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The bomb went off Monday near a health care facility outside Peshawar, a city that has seen a spate of deadly attacks in recent weeks.

via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/world/asia/deadly-bombing-near-polio-vaccination-site-in-pakistan.html

A old friend, occasional driver, and alleged drug dealer for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, was arrested last night on charges of trafficking marijuana, complicating Ford’s efforts to steer clear of anymore drug-related scandal.

via The Atlantic Wire http://atlanticwire.feedsportal.com/c/35094/f/648528/s/31f889e1/sc/8/l/0L0Stheatlanticwire0N0Cglobal0C20A130C10A0Cdriver0Etoronto0Emayor0Erob0Eford0Earrested0Edrug0Edealing0C70A10A0A0C/story01.htm

The apparent arrest of Professor Zhu Jianrong, possibly on espionage charges, comes as relations between China and Japan have hit their lowest point in decades.

via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/world/asia/china-is-said-to-be-holding-professor-over-his-activities-in-japan.html

A fortnight after Facebook announced a set of tools aimed to further its pursuit of news, it has now trained its gaze on the medium of television with the aim of loosening Twitter‘s strong grip on TV events by offering up its data––even from private posts––to the U.S.’s four largest networks.

Each week, says the Wall Street Journal, Facebook will release its data to ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS, which shows how many Likes, Comments or Shares a TV episode has inspired on the social network. These results will not be made public.

The firm stresses that the data, which is at this stage pretty basic merely showing how many "actions"––that’s Likes, Comments and Shares––were generated by one episode, and from how many Facebook users, is collected anonymously and shown as a whole. What Facebook is hoping that sets it apart from Twitter is that, it holds a much richer store of personal information on its users than its rival does.

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via Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/3018819/where-are-they-now/facebook-steps-up-its-bid-to-take-twitters-tv-audience?partner=rss

The data analysis grouo that used Facebook and set top TV data to help Barack Obama win the latest election is taking its talents to the private sector. (SL NYTimes)

via MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/132430/Data-You-Can-Believe-In

WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, President Barack Obama says, he’s not budging. This is the confrontational Obama, the "Make my day" president, betting Republicans blink to avoid a government shutdown or a first-ever default of the nation’s debts….

via AP Top Headlines At 5:12 a.m. EDT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BUDGET_BATTLE_OBAMA?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The scenarios are messy and each would trigger an immediate crisis or set the stage for a showdown.

via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/house-republicans-government-shutdown-how-it-ends-97442.html

With apologies to Nike, maybe it’s time for the Republicans to stop threatening and "Just do it."

via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/republicans-government-shutdown-97441.html

With an increased presence and roles at CGI, she’s leaving many wondering what her future holds.

via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/chelsea-clinton-97439.html

We asked readers to predict on Twitter how they believed the five-season run of “Breaking Bad” would come to an end. It turns out that a lot of theories can be packed into 140 characters, especially when so many of them boil down to two simple words: “Everyone dies.”

via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/breaking-bad-series-finale-predictions/