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The Oakland minister who predicted the end of the world would take place on Friday, Oct. 21, was confronted by the continuation of the world instead. It marks the second time the ministry led by Harold Camping, 90, has settled on a doomsday date, only to have it tick by in quotidian fashion.

In an effort to counter criticism, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said his revised tax plan requires poor Americans to pay no individual flat tax.

Since he entered the frontrunner spotlight, GOP hopeful Herman Cain has struggled at times to maintain a consistent message. This week he's drawn criticism over his tax plan, as well as his stance on social issues.

Cain now holds a big lead over Mitt Romney in a new University of Iowa poll. Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann lag further behind, trailing even Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.

NATO's secretary general said the decision was preliminary and that it would make a formal decision next week.

Obama has always been opposed to the war in Iraq, and is fulfilling a campaign promise to bring the American involvement to an end. He says troop levels in Afghanistan will also be coming down.

The British motoring show Fifth Gear recorded the damage in a test crash.

This Sunday, Tunisia is holding its first ever, free and democratic election. Tunisia, the first Arab nation to throw off the yoke of dictatorial rule this year, is arguably the most moderate nation in the Arab world, but Islamist candidates are expected to do well.

The legislature has now asked each school district to develop a social media policy. The earlier version of the law was opposed by civil rights groups, which said it stepped on freedoms of speech and association.

As President Obama tours the nation ahead of the 2012 election, he's visiting Democratic and Republican territories alike. Amid a time of big news abroad, the president is continuing to push his jobs bill at home.