Hillary Clinton told senior Pakistani newspaper editors the truth in Lahore on her visit.

“The percentage of taxes on GDP (in Pakistan) is among the lowest in the world… We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move, and that’s not what we see in Pakistan,” she said.

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U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation’s banking industry are being crippled by bad loans.

The move brought the total number of failed banks in 2009 to 115 — their highest annual level since 1992 — with analysts expecting more to come. Among the lenders seized Friday was Los Angeles-based California National Bank, in what was the fourth-largest U.S. bank failure this year.

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Two burglary suspects who covered their faces by drawing on ‘masks’ with a permanent marker pen have been arrested.

A witness told police that two men with painted disguises were trying to break into an apartment in Carroll, Iowa.
The caller added that the pair, both wearing black hooded sweatshirts, drove off in a large white car.

Police soon spotted a 1994 Buick Roadmaster that matched the vehicle description and stopped it.

They found two occupants with mask-like scribbling on faces, Iowa’s Daily Times Herald reported.

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When you’re a kid, there are 3 important days every year: Christmas (presents), your birthday (presents) and Halloween (CANDY!!). Candy is kid crack.

The cooler your costume, the more candy. It’s simple really. We’ve all seen the baby-as-a-pumpkin costume one too many times.

Check out these awesomely creative kids costumes.

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Sir James Dyson has reinvented the fan!
Check out the new greener and meaner way of keeping cool.

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