Tuesday,  October 30, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 105 • 39 of 41 •  Other Editions

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York City. The other 2,500 cuts are to be in Switzerland.
• Investors cheered the move and the stock was trading 6 percent higher in early trading in Zurich at 13.88 Swiss francs.
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Alex Smith completes 18 of 19 passes, 49ers dominate Cardinals 24-3

• GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Three touchdown passes, one incomplete pass.
• Not a bad night for Alex Smith, and it could have been better, considering that the one incomplete pass was dropped by a wide-open receiver.
• The San Francisco quarterback completed 18 of 19 passes for 232 yards and three touchdowns -- two to Michael Crabtree and one to Randy Moss -- to help San Francisco flatten the Arizona Cardinals 24-3 on Monday night.
• "Eighteen of 19, I have never seen that," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. "How important for your quarterback to play very well? It is very important and I don't know how you play much better. It was a fantastic game by him."
• Arizona defensive tackle Darnell Dockett could hardly believe what Smith had done.
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Syrian troops clash with rebels in Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus

• BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say Syrian troops and rebels are clashing in a Palestinian refugee camp in the capital, Damascus.
• They also say fighter jets have resumed attacks on the northern province of Idlib and suburbs of the capital. Tuesday's airstrikes come a day after activists reported the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's 19-month crisis began.
• The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees say fighting in the Yarmouk refugee camp broke out after midnight. They had no word on casualties.
• Palestinian refugees in Syria tried to stay on the sidelines when the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March. But many Palestinian youths have joined the fight as they became enraged by mounting violence and moved by Arab Spring calls for greater freedoms.

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