Turkish soldiers stand near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, early Friday. AP hide caption

Dan Senor, a senior adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Jason Reed /Reuters /Landov hide caption

Veterans applaud at an Oct. 8 campaign event in Swanton, Ohio, for Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. Health care and unemployment are among veterans' chief concerns this election season, and both the Obama and the Romney campaigns have offered solutions. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption

Cuban President Fidel Castro replies to President Kennedy's naval blockade via Cuban radio and television on October 23, 1962. Kennedy enacted the blockade in response to the deployment of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. AP hide caption

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns in Gilbert, S.C., earlier this year. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption

Crowds watch as Clos Montmartre's grapes are harvested during its annual October wine festival. Jacque Brinon/AP hide caption

Kitsy Roberts and Janko Williams have traded a rent payment for a mortgage. The Seattle couple is planning to put a lot of sweat equity into their fixer-upper. Wendy Kaufman/NPR hide caption

Former cyclist Scott Mercier has gained notoriety for refusing to go on a doping program 15 years ago. Here, Mercier (in blue jersey) rides just ahead of cyclist Chris Horner in 1997. Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images hide caption

Former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle just released a new album, Dept. of Disappearance. Courtesy of the artist hide caption