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5:18am

Thu October 18, 2012
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Week After Latest Death Rumors, Cubans Get Letter From Fidel Castro

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One week after the latest rumors of his death, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has emerged — sort of — in a letter he's said to have written.

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4:27pm

Wed October 17, 2012
The Two-Way

Politics Might Be In Her Future, Chelsea Clinton Hints

Originally published on Wed October 17, 2012 5:07 pm

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Though she's dipped her toe into the world of TV journalism, we don't hear a lot from Chelsea Clinton about whether she might one day get into the family business.

But now the BBC has posted an interview in which the daughter of former President Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton doesn't rule out getting into politics herself.

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3:41pm

Wed October 17, 2012
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Billy Graham's Website Stops Saying Directly That Mormons Are In A 'Cult'

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Just days after Rev. Billy Graham endorsed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's bid for the White House, the website of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association has stopped overtly listing the candidate's religion among what it says are "cults."

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2:36pm

Wed October 17, 2012
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Guilty Plea In Plot To Murder Saudi Ambassador

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Manssor Arbabsiar, an Iranian-born naturalized American citizen, has pleaded guilty to conspiring with Iranian military officials in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States, the Justice Department says.

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2:05pm

Wed October 17, 2012
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Man Arrested For Allegedly Trying To Bomb N.Y. Federal Reserve

Originally published on Wed October 17, 2012 3:50 pm

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"Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, was arrested this morning in downtown Manhattan after he allegedly attempted to detonate what he believed to be a 1,000-pound bomb at the New York Federal Reserve Bank on Liberty Street in lower Manhattan's financial district," the FBI confirms an email just sent to reporters.

It adds that:

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