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East Area Rapist arrested — Joseph James DeAngelo. 12 homicides and 45 rapes. https://www.thedailybeast.com/golden-state-killer-arrested-according-to-co-author-of-ill-be-gone-in-the-dark?ref=home

Is there a grassroots suggestion thread for Governor Romney? My two young adult sons told me today that they will not vote for President Obama but they do not want to vote for Romney either -- said they were sitting out the presidential vote. Stated that they did not know anything good about Romney. So I told them how Romney did not take a salary as governor or when placed over the Olympics and how he turned things around. I explained that we don't need a lawyer in the White House all the time, that we now need a business...

New Delhi (AsiaNews) – A representative of the local government in Orissa estimated that more than 500 people died as a consequence of the anti-Christian pogrom launched by Hindu fundamentalists. He said he personally authorised the cremation of at least 200 bodies....

Seersucker's out. Pinstripes are in. And no one in the press corps is safe from the president's light asides on fashion choices. WASHINGTON — Even as he talked about North Korea's nuclear ambitions and other weighty matters, President Bush on Wednesday returned to his occasional role as fashion critic to the White House press corps. "If I might say, that is a beautiful suit…. And I can't see anybody else that even comes close," the president told NBC's Kevin Corke, who was wearing pinstripes, in the course of a Rose Garden news conference that focused on North Korea-related diplomacy and...

This is a video of a brave Arab woman speaking passionately against violent Muslims on Al-Jazeera TV. I'm surprised they allowed her to speak and I wonder if she is still alive today.

A new site promises sophisticated home valuations and -- one day -- an end to 6% commissions. NEW YORK (MONEY) - Say "goodbye" to appraisers -- and possibly real estate agents. At least that's the promise of Zillow.com, launched Wednesday, which is headed by the founder of Internet travel company Expedia........... Plug in an address and you get a price. You can even pull back to a satellite photo of a particular street, complete with price estimates for every house on the block. Those price guesses, which the branding-savvy Zillow folks call a "Zestimate," take into account the size of...

Millions of men hide behind the dark cloud of depression and it could allow the problem to snowball out of control, according to then National Institute of Mental Health. Mental health experts also said men are less likely than women to seek help with their problem. A man accused of murdering his twin daughters is behind bars at a maximum security prison under suicide watch. David Crespi was moved to Central Prison in Raleigh Monday. That move cancelled his two court appearances scheduled in Charlotte. Now 6NEWS heard from Crespi's family that he had been suffering from depression and mental...

........While the pending trial of the two former staffers for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has been overshadowed by the CIA leak investigation, media advocates fear it could have an equally negative impact on the flow of information. "Journalists who cover national security and defense receive classified information all the time," said Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. "It's virtually routine. If that were the standard for bringing an espionage case, we'd be locking up a lot of people in this town and there would be fewer sources of information.....

The Democratic National Committee under Howard Dean is losing the fundraising race against Republicans by nearly 2 to 1, a slow start that is stirring concern among strategists who worry that a cash shortage could hinder the party's competitiveness in next year's midterm elections....Now, the latest financial numbers are prompting new doubts. From January through September, the Republican National Committee raised $81.5 million, with $34 million remaining in the bank. The Democratic National Committee, by contrast, showed $42 million raised and $6.8 million in the bank.....

'Arrested Development' gets the ax LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Two TV families appear to be getting the boot. The Camdens will bid farewell to viewers in May when the WB Network's top-rated family drama "7th Heaven" ends its run after 10 seasons in what sources said was largely a cost-cutting move. The Bluth clan of Fox's ratings-challenged "Arrested Development" is also headed for the exit after Fox cut the third-season order on the Emmy-winning comedy to 13 episodes.

Without any legs, Bobby Martin plays football for Dayton's Colonel White High. Martin was born without legs but doesn’t wear prosthetics because he has no thighs to which to affix them.

In the wake of Katrina, Sen. John McCain says the budget deficit is so dire that the Medicare prescription drug benefit should be scrapped. Gloria Borger reports.

Janice, an African American woman, age 55, is all fired up against the Democrats in Louisiana. Said "I bet you those buses were running on election day!"

Judge John G. Roberts Jr. was long regarded as the best Supreme Court lawyer in the nation by the very man whose shoes President Bush has chosen him to fill. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died Saturday, played a key role in shaping Judge Roberts by making him a pupil during the early 1980s and propelling his career as a lawyer and federal judge in subsequent years. Ted Cruz, who clerked for Chief Justice Rehnquist during the mid-1990s, recalled that he and fellow clerks once asked their boss whom he considered to be the most superior Supreme Court litigator....

President Bush yesterday toured the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast for the second time in four days, but Democrats continued to blame him for the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Bush ignored the criticism, preferring to buck up shell-shocked residents at a Baton Rouge, La., emergency center with promises of federal aid. "If it's not right, we're going to fix it, and if it is right, we're going to keep doing it," he said. "This is one of these disasters that will test our soul and test our spirit. "But we're going to show the world, once again, that...

On Fox news Franklin Graham boldly challenged churches to adopt refugee families. His group, Samaritan's Purse, provides large scale international relief largely by assisting local churches.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- When two Danish burglars realized someone had stolen the keys to their getaway car, they reacted like honest citizens and called the police.

Soldier Testifies in Drowning Case BERLIN (AP) - A U.S. Army soldier drowned her two toddlers in her bathtub because she suspected her husband was having an affair, prosecutors said during the soldier's court-martial. But defense attorneys say Spc. Lillie Morgan suffered a "psychotic meltdown" before the Sept. 18 killings, stemming from her own traumatic childhood. Morgan, 22, testified Thursday at her court-martial in the western German city of Mannheim. Morgan admits killing her 3-year-old son, Joshua, and 2-month-old daughter, Jazmin, in a case recalling that of Andrea Yates, who was sentenced to life in prison in Texas last month...

Polling from 9,10,11 reveals same polling numbers as yesterday. Bush 45, Gore 40.

Ad Boss McKinnon Planned to Place Alleged Suspect on Paid Leave, But Pulled Back After Bush Aides Worried About 'Perception' It Would Create. NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the records of Texas Gov. George W. Bush's ad firm, Maverick Media, headed by Mark McKinnon, Newsweek has learned, in the hunt for the "mole" who allegedly mailed Bush's confidential debate materials to the Gore camp. In the October 16 issue (on newsstands Monday, October 9), Investigative Reporters Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff report that the probe has taken on a more serious turn, ...