.N. says.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For more on the fighting in Somalia, &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOMALIA?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-11-16-25"&gt;read this report&lt;/a&gt; by from Mogadishu by &lt;strong&gt;Salad Duhul&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>In the news Saturday</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40754602</id>
        <published>2007-10-27T11:31:44-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-27T11:31:44-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Eric Gay) SoCal wildfire pollution poses health threat Auto workers OK 4-year pact with Chrysler Democrats lash out at GOP over children's health program Turkish prime minister vows fight with Kurds 'when needed' Red Sox a mile high in Denver with 2-0 lead Caption:The Colorado Rockies take batting practice at Coors Field in Denver on Friday The Rockies will face the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 today of baseball's World Series. Boston leads the best-of-seven games series 2-0....</summary>
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            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--01--&gt;International" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--02--&gt;National" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--03--&gt;Politics" />
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Boston Red Sox" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Chrysler" />
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="wildfires" />
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/27/coors.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Coors" height="218" alt="Coors" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/27/coors.jpg" width="320" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-09-03-41"&gt;SoCal wildfire pollution poses health threat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AUTO_TALKS?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-11-04-22"&gt;Auto workers OK 4-year pact with Chrysler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEMOCRATS_CHILDRENS_HEALTH?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-11-13-45"&gt;Democrats lash out at GOP over children's health program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TURKEY_IRAQ?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-11-04-43"&gt;Turkish prime minister vows fight with Kurds 'when needed'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBO_WORLD_SERIES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-27-07-04-02"&gt;Red Sox a mile high in Denver with 2-0 lead&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Caption:The Colorado Rockies take batting practice at Coors Field in Denver on Friday The Rockies will face the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 today of baseball's World Series. Boston leads the best-of-seven games series 2-0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;--Paul Chavez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Wildfire headlines</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40734932</id>
        <published>2007-10-26T16:58:13-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-26T16:58:13-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) From phony press conferences to evacuees returning home, there was plenty of news today about the wildfires in Southern California. Here's a round-up of the latest headlines from the AP: Some Calif. Fire Evacuees Return Home FEMA Workers Play Role of Reporters Chargers to Play Sunday in San Diego Bush Visits California Wildfire Victims As Calif. Fires Burned, Copters Grounded Evacuees Return to Ashes, Uncertainty -- Derrik J. Lang</summary>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--02--&gt;National" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/26/wildfires.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="213" border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/26/wildfires.jpg" title="Wildfires" alt="Wildfires"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;From phony press conferences to evacuees returning home, there was plenty of news today about the wildfires in Southern California. Here's a round-up of the latest headlines from the AP:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-26-16-33-31"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-26-16-33-31"&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&lt;span class="headline"&gt;Some Calif. Fire Evacuees Return Home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2007-10-26-16-33-31"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FEMA_FAUX_NEWS_CONFERENCE?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;&lt;span class="headline"&gt;FEMA Workers Play Role of Reporters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES_EVACUEES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;&lt;span class="headline"&gt;Chargers to Play Sunday in San Diego&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES_EVACUEES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&lt;span class="headline"&gt;Bush Visits California Wildfire Victims&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES_EVACUEES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&lt;span class="headline"&gt;As Calif. Fires Burned, Copters Grounded&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES_EVACUEES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;&lt;span class="body"&gt;&lt;span class="headline"&gt;Evacuees Return to Ashes, Uncertainty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;-- Derrik J. Lang&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=aUAKTTECEJA:ANegh9qmOF4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=aUAKTTECEJA:ANegh9qmOF4:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=aUAKTTECEJA:ANegh9qmOF4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=aUAKTTECEJA:ANegh9qmOF4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=aUAKTTECEJA:ANegh9qmOF4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>INSIDER INSIGHT: The buzz at NowPublic</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/2007/10/insider-insi-34.html" />
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40735046</id>
        <published>2007-10-26T16:49:24-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-26T16:49:24-04:00</updated>
        <summary>The latest reports on the California wildfires -- including an AP story on the impact of red tape on response times -- are dominating the attention of contributors to NowPublic, the "crowd-powered media" site The Associated Press is working with to selectively incorporate citizen journalism -– especially photos and video -– into its news report. NowPublic contributors are also debating the new route for the next Tour de France, and some are salivating over a new Honda motorcycle. Listen to...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--02--&gt;National" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--04--&gt;Business" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--05--&gt;Tech" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--08--&gt;Lifestyles" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--09--&gt;Sports" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Behind the Scenes" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Media Issues" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;The latest reports on the California wildfires -- including an AP story on the impact of red tape on response times -- are dominating the attention of &#xD;
contributors to &lt;a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/"&gt;NowPublic&lt;/a&gt;, the &#xD;
"crowd-powered media" site The Associated Press is working with to selectively &#xD;
incorporate citizen journalism -– especially photos and video -– into its news &#xD;
report. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;div class="entry-body"&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;NowPublic contributors are also debating the new route for the next Tour de France, and some are salivating over a new Honda motorcycle.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;img border="0" align="middle" src="http://hosted.ap.org/specials/images/icnplay.gif"&gt;&lt;/img&gt; Listen to &lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/files/NP-10-26-07.mp3"&gt;this audio clip&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
 to learn more from NowPublic's Brian Kennedy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;div class="entry-body"&gt;&#xD;
&lt;div class="entry-body"&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;-- Eric Carvin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=1eJOHRjHows:T6HSzTQEWPc:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=1eJOHRjHows:T6HSzTQEWPc:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=1eJOHRjHows:T6HSzTQEWPc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=1eJOHRjHows:T6HSzTQEWPc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=1eJOHRjHows:T6HSzTQEWPc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</content>

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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>INSIDER INSIGHT: The world in focus</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40722320</id>
        <published>2007-10-26T12:05:42-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-26T12:05:42-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) This photo, of a child at play -- with a toy rocket-propelled grenade launcher -- is one of several images highlighted at this morning's AP global news meeting by AP Photo Supervisor Jim Collins. The picture was taken in Sadr City, a Shiite enclave of Baghdad. Collins also pointed out the photo below, shot outside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank City of Ramallah. The boy in the image is holding up a portrait...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>asapblogs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--01--&gt;International" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--02--&gt;National" />
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/26/iraq.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="200" height="316" border="0" alt="Iraq" title="Iraq" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/26/iraq.jpg" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This photo, of a child at play -- with a toy rocket-propelled grenade launcher -- is one of several images highlighted at this morning's AP global news meeting by AP Photo Supervisor &lt;strong&gt;Jim Collins&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The picture was taken in Sadr City, a Shiite enclave of Baghdad. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Collins also pointed out the photo below, shot outside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank City of Ramallah. The boy in the image is holding up a portrait of relatives jailed by Israel, as part of a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners.&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/26/ramallah.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="213" border="0" alt="Ramallah" title="Ramallah" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/26/ramallah.jpg"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;See below for more of Collins' top-photo picks of the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;-- Eric Carvin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/26/fire1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="213" border="0" alt="Fire1" title="Fire1" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/26/fire1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;A lot of the other top photos today -- like the rest of the week -- came from the scene of the California wildfires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Many of the most striking photos show aftermath from the fires -- like the picture above, in which classic car collector Bruce Howe looks at what's left of a rare 1930 Model A Station Wagon he kept in his garage in San Diego. Or the one below, showing Bill Glathe surveying the damage at his father-in-law's home in Escondido.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/26/fire2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="250" height="317" border="0" alt="Fire2" title="Fire2" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/26/fire2.jpg" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Denis Poroy)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=ZJVgZ1G_vtY:J7cfoUWiRyE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=ZJVgZ1G_vtY:J7cfoUWiRyE:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=ZJVgZ1G_vtY:J7cfoUWiRyE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=ZJVgZ1G_vtY:J7cfoUWiRyE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=ZJVgZ1G_vtY:J7cfoUWiRyE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>High price of oil</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40716604</id>
        <published>2007-10-26T10:07:45-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-26T10:07:45-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Crude oil prices spiked above $92 a barrel Friday. Why? Tensions in the Middle East and renewed concerns about supply. The United States announced new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, and a confrontation between the world's largest oil consumer and its fourth largest oil producer could upend markets. Also, a threatened incursion by Turkish armed forces into Iraq would cut oil supplies out of northern Iraq. Turkey has warned it will decide whether to cross into Iraq in pursuit of...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>asapblogs</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="&lt;!--01--&gt;International" />
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crude oil prices spiked above $92 a barrel Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Why? Tensions in the Middle East and renewed concerns about supply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The United States announced new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, and a confrontation between the world's largest oil consumer and its fourth largest oil producer could upend markets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Also, a threatened incursion by Turkish armed forces into Iraq would cut oil supplies out of northern Iraq. Turkey has warned it will decide whether to cross into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas regardless of U.S. objections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;On Thursday, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Secretary General Abdalla el-Badri told The Wall Street Journal Asia the cartel is not in discussions to boost production by 500,000 barrels. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;For more, check out &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OIL_PRICES?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;this AP story&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;strong&gt;Pablo Gorondi&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;-- Jaime Holguin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=FiOulwEhB40:alBKc1Td4VA:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=FiOulwEhB40:alBKc1Td4VA:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=FiOulwEhB40:alBKc1Td4VA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=FiOulwEhB40:alBKc1Td4VA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=FiOulwEhB40:alBKc1Td4VA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Fashion designer charged</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40714956</id>
        <published>2007-10-26T09:26:11-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-26T09:26:11-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File) He made the rounds at parties and fashion events, working with celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Michelle Rodriguez and Mary J. Blige. He was even deemed an up-and-coming industry player by Newsweek in 2003. But today, celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander is being held without bail in Los Angeles, charged with sexually assaulting 20 teenage girls and young women allegedly lured with promises of modeling jobs. Alexander has pleaded not guilty to the charges. For...</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/26/anand.jpg"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/26/anand.jpg" title="Anand" alt="Anand" style="width: 167px; height: 245px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;&lt;span class="apBody"&gt;&lt;span class="apPhotoGallery"&gt;&lt;span class="photo"&gt;(AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He made the rounds at parties and fashion events, working with celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Michelle Rodriguez and Mary J. Blige. He was even deemed an up-and-coming industry player by Newsweek in 2003.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But today, celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander is being held without bail in Los Angeles, charged with&amp;nbsp; sexually assaulting 20 teenage girls and young women allegedly lured with promises of modeling jobs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alexander has pleaded not guilty to the charges.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For more, check out &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FASHION_DESIGNER_CHARGED?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;this AP story&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-- Jaime Holguin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=4WxxmE8FXB0:knRLbnPgdb0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=4WxxmE8FXB0:knRLbnPgdb0:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=4WxxmE8FXB0:knRLbnPgdb0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?a=4WxxmE8FXB0:knRLbnPgdb0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/asap/farandwide?i=4WxxmE8FXB0:knRLbnPgdb0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Che's tress </title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-40714004</id>
        <published>2007-10-26T08:57:03-04:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-26T08:57:03-04:00</updated>
        <summary>(AP Photo/Amy Conn-Gutierrez) A Houston-area collector became the proud owner of a 3-inch hair lock that was snipped from Ernesto "Che" Guevara before his burial in 1967. Bill Butler, who bid over the phone, said he was a collector of 1960s items and the hair lock would fit in well. Butler paid $100,000 for the tress, which sold at auction Thursday. To find out the story behind the lock of hair, check out this AP story by Paul J. Weber....</summary>
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            <name>asapblogs</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/26/che_hair.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="320" height="201" border="0" alt="Che_hair" title="Che_hair" src="http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/images/2007/10/26/che_hair.jpg"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;span style="font-size: 0.6em;"&gt;(AP Photo/Amy Conn-Gutierrez)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;A Houston-area collector became the proud owner of a 3-inch hair lock that was snipped from Ernesto "Che" Guevara before his burial in 1967.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Bill Butler, who bid over the phone, said he was a collector of 1960s items and the hair lock would fit in well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Butler paid $100,000 for the tress, which sold at auction Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;To find out the story behind the lock of hair, check out &lt;a href="http://topnews.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHE_AUCTION?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"&gt;this AP story&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;strong&gt;Paul J. Weber&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;For a look at Guevara's final days, check out &lt;a href="http://asap.ap.org/stories/1788305.s"&gt;this asap audio slideshow&lt;/a&gt; by yours truly highlighting some post-mortem photographs of the revolutionary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;-- Jaime Holguin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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