Home prices in the United States fell by more than 1 percent in October, a private survey showed on Tuesday, and analysts expect the downward trend will continue in the months ahead.

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SEOUL — North Korea’s “military-first” policy — in which the armed forces receive top priority in funding, planning and everything else — will continue under the untested leadership of Kim Jong Eun, according to statements in the state-controlled media. Kim was named the heir to power in North Korea by his father, the late Kim Jong Il , whose 17-year reign was defined by “ Songun, ” the policy that said building a strong military was the Stalinist nation’s first — and perhaps only — goal. Read full article > >

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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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Hermain Cain suspended his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination Saturday amid allegations of sexual harassment. But he told supporters he will continue to advocate for his platform.

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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria , which underwrites AIDS treatment for about half the people getting it in developing countries, announced Wednesday that it will make no new grants for the next two years because of the worldwide economic downturn. The Geneva-based organization says it will continue to support about 400 AIDS treatment and prevention programs in more than 100 countries for now, but it will not pay for them to add patients or increase services. Read full article > >

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BETTENDORF, Iowa – Is Newt Gingrich the next Republican to rise and fall as the chief alternative to Mitt Romney ? Despite the former House speaker’s sudden return to prominence in the GOP presidential field, reservations about his long record in public life — and the baggage that comes with it — will continue to call into question just what kind of staying power he has. Read full article > >

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BETTENDORF, Iowa – Is Newt Gingrich the next Republican to rise and fall as the chief alternative to Mitt Romney ? Despite the former House speaker’s sudden return to prominence in the GOP presidential field, reservations about his long record in public life — and the baggage that comes with it — will continue to call into question just what kind of staying power he has. Read full article > >

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland city officials are allowing Occupy Wall Street protesters back into a plaza where police raided and cleared a 15-day-old encampment, but they will continue prohibiting people from spending the night there. Mayor Jean Quan announced the conciliatory gesture Wednesday, hours after officers in riot gear clashed with and fired tear gas at demonstrators who had tried to re-establish the disbanded camp. Read full article > >

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Iraq war veteran among Oakland protesters injured during clash with police

National Public Radio’s Michele Norris will step away from her hosting duties as host of All Things Considered after her husband took a job with the Obama campaign. In a note posted on NPR’s web site (h/t PostPolitics producer Matt DeLong), Norris said that her husband, Broderick Johnson, will join the Obama team as a senior adviser. Norris will continue working at NPR “producing signature segments and features and working on new reporting projects.” Read full article > >

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President Obama told a group of gay rights activists on Saturday that he will continue to advocate for equality, but he admits “we have more work to do.”

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Herman Cain is on a roll. Off a solid performance in Thursday night’s debate , the former Godfathers’ Pizza CEO won a straw poll in Florida — one that has predicted the Republican presidential nominee every time it’s been held. It’s still very unlikely that Cain will continue that streak. But he’s not thinking of dropping out anymore. So who is Herman Cain , and how did he get here? Read full article > >

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BENGHAZI, Libya —Moammar Gaddafi’s wife and three of his children have apparently fled across the border into Algeria, underscoring how much of Libya has slipped out of the control of the former autocrat, who ruled the country for about 42 years. But there was still no indication where Gaddafi was hiding . Rebel leaders fear that violence will continue until Gaddafi is captured and Libyans can see that he is no longer in power. A businessmen’s club in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi has offered a $2 million bounty for him. Read full article > >

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Gaddafi’s wife, three of his children apparently flee to Algeria

The next phase in the makeover of Novak Djokovic — making him a household name — will continue next week in the United States Open.

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If you’re getting married this summer, there might be a reception. And that reception will probably have a DJ. And that DJ will undoubtedly play a song that I hope to never hear again: Beyonce’s “ Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It). ” But like time travel and vegan cheese that melts properly, that will be impossible. Entering its third summer on the circuit, “Single Ladies” has become an American wedding staple that shows no signs of letting up. As long as bouquets are being tossed to wannabe brides, Beyonce will continue to shower us in sanctimonious decibels, preaching the code-red urgency of honoring and cherishing and having and holding. We must accept our fate. Read full article > >

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An unofficial Chinese church says it will continue to hold outdoor services, after the authorities detained more than 100 worshippers on Sunday.

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