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• White House, lawmakers: No clemency for Snowden
• Solar eclipse sweeps Africa, Europe and US
• Suspect tells police he acted alone in LAX shooting
• US, Egypt try to put brave face on strained ties
• Militant's death brings little joy in Pakistan
• College presidents find smaller can be better
• Foles throws 7 TDs, Eagles beat Raiders 49-20
• Schumer gives Hillary Clinton an early endorsement
• Bangladesh sentences 2 men to death for war crimes
• Mutai, Jeptoo of Kenya win titles at NYC Marathon
• Detroit Tigers hire Brad Ausmus as manager
• Boat carrying 70 Muslim Rohingya sinks off Myanmar
• 'Saturday Night Live' pokes fun at diversity issue
• Obama: Vote for McAuliffe is vote for progress
• Report: Warming likely to make bad things worse
• Indians mark their biggest festival with fireworks

White House, lawmakers: No clemency for Snowden Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:35 AM PST The White House and the leaders of the intelligence committee in Congress are rejecting National Security Agency-contractor Edward Snowden's plea for clemency.

Solar eclipse sweeps Africa, Europe and US Posted: 03 Nov 2013 12:08 PM PST Africans were treated Sunday to a spectacular solar eclipse that swept across the continent, while sky-gazers in the United States and Europe also glimpsed the rare phenomenon. A total eclipse could be seen over parts of Africa and one of the best views was in northern Kenya's Sibiloi national park, where a few hundred tourists gathered on the edge of the desert lake Turkana. Sky-gazers in Gabon, Congo, Uganda and Ethiopia were also treated to the total eclipse. It's magnificent," said Clarence Diledou, who lives of Gabon's port town of Port-Gentil.

Suspect tells police he acted alone in LAX shooting Posted: 03 Nov 2013 04:20 PM PST The 23-year-old gunman charged in a deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport told authorities at the scene that he acted alone and had been dropped off at the airport by a friend, a law enforcement official who has been briefed on the investigation said Sunday.

US, Egypt try to put brave face on strained ties Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:27 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Egypt tried Sunday to put a brave face on their badly frayed ties and committed to restoring a partnership undermined by the military ouster of Egypt's first democratically elected president.

Militant's death brings little joy in Pakistan Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:47 AM PST ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban leader killed in a recent U.S. drone strike was behind hotel bombings, assaults on political rallies, beheadings of policemen and suicide attacks on soldiers. But his death elicited little joy in the country where he wreaked most of his havoc and instead stirred widespread anger and suspicion.

College presidents find smaller can be better Posted: 03 Nov 2013 08:16 AM PST ST. LOUIS (AP) — After five scandal-plagued years as University of North Carolina chancellor, Holden Thorp was downright ecstatic to start over on a campus where the term "student-athlete" doesn't evince snickers and groans.

Foles throws 7 TDs, Eagles beat Raiders 49-20 Posted: 03 Nov 2013 04:45 PM PST OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Nick Foles' record-setting performance turned a struggling Eagles offense into an unstoppable machine.

Schumer gives Hillary Clinton an early endorsement Posted: 03 Nov 2013 04:09 PM PST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she isn't in a hurry to make a decision about running for president again. Her former Senate colleague, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, isn't waiting for her to make up her mind.

Bangladesh sentences 2 men to death for war crimes Posted: 03 Nov 2013 03:11 AM PST DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Sunday sentenced to death two Bangladeshis now living abroad for crimes against humanity during the country's independence war against Pakistan in 1971.

Mutai, Jeptoo of Kenya win titles at NYC Marathon Posted: 03 Nov 2013 01:48 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Geoffrey Mutai ran by himself through Central Park, the same scene as the last New York City Marathon.

Detroit Tigers hire Brad Ausmus as manager Posted: 03 Nov 2013 04:47 PM PST DETROIT (AP) — When Brad Ausmus was a player — which wasn't that long ago — the mental aspect of the game always came pretty easily.

Boat carrying 70 Muslim Rohingya sinks off Myanmar Posted: 03 Nov 2013 07:08 AM PST YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A boat carrying at least 70 Muslim Rohingya capsized and sank Sunday off the western coast of Myanmar, an aid worker said. Only eight survivors have been found.

'Saturday Night Live' pokes fun at diversity issue Posted: 03 Nov 2013 02:38 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — With Kerry Washington as guest host, "Saturday Night Live" wasted no time poking fun at itself after receiving criticism for having no black women among its 16 regular cast members.

Obama: Vote for McAuliffe is vote for progress Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:59 AM PST ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling Virginians to choose progress by voting for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Tuesday's election for governor.

Report: Warming likely to make bad things worse Posted: 03 Nov 2013 02:39 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of the ills of the modern world — starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease — are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts.

Indians mark their biggest festival with fireworks Posted: 03 Nov 2013 08:03 AM PST NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians were setting off deafening fireworks displays Sunday to light up the sky for Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, which celebrates the triumph of good over evil.

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