China frees 68 year old U.S. pastor David Lin after 18 years in prison

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"Baywatch" actor Michael Newman has died on Sunday after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2006, his director and friend confirmed.

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Business - CNBC - October 17

A couple's lost wedding film is returned after more than 50 years

Bill and Aileen Turnbull had only seen their 1967 wedding film once before it was lost. This year, a man in Scotland found the footage and sent them a link to watch it again—over half a century later.

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Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 17

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Delphi murders trial begins in Indiana, 7 years after girls killed

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