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U.S. Cool to Surge in Afghanistan's Own ForceWall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has soured on a call from its top commander to double the size of the Afghan police and army, reflecting the White House's continued skepticism about the Afghan ... Obama's Speech on Afghanistan to Envision Exit New York Times 4 officers killed in brazen shooting near TacomaBoston Globe - - 13 minutes ago A Pierce County deputy sheriff ran toward the Forza Coffee Shop, where four police officers were killed yesterday. (Lui Kit Wong/ The News Tribune via The Associated Press) By William Yardley PARKLAND, Wash. Video: US coffee shop shooting 
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Conservative rancher leads post-coup Honduran voteThe Associated Press - - 40 minutes ago TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Conservative rancher Porfirio Lobo was headed for victory Sunday in presidential elections that many Hondurans hope will end a crippling crisis and others fear will whitewash the overthrow of a leftist leader in a coup. |
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Swiss brace for minaret backlash
Aljazeera.net - - 56 minutes ago
By Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher First in threes and fours, until it became a bigger group. They carried candles and their anger - upset that Switzerland had approved a vote to ban minarets, the prayer towers on top of mosques.
Swiss voters pass ban on minarets Los Angeles Times
Iran plans 10 more large nuclear plants
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Tehran's declaration that it will expand its nuclear program comes days after a rebuke by the UN nuclear watchdog. Experts say Iran lacks the ability or material to build the plants any time soon.
A Defiant Iran Details Plan for 10 Enrichment Plants New York Times
Commonwealth wraps up summit, climate change on top agenda
Xinhua - - 1 hour ago
PORT OF SPAIN, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Commonwealth of Nations wrapped up a summit meeting dominated by climate change on Sunday in Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago, which was notable for the appearance of leaders from ...
Video: Climate Change speech Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth
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Secret Service Agents Interview Intruders
New York Times - - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON - As part of a broadening inquiry into presidential security, Secret Service agents have interviewed the Virginia couple who sneaked into a White House state dinner last week, a senior federal official ...
Party Crashers Seek to Sell Their Story Wall Street Journal
Party crashers know three rules of fame msnbc.com
In health-care reform, no deficit cure
Washington Post - - 3 hours ago
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid's health-care legislation is projected to cut less than 10 percent from federal deficits over a decade.
Up against the clock in Senate race
Boston Globe - - 1 hour ago
With two televised debates this week and furious get-out-the-vote efforts, four Democrats enter the crucial drive to the Dec. 8 special primary with dual challenges - to awaken the interest of the electorate, and market themselves as ...
Dubai media, business leaders say woes overblown
Reuters - 19 minutes ago
DUBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Dubai media and some business leaders rallied to support the Gulf Arab emirate's efforts to weather its debt crisis, saying problems had been exaggerated and the impact of restructuring overblown.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Risk, opulence and reality in Dubai Los Angeles Times
Thanksgiving Sales Attract More Shoppers, Less Average Spending
Bloomberg - - 58 minutes ago
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- More consumers went shopping over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, yet spent less than last year as they hunted for bargains on toys and electronics, according to the National Retail Federation.
Holiday shopping off to mildly encouraging start The Associated Press
More Shoppers Hit Stores, but Spend Less Each Wall Street Journal
Wen Says Yuan Pressure Is 'Unfair' as Europe's Lobbying Fails
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Bloomberg News Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rejected “unfair” calls for the yuan to appreciate and European leaders acknowledged that they had failed to shift the nation's stance on its currency.
China Premier Wen: Stable Yuan Good For China, European Economies Wall Street Journal
After 'Black Friday', Industry Eyes 'Cyber Monday'
PC Magazine - - 5 hours ago
More data about "Black Friday" sales cam to light on Sunday, with a bit more pessimism than earlier reports. Meanwhile, the focus is shifting toward "Cyber Monday," where more online deals are expected.
Black Friday Sales Bode Well For Cyber Monday Mediapost.com
Royal Society papers provide science, history resources
ZDNet - - 31 minutes ago
The 350th anniversary of Britain's Royal Society (making it the world's oldest scientific institution) will be marked by the release of a vast library of papers online from the likes of Sir Isacc Newton and Benjamin Franklin.
Hacked climate emails called a "smear campaign"
Reuters - - Nov 25, 2009
(SolveClimate) Three leading scientists who on Tuesday released a report documenting the accelerating pace of climate change said the scandal that erupted last week over hacked emails from climate ...
'New Moon' is main course at $190M box-office feast
USA Today - - 4 hours ago
By Kimberley French, Summit Entertainment By Thomas K. Arnold, Special for USA TODAY Nothing could eclipse The Twilight Saga: New Moon over the Thanksgiving weekend.
'New Moon' tops boxoffice again Hollywood Reporter
Tiger Woods mistress not Rachel Uchitel hires Feminist Lawyer Gloria Allred
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
In the latest news, Tiger Woods mistress not Rachel Uchitel hires Gloria Allred and leaves New York City. Just who Gloria Allred is deserves this special blog post but first the details.
David Hasselhoff on Psych Hold? Baloney, Says Lawyer
E! Online - - 1 hour ago
The lawyer for David Hasselhoff is trying to tamp down reports that the sobriety-challenged former Baywatcher spent the holiday weekend on a psych hold in a Los Angeles hospital following.
Pamela Bach, David Hasselhoff's ex-wife, charged with drunk driving Los Angeles Times
Ravens get by Steelers, improve their standing in playoff chase
Washington Post - 50 minutes ago
BALTIMORE -- On a day when several AFC wild-card contenders lost, the Baltimore Ravens found a way to survive. With the Pittsburgh Steelers playing without two of their top stars -- quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and safety Troy Polamalu -- the Ravens ...
Steelers' locker room division bigger issue than loss Baltimore Sun
Ravens spoil Dixon's first start for Steelers Washington Times
Redskins quarters
Washington Times - - 1 hour ago
What happened: The Eagles attempted an onside kick, which Quinton Ganther gathered and returned to the 24; after a penalty, Washington started on the Philadelphia 19.
Sam Donnellon: Eagles' running attack gets passing grade Philadelphia Daily News
Eagles notebook: Reid regrets failed onside kick at start of game Press of Atlantic City
Nets look to move on without Frank
SI.com - 14 minutes ago
AP LOS ANGELES -- Nets guard Chris Douglas-Roberts knew something was up when he entered the meeting room at the team hotel Sunday morning and didn't see Lawrence Frank standing in front wearing his usual Nets T-shirt and Nets track pants.
Frank becomes cap-space casualty CBSSports.com
Kobe Bryant: Kobe nears triple-double in win over Nets Rotoworld.com
Pakistan sex workers on AIDS frontline
AFP - 2 hours ago
KARACHI - A prostitute born and brought up in Karachi's Napier Road red-light district, Shumaila never heard about HIV and AIDS until recently.
Free HIV events today through Saturday Bradenton Herald
Health district to host H1N1 clinic in Wickliffe
News-Herald.com - - 32 minutes ago
The Lake County General Health District will conduct a public H1N1 vaccination clinic Sunday at Wickliffe High School. This marks the third public clinic the agency has conducted to distribute the H1N1 vaccine.
H1N1 shots, spray here on Tuesday Memphis Commercial Appeal
Student Health Center gears up against H1N1 with vaccine The Daily Titan
With cancer screenings, 'more is not always better'
USA Today - - 6 hours ago
Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade.
Recent mammogram recommendation needs rethinking Evansville Courier & Press
Borgaard: New mammogram advice is 'phooey' Longview Daily News
The dark side of the internet
guardian.co.uk - Nov 25, 2009
Freenet means controversial information does not need to be stored in physical data havens such as this one, Sealand. Photograph: Kim Gilmour/Alamy Fourteen years ago, a pasty Irish teenager with a flair for inventions arrived at Edinburgh University ...
Fouad Ajami: The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
'He talks too much," a Saudi academic in Jeddah, who had once been smitten with Barack Obama, recently observed to me of America's 44th president.
Op-Ed Columnist Taxing the Speculators
New York Times - Nov 26, 2009
By Paul krugman Should we use taxes to deter financial speculation? Yes, say top British officials, who oversee the City of London, one of the world's two great banking centers.
The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell
TIME - - Nov 25, 2009
Video by Finlay MacKay for Time from a Red One digital camera. Set design by Gille Mills, shot at Pier 59 Studios At exactly two minutes after midnight on Jan. 1, 2000, an alarm sounded at a nuclear power plant in ...
Pressure Grows on Loan Modifications
Wall Street Journal - - 5 hours ago
In the latest move to bolster its $75 billion foreclosure-prevention plan, the Obama administration on Monday will outline new efforts designed to increase the number of borrowers who receive mortgage relief.