About the daters. … Dating history as a TV show … Jeff:  John Cusack starred in my dating movie about four times. Kayla:  Attractive young professional, having a great time in D.C., but every guy she meets is training to be a pilot in the military. For some reason, men in uniform headed to flight school keep gravitating toward her. Find out in the next episode if she can meet her perfect match. Will he actually be a local and live in the area, or will this girl just declare herself a “No Fly Zone”? Read full article > >

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Law enforcement authorities in Washington were investigating a report late Friday that gunshots had been fired near the White House. Apparently the area involved is south of the Executive Mansion, possibly between the Ellipse and the Washington Monument. Read full article > >

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Everybody has weak spots in their character, fault lines in their personality where the right earthquake at the wrong time can lead to personal catastrophe. Most of us are fortunate that our worst experience doesn’t hit us with its biggest jolt in exactly the area where our flaws or poor judgment or vanity is most dangerously in play. It’s part good luck if we don’t disgrace ourselves. Read full article > >

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With his decision to remain until the end of the season, Penn State Coach Joe Paterno reaches a sad conclusion

At least 1,000 people are stranded in the foothills of Mount Everest because bad weather has stopped flights in and out of the area.

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About 2,000 people, including tourists, are stranded in the foothills of Mount Everest because bad weather has halted flights in the area, officials say.

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After 42 years of service around Washington’s monuments and attractions, Tourmobile will make its final laps around the area on Monday, and it’s not clear when another service will start hosting the guided tours. Tourmobile said on its Web site that it “will cease all tour operations on Monday, October, 31,” and the National Park Service issued a statement noting “conclusion of Tourmobile service” on that date. Read full article > >

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Every week, we round up our list of the best events this weekend . Here are some highlights: Officially, Halloween isn’t until Monday, but two of the area’s best costume contests are this weekend. DC 101’s Eliot in the Morning takes over Clarendon Ballroom for a Monster Bash of rock covers by Junkfood and music spun by DJs. Up for grabs in the costume contest is a $3,000 prize. Read full article > >

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CHICAGO — Siblings who feared their brother was one of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s eight unidentified victims were amazed and overjoyed to learn that he’s been living in Florida for decades. Tim Lovell and Theresa Hasselberg hadn’t seen their brother, Harold Wayne Lovell, since he left their family’s Chicago home in May 1977 in search of construction work. At the time, Gacy was trolling for young men and boys in the area. He was a contractor, and he lured many of the 33 young men and boys he killed by offering them work. Read full article > >

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At least 240 people died and more than 1,000 were injured in Sunday’s earthquake, and more than 200 aftershocks shook the area throughout the night.

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Hundreds Die as Eastern Turkey Is Jolted by Quake

It’s easy to gripe about the rich manipulating the rules to lower their tax rates, but sometimes it’s better to simply borrow a few pages from their playbook. Although finagling a low tax rate on income — as Warren Buffett talks freely about — is difficult for regular salaried workers, there’s another area where modest taxpayers have something to learn from the wealthy: minimizing estate taxes. Read full article > >

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Petrol receipts link a man accused of murdering a County Antrim schoolgirl with the area where her body was found floating in a dam, a court hears.

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The owner of a D.C. security firm, Sandra Cox felt fortunate after her alarm company alerted her of a break-in at her home in Shepherd Park on Sept. 9: Nothing was taken. But other residents of the area surrounding Cox’s quiet Northwest neighborhood haven’t been so lucky: Police say that six homes have been broken into since mid-August in Police Service Area 401 , near the city’s northern tip. Gold jewelry and electronics have been stolen. Read full article > >

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Northwest D.C. residents on edge after burglaries

Demand to buy in South Street Seaport’s residential enclave is so strong that the area is emerging as a separate neighborhood.

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MADANPUR, India — The forest provides Ran Singh Marpachi with the betel leaves he sells in the market, as well as the food and medicinal plants his family has depended on for generations. But officials say the coal fields underneath the lush, green trees could bring jobs and electricity to struggling farmers in the area. Read full article > >

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People in parts of the UK will have to dial the area code for local phone calls from next year, following changes designed to boost the supply of spare numbers.

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