WORLD: Riots Near London Continue After three violent nights in London, Tuesday was peaceful within the city after the deployment of thousands of extra police. However the violence continued outside of London. Read More: Reuters | The Globe and Mail
FINANCE: Dow Soars Today, 430 Points After losing 600 points yesterday, the Dow got back 430 points today. Part of the high close is attributed to the Federal Reserve's announcement today, that it would keep its interest rates at near zero for the next two years. Read More: The Street | Chicago Sun-Times
POLITICS: Democrats Pick Their Three Choices for Senate Super Committee Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Senators Patty Murray, Max Baucus and John Kerry as his three choices for the senate super committee. Republicans have until Tuesday to make their choice. Read More: Los Angeles Times | Politico
DOMESTIC: Polygamist Leader Gets Life In Prison A Texas prison has sentenced polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to life in prison for assaulting two underage girls whom he considered his wives through spiritual marriages. Read More: The Christian Science Monitor | The Statesman
TECHNOLOGY: Hacker Group Threatens To Hack Facebook On Nov. 5 The same group that we mentioned a few days ago, Anonymous, which has hacked 70 law enforcement websites, has threatened to "destroy" Facebook on November 5th. Anonymous claims that Facebook sells private user data to government and security agencies. It asks individuals to join in their cause to kill Facebook. Read our post on August 6. Read More: International Business Times | PC Magazine
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