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The shipwreck off the Italian coast has drawn attention to the thousands of asylum-seekers who try to enter Europe by boat each year. The case has led to calls for a Mediterranean-wide search and rescue mission to intercept boats carrying migrants.

The Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company says the new Spam flavoring is meat free. Good news for any Spam loving vegetarians out there. President Richard Schnitzler said Spam has a cult following in Hawaii.

Signs of movement emerged in the impasse that led to the government shutdown and debt-ceiling crises... Many key Republicans shifted their focus to entitlements and away from Obamacare... Treasury Secretary Lew was expected to take on default deniers during a Capitol Hill visit.

The Sears Crosstown building has cast its long, art deco shadow over Midtown since 1927. Will developers find the money to transform the massive, vacant structure into a new "vertical urban village"?

Also: Libya's prime minister is briefly abducted, then set free and 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai is awarded the Sakharov Prize.

Munro's short-story collections include Dance of the Happy Shades, The Moons of Jupiter and, most recently, Dear Life. The author, who has been writing for more than 60 years, is only the 13th woman to win the prize.

Chicago Congressman Luis Gutierrez's life has been marked by arrests, no-holds-barred Chicago-style political fighting, and even the occasional Molotov cocktail thrown through his window. He speaks with host Michel Martin about his life and new memoir Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill.

Some brokers and insurers are selling policies approved for the new exchanges along with traditional health coverage. Subsidies will be available only for the plans that got the OK for sale on exchanges. Sorting through the options won't be simple.

The Department of the Interior said interested states must have "an ability to fully fund National Park Service personnel to re-open national parks in their states."