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Where's Kim? Absent leader stirs wild speculation 10/13/2014 05:46pm • FOSTER KLUG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Where is Kim Jong Un? He's nowhere to be seen, and yet ... he's everywhere.From "Saturday Night Live" spoofs to the wild theories of journalists across the globe trying to parse his five-week absence from the public eye, the 30-ish leader of No Kmart becomes latest retailer hit by data theft 10/12/2014 12:58pm • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Sears Holdings Corp. said Friday that a data breach at its Kmart stores that started last month may have compromised some customers' credit and debit cards.The data theft at Kmart is the latest in a string of hacks at big retailers including Target W.Va. 3rd District race for Congress issue stances 10/12/2014 11:40am • JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- In the race for West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District, here's a look at where Democratic U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall and Republican Evan Jenkins stand on issues.ENERGY/COAL: Both Rahall and Jenkins oppose EPA proposed regulations to curb car Puerto Rico woman, 85, hospitalized in abuse case 10/11/2014 06:50pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico police arrested a man Saturday on charges of mistreating an 85-year-old woman for more than a year after officers said they found her in her home in deplorable conditions with 15 dogs.Authorities also accused 46-year-old Gioverti Jesus Garcia Cabello of ille Nobel: 2 rival nations, 1 message of peace 10/11/2014 10:34am • KATY DAIGLE Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) -- One is Muslim, the other Hindu. One a Pakistani, the other Indian. One a school girl just starting out in life, the other a man with decades of experience.Despite their many differences, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai and 60-year-old Kailash Satyarthi wil US adds extra level of airport screening for Ebola 10/10/2014 05:20pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama calls it a "belt and suspenders" approach -- an extra level of screening at five major U.S. airports to try to catch any travelers from Ebola-ravaged countries who may be carrying the disease.About 150 travelers a day will Traffic checkpoint nets alleged Juarez Cartel capo 10/10/2014 01:00pm • PETER ORSI Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Federal police used a seemingly routine traffic checkpoint to nab Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, the alleged drug cartel boss accused by Mexico's government of turning the border city of Juarez into one of the deadliest places on the planet.Over the course Data breach ensnares five local Dairy Queen stores 10/10/2014 07:47am • WASHINGTON -- Computer systems may have been compromised at 395 Dairy Queen stores in the U.S., including five in Maryland and Virginia, according to NBC Washington. The computer systems were infected with malware, yet the dates vary by location, NBC Washington reports. Customer names, card nu Investors mirror Wall Street...G-20 wrap-up...Microsoft chief apologizes 10/10/2014 07:40am • BANGKOK (AP) -- International stock markets are following Wall Street down. Weak German trade data is fueling worry Europe is sliding into recession. Futures point to more losses at today's opening in New York. Benchmark U.S. crude oil dropped more than $1.25 to just under $84.50 per barrel on conce Liberia children orphaned, ostracized by Ebola 10/10/2014 04:06am • KRISTA LARSON Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- First 16-year-old Promise Cooper's mother complained of a hurting head and raging fever, and she died days later on the way to the hospital.The following month, her father developed the same headache and fever. Her baby brother grew listless a Haiti pledges money to Trinidad and Tobago soccer 10/10/2014 12:54am • KURT VOIGT AP Sports Writers Upon getting word that the Trinidad and Tobago women's national soccer team might not even have enough money for lunch, Haiti's team took a look at its fundraising for World Cup qualifying -- an account totaling a little over $1,300 -- and decided to turn it over to the Mexico arrests alleged head of Juarez cartel 10/10/2014 12:30am • E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Federal police arrested alleged Juarez drug cartel leader Vicente Carrillo Fuentes in the northern city of Torreon on Thursday, Mexican officials announced.After investigators narrowed Carrillo Fuentes' whereabouts to a neighborhood of Torreon Dairy Queen latest to suffer customer card hack 10/09/2014 07:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Ice cream and fast food chain Dairy Queen is the latest retailer to reveal a hack of its customer data.The company said Thursday that hackers may have gained access to customer names, credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates at 395 stores between August and October. The co Rights group: Saudi silencing peaceful activists 10/09/2014 06:10pm • AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Saudi Arabia is waging a "systematic and ruthless campaign of persecution" against peaceful activists in order to silence criticism of the state in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, Amnesty International said Friday.The right US Ebola patient dies; airport screening expanded 10/09/2014 03:00am • MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. died Wednesday despite intense but delayed treatment, and the government announced it was expanding airport examinations to guard against the spread of the deadly disease.The checks will include taking