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Philippines Declares Emergency After Violence

New York Times - Carlos H. Conde, Mark McDonald - ‎3 hours ago‎
MANILA - The president of the Philippines on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the southern region where gunmen kidnapped more than 40 people and killed at least 35 of them, military officials and news agencies reported.

Obama to Announce Afghanistan Decision Within Days

New York Times - Andy Sullivan, Kim Dixon - ‎19 minutes ago‎
By REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held a final strategy session with top aides on whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan and plans to announce his decision within days, the White House said.

Hamas prisoner deal "very near": Israeli minister

Reuters - Dan Williams - ‎49 minutes ago‎
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is "very near" to agreeing a prisoner swap with Hamas, though it remains unclear which jailed Palestinians will be released, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Tuesday.

Climate change: Copenhagen in graphics

BBC News - ‎38 minutes ago‎
And have governments pledged tough enough cuts so far to keep the global average temperature rise within "safe limits"? As the UN summit in Copenhagen approaches, we look at the past, present and possible futures of climate change.
Planet Panel Washington Post

Obama aims to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties

Reuters - Matt Spetalnick - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday for talks considered critical to showing Washington's commitment to New Delhi in a region where its rivals, China and Pakistan, ...

Iraq inquiry: questions and answers

Telegraph.co.uk - James Kirkup - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Sir John Chilcot is conducting a public inquiry to examine the British Government's approach to and involvement in Iraq from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009.

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Eight Americans tried to recruit for Qaeda-linked group - feds

New York Daily News - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Authorities unsealed terrorism-related charges Monday against eight Americans they said recruited young people to fight for an Islamist group in Somalia that is linked to Al Qaeda.

Going Rogue: An American Life

Christian Science Monitor - David Holahan - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Very early in Going Rogue: An American Life, Sarah Palin's memoir, the reader learns that she has had “a drive to help, an interest in government and current events since I was a little kid” and that in ...

Maldonado picked to be lieutenant governor

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎1 hour ago‎
For the second time in his political career, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger turned to talk show host Jay Leno to make a major announcement, this time nominating Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County), as California's next lieutenant ...

China Consumer Stocks to Rise in Next Decade, South Ocean Says

Bloomberg - Weiyi Lim, Zeb Eckert - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- China's consumer stocks will rise in the next decade with government measures boosting demand and the drop in shares today creates a buying opportunity for investors, according to South Ocean ...

European, Asian Shares Drop; US Stock-Index Futures Decline

Bloomberg - Daniela Silberstein - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- European and Asian shares declined, trimming yesterday's worldwide rally in equities, on concern banks may have to raise more capital.

HP Gets a Boost from Services, Cost Cutting

Wall Street Journal - Justin Scheck - ‎8 hours ago‎
Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a 14% jump in quarterly profit, an indication that a big bet on technology services and cost-cutting has put the Silicon Valley giant in a strong position as the economy starts to recover.

Lawmakers Probe Climate Emails

Wall Street Journal - Keith Johnson, Gautam Naik - ‎7 hours ago‎
Congressional Republicans have started investigating climate scientists whose hacked emails suggest they tried to squelch dissenting views about global warming.

Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams

The Associated Press - ‎29 minutes ago‎
GENEVA - A spokesman says the world's largest atom smasher has used its accelerator for the first time to speed up the proton beams in an initial test of its ability to reach much higher energy later.

Google grabs another ad company

Register - John Oates - ‎7 minutes ago‎
The search giant is paying an undisclosed amount for Teracent which offers personalised display ads. Earlier this month Google paid $750m for AdMob which delivers display ads to iPhones and other mobile gadgets ...

Lambert comes out swinging in defense of AMA performance

Chicago Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
"People are scared, and it's really sad. I just wish people could open their minds up and enjoy things. It's all for a laugh -- it's really not that big of a deal.
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Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart: Are they or aren't they?

USA Today - Lorena Blas - ‎6 hours ago‎
The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a hit, but fans seem to be almost as obsessed with news about whether stars Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), 23, and Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), 19, are a couple in real life.

Jennifer Lopez laughs off her AMA award stumble

The Money Times - Natalie James - ‎1 hour ago‎
Los Angeles, CA, November 24 -- Jennifer Lopez took a little fall during her Sunday night's American Music Awards performance.

Young rewarding Titans' owner's faith in him

FOXSports.com - Alex Marvez - ‎2 hours ago‎
Alex Marvez is a Senior NFL Writer for FOXSports.com. He's covered the NFL for the past 15 seasons as a beat writer and is the former president of the Pro Football Writers of America.

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Boston Globe - ‎2 hours ago‎
ST. LOUIS - Last night, after missing more than a month because of a broken left foot, Marc Savard made his return to the Bruins lineup against the Blues at the Scottrade Center and contributed the following: zero goals, zero assists, zero points, ...
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Patriots Look Ahead to Face Another Unbeaten Team

New York Times - ‎19 minutes ago‎
By AP FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The last NFL team to go unbeaten in the regular season gets its second chance in three weeks to stop an opponent from chasing that same goal.

Vaccine system remains antiquated

Washington Post - Rob Stein - ‎7 hours ago‎
After a lethal bird flu virus emerged in Asia, US officials launched an intense effort to build new defenses against a pandemic, including replacing an antiquated vaccine system, which depends on millions of chicken eggs.

Drop in new HIV infections and deaths

BBC News - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Thanks to greater access to powerful drugs the HIV death toll has dropped by a tenth and more people are surviving with the virus, latest figures show.

A difference of opinions on mammograms

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
Last week, the US Preventive Services Task Force published new guidelines that recommended against routine mammography screening for women in their 40s and less-frequent screening for older women at average risk of developing breast cancer.

Spanx for dudes? T-shirt promises instant six-pack

msnbc.com - Jim Ray - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
What it claims to do: A T-shirt on steroids, RipTFusion claims to be a “body-sculpting undershirt designed to support your core, shave inches off your belly and enhance your posture.

Understanding China

Los Angeles Times - Martin Jacques - ‎Nov 22, 2009‎
The West has gotten it wrong on China for decades -- even as it embraces a market economy, it has shunned Western-style freedoms. And its power is only growing.

'Brady Bunch' Feud: Susan 'Cindy' Olsen Says Lesbian Rumors False

FOXNews - Hollie McKay - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Back in the day "The Brady Bunch" family represented the American Dream, but it seems all that sibling affection has been severed by the fact that Eve Plum (Jan Brady) refuses to talk to or reconcile with big sis Marsha, ...

Let's Fix Michigan and Notre Dame

Wall Street Journal - Jason Gay - ‎17 hours ago‎
'Irish Wolverines' Would Fill a Solid Roster and Be a Network-TV Hit; A New Fight Song by Iggy Pop? By JASON GAY Surely by now you know that the greatest crisis facing this country isn't the economy or war, but the perilous states of the Michigan and ...

The world still can learn from Keynesian economics

Los Angeles Times - Michael Hiltzik - ‎12 hours ago‎
Great crises have a way of reminding us that acting as though we know perfectly well what the future holds almost always leads to disaster.
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