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11 more Philippine victims found; death toll to 35 (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 01:03 AM PST

FILE--In this July 21, 2008 file photo released by the Presidential Close-in Photographer's Office, Malacanang Palace in Manila, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, second from right, is flanked by Congressman Didagen Dilangalen, right, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan, left, and an unidentified member of the Ampatuan family at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Maguindanao, Shariff Kabunsuan Province, in the Philippines. On Monday Nov. 23, 2009, gunmen ambushed a convoy of 40 political supporters and journalists, killing at least two dozen people, on their way to file election papers for Vice Mayor Ismael Mangudadatu of Buluan township, a candidate in a region of the Philippines notorious for violence between rival clans. The Mangudadatus blamed their rivals, the powerful Ampatuan family, which has ruled with an iron fist since 2001. An official in the president's office called it the worst political violence in recent history. (AP Photo/Ronald Navarro, PCPO, File)AP - A Philippine police official says 11 more bodies have been recovered from a mass grave in the country's south, raising the number of massacre victims to 35.

Pakistani troops kill 18 Islamist militants (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:14 AM PST

Pakistani police officers carry coffins of their fallen colleagues who were killed in Thursday's suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. A suicide attacker killed 19 people while trying to enter in courthouses in Peshawar. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Pakistani troops killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive Tuesday against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the main northwestern city of Peshawar.

Spin meter: Legislation inflation grips GOP (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:16 AM PST

FILE - These Oct. 28, top, and Oct. 29, 2009, file photos show copies of the House version of the health care bill held during two Capitol Hill news conferences: above, Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., holds a copy in a binder, below, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, stands behind a loose copy of the bill, which appears to have doubled in size from the previous day. (AP Photo/Files)AP - Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger.

Govt issues record 2.1M recall for dropside cribs (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:20 AM PST

AP - More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.

SC legislators begin Sanford impeachment hearings (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:10 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money, according to details of the allegations released Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Sanford's lawyers have claimed the allegations involve minor and technical aspects of the law. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - Legislators irked for months over Gov. Mark Sanford's summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a rendezvous with his lover plan to start debating a measure Tuesday that ultimately would remove him from office.

Economic recovery likely not quite that energetic (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:24 AM PST

AP - Remember the economy's return to growth last quarter? Well, it probably wasn't as energetic as first thought.

China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:37 AM PST

Grandmother Zheng Shuzhen holds a portrait of her deceased grand-daughter at the Complaints Department of the Ministry of Health in Beijing in early May. Two people have been executed in China for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - China executed two people Tuesday for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick.

Strong banks, weak credit: Treasury rethinks TARP (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:30 AM PST

AP - Big banks are roaring back. At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury. Taxpayers won't recoup the full sum of the government's unprecedented infusion to the financial sector, but the returns are ahead of schedule.

Mya is 3 points from perfect at 'Dancing' finale (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:43 AM PST

This Nov. 17, 2009 photo provided by ABC shows Mya and Dmitry Chaplin on 'Dancing with the Stars' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Larkey) NO SALESAP - Mya is poised to take the "Dancing With the Stars" title after finishing three points away from perfect during the final night of competition Monday.

Late field goal gives Titans 20-17 win over Texas (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:58 PM PST

Houston Texans tight end Joel Dreessen (85) is upended by Tennessee Titans' Roderick Hood (37) during the third quarter of an NFL football game Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Houston. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)AP - Rob Bironas kicked a 53-yard field goal with less than a minute remaining and the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans 20-17 Monday night for their fourth straight victory after an 0-6 start.

Obama to announce Afghanistan decision within days (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:55 AM PST

U.S. Army Sergeant Salei Sale (L) of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel looks on as other soldiers fire their weapons during a training session at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tillman, November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - President Barack Obama held a final strategy session with top aides on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and plans to announce his decision within days, the White House said.

Fed asks U.S. banks to submit TARP repayment plans: report (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:36 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve this month asked nine banks that were part of "stress tests" conducted earlier this year to submit plans to repay money injected under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Bloomberg said, citing a person familiar with the situation.

South Carolina governor faces ethics allegations (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:53 PM PST

Reuters - Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, a conservative seen as a presidential contender before a sex scandal wrecked his reputation, faces 37 possible ethics violations, the state ethics commission said on Monday.

U.S. to bring emissions cut target to Copenhagen talks (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:42 PM PST

US President Barack Obama, seen here on November 14, will decide Reuters - The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at U.N. climate change talks in Copenhagen in December with an eye toward winning support from U.S. lawmakers who must agree to put it into law.

Cribs recalled in U.S., Canada over safety concerns (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 08:27 PM PST

Reuters - Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc is voluntarily recalling more than 2.1 million baby cribs in the United States and Canada due to a potential suffocation hazard, U.S. safety officials said on Monday.

Home sales at 2-1/2 year high (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 02:02 PM PST

Reuters - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes jumped last month to their highest level in more than 2-1/2 years, but a fall in an economic gauge was a reminder that recovery from recession would be patchy.

Hamas prisoner deal "very near": Israeli minister (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

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.

Big Bang machine achieves first particle collisions (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:45 AM PST

Overview of the first element (L) of the huge magnet of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experimental site at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) before its lowering on Thursday in the French village of Cessy near the Swiss city of Geneva November 29, 2006. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseReuters - ZURICH (Reuters) -- Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step toward discovering how the universe came into existence, they said on Monday.

Obama meets war cabinet on Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:51 PM PST

A US soldier on patrol in the Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan. US President, Barack Obama, has been gathering his war cabinet for what officials indicated could be the final time before he decides whether to dispatch tens of thousands more US troops to the war-torn country.(AFP/File/Simon Lim)AFP - President Barack Obama has huddled with his war cabinet for what officials indicated could be the final time before he decides whether to dispatch tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan.

Bodies in shallow graves following Philippine massacre (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:01 PM PST

Philippine Army armoured personnel carriers and trucks move down a highway of the town of Datu Piang in Maguindanao on military actions against separatist rebels in May 2009. At least 21 people were murdered in the lawless southern Philippines on Monday in a massacre that the military and relatives of the victims said was likely linked to a political rivalry.(AFP/File)AFP - Police pulled bullet-ridden bodies from shallow graves on Tuesday as troops hunted down the gunmen who massacred at least 22 people in one of the Philippines' most brutal explosions of political violence.
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