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Official: Obama won't take any current war optionsThe Associated Press - - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when US troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan ... The Private Life of Nidal HasanABC News - - 1 hour ago Accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan may have exchanged e-mails with a radical, jihadist cleric in Yemen, but the devout Muslim also tried to be nice to the neighbors in his Killeen, Texas apartment ... Video: Killeen Vet Day 
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Fort Hood suspect's superiors questioned behavior The Associated Press Today's Men and Women in Uniform Measure Up to Those Who Came BeforeABC News - - 2 hours ago For generations, Veterans Day was all about old men, and of course, the members of their generation who never got to be old men. Soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan make up a new "greatest generation. Veterans struggle with stress, PTSD ABC7Chicago.com |
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Fatah rallies for Abbas at Muqata, but crowd quickly loses interest
Ha'aretz - - 20 minutes ago
RAMALLAH - Thousands of Fatah supporters gathered yesterday in the Muqata in Ramallah to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat.
Video: Palestinians Mark Arafat Death Anniversary
The Associated Press
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Abbas: No talks without settlement freeze Jerusalem Post
EU President Takes Tough Line on Filling Top Jobs
New York Times - - 3 hours ago
BRUSSELS - With signs that the effort to fill the two new high-profile positions at the European Union is in trouble, the bloc's leader issued a new, tougher, message on Wednesday to his colleagues in hopes of breaking the deadlock.
EU leaders split over candidates for top Lisbon treaty posts guardian.co.uk
Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for nuclear cooperation
Los Angeles Times - - 5 hours ago
The president's conciliatory tone in a TV speech suggests Iran could still accept a UN-backed uranium deal. By Borzou Daragahi Reporting from Beirut - Iran's president today called for international cooperation on nuclear technology in a prime-time ...
Iran open to idea of world nuclear fuel bank The Associated Press
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Mrs. Obama says veterans' skills can help at home
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama said on Wednesday that many veterans serve their communities and nation in ways that "make their entire life a tour of duty.
Veterans Day: Michelle Obama launches community network for vets Christian Science Monitor
First lady, Dr. Biden honor veterans msnbc.com
5 men charged with sex crimes against children
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
LEXINGTON, Mo. - Authorities on Wednesday searched a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own ...
Video: 5 Family Members Charged With Sex Crimes
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Get ready, America: Here comes Sarah Palin
Reuters - - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Get ready, America. Like her or not, Sarah Palin is coming to a city near you. Last year's Republican vice presidential nominee is starting a book tour next week to promote her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American ...
Going Rogue: Sarah Palin's world domination book tour starts Monday Christian Science Monitor
First peek: What's in Sarah Palin's new book Los Angeles Times
HP to Acquire 3Com for $2.7 Billion
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
Hewlett-Packard Co. said it agreed to buy networking-gear maker 3Com Corp. for $2.7 billion in cash, the latest move by HP to bulk up its product line amid a broader push by the few remaining technology giants to turn themselves into ...
Video: HP to Acquire 3Com
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UPDATE 2-Applied Materials sees turnaround but cuts jobs
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc (AMAT.O), the world's largest producer of chip-making gear, said on Wednesday that its microchip business was starting to turn around and posted its first quarterly profit in a ...
Applied Materials to slash 1500 jobs CNNMoney.com
States Draw Up Plans for Year of Even Bigger Budget Cuts
Wall Street Journal - - 38 minutes ago
After months of spending cuts and layoffs, states are drawing up plans for tax increases and an even larger round of service reductions next year as budget shortfalls continue to widen.
WITH PDF OF STUDY Study: Michigan crumbles under outdated tax system Detroit Free Press
Bing Now a Serious Challenger to Google
PC World - - 3 hours ago
Given undistinguished history of Microsoft's late and unlamented Live Search engine, the predecessor to Bing, it's easy to dismiss Redmond as a hapless also-ran in the search market.
Thanks Google, But Airport Wi-Fi Should Always Be Free
PC World - - 4 hours ago
Google's getting more than the usual amount of attention this week for sponsoring free airport Wi-Fi during the holiday season.
Video: Free Holiday Wi-Fi
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Free Wi-Fi in Times Square Los Angeles Times
Choices in Infiltrating a Terrorist Cell
New York Times - - 2 hours ago
A scene in a suburban landscape in Activision's new game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. By SETH SCHIESEL No game this year will be more controversial and more easily misrepresented than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. That is because it revolves ...
Modern Warfare 2 breaks UK record BBC News
Dobbs Quits
New York Daily News - 26 minutes ago
Lou Dobbs was fairly broad about where he would go after CNN. What do you think he'll do? Begin an advocacy group for the middle class.
CNN finding that prime-time success is elusive The Associated Press
Lady Antebellum Picks Up Tonight's First CMA
People Magazine - - 34 minutes ago
Only minutes into the Country Music Association Awards - and already Lady Antebellum was having a big night in Nashville. The group picked up the evening's first award - single of the year, their first in that category - for their song, ...
Paisley focused on duties, not noms at CMA awards The Associated Press
CMA Awards 2009: All the performances, as they happen Los Angeles Times
Joe Perry: 'Things are still up in the air'
msnbc.com - - 2 hours ago
After reports swirled that Tyler might be leaving Aerosmith, his unexpected performance with bandmate Perry in New York City on Tuesday night wasn't just a shock to fans but also to Perry.
Steven Tyler: Back with Aerosmith People Magazine
Exclusive: Joe Perry: Aerosmith's Problems Far From Over Rolling Stone
Riggleman hired as Nationals manager
MLB.com - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON -- The Nationals have decided to name Jim Riggleman the permanent manager, according to a baseball source. The news comes five months after he was named the interim skipper, replacing Manny Acta.
Riggleman to get full-time position as Nats manager Seattle Post Intelligencer
Nationals reportedly elevate Riggelman to full-time status SportingNews.com
Pacquiao set to go where no fighter has been before
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao, widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, is poised to go where no boxer has gone before when he challenges Miguel Cotto for the WBO welterweight title on Saturday.
Let's get ready to ... sing with Manny Pacquiao? Los Angeles Times
In Pacquiao, a fighter like no other The Associated Press
Woods atop leaderboard at Aussie
ESPN - 33 minutes ago
AP MELBOURNE, Australia -- Tiger Woods opened the Australian Masters with a 6-under 66, putting him atop the leaderboard in his first appearance Down Under in 11 years.
Woods to play with defending champion USA Today
ANALYSIS-New US swine flu death estimates will be guess
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - US health officials are due to release new estimates of deaths from swine flu on Thursday, but the numbers will be just that -- a rough estimate.
UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children
The Associated Press - - 5 hours ago
ROME - Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.
Poor nutrition 'stunting growth' BBC News
Study links BPA in plastics to erectile dysfunction
CNN - - 5 hours ago
Several companies have announced that they will voluntarily phase out the chemical from their products. (Health.com) -- Bisphenol-A, a chemical found in hard, clear plastic used to make everything from baby bottles to food ...
Video: BPA risk to men
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Health Buzz: BPA Tied to Sexual Problems in Men and Other Health News U.S. News & World Report
Elizabeth Kolbert: Is there a quick fix for the climate?
New Yorker - - Nov 8, 2009
In the eighteen-sixties, the quickest, or at least the most popular, way to get around New York was in a horse-drawn streetcar. The horsecars, which operated on iron rails, offered a smoother ride than the ...
A Dream Interpretation: Tuneups for the Brain
New York Times - - Nov 9, 2009
It's snowing heavily, and everyone in the backyard is in a swimsuit, at some kind of party: Mom, Dad, the high school principal, there's even an ex-girlfriend.
Michael Jackson estate fight becomes public family dispute
CNN - - Nov 10, 2009
Katherine and Joe Jackson, shown in early September, are now at odds over son Michael's estate. Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's mother dropped her challenge of the two men named as executors in her son's will, ...
Long Strange Trip for Missing VW Van
Wall Street Journal - - 9 hours ago
Michele "Mikey" Carlson Squires was brushing her teeth Friday night when a TV news report about a Volkswagen microbus caught her attention.
Op-Ed Columnist Something Scary in the Pantry
New York Times - - Nov 7, 2009
Your body is probably home to a chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA. It's a synthetic estrogen that United States factories now use in everything from plastics to epoxies - to the tune of six pounds per American per year.