Newser Story Index from October, 2013

Welcome to the Newser Story Index. Here you find stories written by Newser writers and editors, assembled with supporting photos and videos from the files of the news story.

NSA Chief: Phone-Tracking Was Just a Test
US Nearly World's New No. 1 Oil-and-Gas Producer
Hug Turns Fatal When Boyfriend's Gun Goes Off
Tsarnaev Seeks Better Prison Conditions
White House Meeting on Shutdown Yields ... Zilch
Michael Jackson Jury Clears Promoter in Death
8 Dead in Tennessee Bus Accident
And Now: Crash-Test Dummies for Dogs
Boy Needs Surgery After Hitting Puberty at 18 Months
Obama to Wall Street: You Should Be Worried
Lake Turns Animals Into 'Statues'
Texas Gets Execution Drug From Controversial Source
Shutdown a Lifesaver for Buggy ObamaCare Tech
Teens Make Better Decisions Than Seniors
Deliveryman Carries Teen From Burning Vehicle
Don't Pay Our Troops
2 Arrested in Sleepover Shooting
You Can Go Kayaking... on Your Las Vegas Trip
FBI Takes Down Silk Road, Alleged Internet Drug Market
5 Hot Events You Can Attend Next Year ... via Cruise Ship
Obama to Host White House Shutdown Summit
Stewart Rips Fox for Chortling Over Shutdown
Frank Sinatra Might Be Dad to Mia Farrow's Son
Private Job Report Disappoints
Michael Douglas to Eric Holder: Let Me See My Son
Drive-By Survivor: Hernandez Shot My Friends
Author Tom Clancy Dead at 66
FAA Panel Clears Gadgets for Takeoff: Source
Occupy DC: Vets Continue Shutdown Protests
As Clinton TV Projects Die, Hollywood Steps In
California Outlaws Revenge Porn
Search for Missing Woman Stymied by Shutdown
Government Shutdown: No End in Sight
Man Arrested in Fla. Airport Bomb Scare
Greenwald: 'Huge' NSA Hits Still to Come
Scientists Solve 'Abominable Mystery' of Flowers
Millions Flock to (Glitchy) ObamaCare Website
Russia Hits Greenpeace Activists With Piracy Charges
Top Microsoft Investors Want to Boot Bill Gates
Nuke Honcho Who Signed Hiroshima Bomb, Filmed Blast, Dies
For Heart Patients, Exercise as Good as Drugs
Bad Idea: Pal Mails Petraeus Fake Grenade
Shutdown Scuppers KKK Rally
Packages Force Evacuation of Jacksonville Airport
New Find on Moon of Saturn: Plastic
Apple Sitting on Extraordinary Pile of Cash
Columbus Can't Afford to Shoo Its Rats
Death Toll in Elephant Poisoning Rises to 91
Huge Nuclear Reactor Shut Down by Jellyfish
Fencing Coach Foils Crime as Only a Fencing Coach Can