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been killed in Syria covering the twin blasts and gun battles in the capital, Damascus.
• Press TV identified the correspondent as 33-year-old Maya Nasser, a Syrian national.
• State-run media said two massive explosions targeted the army command headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday morning, setting off clashes and a huge fire inside the building.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The presidential election is Nov. 6, but it could take days to figure out the winner if the vote is close. New voting laws are likely to increase the number of people who have to cast provisional ballots in key states.
• Tight races for Congress, governor and local offices also could be stuck in limbo while election officials scrutinize ballots, a scenario that would surely attract legions of campaign lawyers from both parties.
• "It's a possibility of a complete meltdown for the election," said Daniel Smith, a political scientist at the University of Florida.
• Voters cast provisional ballots for a variety of reasons: They don't bring proper ID to the polls; they fail to update their voter registration after moving; they try to vote at the wrong precinct; or their right to vote is challenged by someone.
• These voters may have their votes counted, but only if election officials can verify that they were eligible to vote, a process that can take days or weeks. Adding to the potential for chaos: Many states won't even know how many provisional ballots have been cast until sometime after Election Day.
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• CERRITOS, Calif. (AP) -- The federal probation violation investigation targeting the man behind the anti-Muslim video inflaming the Middle East is proceeding slowly and privately, reflecting the explosiveness of the case.
• Federal officials have said nothing publicly about the case, and neither has Nakoula Basseley Nakoula's attorney. Nakoula has put his home up for sale and gone into hiding since violence erupted over the 14-minute YouTube trailer for

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