US – Saturday, November 7
Puzzle solutions for November 6, 2009
 
Puzzle solutions for November 6, 2009
 
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 Picketers made their case in Upper Darby Thursday as the strike continued.Another accident hits SEPTA rails
  PHILADELPHIA. A catastrophe struck a SEPTA Regional Rail line for the second consecutive day Thursday when a rail inspector was killed by a passing train, but riders beared a third day of long waits to get out of Center City, while others made alternate plans to get to and from work.
 
Kerik: I’m guilty, and lied to feds
Disgraced former NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty to lying to the White House and tax fraud Thursday, consolidating three federal cases against him into a agreement that could land him in jail for nearly three years.
 
Starting up with time on their side
Starting a business isn’t easy these days, but maybe that’s why entrepreneurs fresh out of school are taking the gutsy first step.
 
A wee little way to try to get famous
There are hundreds of ways to get your name in the paper: appear on reality TV, get knocked up by a reality star, film yourself while getting knocked up by a reality star ... the list is endless. But here’s a new one: A model named Yvette Monet has put a restraining order on ex-boyfriend Verne Troyer, according to RadarOnline.
 
Fans prepped for Yankees’ Canyon parade
Like many New Yorkers, Nancy Zupo, 45, of Astoria, wouldn’t miss Friday’s ticker tape parade for anything.  She’s taking her boys out of school. Her college-age nephews are coming in from out-of-town to celebrate.
 
Tarantino’s take on car movies
Quentin Tarantino didn’t go to film school. “I went to the movies instead,” he chuckles, and it shows. Mention even the most obscure film, and QT will wax lyrical about it. Each of his movies — from “Reservoir Dogs” to “Inglourious Basterds” — is a love letter to cinema, a pastiche of different genres. He touched on road movies with “Death Proof,” but what if he were to direct a motor-racing movie?
 

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Military base is site of soldier’s rampage
With 30 more wounded, fears are death toll will still rise
An Army psychiatrist who had treated soldiers wounded in foreign wars opened fire with two handguns on soldiers preparing for foreign deployment at the Fort Hood U.S. Army post in Texas on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 30 others.
 
 

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One for the thumb
Derek Jeter has been out of place since his last World Series title. The captain’s been on Jessica Biel’s arm, starred in countless Gillette commercials and had a front-row seat to Alex Rodriguez’s PED news conference.
 
 

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Votes give Dems reasons to worry
The Obama White House yesterday attempted to play down election losses in Virginia and New Jersey in contests that analysts said served as a warning shot to Democrats looking ahead to 2010 voting.
 
 
 

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Get your groove back in Jamaica
Haunted colonial mansions, triathlons and motivational theme parks — not things you think of when you think of Jamaica? Think again, mon. Jamaica is fast becoming the health and activity capital of the Caribbean. Feel like you need to recharge rather than merely relax? With direct flights on JetBlue launching in January and locals that welcome you with open arms, you’ll be getting your groove back in no time.
 
 

 
 

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Watch out for the flying pumpkins
Why compost your old pumpkins when you can launch them?
 
 
 
Series title was easy, now comes the hard part
The smile plastered on Alex Rodriguez’s face may stay permanent until next April, but for some aging Yankees, it’s time to turn their game faces back on.
 
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MMMpod
The November MMMpod features interviews and music with a band called Girls, a band of girls called Supercute, and a supercute vampire. Yes, listeners, we have Pattinson!