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Will North Korea time its third nuclear test to coincide with Kim Jong-il's birthday?

Dates and numbers have great symbolic importance to North Korea, so Pyongyang often schedules what Washington calls 'provocative acts' around holidays and important political events.

Stocks slump after weak IMF report

The Vote In dedicating César Chávez monument, Obama reaches out to Latino voters

Stocks fall on Asia's gloomy economic outlook

Columbus Day: Your guide to the top 5 political events today

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Christopher Columbus: Five things you thought you knew about the explorer

Columbus Day: What's open, what's closed, what's happening?

Stock markets rise on hopes of Fed easing

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Will a longer school day help close the achievement gap?

Opinion Should we even have a Columbus Day?

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Obama struggles to attract wavering Jewish voters

Disagreement widespread within US government over 2002 harsh interrogations