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HUFFINGTON
10.20.13
SENATOR
BOOKER
2 Democrat Cory Booker beat Republican
Steve Lonegan in a special election for New
Jersey senator Wednesday. Booker, now the
Newark mayor, will fill the late Sen. Frank
Lautenberg’s seat. “This is a chance for us to
send a message about the shutdown, about
the gridlock, about all those forces that
my opponent represents — the tea party
— that says we shouldn’t compromise, we
shouldn’t work together,” Booker said.
MORE THAN 100 DEAD
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A 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the
Philippines on Tuesday morning killed more
than 100 people, with injuries nearing 300.
The quake damaged roads and bridges and
caused the collapse of many buildings and
historic churches. It hit during a national
holiday, the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha,
and schools and offices were closed —
potentially saving more lives from being lost.
IS NOTHING PRIVATE?
The Washington Post reported this week that
the National Security Agency is collecting
hundreds of millions of contact lists from
private email and instant messaging
accounts of people across the globe to find
information about criminals. The paper wrote
that former government contractor Edward
Snowden and senior intelligence officials had
provided the information. A spokesman for
the office that oversees the NSA told the Post that the agency “is “not interested in
personal information about ordinary Americans.”