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powerful earthquake that has killed dozens of people in turkey. it is just after midnight there right now. night fall is hampering efforts to find people still alive in the rubble. rescuers with flashlights and shovels are picking through collapsed apartment buildings and we have just gotten the first official casualty figures from the turkish government. health officials announced at least 65 people confirmed dead. that number is very likely to go up as rescue and recovery efforts continue throughout the night. in libya, waving flags, blasting car horns and cheering wildly, people...

you might think that phone call was worth it. >> also this morning, there's a major debate happening in iowa. and the top presidential candidates, some of them decided they're not going to show up. welcome to cnn saturday morning on this october 22nd, 10:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 9:00 a.m. in fayetteville, arkansas, 7:00 a.m. in san diego. wherever you may be, we are glad you are right here. i'm t.j. holmes. let's talk about the big story from yesterday, the president, president obama coming out and saying, yes, u.s. troops are coming home for the holidays and the war in iraq will b...

morning. the two-time indianapolis 500 winner died in a painful crash last sunday in a las vegas race. saudi arabia is mourning the loss of a royal family member, the crown prince sultan died earlier today in a new york hospital. he was first in line for the saudi throne and was the country's defense minister. he was believed to be in his 80s. he had been battling cancer. folk music icon pete seeger and arlo guthrie joined occupy wall street protesters. arlo guthrie said the protests reminded him of the unrest of the '60s. an update. the protester that climbed a 70-foot high sc...

vegas. and there's crashes all the time in this sport. let's talk about what made this one so bad. >> what made it so bad is the fact that you have a field, which is bigger than the indianapolis 500, on a racetrack which is almost half as small. the oval here at the las vegas motor speedway is a mile and a half oval. and in indianapolis, it's a 2 1/2 mile oval. so you have a lot more spacing of cars. as you look at the wreck right now, you have a much fatter track so cars can go four wide, which means they are more bunched up going into turns, and dan wheldon starting at the back of ...

What is the mystery here? $2.5 million for potato research. is this to better understand our food so we can relate to it before eating it? i don't know. $206,000 for wool research. let me help. it's itchy. it's hot. $200,000 for lobster research. tastes good hot, with drawn butter. yummy. done. $7 billion for the robert c. bird institute of advanced flexible manufacturering system. what? $500,000 for exhibits at the check and slovak museum and library in cedar rapids. what about the albanian exhibits, do we not care about them, america? what kind of country are we. $250,000 for the i won't che...