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    • 1. Americans' retirement plans have lost how much in the past 15 months, according to a Congressional budget report released on Oct. 7?
    • 2. In what country did Hindu and Buddhist priests chant sacred hymns and cascade flowers during a ceremony to appoint a 3-year-old as the new living goddess on Oct. 7?
    • 3. Where did Barack Obama and John McCain square off in a town-hall style debate on Oct. 7?
    • 4. The Federal Reserve made a key U.S. interest rate cut on Oct. 8. What is the current rate?
    • 5. Which airline is going to add anti-porn filters to its onboard Internet service after getting a series of complaints?
    • 6. Blackberry phone inventors announced on Oct. 8 a new touch screen device to compete with Apple's iPhone. What is the new phone called?
    • 7. Amid mountains of financial bad news, one piece of positive data was released on Oct. 8. What did it involve?
    • 8. Which actor jumped out of a window and used a hose to fight a fire that broke out in his Malibu, Calif., home on Oct. 7?
    • 9. Radio shock-jock Howard Stern married his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, on Oct. 3 in New York. Who officiated the ceremony?
    • 10. The Chicago Cubs were swept out of the playoffs in the first round by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct. 4. When was the last time the Cubs won a game in post season?

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