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Top pollster says Americans will punish Republicans for shutdown
October 2, 2013"When all is said and done, the most telling thing that people will remember is that at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, the Republicans shut down the government."
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Shutdown curtails search for missing Idaho woman
October 2, 2013The government shutdown halted a search for a missing Boise hiker as park staff were forced to stop searching and go home.
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Today in labor history: Nat Turner is born
October 2, 2013Turner often conducted Baptist services, preaching the Bible to his fellow slaves, who dubbed him "The Prophet."
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Health insurance markets open to surge of new customers
October 2, 2013Americans got their first chance Tuesday to shop for health insurance using the online marketplaces that are at the heart of President Obama's health care overhaul.
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Conservatives lose, communists advance in Portugal elections
October 2, 2013The people of Portugal had a chance to respond to the austerity policies carried out by the right-wing coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
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