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Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines Surprising jobs numbers draw skepticism from Republicans Mitt Romney gets personal in Florida speech FBI: Friendly fire likely in Border Patrol shootings Short supplies keep gas prices rising in Calif. Accused terrorist to stand trial in the United States Questionable call mars MLB playoff game Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47 Panetta says Karzai should thank allied forces Romney gains ground on Obama after strong debate Report: Chinese iPhone plant 'paralyzed' as thousands strike Voter fraud complaint filed against Fla. Democrats Hawaii fishermen find skiff from Japan tsunami Maine Republicans slam opponent over gaming hobby Human greenhouse gas emissions traced to Roman times Turkey warns Syria more strikes would be 'fatal mistake' Death toll in Hong Kong ferry accident rises to 39 Suit: Fired staffer doubted 9/11 memorial safety Teachers, bosses charged in N.J. school sex scandal Surprising jobs numbers draw skepticism from Republicans Mitt Romney surprised President Obama with a dynamic debate performance Wednesday, but there was another October shocker today as the unemployment rate plunged from 8.1 to 7.8 percent, its lowest since Obama took office in 2009. Full Story Top Mitt Romney gets personal in Florida speech ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Mitt Romney got personal tonight in Florida, shifting the attention away from the improving unemployment rates and instead opting to share story after story about people he's met over the years. There was the woman from Oklahoma whose husband was killed... Full Story Top FBI: Friendly fire likely in Border Patrol shootings A preliminary investigation has found friendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting that killed one federal agent and wounded another along the Arizona-Mexico border, the FBI said Friday, shaking up the probe into an incident that reignited the political debate over border security. Full Story Top Short supplies keep gas prices rising in Calif. California gas prices continued surging Friday, adding another 17 cents per gallon on average, and the increases are expected to continue for at least several more days, ensuring long lines and short tempers at pumps around the state. Full Story Top Accused terrorist to stand trial in the United States Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, the man authorities said tried to set up a terrorist training camp on American soil, is finally on his way to stand trial in the U.S. after an eight-year delay. Full Story Top Questionable call mars MLB playoff game It only took eight innings for baseball's umpires to register the worst call of the postseason and the Atlanta Braves paid a big price for it in their 6-3 National League wild card loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Full Story Top Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47 As the tally from a deadly meningitis outbreak rose Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that received steroid shots for back pain now linked to the illnesses. Full Story Top Panetta says Karzai should thank allied forces Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed back at Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday, saying the Afghan leader should say thank you now and then to the allied forces who are fighting and dying there, rather than criticizing them. Full Story Top Romney gains ground on Obama after strong debate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney gained ground on Democratic President Barack Obama after a strong performance in their first debate heading into the November 6 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken after their prime-time face-off. Romney is now viewed positively by 51 percent of voters, the first time he has enjoyed a net positive in the U.S. presidential race, the poll found. Obama's favorability rating remained unchanged at 56 percent, according to the poll. ... Full Story Top Report: Chinese iPhone plant 'paralyzed' as thousands strike SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of workers went on strike Friday at a Foxconn plant in China that makes Apple Inc's iPhone 5, paralyzing production of the smartphone, rights advocate China Labor Watch reported. The reported strike comes at a crucial time for the U.S. corporation, weeks after kicking off its largest-ever global rollout of the smartphone. Apple is already struggling with supply constraints, analysts say. ... Full Story Top Voter fraud complaint filed against Fla. Democrats Florida officials are reviewing allegations of voter registration fraud against the state Democratic Party. Full Story Top Hawaii fishermen find skiff from Japan tsunami State and federal officials say Hawaii fishermen have found a 16-foot Japanese skiff swept out to sea by last year's tsunami and brought it to Honolulu. Full Story Top Maine Republicans slam opponent over gaming hobby These days a completely original line of attack in politics is rare- but in a state Senate race in Maine a totally new messaging strategy has emerged as the state's Republican Party has begun to highlight Democrat candidate Collleen Lachowicz's Word of Warcraft persona in... Full Story Top Human greenhouse gas emissions traced to Roman times The finding may lead scientists to rethink some aspects of climate change models, which assume humans weren't responsible for much greenhouse gas before the Industrial Revolution. Full Story Top Turkey warns Syria more strikes would be 'fatal mistake' Turkey's prime minister said on Friday his country did not want war but warned Syria not to make a "fatal mistake" by testing its resolve, and its army retaliated for a third day running after more mortar rounds from Syria landed on its soil. In a belligerent speech to a crowd in Istanbul, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Turkey would not shy away from war if provoked. The speech followed a Syrian mortar barrage on a town in southeast Turkey that killed five people on Wednesday. ... Full Story Top Death toll in Hong Kong ferry accident rises to 39 HONG KONG - Hong Kong authorities say the death toll from the city's biggest maritime tragedy in decades has risen to 39. Full Story Top Suit: Fired staffer doubted 9/11 memorial safety A former manager at the Sept. 11 memorial was fired for raising health and security concerns at one of the most security-conscious places in the world, he said in a lawsuit Friday. Full Story Top Teachers, bosses charged in N.J. school sex scandal A student at Triton High School went to Principal Catherine DePaul six months ago with a disturbing story: She believed another student was involved in a sexual relationship with a teacher, and she had seen explicit text messages the two exchanged. Full Story Top

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