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Roma Crushes Bologna 5-0 to Return Top of Serie A

Roma maintained its perfect start to the season with a 5-0 win over Bologna to return to the top of Serie A on Sunday, while Juventus kept up the pressure on the capital side with a 1-0 victory in a heated derby at city rival Torino.

Roma is two points clear of Juventus and Napoli, with Inter Milan a further two points behind after it was held to a 1-1 draw at Cagliari.

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UK Plans New Cyber Force to Boost Strike Ability

Britain's defense secretary says it is recruiting hundreds of experts for a new cyber force designed to protect the nation's vital data — and stage cyberattacks if necessary.

Philip Hammond says the Joint Cyber Reserve Unit aims to boost Britain's offensive and defensive capabilities in an age of increasing threats from cyberespionage and cybersabotage.

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'Cloudy' Sequel Tops Weekend Box Office

"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" slurped up the box office.

The animated Sony sequel featuring the voices of Bill Hader and Anna Faris opened in first place and earned $35 million in its debut weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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NASA Preparing to Launch 3-D Printer into Space

NASA is preparing to launch a 3-D printer into space next year, a toaster-sized game changer that greatly reduces the need for astronauts to load up with every tool, spare part or supply they might ever need.

The printers would serve as a flying factory of infinite designs, creating objects by extruding layer upon layer of plastic from long strands coiled around large spools. Doctors use them to make replacement joints and artists use them to build exquisite jewelry.

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Australia Defends Response to Refugee Boat Sinking as Death Toll Rises

Australia on Sunday insisted it provided "all appropriate assistance" to an asylum-seeker boat that sank off Indonesia, as the death toll rose to 28 people, the majority of them Lebanese.

The vessel, carrying an estimated 120 asylum-seekers from Lebanon, mainly from the town of Kabiit in Akkar, Jordan and Yemen, sank in rough seas Friday.

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Apple Maps Route to U.S. Airport Runway Reactivated

To the chagrin and worry of Alaska transportation officials, Apple reactivated maps app directions Friday that guide drivers to the edge of a runway instead of a terminal at the Fairbanks airport.

Apple had notified Fairbanks International Airport officials that the faulty directions had been disabled.

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Cholera Kills 1, Sickens 9 in Mexico

Mexico's health authorities say cholera has killed one person and sickened at least another nine in central Mexico.

Mexico's Health Department says two cases were detected in Mexico City and the rest in the nearby state of Hidalgo, where one person died.

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Propofol Use in Execution Stirs Concern

The potential use of propofol in a Missouri execution next month is raising concerns that the anti-death penalty European Union could limit its export, endangering the supply of the vital anesthetic to thousands of hospitals and clinics across the United States.

Convicted killer Allen Nicklasson is scheduled to die by injection one minute after midnight on Oct. 23. Missouri changed its execution procedure last year to include propofol as the lethal drug. Nicklasson's execution will be the first to use propofol.

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Mount Vernon Opens Library Dedicated to Washington

George Washington's Mount Vernon estate on Friday formally opened a new $47 million library dedicated to the study of America's first president, with plans to host a series of scholars who will examine the lives of Washington and the Founding Fathers.

And if those scholars occasionally knock Washington off his lofty perch as America's flawless father, that's OK by Mount Vernon.

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Simons Stamps his Natural Mark on Dior

Thousands of square meters (yards) of hanging vines, wisteria and roses — some real, some fake — created a garden setting through which designer Raf Simons' took guests on the latest Christian Dior journey for spring-summer 2014.

But in the garden Simons created — with its lurid-colored flora hanging from make-shift metal scaffolding — the bees sting and things were off kilter.

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