Two of the leading candidates to become Egypt’s next president traded barbs about their political histories and arguments about the role of religion in public life.

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Terrell Stoglin , the leading scorer on the Maryland men’s basketball team , has been suspended for the upcoming season for violating the university’s student-athlete code of conduct. The decision prompted Stoglin to submit his name for the NBA draft. Read full article > >

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Maryland’s Terrell Stoglin declares for NBA draft after being suspended by school

Roberto di Matteo is the leading contender to become the next permanent Chelsea manager, the BBC understands.

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The United States is moving on a costly modernization of its nuclear Triad: the submarines, strategic bombers and land-based missiles that can deliver nuclear weapons to targets across the world. But the pace is apparently not fast enough for Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.), the leading Republican spokesman on the subject. Read full article > >

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Nuclear weapons modernization: not fast enough for Kyl

The UK Treasury announces plans to make London the leading international centre for trading the Chinese currency, the yuan.

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Oil giant BP says it will continue to sponsor four leading arts institutions, despite protests over its involvement.

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It might be true that no American has spent more one-on-one time with the leading Republican presidential candidates than Donald Trump. The real estate mogul and reality show host has devoted the second half of this year to fashioning himself as the single most important potential endorser in the GOP sweepstakes. The candidates have cycled through his offices at Trump Tower to ask for his support, and he has cycled through Fox News’s anchors talking about it. The latest to come calling is former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who will visit on Monday. Read full article > >

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Mark Hughes is the leading contender to replace Steve Bruce as Sunderland manager ahead of bookmakers’ favourite Martin O’Neill, BBC Sport understands.

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“What keeps you up at night?” is a standard question asked by management consultants. What if we asked that same question of the campaign managers of the leading candidates in the presidential race? How might they respond? I tried to put myself in their shoes, or rather, in their sheets. Mitt Romney’s team might toss and turn over today’s Union Leader endorsement of Newt Gingrich . The paper usually takes one of two paths; it either endorses strongly or all-out.  In the latter scenario, it has been known to run daily front-page editorials trashing their candidate’s opponents — essentially becoming a communications arm of their favored candidate’s campaign. From the tone of their endorsement, I would bet on shock and awe for Romney from New Hampshire’s leading newspaper. Read full article > >

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Thoughts that go bump in the night

“What keeps you up at night?” is a standard question asked by management consultants. What if we asked that same question of the campaign managers of the leading candidates in the presidential race? How might they respond? I tried to put myself in their shoes, or rather, in their sheets. Mitt Romney’s team might toss and turn over today’s Union Leader endorsement of Newt Gingrich . The paper usually takes one of two paths; it either endorses strongly or all-out.  In the latter scenario, it has been known to run daily front-page editorials trashing their candidate’s opponents — essentially becoming a communications arm of their favored candidate’s campaign. From the tone of their endorsement, I would bet on shock and awe for Romney from New Hampshire’s leading newspaper. Read full article > >

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People who collect contemporary art often pretend to be savants of culture. They strut about in the belief that they possess a unique combination of resources and wisdom that enables them to support the leading edge of civilization. Baloney. More often than not their cultural pursuits are as high-minded as day trading, and their collecting as effective at achieving meaningful change as pitching pennies into a well. Read full article > >

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Aaron and Barbara Levine’s conceptual art collection

At a moment when the fragility of the economy ranks at the top of American concerns , sharp differences have begun to emerge in how the leading GOP presidential contenders would solve the problem — illuminating not only a diversity in approach, but a striking contrast in the candidates’ governing philosophies. Read full article > >

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Frank Kameny, 86, one of the leading figures of the gay rights movement in the Washington area and the nation, was found dead Oct. 11 at his home in Northwest Washington. His death was confirmed by Charles Francis, a founder of the Kameny Papers Project, and by Marvin Carter, a longtime friend. No cause of death could be learned immediately. Read full article > >

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BEIRUT — Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters in several parts of the country on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding scores, while masked gunmen burst into an apartment in the predominantly Kurdish northeast and shot dead one of Syria’s most prominent opposition figures. Another leading opposition figure was beaten up by pro-government gunmen and rushed to a hospital in Damascus, activists said. Read full article > >

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One of the world’s most powerful “atom smashers”, at the leading edge of scientific discovery for two decades, is about to shut down.

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Key US particle machine to shut