Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Prime Minister Ali Zidan is taken from his Tripoli hotel at gunpoint, then freed a few hours later.
2.
The Swedish Academy calls Alice Munro a “master of the contemporary short story.”
3.
The president invites the entire House GOP to talk about the budget impasse, but only about 20 senior members are expected.
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An AP poll shows 20 million people — about 7 percent of the U.S. population — attempted to register online through the government exchanges, and three-fourths of those reported problems.
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But Washington is holding out the possibility of restoring it if its Mideast ally moves toward free and fair elections.
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Before she even gets the chance to decide when to slow the Fed’s stimulus, Janet Yellen must overcome Washington’s toxic political environment and win Senate confirmation.
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A gunman who fired up to two dozen rounds at a federal courthouse in West Virginia is shot and killed by police returning fire.
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The body of Lynne Spalding was discovered Tuesday, 17 days after she disappeared from her room at San Francisco General Hospital.
9.
A train on the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Florida stopped more than 150 feet up. No serious injuries were reported.
10.
Adam Wainwright pitches a complete game to lead St. Louis to a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh and a ticket to the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
