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Police: Suspect in deaths of officers not in house

Seattle Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Authorities say a suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a coffee shop was not found in a Seattle house.

Obama Issues Marching Orders on Afghanistan War Strategy

FOXNews - ‎58 minutes ago‎
Top military and diplomatic officials got their marching orders Sunday evening from President Obama ahead of a planned speech Tuesday in which he's expected to outline his new Afghanistan war strategy and call for about 30000 more US troops to be sent ...

Clinton daughter Chelsea engaged to be married

The Associated Press - Beth Fouhy - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW YORK - Chelsea Clinton, the 29-year old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, has become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky.

Swiss minaret ban may irk some Muslim bank clients

Reuters - Lisa Jucca, Martin de Sa'Pinto - ‎19 minutes ago‎
By Lisa Jucca and Martin de Sa'Pinto ZURICH, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A Swiss vote to ban new minarets could irk some Muslim investors at a time when Swiss private banks are hoping to replace dwindling growth in European and US assets with fresh funds from ...

Iran vows to expand its nuclear program

Washington Post - Thomas Erdbrink - ‎1 hour ago‎
TEHRAN -- A top Iranian nuclear official said Monday that the country's decision to build 10 more uranium-enrichment sites is a direct response to last week's censure by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

China, US Give Copenhagen Negotiators Some Targets

New York Times - Lisa Friedman - ‎4 hours ago‎
By LISA FRIEDMAN of climatewire There's a story circulating in climate circles that Chinese President Hu Jintao had two speeches in his pocket the day he spoke to the United Nations in New York last month.

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White House Crashers: How the Salahis Strolled Past Secret Service

ABC News - Pierre Thomas, Yunji de Nies - ‎2 hours ago‎
Sources tell ABC News the leading theory in the ongoing Secret Service investigation is that officers at the initial White House checkpoint waived the couple in, assuming that their names would be checked ...

Divided Senate poised to start health care debate

The Associated Press - Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - ‎20 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats face deep divisions within their ranks as they begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, with the recent all-hands-on-deck coalition frayed over abortion and the option of government-run ...

Huckabee commuted sentence of suspect in Washington police slayings

Washington Post - Garance Franke-Ruta - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee started Sunday morning by dialing back expectations about his political future, but by evening, it was his past that was at issue when the Seattle Times broke news that the suspect in the ...

Wall St. Wanders as It Tries to Gauge Dubai Fallout

New York Times - Javier C. Hernandez, Matthew Saltmarsh - ‎7 minutes ago‎
Wall Street shares fluctuated on Monday as investors gauged the fallout from Dubai's debt crisis and weighed results from the first weekend of holiday shopping.

Black Friday online sales up 11%

Bizjournals.com - ‎17 minutes ago‎
Online sales were better than last year's Black Friday, according to initial data from Internet tracking firm comScore. The Reston, Va.
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Obama ups pressure on banks to help homeowners

CNNMoney.com - Tami Luhby - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Loan servicers must detail plans to assist borrowers long-term. Laggards could face penalties and sanctions. By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.

LHC sets new energy record, full power still year away

Ars Technica - Chris Lee - ‎16 minutes ago‎
Last night, the CERN tweeted that the LHC had reached an energy of 1.18TeV, a record for Earth-bound particle accelerators—and we are all still here.

The End Of The CrunchPad

Washington Post - ‎30 minutes ago‎
It was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad. The device was stable enough for a demo.

Climate research e-mail controversy simmers

USA Today - Dan Vergano - ‎7 hours ago‎
By Torsten Blackwood, AFP/Getty Images By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY The scientific conduct of climate researchers has come under increasing heat in a sprawling online debate over leaked e-mails that, critics say, raise questions about the arguments that ...

David Hasselhoff released from hospital, denying psych hold report

Reality TV World - Christopher Rocchio - ‎27 minutes ago‎
The America's Got Talent judge was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Sunday after he was rushed there on Friday from his Encino, CA home, E! News reported.

'New Moon' Overshadows 'The Blind Side' At Box Office

MTV.com - Josh Wigler - ‎2 hours ago‎
Second film in the 'Twilight' saga edges out Sandra Bullock's feel-good football drama, while 'Ninja Assassin' fails to succeed.

Polanski Release Could Take More Time: French Envoy

ABC News - Arnd Wiegmann, Emma Thomasson - ‎47 minutes ago‎
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities will not release Roman Polanski into house arrest at his luxury Alpine chalet for a few more days, the French consul said Monday.

Cops deny probe into Tiger Woods' health records

Boston Herald - Laurel J. Sweet - ‎36 minutes ago‎
The Florida Highway Patrol is denying a report this morning on celebrity gossip Web site TMZ.com that police are trying to get hold of medical records from the hospital that treated Tiger Woods following his car crash early Friday ...

Williams fined record $82500 for US Open tirade

The Associated Press - Howard Fendrich - ‎1 hour ago‎
Serena Williams was fined a record $82500 for her US Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another "major offense" at any Grand Slam in the next two years.

Derek Jeter named SI's sportsman of the year

Boston Globe - Howie Rumberg - ‎5 minutes ago‎
AP Sports Writer / November 30, 2009 NEW YORK—Derek Jeter posed in his crisp pinstripe uniform, resting a shiny black bat on his shoulder, while a photographer lying on the ground near the entrance to a Bronx subway station snapped ...

WHO Issues New HIV Recommendations

Medscape - Laurie Barclay - ‎41 minutes ago‎
November 30, 2009 - The World Health Organization has issued new guidelines focusing on treatment, prevention, and infant feeding in the context of HIV infection, based on the most recent scientific evidence.

Staff at WHO headquarters get H1N1 flu shots

Reuters - Laura MacInnis, Tim Pearce - ‎3 hours ago‎
GENEVA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation, which has been stressing the safety and importance of H1N1 shots, on Monday had its own staff vaccinated against the pandemic virus.
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Study: Early autism intervention in toddlers is effective

CNN - Miriam Falco - ‎10 hours ago‎
An intervention program called "Early Start Denver Model" emphasizes play therapy for very young children with autism. (CNN) -- Researchers have shown for the first time that if a child is diagnosed with autism as early as 18 ...

Pretending the climate email leak isn't a crisis won't make it go away

guardian.co.uk - ‎Nov 25, 2009‎
Climate sceptics have lied, obscured and cheated for years. That's why we climate rationalists must uphold the highest standards of science Research and rationalism: ice core drilling on the summit of Quelccaya ice cap, Peru.

At This School, It's Marijuana in Every Class

New York Times - Tamar Lewin - ‎Nov 28, 2009‎
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - At most colleges, marijuana is very much an extracurricular matter. But at Med Grow Cannabis College, marijuana is the curriculum: the history, the horticulture and the legal how-to's of Michigan's new medical ...

Motorists and experts say throttles, not floor mats, to blame for sudden ...

Los Angeles Times - ‎Nov 27, 2009‎
Amid widening concern over acceleration events, Toyota has cited 'floor mat entrapment.' But reports point to another potential cause: the electronic throttles that have replaced mechanical systems.

Shaking Off the Shame

New York Times - Sarah Kershaw - ‎Nov 25, 2009‎
FAMILY TIES Shane Winters and Kimberly Spring-Winters, first cousins, married this year despite her mother's concerns. Erik S. Lesser for The New York Times TOGETHER Kathy and Dale Hollenbach, first cousins, hardly knew each other ...

The Lesson of Dubai: The Crisis Is Not Over

TIME - Michael Schuman - ‎3 hours ago‎
Kamran Jebreili / AP As we reach the end of a miserable 2009, signs continue to mount across the globe that the world economy is stirring back to life.
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