Hurricane Paula grazed the southern coast of Mexico’s resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, and is expected to move toward the western end of Cuba. (Oct. 13)
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A teenager in Nepal is expected to be certified as the world’s shortest man Thursday, on his 18th birthday. Khagendra Thapa Magar stands under 56 centimeters — less than two feet — tall. (Oct. 13)
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Highlights of this day in history: Cornerstone laid for what becomes the White House; Britain’s Margaret Thatcher born; Boston wins baseball’s first World Series; TV variety show host Ed Sullivan dies; Musician Paul Simon born. (Oct. 13)
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A Berkeley, CA -based Bionics developer unveiled eLEGS, a wearable, artificially intelligent, bionic device that powers paraplegics up to get them standing and walking. (Oct. 13)
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Greeted by cheers from an awaiting crowd, the first freed miners arrived at a hospital in Copiapo, Chile for evaluations. (Oct. 13)
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After 69 days trapped in a Chilean mine, the first of 33 men emerged from a special capsule. The big moment capped a day filled with feelings that were both festive and tense. (Oct. 13)
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Six men rescued at sea after their sport boat broke down over the weekend have been reunited with their families. Coast guard aircraft and boats were used to find the boat Monday, some 120 miles off the New Jersey coast. (Oct. 12)
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A man accused of helping to build a truck bomb used in a 1998 terror attack on a US embassy was a member of an al-Qaida cell that was determined to kill Americans, a federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday. (Oct. 12)
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The Obama administration, under heavy pressure from the oil industry and Gulf states and with elections nearing, lifted the moratorium that it imposed last April in the wake of the disastrous BP oil spill. (Oct. 12)
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Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped a murder charge against a small-town police officer they initially suspected in a shooting spree along the Illinois-Indiana border that left one dead and two wounded. (Oct. 12)
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