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One dead, two injured; cause unknown.

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Years ago, I heard soprano Renata Scotto give a master class to an unknown young soprano named Sondra Radvanovsky, who is now a star in her own right. One thing Scotto said has stuck with me. She was talking about conveying emotion onstage, and she pointed out that if a singer actually cries when her character is supposed to be crying, she will not be able to sing. The trick, she said — and I paraphrase — is to convey the sense of the tears while keeping your emotions removed enough that you are able to produce the notes. Read full article > >

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Christoph Eschenbach leads National Symphony Orchestra in emotional program

With the economy at the core of the presidential campaign, Newt Gingrich has received help from a group of relatively unknown economic thinkers — including two former advisers to Herman Cain — who share an unwavering faith in the school of thought known as “supply-side economics” that rose to prominence more than three decades ago. Read full article > >

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Supply-side economics at core of Gingrich plan

Israel faced an escalating cyber war on Monday as unknown attackers disrupted access to the symbolically strategic Web sites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al, the national airline.

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Rick Santorum had two fairly strong debate performances this weekend. His poll numbers, however, have plateaued in New Hampshire and in South Carolina. It isn’t clear whether his lack of TV ad time or, in the case of New Hampshire voters, his emphasis on social issues (and high-visibility arguments at town halls) is at work. Perhaps it is a combination of these, or perhaps he still is a relative unknown to many voters. But it is not too late to pull it together and make a run at Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican primary. Far from it. Read full article > >

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JUBA, Sudan — Aid groups are mounting a “major emergency operation” in rural South Sudan after tribe-on-tribe violence sent tens of thousands of people fleeing and killed an unknown number of people, the U.N. said Saturday. The U.N.’s humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan, Lise Grande, said aid groups are responding to a call for help from South Sudan’s central government after a column of 6,000 armed men from the Lou Nuer ethnic group marched into Pibor in Jonglei state to target the Murle community in late December and early January. Read full article > >

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UN: ‘Major emergency operation’ after tribe-on-tribe violence in S. Sudan touches 60,000

PHOENIX — A small plane with six people aboard, including three children, crashed in flames in mile-high mountains on Phoenix’s eastern outskirts, leaving one child confirmed dead and no signs of any survivors, authorities said. Preliminary reports indicate the two-engine aircraft flew from Safford to Mesa’s Falcon Field to pick up three children for the Thanksgiving holiday and was headed back to Safford in southeastern Arizona, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said. Read full article > >

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Plane carrying 6 crashes in flames near Ariz. mountaintop; 1 child dead, no sign of survivors

PITTSBURGH — A flood of gooey black muck dropped from a tanker truck disabled about 150 cars and damaged an unknown number of other vehicles along a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, officials said. A leaking valve on a tanker spread driveway sealant over the eastbound lanes of a long stretch of the Turnpike between New Castle and the Oakmont Service Plaza on Tuesday night, Turnpike spokesman Bill Capone said. Read full article > >

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Tanker truck leaks sticky goo along 40-mile stretch of Pa. Turnpike, disabling about 150 cars

Major buildings collapsed, trapping unknown number.

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7.3 Earthquake Hits Turkey

A man was fatally shot late Saturday near the Howard University campus in Northwest Washington, police said. The man was found about 10:15 p.m. at Georgia Avenue and W Street NW. The site is near the Howard University Hospital, but it was not clear whether he was shot there. It was also unknown late Saturday whether the man had any connection with the university. Howard’s homecoming was being held this weekend. Read full article > >

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Fatal shooting near Howard U

A previously unknown painting by Francisco de Goya is found hidden underneath one of his masterpieces.

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X-ray reveals hidden Goya artwork

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — U.S. regulators filed a lawsuit alleging insider trading in Global Industries Ltd. days before the U.S. company agreed to a $937 million takeover by Technip SA, Europe’s second-biggest oil services company. The complaint by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that on Sept. 8 and 9 “unknown purchasers” bought 685,840 shares of Global Industries common stock through an account in the name of Raiffeisen Bank International AG Vienna, Austria, at $5.14 to $5.39 a share. Read full article > >

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SEC files lawsuit alleging insider trading in Global Industries, Technip deal

Leymah Gbowee, a relatively unknown author of a memoir, “Mighty Be Our Powers,” describing her life as a peace activist in war-torn Liberia, has an unexpected sponsor for her book tour.

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Barnes & Noble Chief Finances Book Tour

One of the sons of Libya’s fugitive leader is given refuge in neighbouring Niger, while Col Muammar Gaddafi’s whereabouts remain unknown.

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Gaddafi son given refuge in Niger