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AP - Schools, shops and businesses reopened Friday as fears of violence ebbed in northern India following a court order to divide a disputed holy site between the Hindu and Muslim communities.

AFP - Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa returned to the presidential palace after being rescued from the hospital where he had holed up amid an armed confrontation between rebel police and loyal government troops, officials said.

AP - Bruce Bochy has said all along the NL West race would probably come down to the season's final weekend — and it will.

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board upset many investors when it forced out Mark Hurd as CEO nearly two months ago. Now, those directors appear to have baffled Wall Street with its selection of HP's new leader — Leo Apotheker, who lost his job running German business software maker SAP earlier this year after he didn't live up to expectations.

AP - Grasping for the electric energy that propelled him to the White House, President Barack Obama whipped up young supporters at a rally Thursday night, where the boisterous crowd tried to shout down any talk of an "enthusiasm gap" among Democrats.