10.1.13
USA Today—Bungie to open beta test of its new game, Destiny, to customers who preorder
Fox News—Jellyfish shut down Swedish nuclear reactor
CNN.com—Investor Carl Icahn wants Apple to buy back $150 billion of its own stock
CBS News—Breaking Bad finale draws over 10 million viewers
NBC News—Apple beats out Coke to become world's most valuable brand
ABCnews.com—Amazon to hire 70,000 seasonal workers this year

10.2.13
Fox News—8 year old suspended from school after pretending his finger was a gun
CNN.com—Author Tom Clancy dies at 66
USA Today—Lawmakers responsible for government shutdown will still get paid during the shutdown
ABCnews.com—New toothbrush says it can clean your teeth in six seconds
CBS News—FBI seizes black market drug web site
NBC News—Some Microsoft investors want Bill Gates to step down as Chairman of the Board

10.3.13
ABCnews.com—Woman shot dead after attempting to ram through the White House gates with her car
CBS News—London's Crystal Palace to be rebuilt
Fox News—Facebook planning to build small community near its headquarters exclusive for its employees
USA Today—Hackers steal nearly 3 million customer records, including credit cards, from Adobe
BBC News—Ireland plans to be tobacco-free by 2025
NBC News—Instagram to start selling ads

10.4.13
USA Today—Alex Rodriguez files suit against Major League Baseball, claiming commissioner Bud Selig is trying to force him out of the game
CBS News—Secretive graffiti artist Banksy takes up month-long residence in New York
ABCnews.com—Man who spent 40 years in solitary confinement has his conviction overturned but dies days after being released
NBC News—Woman who is the voice of Siri revealed
Fox News—Small batch brewery includes moondust as an ingredient in one of its beers
CNN.com—Lauryn Hill releases new song the same day she is released from prison

10.7.13
CBS News—Nielsen to unveil ratings for television shows based on Twitter mentions
ABCnews.com—Rural Colorado counties want to secede and form a new state
BBC News—Scientists achieve crucial goal on path to fusion energy
CNN.com—The Simpsons renewed for 26th season
USA Today—118 carat diamond sells at auction for over $30 million
NBC News—Ford's assembly line concept is 100 years old

10.8.13
CNN.com—Pogues guitarist Phil Chevron dies at 56
USA Today—Amazon launches PayPal competitor that lets customers pay for goods on other sites using their Amazon credentials
CNN.com—Tom Hanks reveals that he has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
NBC News—Braves once again have early exit from postseason after losing division series to Dodgers in four games
BBC News—Physicists who theorized the Higgs boson particle receive Nobel Prize
ABCnews.com—Georgia Tech fraternity suspended after they circulated an email titled "Luring Your Rapebait" about how to pick up girls at parties

10.9.13
BBC News—Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford considering Blade Runner sequel
Fox News—New Jersey town wants panhandlers to be registered
CBS News—New California law authorizes midwives to perform abortions
NBC News—Dodo may have gone extinct later than previously thought
CNN.com—Men's Wearhouse rejects buyout bid from rival Jos. A. Bank
USA Today—Apple holding iPad-focused event on October 22

10.14.13
Fox News—Famed graffiti artist Banksy sells original signed works for $60 on sidewalk in NYC
NBC News—Google to start putting user names, photos, and comments in ads
CNN.com—DC's economy losing $220 million per day due to shutdown
USA Today—Samsung may be moving away from Android
CBS News—Cheap early detection test for Alzheimer's uses peanut butter and a ruler
ABCnews.com—Commercial spaceflight operator SpaceX's reusable rocket sets record

10.15.13
CNN.com—Common Application technical glitches add extra stress to college admissions process
ABCnews.com—Netflix in talks to partner with cable providers
CBS News—NYSE beats out NASDAQ for Twitter IPO listing
Fox News—Apple hires Burberry CEO to head retail division
NBC News—MasterChef contestant commits suicide at age 26
USA Today—Butterfinger releasing cup-shaped treat to compete with Reese's

10.16.13
BBC News—Nobel Prize winner Higgs says he will retire next year
CNN.com—Square introduces new service that allows you to send money to anyone over email
USA Today—Jury acquits Mark Cuban of insider trading charges
ABCnews.com—Graffiti artists sue to prevent developer from tearing down mural that has endured long enough to become a tourist attraction
NBC News—eBay founder wants to found new independent news organization
Fox News—Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to host Golden Globes for next two years

10.17.13
Fox News—Man wins $250,000 on 15 year old bet that his grandson would one day play professional soccer
CBS News—Government shutdown ends before the default deadline
CNN.com—Texas couple owes $236,000 in tolls and fines after blowing through toll booths without paying over 14,000 times
NBC News—Blackout causes South Park creators to miss deadline for new episode for the first time in the show's 17 year history
ABCnews.com—Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 and restores the Start menu
USA Today—Facebook stock hits new all-time high

10.18.13
CNN.com—Textbook rental company in Australia will use drones to make deliveries to customers starting next year
Fox News—Commercial submarine company will take customers two miles below the ocean's surface
ABCnews.com—Snack food company using Kinect hardware to track customers' behavior in grocery stores
CBS News—New company lets you buy shares in Texans running back Arian Foster
USA Today—Google shares top $1000
NBC News—Marilyn Manson joins cast of Once Upon a Time

10.21.13
Fox News—$500,000 camera stolen from crew members for Dumb and Dumber sequel being filmed in Atlanta
CNN.com—JPMorgan to pay $13 billion fine to settle investigations related to its mortgage securities business
CBS News—NYC building owner hires security guards to protect graffiti by Banksy
USA Today—Rock amp maker Marshall wants to get into the headphone business
ABCnews.com—Former drug kingpin gunned down by man dressed as clown
NBC News—Microsoft pulls Windows 8.1 update after it causes problems for some users

10.22.13
CNN.com—Two airline passengers fined for repeatedly engaging in oral sex in front of other passengers during a flight
BBC News—Myst creators using Kickstarter to fund new game
ABCnews.com—33 year old man says he has spent more than $100,000 on plastic surgery to look more like Justin Bieber
USA Today—Tech columnist David Pogue leaving New York Times for Yahoo
Fox News—Boy Scouts dismiss troop leaders who videotaped themselves toppling a 170 million year old rock formation at a national park in Utah
NBC News—Study links spanking to later aggression in children

10.23.13
ABCnews.com—George Washington University admits that its admission process is need-aware and not need-blind as they have long claimed
Fox News—High school football player suspended from school for four days and kicked off football team for writing a poem critical of his team's 1-7 performance
NBC News—Apple announces that all future Mac OS versions will be available for free, including the just-released Mavericks OS X 10.9
USA Today—Starbucks opens its first Teavana tea bar
CNN.com—Google introduces new tool that lets you handwrite text into Gmail and Google Docs
CBS News—Astronomers identify most distant galaxy yet discovered

10.24.13
CBS News—Child born with HIV is now free of the disease even though he/she has not been given medication in 18 months
CNN.com—Investor Icahn ups his stake in Apple and tells the board to be more aggressive about buying back stock
ABCnews.com—Mother of teen who committed suicide may sue parents of kids who bullied her
Fox News—Boeing and Sikorsky to jointly build next generation military helicopter
USA Today—Governors of eight states make pledge to promote zero emission vehicles
NBC News—Black customers claim that Barneys discriminated against them

10.25.13
Fox News—Oscar-winning screenwriter tapped for Star Wars Episode VII is now off the project
USA Today—McAfee says he turned down request from government to help fix healthcare.gov
ABCnews.com—Doctor accused of killing his wife texted his mistress on the day his wife was found dead and during his wife's funeral
CBS News—MTV premieres new series on mobile app a week before it airs on the network
NBC News—McDonald's to sever its ties with Heinz ketchup
CNN.com—United fined over $1 million for stranding passengers on tarmac for hours

10.28.13
CNN.com—Lou Reed dies at 71
BBC News—Quincy Jones suing Michael Jackson's estate
CBS News—Cardinals get walk off win in game 3 of the World Series after a rare obstruction call
NBC News—Tesla hires Apple engineer to lead its development efforts
USA Today—Chris Brown arrested on felony assault charges
Fox News—Simpons voice actor who played Edna Krabappel dies at 70

10.29.13
CBS News—Texas judge strikes down some provisions of controversial law that put severe limitations on abortions
Fox News—Lost work by Leonardo discovered on walls and ceiling of Italian castle
CNN.com—Google rumored to be behind mysterious floating barge anchored in San Francisco bay
USA Today—Penn State to pay nearly $60 million to 26 Sandusky victims
ABCnews.com—Starbucks introduces service that allows you to tweet a coffee to a friend
NBC News—GOP official resigns after Daily Show airs interview in which he makes offensive remarks

10.30.13
BBC News—New tunnel in Turkey links Europe and Asia
NBC News—AI startup says it has written a program that can crack CAPTCHA
Fox News—EA cuts ties with Tiger Woods but will continue to produce PGA games
ABCnews.com—Facebook exploring bid for Blackberry
USA Today—Bob Barker returning to the Price Is Right
CBS News—Steve Jobs home where the first Apple computers were build is designated a historic site by California

10.31.13
CBS News—Tina Fey writing new comedy for NBC that will star The Office's Ellie Kemper
ABCnews.com—Texas man arrested for overdue library book
USA Today—Lay's to offer chocolate-covered potato chip
Fox News—Red Sox win World Series
CNN.com—NYC on the verge of requiring consumers to be 21 to purchase tobacco products
NBC News—Woman ticketed for wearing Google Glass while driving