18-Oct-2013 16:42

US debt ceiling crisis: a divided nation has produced a divided politics that ... - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100241916/us-debt-ceiling-crisis-a-divided-nation-has-produced-a-divided-politics-that-obama-cant-overcome/

A debt ceiling hiccup on the way to a 21st-century American world order - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100025842/a-debt-ceiling-hiccup-on-the-way-to-a-21st-century-american-world-order/

Two face MP phone theft charges - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24581901

End to front line fighting? European human rights laws and red tape could ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2465692/End-line-fighting-European-human-rights-laws-red-tape-paralyse-army.html

David Cameron: British Gas customers should switch supplier following price hike - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/10385795/David-Cameron-British-Gas-customers-should-switch-supplier-following-price-hike.html

Give pensioners iPads to stop them feeling lonely, ministers indicate - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10388684/Give-pensioners-iPads-to-stop-them-feeling-lonely-ministers-indicate.html

Housework is NOT exercise: Study finds cleaning and gardening are not intense ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/housework-not-exercise-study-finds-2464068

Elderly care: is Jeremy Hunt right to call for an Asian solution? - The Guardian (blog) :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2013/oct/18/elderly-care-jeremy-hunt-asian-solution

Complaints over texts to immigrants - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/complaints-over-texts-to-immigrants-8889696.html

Google's answer to the iPad - Independent Online :: http://www.iol.co.za/google-s-answer-to-the-ipad-1.1594195

FA urged to send Hodgson on course - FOXSports.com :: http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/england/story/pressure-group-urges-fa-to-send-hodgson-on-race-appreciation-course-101813

Owner of dogs that killed 14-year-old girl avoids jail - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24581694

Slave drivers face life in prison - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/slave-drivers-face-life-in-prison-29671656.html

Fire corners elderly on water's edge - Sydney Morning Herald :: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/fire-corners-elderly-on-waters-edge-20131018-2vshj.html

Morrissey, Autobiography, first review - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/10385321/Morrissey-Autobiography-first-review.html

WAIT! Before you upgrade: You simply must know a few things about Windows 8.1 - Register :: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/windows_81_update_what_to_know/

Saudi Arabia turns down UN Security Council seat - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24580767

SouthYorkshire: Toddler Dies After House Fire - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1156127

UK sends text messages asking illegal immigrants to leave the country - Firstpost :: http://www.firstpost.com/world/uk-sends-text-messages-asking-illegal-immigrants-to-leave-the-country-1180713.html

France says shares 'frustration' of Saudi on Security Council - Ahram Online :: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/84207/World/Region/France-says-shares-frustration-of-Saudi-on-Securit.aspx

Saturdays' Frankie welcomes son - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/saturdays-frankie-welcomes-son-29671182.html

British scientist 'solves' mystery of Himalayan yetis - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24564487

UPDATE 1-Explosions and gunfire as Kabul compound is attacked - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/18/afghanistan-attack-idINL3N0I83F620131018

Norwegian-Somali ID'd as Kenya Gunman - Daily Beast :: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/10/18/norway-investigates-kenya-suspect.html

Don't PANIC: New ASTEROID unlikely to MAKE US EXTINCT in GIGATON ... - Register :: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/18/were_doomed_again_as_astronomers_spot_asteroid_that_could_hit_earth_in_2032/

Children as young as 14 undergoing obesity surgery on NHS - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10388318/Children-as-young-as-14-undergoing-obesity-surgery-on-NHS.html

Duchess Kate plays volleyball in platform wedges - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/10/18/duchess-kate-plays-volleyball-in-platform-wedges-for-charity/2997447/

Kenya attack: Westgate mall bodies 'probably gunmen' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24577711

Blow to multiple human species idea - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24577381

7 Ways to Be Insufferable on Facebook - Huffington Post :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wait-but-why/annoying-facebook-behavior_b_4081038.html

False Widow Spider Gives Boy 'Red Raw' Wound - Yahoo News UK :: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/false-widow-spider-gives-boy-red-raw-wound-002648954.html