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NKorean soldier defects to SKorea across border

By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A North Korean soldier killed two of his superiors Saturday and defected to South Korea across the countries' heavily armed border in a rare crossing that prompted South Korean troops to immediately beef up their border patrol,

Cardinals beat Braves 6-3 in disputed wild card

By PAUL NEWBERRYAP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) - Talk about a wild card. This one was just plain wild. Chipper Jones played his final game. The Atlanta fans turned Turner Field into a trash heap after a disputed infield fly. And the St. Louis Cardinals did what they always seem to do in October

Officials reject conspiracies on unemployment rate

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and SCOTT MAYEROWITZAP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - When conspiracists suggested Friday that the Obama administration had engineered a sharp drop in unemployment to aid President Barack Obama's re-election, the response was swift. Career government officials

Hacking group activist's posts land him in trouble

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - Barrett Brown has, at times, called himself an author, a freedom fighter and a spokesman for the movement of hacker-activists known as Anonymous. In tweets and videos, Brown praises Anonymous' work, rips his opponents and