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money lead
Is Google renting NASA airfield to prepare for space exploration?
(CNN) - Another tech giant is headed to a new frontier after seemingly conquering Earth.
Google plans to pay NASA more than one billion dollars to operate this huge hangar in California. It's large enough to hold six football fields!
politics lead
Kansas Independent could hold key to the Senate
(CNN) – In the great struggle for control of the U.S. Senate, it is fully possible the contest will come down to one seat deciding which side has the advantage, and that could make Kansas hugely important.
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national lead
NASA contracting from private companies is cheaper, but also risky
(CNN) – The end of the space shuttle era amid government budget issues in 2011, was the beginning of officials seriously handing over the reins of space travel to private companies.
Ever since, questions have swirled about whether private companies can handle such dangerous work well, while watching the bottom line.
CNN's Tom Foreman reports.
politics lead
The key races that could decide control of the Senate
(CNN) – Ten very close Senate races are still up for grabs, and it appears these states will decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.
CNN's Tom Foreman reports.
world lead
When and where the Ottawa shooting took place
(CNN) – Canada's capital was locked down after a gunman fired shots around Parliament Hill, and inside Parliament itself.
CNN's Tom Foreman walks through what happened today, when and where.
