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	*At least one gunman ] at Washington, D.C.'s ]; the city's mayor said at least 13 have been killed. One of the gunmen is dead, while the police chief states that another suspect is at large.		*At least one gunman ] at Washington, D.C.'s ]; the city's mayor said at least 13 have been killed. One of the gunmen is dead, while the police chief states that another suspect is at large.
	*A man is in custody, arrested by uniformed ] Police on ] adjoining the ]'s North Lawn, after loud popping noises were reported, having thrown fireworks over a fence there (the area is off-limits to all traffic); he was not judged to be a threat but the incident came right after the mass shooting nearby.		*A man is in custody, arrested by uniformed ] Police on ] adjoining the ]'s North Lawn, after loud popping noises were reported, having thrown fireworks over a fence there (the area is off-limits to all traffic); he was not judged to be a threat but the incident came right after the mass shooting nearby.
			*], ], ] and ], as well as distributor ITWAL Limited agree to pay more than ]$23 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging ] and price maintenance in the Canadian market.


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Current events of September 16, 2013 (2013-09-16) (Monday)

Bombardier's CS100 successfully completes its first test flight out of Montréal-Mirabel International Airport. (CBC)

Hurricane Ingrid is due to make landfall in Mexico as the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel causes heavy rain on the Pacific coast. So far, 21 people have died as a result of the two storms including 14 people in Guerrero state. (AP via ABC News America)
Typhoon Man-yi hits central Japan with concerns raised about a possible impact on the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. (The Australian)
Rain continues in the American state of Colorado as more than 1,200 people remain unaccounted for in the current floods. (Los Angeles Times)

The United States and Russia agree to a deal to eradicate chemical weapons in Syria. The government of President Bashar al-Assad agrees to the deal but the opposition does not. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)

At least one gunman opens fire at Washington, D.C.'s Naval Yard; the city's mayor said at least 13 have been killed. One of the gunmen is dead, while the police chief states that another suspect is at large. (NBC) (The Washington Post) (CNN)
A man is in custody, arrested by uniformed U.S. Secret Service Police on Pennsylvania Avenue adjoining the White House's North Lawn, after loud popping noises were reported, having thrown fireworks over a fence there (the area is off-limits to all traffic); he was not judged to be a threat but the incident came right after the mass shooting nearby. (NBC)
Cadbury Adams Canada Inc., Hershey Canada Inc., Nestlé Canada Inc. and Mars Canada Inc., as well as distributor ITWAL Limited agree to pay more than CAD$23 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging price-fixing and price maintenance in the Canadian market.(CTV News)

The deadly pathogenic amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which has a fatality rate of at least 98% even with treatment (two people have died and one has lived, recently) has been found for the first time in U.S. tap water near New Orleans (in St. Bernard Parish; it has happened before, in Australia; both cases were likely due to inadequate chlorination of warm water). It is spread only by nasal inhalation. (NBC)