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work a 30-hour week to make a few dollars in the prison where he'll likely live out his days.
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• 7. FRIENDLY FIRE BEHIND BORDER PATROL DEATH
• An agent apparently shot at his colleagues, thinking they were smugglers, and was killed when they returned fire, a union official explained.
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• 8. WHERE GAS COSTS A RECORD $4.65 A GALLON
• In California, average statewide gas prices jumped 16 cents over the weekend, making it most expensive fuel in the nation.
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• 9. WHO SET A CHICAGO MARATHON RECORD
• Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 38 seconds, setting a course record and ending a nine-year run by Kenyans.
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• 10. WHY A NEW ZEALAND CITY IS CHANGING ITS NAME
• Wellington plans to unofficially rename itself "The Middle of Middle-earth" for three weeks before and after the premiere of "The Hobbit" trilogy.
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AP News in Brief
Presidential race rumbles into final 4 weeks; Romney talks foreign affairs, Obama raises cash
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rumbling into its final four weeks, the presidential campaign is playing out on both coasts and multiple fronts, with Republican Mitt Romney seeking stature on foreign affairs and President Barack Obama raising political cash by the millions.
• Negative ads, charges of dishonesty and dwindling time are all setting the tone.
• Joining celebrities for fundraising in Los Angeles on Sunday, Obama for the first time needled himself over a poor debate performance. But he declared he had the right focus and "I intend to win."
• Romney was in Virginia, trying to bury the memories of his fumbled trip abroad this summer and knock Obama back on national security. "Hope is not a strategy," he said in excerpts of a Monday speech at the Virginia Military Institute.
• The campaigns already had eyes on the next debate, the sole faceoff between Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, which will grab attention (Continued on page 21)
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