NEWS FLASHES: PARTIAL SHUTDOWN OF GOVERNMENT, DEBT CEILING CRISIS END WITH BIPARTISAN DEAL The 16-day showdown began when Republicans tried unsuccessfully to derail Obamas landmark health care law. LIBYAN AL-QAIDA SUSPECT PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO TERRORISM CHARGES Abu Anas al-Libi, also known as Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, was captured Oct. 5 by American commandos in Libya and faces civilian prosecution in the 1998 bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. FORMER TOP PENTAGON LAWYER NOMINATED TO HEAD DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY The choice of Jeh C. Johnson suggests the agency will be stepping back from its preoccupation with immigration to focus more on protecting the nation from attack. EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL PHILIPPINES At least 171 people were killed as the 7.2-magnitude quake dealt a serious blow to the regions religious and cultural heritage by damaging a dozen or more churches, some hundreds of years old. FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TOM FOLEY DEAD AT 84 The Democrat who served 30 years in the U.S. House became the first speaker to be voted out of office by his constituents since the Civil War. He also was U.S. ambassador to Japan in the Clinton administration.
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