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florence, italy. that came in third. cape town, south africa did very well. but still only reached number two. the winner? ah, right here at home. charleston, south carolina. it also earned bragging rights for the second year in a row as the top city in the u.s. it is a spectacular city. >>> a new study shows that taking a daily vitamin might reduce a man's risk of getting cancer. middle aged men who took vitamins for a decade had cut their cancer rate by 8%. low doses of a wide range of vitamins might be better than loading up on one. multi-vitamins have no side effects while high dose supplements can be harmful. >>> hers here's a look at how wall street kicked off. the dow closed 13,557. the s&p was up 6. the nasdaq ganld 3. in tokyo, the nikkei surged 176 points while in hong kong the hang seng climbed 102. >>> wednesday's good news here at home had ripple effects overseas. asian shares hit a seven-month high after a slew of signs that china's economy is improving followed positive upbeat housing data. september home construction soared 15% over august driving up home builders and suppliers like home depot and lowe's. it wasn't all good, ibm's lackluste

florence, italy. that came in number three. cape town, south africa did well on the survey but still reached only number two. the winner, hey, right here at home, charleston, south carolinargeous there. it also earned bragging rights for the second year in a row as top city in the u.s. great restaurants too. >>> now here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. after mitt romney's binder full of women remark at tuesday's debate, a coalition of women's groups in massachusetts said romney did not ask for resumes for women cabinet candidates. they went to him and romney's son tagg told the radio host what he wanted to do when president obama said his father was not telling the truth. >> jump out of your seat and take a swing at him but you know you can't do that because, well, first, because there's a lot of secret service between you and him but also because that's the nature of the process. >> 66.5 million watched the debate and reaction was in full swing on the campaign trail. joe biden stumping in nevada gave his own folksy take on the romney/ryan tax proposal. >> we learned that suddenly, suddenly governor romney lost that plan, that $5 trillion