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Freezing season arrives in upper Midwest
A freeze warning is currently in effect in northwestern Minnesota and below freezing temperatures are expected in parts of the ...
USA Today  –  Oct 3, 2008 12:52 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Fire in Monterey County 20% contained
The nearly 1,500 firefighters on the lines of a wildfire near the Monterey County coast should be getting some help from Mother ...
USA Today  –  Oct 3, 2008 12:48 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Tropical Storm Marie strengthens slightly
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Marie has strengthened slightly as it churns out in the Pacific.
USA Today  –  Oct 3, 2008 12:37 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Does climate change's cause matter? Not to Palin
Reuters - Joe Biden and Sarah Palin agreed that climate change is real, but differed on whether human activity was its root cause in Thursday's U.S. vice presidential debate.
Yahoo!  –  Oct 3, 2008 03:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Weekend Fall Foliage
Jack Frost continues to visit areas farther to the south this week in theEast and is wandering down, out of the high country in the West. Spectacular
AccuWeather.com  –  Oct 2, 2008 9:07 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

High storm activity predicted
Hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University say weather patterns indicate that October will see above-average Atlantic ...
USA Today  –  Oct 2, 2008 4:42 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Nearly 30 dead, dozens injured in Algeria floods: ministry
AFP - Flash floods following torrential rain south of Algiers have killed at least 29 people, injured 48 and left one person missing, the interior ministry said Thursday, warning of higher casualties.
Yahoo!  –  Oct 2, 2008 3:54 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Vietnam pounded by another deadly storm
The bodies of two children and three fishermen were recovered in Vietnam, raising the death toll from a tropical storm to eight with eight others feared dead, officials said Thursday.
MSNBC.com  –  Oct 2, 2008 3:03 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Fraudsters prosecuted in Hurricane Katrina's wake
AFP - The US Justice Department has charged 907 people with cheating the federal government out of relief funds or other assistance following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, officials announced Thursday.
Yahoo!  –  Oct 2, 2008 2:57 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

29 die, dozens hurt in Algeria floods
Torrential rains in the Algerian Sahara created flash floods that killed 29 people and injured dozens more in a historic oasis region, officials in the North African nation said Thursday.
MSNBC.com  –  Oct 2, 2008 2:54 PM [GMT]  –  comment?