| Iran, world powers close to nuclear deal: Russia's Lavrov Posted: 16 Nov 2013 01:03 PM PST  By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Global powers and Iran are close to a preliminary deal to rein in Tehran's nuclear program and should not pass up a "very good chance" to clinch it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks broadcast on Saturday. Six nations negotiating with Iran hope the talks can produce an agreement that would be the first step towards a comprehensive deal to end a decade-long standoff with Tehran and provide assurances it will not build nuclear weapons. "Our common impression is that there is a very good chance that must not be passed up," Lavrov said of a recent discussion with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, when asked whether the Geneva talks could be successful. "The steps that must be taken to defuse the situation and create conditions for a final resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem are clear to both the six nations and Iran," he said in the interview with Moscow-based TV Tsentr.
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| Princeton University can import vaccine to combat meningitis outbreak Posted: 16 Nov 2013 01:36 PM PST  By Noreen O'Donnell (Reuters) - A meningitis vaccine approved for use in Europe and Australia but not in the United States can be imported to try to stop an outbreak of the disease at Princeton University in New Jersey, federal health officials said. The Food and Drug Administration agreed this week to the importation of the vaccine, Bexsero, for potential use on the Ivy League campus, Barbara Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Saturday. The school, which has about 7,900 students, reported its seventh case of the year this week, said university spokesman Martin Mbugua.
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| BatKid – a good deed gone viral Posted: 16 Nov 2013 08:50 AM PST  BatKid not only saved the city, he arrested the nation. And he did it in what was arguably a first-of-its-kind fashion.
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| Army scrapping 4 US chemical weapons incinerators Posted: 16 Nov 2013 02:18 PM PST  ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — The Pentagon spent $10.2 billion over three decades burning tons of deadly nerve gas and other chemical weapons stored in four states — some of the agents so deadly even a few drops can kill.
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| Legal wrangling ahead in Mich. porch shooting case Posted: 16 Nov 2013 01:33 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — The way Renisha Marie McBride's young life ended Nov. 2 is not in dispute: A homeowner in suburban Detroit fatally shot the 19-year-old in the face as she stood on his porch before the sun came up.
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| FDA issues stern warning on Medtronic devices Posted: 16 Nov 2013 04:19 PM PST  Federal health officials say that defects in some Medtronic devices used in heart procedures are severe enough that they could cause serious injury or death.
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| Bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead US deal talks Posted: 16 Nov 2013 09:10 AM PST  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber tore through the Afghan capital Saturday, just hours after President Hamid Karzai announced U.S. and Afghan negotiators had agreed on a draft deal allowing U.S. troops to remain in the country beyond a 2014 deadline.
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| Toronto mayor in crisis; some backers stay loyal Posted: 16 Nov 2013 11:39 AM PST  TORONTO (AP) — When Rob Ford was elected mayor of Toronto in 2010, his bluster and checkered past were widely known. A plurality of voters backed him anyway, eager to shake things up at a City Hall they viewed as elitist and wasteful.
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| No. 7 Auburn survives No. 25 Georgia, 43-38 Posted: 16 Nov 2013 05:04 PM PST  AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Ricardo Louis scored on a deflected 73-yard pass on fourth and 18 with 25 seconds left to lift No. 7 Auburn to a stunning 43-38 victory over No. 25 Georgia on Saturday night.
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| Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war Posted: 16 Nov 2013 09:15 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing one rebel stronghold after another and triumphantly planting the two-starred Syrian government flag amid shattered buildings and rubble-strewn streets. |
| Geithner to join private equity firm Posted: 16 Nov 2013 11:52 AM PST  Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who played a central role in the government's response to the financial crisis of 2008-2009, is joining private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC.
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| White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image Posted: 16 Nov 2013 08:03 AM PST Another milestone is passing in America's racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife. |
| France's Pleyel piano maker plays final note Posted: 16 Nov 2013 05:03 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — Gone are its glory days, when Chopin composed concertos on its pianos. France's Pleyel piano maker is shutting its doors, unable to keep up with cheaper and more agile competition.
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| Family seeks answers in deadly Mich porch shooting Posted: 16 Nov 2013 07:14 AM PST DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the face on the porch of a suburban Detroit home say they find it hard to believe their daughter posed a threat to the man charged in her death. |
| Clashes hit Libyan capital after militia attack Posted: 16 Nov 2013 12:38 PM PST  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Soldiers and government-affiliated militias stormed a military base occupied by gunmen in Libya's capital on Saturday, sparking fresh fighting that left four dead a day after a deadly militia attack on protesters.
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| Easing of China policy may not result in baby boom Posted: 16 Nov 2013 06:10 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — Don't expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country's controversial one-child policy in three decades.
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