BusinessWeek – America’s strongest economies have one thing in common — home prices that never got too hot or too cold.

AFP – A baby boy who made a surprise arrival on board an AirAsia flight this week will be given free flights for life with the budget carrier, as will his mother, the airline said Friday.

Police and other law enforcement agencies arrested 70 persons including four foreign nationals from Rawalpindi. The special teams of Rawalpindi Police and Elite Force were engaged in the operation in housing colonies and Katcha settlements at Islamabad Expressway near Benazir Bhutto International Airport.



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HealthDay – SUNDAY, Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) — Just about every month — if
not every week — a new study emerges touting the health benefits to be
gained from a daily glass of wine or a pint of dark beer.

Oct 20 – As Pakistan’s militiary offensive against the Taliban intensifies, thousands flee the South Waziristan region.

AP – Just a year after this one-time Confederate state helped elect a black man president, Democrats are desperately trying to hang onto the governorship.

Reuters – Taliban militants attacked Pakistani forces and recaptured a strategic town on Tuesday while two suicide bomb blasts at an Islamic university in the capital killed four people and wounded at least 20, officials said.

AP – An investigation into possible criminal charges for a Colorado couple who told authorities their son floated off in a balloon shaped like a flying saucer has spread to those who worked with them.

AP – U.S. leaders expect Japan’s new government to stick with already-forged agreements between the two nations, America’s top defense official said Tuesday amid debate over whether to shutter a U.S. military air field on Okinawa.

AP – Prosecutors say a scientist who worked on the cutting edge of moon exploration has been caught trying to sell classified secrets to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence agent.