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U.S. intelligence agencies 'wasted' billions
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
U.S. intelligence agencies have wasted many billions of dollars by mismanaging secret, high-technology programs, the deputy chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence says. Published 8:07 p.m. October 12, 2010
Netanyahu takes heat for Obama snub
By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times
Israel's opposition leader and a former prime minister criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for not agreeing to a U.S.-proposed two-month extension of a West Bank settlement freeze, whose expiration has threatened to sink renewed Mideast peace talks. Published 8:04 p.m. October 12, 2010
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un preside over the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Fort Hood massacre hearings begin
A hearing convenes to determine if there is enough evidence to put Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan on trial for the Fort Hood shootings.
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Ukraine rail collision kills 43
A crowded passenger bus collided with a train in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing 43 people and leaving 8 injured.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urges the ethnically divided Balkans to embrace political reform needed for European Union and NATO membership.
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A van carrying orchard workers in Poland crashed head-on with a truck in dense fog. All 17 passengers and the driver were killed.
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Maryland's gubernatorial candidates, former Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Democratic incumbent Gov. Martin O'Malley, debate in Baltimore.
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Nobel Prize for economics awarded
Two Americans and a British-Cypriot win the Nobel Prize for economics. The wife of the Nobel Peace Prize winner is under house arrest.
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Obama pushes for infrastructure spending
White House stages a Rose Garden event to lobby for Republican support for a $50 billion infrastructure-investment proposal.
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Arrest in Hungarian sludge disaster
The managing director of a Hungarian aluminum company has been arrested after a company reservoir unleashed a torrent of toxic red sludge, killing eight.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Vietnam's prime minister and military leaders in Hanoi.
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Federal judge orders end of 'don't ask, don't tell'
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the U.S. military to stop enforcing the 17-year-old policy banning openly gay service members, the policy known as "don't ask, don't tell." Published 8:44 p.m. October 12, 2010
Drilling go-ahead in Gulf criticized
By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times
The Obama administration on Tuesday said it would lift the deep-water drilling moratorium it imposed after the massive BP oil spill, but Gulf of Mexico region lawmakers and industry advocates said the stiffer new rules that the government is imposing will leave rigs idle and workers out of jobs for months longer. Published 8:41 p.m. October 12, 2010
Mexican official leading probe of Texan's death reported killed
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
Law enforcement authorities in the United States and Mexico on Tuesday confirmed the slaying of the high-ranking Mexican state police commander who was overseeing an investigation into the fatal shooting by suspected pirates of an American tourist on a Texas border lake. Published 8:38 p.m. October 12, 2010
MTV's '16 and Pregnant' sobering for many teens, poll says
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
A poll found that out of more than 1,000 teens, six in 10 had seen the show. Of those teens, 82 percent thought the show helped teens understand the challenges of childbearing much better, while only 15 percent thought it glamorized having a baby in high school. Published 8:38 p.m. October 12, 2010
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Drilling go-ahead in Gulf criticized
By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times
The Obama administration on Tuesday said it would lift the deep-water drilling moratorium it imposed after the massive BP oil spill, but Gulf of Mexico region lawmakers and industry advocates said the stiffer new rules that the government is imposing will leave rigs idle and workers out of jobs for months longer. Published 8:41 p.m. October 12, 2010
MTV's '16 and Pregnant' sobering for many teens, poll says
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
A poll found that out of more than 1,000 teens, six in 10 had seen the show. Of those teens, 82 percent thought the show helped teens understand the challenges of childbearing much better, while only 15 percent thought it glamorized having a baby in high school. Published 8:38 p.m. October 12, 2010
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Questions surface over Campbell's handling of crisis
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
As the Republican nominee for Maryland's comptroller, William H. Campbell is campaigning on his experience as a top financial officer at federal agencies, including Amtrak. Published 5:14 p.m. October 12, 2010
Netanyahu takes heat for Obama snub
By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times
Israel's opposition leader and a former prime minister criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for not agreeing to a U.S.-proposed two-month extension of a West Bank settlement freeze, whose expiration has threatened to sink renewed Mideast peace talks. Published 8:04 p.m. October 12, 2010
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Federal judge orders end of 'don't ask, don't tell'
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the U.S. military to stop enforcing the 17-year-old policy banning openly gay service members, the policy known as "don't ask, don't tell." Published 8:44 p.m. October 12, 2010
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BLANKLEY: Obama breaks out the sandbags
By Tony Blankley
White House deepens bunker mentality as electoral disaster approaches Published 6:29 p.m. October 12, 2010
