Ohio sheriff: 48 exotic animals killed in all (AP)

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• Ohio sheriff: 48 exotic animals killed in all (AP)
• AP-GfK Poll: Public unsettled on Obama challenger (AP)
• Obama teams up with wife to finish bus tour (AP)
• Greece: Riots as austerity steps get 1st approval (AP)
• Texas Gov. Rick Perry to call for a flat tax (AP)
• Police comb Kansas City home, yard of missing baby (AP)
• Okla. judge blocks abortion law from taking effect (AP)
• FDA cites dirty equipment in cantaloupe outbreak (AP)
• Lohan in custody after judge finds probation issue (AP)
• Play or Ppd? Hard to predict World Series weather (AP)
• Violent anti-austerity protests grip Greek capital (Reuters)
• Citigroup to pay $285 million to settle fraud case (Reuters)
• Autos, rentals tame underlying price pressures (Reuters)
• Sarkozy says euro zone talks stuck, flies to Germany (Reuters)
• Romney on attack at Republican debate (Reuters)
• Palestinian U.N. bid seen decided in November: diplomats (Reuters)
• Social Security benefits to rise 3.6 percent (Reuters)
• UAW workers approve Ford labor deal (Reuters)
• Four takeaways from the GOP debate in Las Vegas (The Christian Science Monitor)
• GOP fight night in Las Vegas: Mitt Romney faltered, but did Rick Perry win? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Ohio sheriff: 48 exotic animals killed in all (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 01:01 PM PDT AP - Sheriff's deputies shot nearly 50 lions, tigers and other beasts in a big-game hunt across the Ohio countryside Wednesday after the owner of a wild-animal park threw their cages open and committed suicide in what may have been one last act of vengeance against neighbors and police.

AP-GfK Poll: Public unsettled on Obama challenger (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:59 PM PDT AP - Americans have yet to find a Republican they'd clearly prefer over President Barack Obama, although half say the president does not deserve re-election.

Obama teams up with wife to finish bus tour (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:41 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama teamed up with his popular and personable wife Wednesday on the final leg of a three-day bus trip, seeking to use her broad appeal to rally support for elements of his jobs bill and his re-election campaign.

Greece: Riots as austerity steps get 1st approval (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:52 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens and clashed with riot police during a massive anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures that won initial parliamentary approval in a vote Wednesay night.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry to call for a flat tax (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling for a flat tax. Perry told the Western Republican Leadership Conference on Wednesday that he'll unveil the tax as part of his broad plan to revive the economy and create jobs. He says he plans to outline his proposal in an economic speech next week.

Police comb Kansas City home, yard of missing baby (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:06 PM PDT AP - Investigators armed with shovels, rakes and bomb-detection equipment on Wednesday scoured the Kansas City home and yard of a family who say their baby was abducted from her crib as they slept.

Okla. judge blocks abortion law from taking effect (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:18 PM PDT AP - An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked from taking effect a new law designed to reduce the number of abortions performed in the state by restricting the ways in which doctors can treat women with abortion-inducing drugs.

FDA cites dirty equipment in cantaloupe outbreak (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:18 PM PDT AP - Pools of water on the floor and old, hard-to-clean equipment at a Colorado farm's cantaloupe packing facility were probably to blame for the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

Lohan in custody after judge finds probation issue (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:09 PM PDT AP - Lindsay Lohan sported a new accessory after a judge revoked her probation: Handcuffs. The actress was escorted from a hearing Wednesday in handcuffs after Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner revoked Lohan's probation because she was ousted from a community service assignment at a women's shelter.

Play or Ppd? Hard to predict World Series weather (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:05 PM PDT AP - Nolan Ryan kept tracking the storm, aware the radar showed green blobs moving closer and closer to Rangers Ballpark. Explaining the threat of rain, Big Tex sounded totally in his element.

Violent anti-austerity protests grip Greek capital (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 11:30 AM PDT Reuters - Greece's parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to a new round of belt-tightening needed to avert default, despite violent protests during the biggest rally in two years against the bitterly resented measures.

Citigroup to pay $285 million to settle fraud case (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:21 PM PDT Reuters - Citigroup Inc will pay $285 million to settle charges that it defrauded investors who bought toxic housing-related debt that the bank bet would fail, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday.

Autos, rentals tame underlying price pressures (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:32 PM PDT Reuters - High food and gasoline prices kept pressure on U.S. household budgets in September, but core prices rose at their slowest pace in six months, showing inflation was still largely contained.

Sarkozy says euro zone talks stuck, flies to Germany (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 01:09 PM PDT Reuters - Plans to tackle the euro zone debt crisis have stalled with Paris and Berlin at odds over how to increase the firepower of the region's bailout fund, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday.

Romney on attack at Republican debate (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 07:01 AM PDT Reuters - A confident Mitt Romney criticized his Republican rivals and fended off attacks on Tuesday at a feisty debate that could help reinstall him as the party's presidential front-runner.

Palestinian U.N. bid seen decided in November: diplomats (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 09:57 AM PDT Reuters - A Palestinian quest for U.N. membership is likely to come to a head on or around November 11, when Security Council ambassadors plan a final meeting to decide their response, diplomats said on Wednesday.

Social Security benefits to rise 3.6 percent (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - Social Security retirement benefits for about 55 million people will go up by 3.6 percent next year, the first cost-of-living increase since 2009, the U.S. Social Security Administration said on Wednesday.

UAW workers approve Ford labor deal (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - Hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers ratified a labor deal with Ford Motor Co on Wednesday, leaving Chrysler as the last U.S. automaker without a finalized contract.

Four takeaways from the GOP debate in Las Vegas (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 06:59 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Didn’t catch last night’s GOP debate in Las Vegas? We’ve got you covered. After our liveblogging and a read through this morning’s papers (the best of which are linked to below), here’s your day-after reader for CNN’s “Western Debate.”

GOP fight night in Las Vegas: Mitt Romney faltered, but did Rick Perry win? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:50 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was taken down a few notches in his Las Vegas debate appearance Tuesday night, but it’s far from certain that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will gain much from his performance.

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