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Day in photos Nobel economics prize, Felix Baumgartner, Iggy & The Stooges and more.
Oct. 15, 2012
A tourist sits outside a cafe in a flooded Piazza San Marco as high tides reached 3.5 feet above sea level, partly flooding the city of Venice.
Luigi Costantini
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Lloyd Shapley, one of two Americans who were awarded the Nobel economics prize, sits in his home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. Shapley, 89, and Alvin Roth, 58, were awarded the prize for their studies on the match-making that takes place when doctors are coupled with hospitals, students with schools and human organs with transplant recipients.
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Oct. 15, 2012
Alvin Roth takes a phone call after being awarded the Nobel economics prize, at his home in Menlo Park, Calif.
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Oct. 14, 2012
The space shuttle Endeavour arrives at the hangar in the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Endeavour arrived at the museum after a 12-mile parade past thousands of onlookers, ending with a greeting party of city leaders and other dignitaries.
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Oct. 14, 2012
Felix Baumgartner of Austria jumps out of a capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos. The Austrian daredevil became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering freefall jump from the edge of space, organizers said.
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Oct. 14, 2012
The Costa Concordia cruise ship lays near the harbor of Giglio Porto, Italy. An Italian court will begin hearings on Monday to determine who may stand trial for a cruise ship disaster that left 32 people dead, amid accusations of safety breaches and fatal delays.
Filippo Monteforte
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Oct. 14, 2012
Participants run through foam during the Fisherman's Friend Strongmanrun race 2012 in La Bresse, eastern France.
Sebastien Bozon
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Oct. 14, 2012
Iggy & The Stooges perform at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin.
Jack Plunkett
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Oct. 14, 2012
A crowd gathers to watch workers take down the last bronze statue of Vladimir Lenin in Ulan-Bator, the capital of Mongolia, after Mayor Bat-Uul Erdene denounced the communist leader as a "murderer." For decades, Lenin was worshipped by Mongolian schoolchildren as Teacher Lenin.
Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir
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Oct. 14, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney kisses wife, Ann, as he leaves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belmont, Mass.
Charles Dharapak
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Oct. 15, 2012
Boys try to catch a glimpse of female performers and dancers from outside the walls of a local fair in New Delhi.
Kevin Frayer
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Oct. 14, 2012
A lone stag walks through the early morning sunshine at Dunham Massey in Altrincham, northwestern England. October is the peak of the stag-rutting season, when male deer fight for the right to mate with the hinds, and their mating calls are heard throughout the countryside.
Dave Thompson
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AP
Oct. 15, 2012
A Jammu and Kashmir government employee shouts slogans as he is detained by police during a protest against the government in Srinagar, India. The employees demanded the government compensate them for unpaid salaries and raise the retirement age.
Mukhtar Khan
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Oct. 14, 2012
The New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira reaches for a foul ball hit by the Detroit Tigers's Delmon Young in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series in New York.
Matt Slocum
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Oct. 14, 2012
A civilian police tactical unit takes position during a deployment to the Manguinhos and Jacarezinho favelas, known as “Crackland,” in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio police took went into the favelas on Sunday in a bid to seize portions of the city controlled by violent gangs, AFP reporters said.
Christophe Simon
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Oct. 15, 2012
A Pakistani student holds a picture of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a tribute at the Pakistani Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Kamran Jebreili
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Oct. 14, 2012
The Philadelphia Eagles’ Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie kneels as Detroit Lions players celebrate with kicker Jason Hanson, right, after his game-winning 45-yard field goal in Philadelphia. The Lions defeated the Eagles 26-23 in overtime.
Andre L. Smith
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Oct. 14, 2012
Occupy movement activists hold a banner reading "Throw the Money Makers out of the Temple" outside of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Several supporters of the anti-corporate movement chained themselves to the pulpit of St. Paul's Cathedral during a service on Sunday in an action marking the anniversary of its now-dismantled protest camp outside the London landmark.
Alastair Grant
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Oct. 14, 2012
President Obama arrives with pizza at an Organizing for America field office in Williamsburg.
Carolyn Kaster
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Oct. 14, 2012
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III celebrates with fans after a 76-yard touchdown run during the second half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Landover.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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