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• Fox, Cablevision returning to table in dispute Oct 16, 2021 06:23 PM
  
  • NEW YORK - Cablevision subscribers in the New York metropolitan area found blacked out Fox channels on their television screens Saturday, while the cable company and Fox parent News Corp. tried to resolve a dispute that threatened broadcasts of baseball playoffs and a football game.
  • But the impasse amounted to more than corporate wrangling for Bronx resident Clifford Taylor.
  • Representatives for Fox and Cablevision said they were resuming talks at noon Saturday in Manhattan.

  • Palestinians weighing alternatives to peace talks Oct 16, 2021 06:23 PM
    
    • RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinians will study alternatives to peace talks with Israel in the coming days, a top PLO official said Saturday, after Israel gave the green light to build 238 new houses for Jews on war-won land Palestinians seek for their state.
    • The negotiations, launched by the U.S. in early September, quickly broke down over Israel's refusal to extend a limited curb on construction in West Bank settlements, deemed illegal by the international community.
    • The Palestinians want to establish their state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem - territories Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast War - and say there is no point negotiating as long as expanding settlements gobble up more of that land.

    • Obama urges Democrats to not get discouraged Oct 16, 2021 06:23 PM
      
      • BOSTON - With the congressional elections fast approaching, President Barack Obama acknowledged Saturday that the hope and energy he stirred during his presidential campaign may have faded in the face of a grinding economic crisis.
      • I know it can be discouraging," Obama told a crowd of 10,000 at an energetic rally at Boston's Hynes Convention Center.
      • Obama came to Boston to campaign for his friend and political ally, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who is struggling to overcome the anti-incumbent mood that has swept across the country during this election season.Obama said Patrick's opponent is banking on the same strategy as national Republicans.

      • Obama steps into Mass. governor's race to aid ally Oct 16, 2021 04:03 PM
        
        • BOSTON - President Barack Obama has a message for Massachusetts voters: give Gov. Deval Patrick a second term so he can finish the job he started.
        • Obama said Patrick combines optimism with the effort needed to put his state and the country on the right path.
        • Republicans have tried to use Patrick's close relationship with the president as a wedge issue in the campaign.

        • Fuel supplies low as French protest pension reform Oct 16, 2021 04:03 PM
          
          • PARIS - Officials have taken the extraordinary step of warning some flights landing at France's main airport to come with enough fuel to get back home, bracing for a possible fuel shortage after a new round of protests Saturday against plans to raise the retirement age to 62.
          • All 12 of France's fuel-producing refineries have been hit by strikes that started Tuesday and numerous fuel depots are blocked, triggering a run on gas pumps by fearful motorists.
          • The same could not be said for Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, which moved into a Plan B mode to keep planes flying in and out of the European hub while conserving a limited fuel supply.

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