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Swine Flu Declining in Some Parts of USU.S. News & World Report - - 37 minutes ago FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (healthday News) -- Some areas of the United States are seeing declines in H1N1 swine flu activity, a federal health official said Friday, and while the disease remains widespread in 43 states, that's down from the 46 ... Signs That Swine Flu Wave Has Peaked in US New York Times U.S. Senate leader at risk in healthcare battleReuters - - 38 minutes ago WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Other than President Barack Obama, perhaps no one's political future is riding more on the US Senate battle to revamp the healthcare system than the chamber's Democratic majority leader, Harry Reid. Senate vote next step on what could be a long road for health care CNN International Berkeley Students Occupy Building in Protest Over Fee IncreasesWall Street Journal - - 19 minutes ago BERKELEY, Calif. -- Students occupied a building Friday on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, in an escalation of protests over large fee increases at UC campuses statewide that echoed the unrest here during the 1960s. Video: Protests As Univ. of Calif. Approves Fee Hike 
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New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey
Reuters - - 4 hours ago
ANKARA (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media declaring outright that he is anti-Turkish.
Turkish anger over Herman Van Rompuy appointment guardian.co.uk
Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After Convention
Voice of America - - 6 hours ago
Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989.
6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue
The Associated Press - - 27 minutes ago
BRUSSELS - Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a UN plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the ...
Iran nuclear deal: six world powers mull sanctions Christian Science Monitor
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Miami man gets 13-year sentence for Sears Tower plot
Reuters - - 18 minutes ago
MIAMI (Reuters) - The ringleader of a group of Miami men convicted of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and government offices was sentenced to 13-1/2 years in prison on Friday.
Sears Tower plot leader gets 13-year prison term The Associated Press
Mission: blow up Sears Tower; Sentence: 13 years ABC7Chicago.com
Ethics Panel Admonishes Obama US Senate Replacement
New York Times - - 46 minutes ago
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Roland Burris is a lying snake Chicago Tribune
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Obama approval drops below 50%
msnbc.com - - 2 hours ago
President Obama has now dropped, for the first time, below 50% approval in the Gallup poll. It's the second poll this week to show that result.
Obama approval dips below 50 Politico
Obama's job approval below 50 percent United Press International
US STOCKS-Wall St dips as investors fret about recovery
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - US stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from computer maker Dell (DELL.
Stocks end week mixed; lack of conviction reigns MarketWatch
Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens The Associated Press
Colo. jobless rate dips to 6.9 percent in October
The Associated Press - - 49 minutes ago
DENVER - A shrinking labor force and about 1000 new jobs have helped put Colorado's latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October at 6.9 percent, a slight decrease from the previous month, the state Department of Labor and Employment said ...
Oct. unemployment down in Mo., up in Ill. Bizjournals.com
Hershey Is Prodded on Cadbury Bid
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
The charitable trust that controls Hershey Co. is pushing the chocolate maker to launch a rival $17 billion bid for Cadbury PLC that would be bigger and have more cash than what Kraft Foods Inc. has ...
Report: Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury The Associated Press
Chrome OS: There Will Be Local Storage
InformationWeek - - 11 minutes ago
Google's forthcoming Chrome OS, released in preliminary form as open source code on Thursday, promises a major hardware transition, one that the rest of the PC industry has anticipated but not yet fully embraced: It will not support ...
Why Google Should Cool It With Chrome OS Wired News
Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge CNET News
Nook sold out for the holidays
CNET News - - 1 hour ago
If you were interested in buying the Barnes & Noble Nook as a holiday gift, strike it off your list. The e-reader is now officially sold out through 2009, according to the B&N Web site.
B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders The Associated Press
Astronauts Unfazed by False Alarms in Space
Space.com - - 45 minutes ago
Astronauts on the linked shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station said Friday that they're not worried about recent false alarms that disrupted their sleep with erroneous reports of calamity.
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth The Associated Press
Atlantis crew transfers cargo, preps for Saturday spacewalk The News-Press
Miley Cyrus 'Deeply Saddened' By Death Of Tour Bus Driver
MTV.com - - 56 minutes ago
Miley Cyrus issued a statement on Friday afternoon (November 20) about the death of Bill Douglas, the driver who died in an early morning accident in Virginia while driving one of Cyrus' tour buses.
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A Hilarious Clip Shows Us How 'Twilight' Should Have Ended
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"Twilight" … in animation … with a different ending? Now that's certainly original. You need to watch this clip that just went live on howitshouldhaveended.
Oprah Winfrey: is she irreplaceable in daytime?
Entertainment Weekly - - 30 minutes ago
Now that Oprah Winfrey has made it official that she's ending her talk show in September 2011, the focus now turns to those 215 stations that aired the Queen of Daytime and how they'll attempt to retain the 7 million-plus viewers who ...
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Johnson takes pole at Homestead
The Associated Press - - 27 minutes ago
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Jimmie Johnson will go for his fourth straight Cup title from the pole. Johnson turned a lap of 173.919 mph to win the pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Cards' Dockett docked $7500 for elbowing Hasselbeck in throat
CBSSports.com - 51 minutes ago
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The NFL fined Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett $7500 for his elbow to the throat of Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck.
Cardinals' Dockett fined CharlotteObserver.com
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The New York Knicks decided it was against their best interest to sign Allen Iverson, figuring they didn't want to hinder their rebuilding effort by giving minutes to a player who wasn't considered a building block.
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Fox News Poll: Worries About Safety of Swine Flu Vaccine Persist
FOXNews - - 2 hours ago
The H1N1 flu vaccine has been rolling out more slowly than many public health officials had hoped. But a recent Fox News poll suggests that even when the vaccine becomes more widely available, concern over its safety may prevent many at-risk Americans ...
Drug resistant H1N1 found in US and UK
USA Today - - 51 minutes ago
Epidemic experts say they are investigating the apparent spread of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus among four patients at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, and five in a hospital in Wales.
Drug-resistant strain of swine flu appearing, worries H1N1 virus mutating New York Daily News
Breast guidelines test American tolerance for risk
Reuters - - 2 hours ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The uproar over new breast cancer screening guidelines in the United States underscores the delicate balance scientists and health policy experts face in trying to convince a wary American public that ...
Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group The Associated Press
The man behind the netbook craze
CNN - - 7 hours ago
A few years ago rivals mocked Jonney Shih, chairman of Asustek, and his purse-size laptop computers. Millions of netbooks later, Shih is having the last laugh.
With FHA Help, Easy Loans in Expensive Areas
New York Times - - 18 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO - In January, Mike Rowland was so broke that he had to raid his retirement savings to move here from Boston. Policy changes in insurance, while introduced on a temporary basis, are becoming so popular that they could ...
Beer bars are blooming in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times - - 10 hours ago
Beer is the third-most-consumed liquid in the world (after water and tea), but not long ago it was still surprisingly hard to find a decent beer bar in Los Angeles.
101 Head Starts on the Day
New York Times - - Nov 17, 2009
Clockwise from top left: carrots, green beans and daikon (No. 70); acorn squash with apple and bacon (45); corn and tomatoes with chili (11); polenta cakes with cranberries (27).
Tom Petty: Rock God or Mere Mortal?
Wall Street Journal - - 6 hours ago
As Tom Petty prepares to release a career-spanning anthology next week, an attempt to determine where he falls in the music pantheon.