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of serving in Afghanistan's security forces.
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• 9. JACKSON CONCERT PROMOTER CLEARED OF NEGLIGENCE
• The jury's ruling saves AEG Live from paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the singer's mother, Katherine, and to his three children.
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• 10. TAMPA BAY ENDS CLEVELAND'S SEASON
• The Rays get a solid start from right-hander Alex Cobb and blank the Indians 4-0 in the AL wild-card game.
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AP News in Brief
Who knew? Shutdown casualties include weddings, bike rides, more random activities of life
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taking out a mortgage. Getting married in a park. Going for a fall foliage drive. Cashing a check.
• Who knew that so many random activities of daily life could be imperiled by a shutdown of the federal government?
• Americans are finding that "the government" entails a lot more than the stereotype of faceless D.C. bureaucrats cranking out red tape.
• And so it is that two dozen October weddings, including nine this week, are in jeopardy because they're scheduled for monument sites on the National Mall. Ditto for a New Jersey couple planning to marry at the Grand Canyon.
• Mike Cassesso and MaiLien Le's permit to get married Saturday on the lawn near the Jefferson Memorial looks to be among the casualties, giving rise to a new Twitter hashtag for their (hash)shutdownwedding. They're looking at alternate sites, including the restaurant booked for their reception.
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Computer glitches in health insurance marketplaces signal strong demand for coverage
• SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for health insurance under the nation's historic health care overhaul.
• That was putting pressure on the federal government and the states that are running their own insurance exchanges to fix the problems amid strong demand for the (Continued on page 25)
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