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Saturday when Prince Guillaume weds Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy.
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• 5. GET READY TO RUMBLE
• Millions in the U.S. and several other countries will participate in an earthquake drill at 10:18 a.m.
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• 6. SYRIA'S BUSINESS ELITE GROWING RESTLESS
• Civil war and sanctions are taking a toll on the economy -- leading many of the nation's wealthy to lose faith in the Assad regime.
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• 7. WHAT GOOD MIGHT COME FROM SKYDIVER'S RECORD LEAP
• Data about the effects of extreme speed and altitude on the human body could lead to improved spacesuits and better emergency medicine.
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• 8. HOW A GREEK SOCCER TEAM CAME UP WITH MUCH-NEEDED CASH
• A pair of brothels is kicking in to help a squad in desperate need of sponsors.
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• 9. WHY FLAVOR FLAV LANDED BEHIND BARS
• The former hip-hop star threw his fiancee to the floor and threatened to kill her teenage son while brandishing a pair of knives, police say.
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• 10. CORPORATE DEFECTIONS FOLLOW LANCE ARMSTRONG'S LIFETIME BAN
• Nike, Anheuser-Busch and Trek Bicycle are among companies that decided to part ways with the cyclist.
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AP News in Brief
Feds: NYC terror sting suspect, after considering Stock Exchange, picks harder target: The Fed
• NEW YORK (AP) -- A Bangladeshi man snared in an FBI terror sting considered targeting a high-ranking government official and the New York Stock Exchange before authorities say he raised the further bar by picking one New York City's most fortified sites: The Federal Reserve.
• In a September meeting with an undercover agent posing as a fellow jihadist, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis explained he chose the Federal reserve (Continued on page 29)
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