Here are some of the AP Video-US stories we are working on for 10/16/2012:
HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ADVISORY:
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NUTTY NUISANCE - They may look cute, but a squirrel baby boom in the Northeast has frustrated homeowners calling in the pest controllers. See Features.
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE - AP Video US will offer the key soundbites, an AP fact check and post-debate analysis, together with reactions from the spin room and watch parties. See National.
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FEATURES
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SQUIRREL INVASION - A surge in squirrel numbers across the nation's northeast is keeping pest controllers busy. Biologists say good weather and plentiful food are behind the baby boom, which has led to squirrels invading homes and raiding crops. AVAILABLE NOW
ART IN MOTION - Robot flowers that flex and blossom are one of the highlights at the Kinetica Museum's exhibition in London. The show mixes technology, science and art. AVAILABLE NOW
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NATIONAL
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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE - Final preparations are under way for tonight's town hall face-off between President Barak Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. AP Video US will cover last-minute preparations, file key soundbites and offer fact-checks and analysis from AP political reporters. We will also cover reactions from the spin room and voters watching the debate in Chicago and Virginia.
CUBA TRAVEL REACTION -What implications will the easing of exit visa restrictions by Havana have for travel and immigration to the United States? AP is chasing reactions in Washington and Miami. (Also see International)
GUANTANAMO TRIAL - Preliminary hearing into charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others over the Sept. 11 attacks continues in Guantanamo Bay. The defendants do not have to appear today. EXPECT RAW VIDEO OF COURT COMPLEX EXTERIORS
MENINGITIS OUTBREAK - Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the New England Compounding Center.
GIANTS TOP CARDINALS - Ryan Vogelsong pitched the San Francisco Giants to a 7-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in San Francisco on Monday. AVAILABLE NOW
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REGIONAL
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PA, SPECTER FUNERAL - Vice President Joe Biden will be among the mourners attending the funeral of long-time Senate moderate Arlen Specter in Penn Valley, near Philadelphia.
MD, HIKERS FOUND - Two missing hikers from Virginia are rescued alive in Montana after more than 50 searchers scoured back country near Two Medicine, Montana in wintry conditions.
SD PRISON GUARD'S KILLER EXECUTED - South Dakota has carried out its first execution in five years. Eric Robert was found guilty of killing a prison guard during a failed escape attempt. AVAILABLE NOW
CA, SUPERSONIC SKYDIVE SCIENCE - A physics professor at the University of Southern California explains the forces experienced by daredevil Felix Baumgartner during his record free-fall. AVAILABLE NOW
CA, ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE ENCASES RIDER IN SAFETY SHELL - A new electric motorcycle protects its rider from both weather and accidents with a metal shell and gyroscopes to prevent it tipping over. AVAILABLE NOW
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INTERNATIONAL
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CUBA EASES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS - Overnight Havana announced most Cubans will no longer need an exit visa in order to travel overseas, removing a major impediment for many seeking to leave the island.
SYRIA REBEL CAUSE - Rebels fighting for the Free Syrian Army are not just motivated by their anger at the Assad regime. Increasingly the battle is seen as one between rich and poor, and the different religious sects within Syria.
NETHERLANDS ART HEIST - Paintings by Picasso, Monet and Matisse were snatched in a daring art heist at the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam. The collection was on display publicly for the first time as part of the museum's 20th anniversary celebrations.
UK US HACKER — Britain has blocked the extradition of an English computer hacker to the United States on health grounds, ending his decade-long campaign to avoid trial in America over allegations he broke into sensitive military and NASA computer networks.
UK PAKISTAN GIRL - Tight security surrounds a Birmingham hospital where 14-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousufazi is being treated by specialists after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen.
ISRAEL ELECTION - Israeli leaders attack each other in a heated parliamentary debate before a vote to dissolve parliament and call early elections. AVAILABLE NOW
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ENTERTAINMENT
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WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD - Elle magazine holds annual "Women in Hollywood" event with Cate Blanchett, Sarah Jessica Parker and Emma Watson.
ELTON'S AIDS BENEFIT - Elton John holds annual Enduring Vision benefit for AIDS research with Lance Bass, Stevie Nicks, Alan Cummings and many others.
HULK HOGAN CALLS NEWS CONFERENCE - Reality TV star and former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan is suing a Tampa Bay-based disc jockey, the DJ's ex-wife and a New York media group over a sex tape. AVAILABLE NOW
NY, BROADWAY MYSTERY - A former stock broker has been arrested on charges he directed an elaborate fraud on Broadway starring fictitious investors - a scheme that doomed the musical adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller "Rebecca." AVAILABLE NOW
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AP LIFESTYLE (AP VIDEO US INCLUDES AP LIFESTYLE STORIES)
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XBOX 360 DANCE GAME - Developers hope the latest dance game for Microsoft XBox 360, Dance Central 3, will be a Christmas hit. The motion-sensitive game launches in the US today.
POLAND COMIC SKETCH-A-THON - Cartoonists gather in Gdansk for a 24-hour sketch-a-thon to develop new comic book stories and characters. The only limit? Their imaginations.
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