Latest news from around the web, updated 10 minutes ago.

• World

  • Police: Austria's Haider dies in car accident
  • North Korea Reports Appearance by Kim Jong Il
  • Nobel Peace Prize for Martti Ahtisaari

• Business

  • Read the text of Bush's speech
  • Qwest, CWA reach tentative agreement
  • Regulators clear Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal

• Celebrity

  • Christina Applegate kept cancer diagnosis a secret
  • Beastie Boys draft stars for "Vote" tour
  • Everything's Rosy for Dancing Queen Leachman

• Politics

  • Obama Notes McCain's Effort to Temper GOP Comments
  • Connecticut Ruling Overturns Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
  • Feds OK Wells Fargo-Wachovia Deal

• Science

  • Russia says Soyuz space landings will be safe
  • Oklahoma Is Sued Over Required Ultrasounds for Abortions
  • Limit on cold remedies for kids was FDA's idea

• Tech

  • Federal regulators clear Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal
  • YouTube to Offer TV Shows With Ads From End to End
  • Apple shares surge, investors like valuation

• Sports

  • NFL's Review of 'Pacman' Scuffle Not Completed
  • Montgomery Gets 5 Years in Heroin Case
  • Golf-Stroud vaults into Texas Open lead

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by Reuters

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    A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    1 month ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

    1 month ago

    from Getty Images

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    Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.

    2 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

• Hot off the wire

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    Alain Robert, 45, the French urban climber who calls himself "spiderman" as he climbs the 23-storey 70-meter (231-feet) Phoenicia hotel tower without ropes and using only his bare hands, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday Oct. 11, 2008. Robert has climbed more than 70 of the world's tallest structures, including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building.

    23 mins ago

    from AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA

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    Kazakhstan's Alexandr Kuchma (C) scores an own goal as he jumps for a cross with England's Wayne Rooney (R) as Matthew Upson (L) looks on during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London October 11, 2008.

    15 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Alain Robert, the French "Spiderman", scales the outside of the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel during a promotional event in Beirut on October 11, 2008, across the street from the spot former premier Rafiq Hariri was assassinated in a car bomb in 2005.

    17 mins ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, left, and Russia's Sergei Ignashevich, right, vie for the ball during the group D match between Russia and Sweden in Innsbruck, Austria, Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Switzerland.

    3 months ago

    from AP Photo by Sergey Ponomarev

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture distributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on October 11, 2008. North Korea's state TV broadcast pictures of Kim on Saturday as the reclusive country stepped up its campaign to show its leader was healthy after reports surfaced last month he may have suffered a stroke.

    9 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture distributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on October 11, 2008. North Korea's state TV broadcast pictures of Kim on Saturday as the reclusive country stepped up its campaign to show its leader was healthy after reports surfaced last month he may have suffered a stroke.

    9 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin attends a rally in Cleveland, Ohio in this October 8, 2008 file photo. An Alaska ethics inquiry found that Palin abused the power of her office by dismissing the state's public safety commissioner, a report released on Friday said.

    16 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

Our editor's pick, and topics with the most buzz in the last ten minutes.

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  Asif Ali Zardari
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  Barack Obama
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  John McCain
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  Ted Stevens
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  George W. Bush

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