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| Turkey strikes targets in Syria | | Turkey fired on Syrian government targets in response to the shelling of a Turkish border town in which five civilians were killed Wednesday, according to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office. |
| Live from CNN TV: Setting the debate stage | | With polls narrowing, President Obama and Mitt Romney square off tonight in the most highly anticipated campaign event to date. And get lively input from CNN's lineup of experts. WATCH LIVE |
| Meningitis outbreak spreads to 5 states | | A non-contagious, possibly fungal form of meningitis has sickened an additional five people in Tennessee, bringing the total number of reported cases to 19, state health officials said Wednesday. |
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