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Former Senator Arlen Specter Dies at 82
Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 2:08 PM EDT

 
Blog | Daniel Politi
Democrats Say Obama Will Be More Aggressive, Energetic in Second Debate Tuesday
Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 4:41 PM EDT

 
Blog | Daniel Politi
Skydiver Lands Safely After Jump Into Stratosphere 24 Miles Over New Mexico
Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 3:15 PM EDT

 
Blog | Daniel Politi
Romney Features Laughing Biden in New TV Ad
Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 3:19 PM EDT

 
Blog | Daniel Politi
Officials: Iran Stepping Up Cyberattacks Against U.S. Targets
Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 4:00 PM EDT

 
Blog | Daniel Politi
Cheney "Disturbed" by Biden's Debate Performance
Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 2:46 PM EDT

 
Blog | Daniel Politi
Al-Qaida Leader Calls for More Protests Over Anti-Islamic Film
Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 3:48 PM EDT

 
Blog | Daniel Politi
Romney Ad Spending Soars in Last Weeks of Campaign as Second Debate Looms
Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 2:57 PM EDT

 
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October 14, 2012
SEAT OF POWER

After winning the Venezuelan election handily, President Hugo Chávez is plotting the future of his revolution—and tightening his grip on power more than ever. The Daily Beast's Mac Margolis on the ailing 58-year-old's brazen ambitions.

OOPS

The president of Mauritania was shot and slightly wounded Saturday in what the government of the West African country is calling an accident. The president's convoy was fired on by an Army unit, and a source in the military disagreed with the government's story, saying the attack was intentional. A government spokesman said President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was "slightly wounded" and was taken to a hospital, where he "got out of the vehicle unassisted upon arrival."

DEBUNKED

Stepping away from the campaign trail, President Obama is said to be honing his linguistic cutlery with advisers this weekend at a resort in Williamsburg, Va. "Governor Romney has been making pitches all his life," said Obama spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki of the president's opponent. The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky explains what Obama needs to do to win.

MALALA

The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that it would send an air ambulance to aid the teenage Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban. The news came as a source told Al Jazeera that 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who has drawn the attention of the world, may have "very limited" chances of making a recovery. The girl was shot in the head by the Taliban along with two classmates on the way home from school.

KREMLIN

Russians headed to the polls Sunday for the first electoral test of Vladimir Putin's power since he retook the presidency. The round of gubernatorial elections—the first for the country in eight years—comes amid a downturn in approval ratings for Putin, who repealed a ban on the election of governors after massive protests last year. Polls taken by the Civil Society Development Fund showed candidates backed by the ruling United Russia party leading in all five contested gubernatorial districts, though some mayoral and other local races looked ripe for the opposition's picking.


EAGER BEAVERS
Obama Leads Among Early Voters
59 to 31 percent.
DICTATOR
Report: Assad Cluster Bombs Civilians
Has used Russian-made explosives in past week.
AFGHANISTAN
5 Royal Marines Charged With Murder
Over "incident" in Afghanistan.
ROUND TWO
Candidates Prep for Second Debate
At retreats in Virginia and Boston.
ARSTY LEPIDOPTERIST
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For Tate show.
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