Top 5 Things to See Before You Start Your Day: October 16

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1. FACT CHECK: Be your own fact-checker Tuesday night:Will Mitt Romney miscount the number of unemployed, as he has before? Will President Barack Obama's dubious claim of a peace dividend, bopped down in the last debate, rise again? When Obama and his Republican challenger debate Tuesday night, the media's fact-checking corps will be watching for problematic claims that have popped up repeatedly in the campaign, as well as brand new ones.

2. Confident consumers give US retail sales a lift: Americans spent more money at retailers in September - a buying surge that reflected growing consumer confidence and the launch of the latest iPhone.

3. Police release 21 names in Maine Zumba sex case:Police on Monday released the first round of names of people they say paid for sex with a Zumba fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution operation out of her studio.

4. 2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-making:Two American scholars won the Nobel economics prize Monday for work on match-making - how to pair doctors with hospitals, students with schools, kidneys with transplant recipients and even men with women in marriage.

5. Suspect in Wyo. kidnapping won't fight extradition:A Montana man faces charges of kidnapping and assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Wyoming after police said he lured her to his car by saying he needed help finding a missing puppy, court records obtained Monday state.

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FBI arrests 2 local men for alleged terrorist plot
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Local congregation notified FBI about terror plot suspect
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Gov. Cuomo announces senate confirmation of multiple appointments
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More NY canal sections reopen after recent rains
More NY canal sections reopen after recent rains
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Cuomo creates panel to investigate NY Legislature
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Feds make find at former home of NY mobster
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Local public libraries granted construction funding
Local public libraries granted construction funding
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Albany High School students fight to save music program
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