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WICHITA – Chesapeake Energy Arena is home for the Thunder in the regular season, but on Friday, the team has a chance to
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct.
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Share prices in the US and across Europe fall amid fears of a global economic slowdown and the impact of the Ebola crisis.
BBC News – Business

The Islamic State militant group has been driven out of most of the northern Syrian town of Kobane, a Kurdish commander tells the BBC.
BBC News – Middle East

More graves have been found near the southern Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing last month, people searching for them say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Vladimir Putin stresses Russia’s support for Serbia at Belgrade’s first military parade in decades, amid continuing friction between Russia and the West.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron says action is needed to curb EU immigration and pledges “one last go” at negotiating a better deal for the UK in Europe.
BBC News – UK

The top doctor at the US hospital where an Ebola patient infected two nurses before dying apologises for its failure to diagnose him promptly.
BBC News – US & Canada

African countries neighbouring those most affected by the deadly Ebola virus must be better prepared, the World Health Organization says.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Oct.
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Japanese carmaker Toyota issues a recall of 1.75 million cars worldwide over faulty brake installations and fuel component issues.
BBC News – Business

The US increases air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syrian, the Pentagon says, as President Obama predicts “a long-term” fight.
BBC News – Middle East

DNA tests have shown that 28 bodies found in a mass grave are not those of a missing group of students, the Mexican attorney general says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A European championship football match between Serbia and Albania is abandoned after a drone carrying a political message sparks clashes.
BBC News – Europe

UK unemployment falls by 154,000 in the quarter to August to 1.97 million, official figures show
BBC News – UK

The US Supreme Court blocks key parts of a controversial Texas law enforcing restrictions on abortion.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN’s Ebola mission chief says the world is falling behind in the race to contain the deadly virus, with thousands of new cases predicted.
BBC News – Africa

After four-and-a-half months away, the Thunder finally gets to do what it loves the most – play in front of its home fans.
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It was in the air at the INTEGRIS Thunder Development Center on Monday. Not concern, but confidence. Instead of worry, togetherness.
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New arrangements to give savers more freedom over how and when they take a tax-free lump sum from their pension pot are due to be set out.
BBC News – Business