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• Source: Illinois prison eyed for Gitmo inmates (AP)
• Mother of missing 5-year-old NC girl charged (AP)
• College students find support in campus 'posses' (AP)
• Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos (AP)
• Bernard Madoff's jacket, watch auctioned in NYC (AP)
• Mourners grieve for soldiers killed at Fort Hood (AP)
• Man is zapped with stun gun at mom's NY home, dies (AP)
• Pa. swim club accused of bias to file bankruptcy (AP)
• Ohio: 1 lethal injection drug should end lawsuit (AP)
• Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking (AP)
• In Asia, Obama talking climate, arms control (AP)
• 'Hello, Ohio!' (Psst! Boss, we're in Michigan) (AP)
• Crusading Calif. D.A. retires, leaves painful wake (AP)
• Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman to get early Oscars (AP)
• 3 dead in medical helicopter crash north of Reno (AP)
• Palin says she didn't know Bristol was having sex (AP)
• FBI digs into backyard of Ohio home with 11 bodies (AP)
• Woman widowed by cop husband's suicide sues NYPD (AP)

Source: Illinois prison eyed for Gitmo inmates (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:39 PM PST AP - The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said Saturday.

Mother of missing 5-year-old NC girl charged (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:39 PM PST AP - The mother of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared in North Carolina was charged Saturday with human trafficking and other offenses, though authorities said they still did not know the girl's whereabouts.

College students find support in campus 'posses' (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:20 PM PST AP - When Sharhea Wade arrived at Bryn Mawr College from a big-city high school, it seemed as if every other student on the quiet, leafy campus had graduated from an exclusive private school.

Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:18 PM PST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors, saying their release would endanger American soldiers.

Bernard Madoff's jacket, watch auctioned in NYC (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:46 PM PST AP - It was about fascination with big money — and the life of a couple at the center of the biggest financial fraud case in U.S. history.

Mourners grieve for soldiers killed at Fort Hood (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:40 PM PST AP - Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners waited for hours outside a Wisconsin gymnasium to say goodbye to a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden.

Man is zapped with stun gun at mom's NY home, dies (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 08:32 PM PST AP - Police say a man who had locked himself and his mother in her Long Island home died after he tussled with officers and was zapped twice with a stun gun.

Pa. swim club accused of bias to file bankruptcy (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:34 PM PST AP - A suburban swim club accused of discrimination last summer after revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to declare bankruptcy, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Ohio: 1 lethal injection drug should end lawsuit (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 02:09 PM PST AP - The state's decision to replace a three-drug lethal injection with a powerful dose of one anesthetic is raising the possibility of what may have seemed unthinkable not so long ago: a truce in the long-running legal challenges to death penalty injection across the country.

Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 05:16 PM PST AP - Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.

In Asia, Obama talking climate, arms control (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:38 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and other world leaders agreed Sunday that next month's much-anticipated climate change summit will be merely a way station, not the once hoped-for end point, in the search for a worldwide global warming treaty.

'Hello, Ohio!' (Psst! Boss, we're in Michigan) (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST AP - The curse of Friday the 13th struck Bruce Springsteen in a most unusual way: it made the 60-year-old rock legend forget where he was.

Crusading Calif. D.A. retires, leaves painful wake (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 05:18 PM PST AP - The molesters drank blood, the children said, and hung them from hooks after forcing them to have sex with their parents. They murdered babies, prosecutors told jurors, and snapped photographs as the horror unfolded.

Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman to get early Oscars (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 08:59 PM PST AP - The Academy Awards won't be presented until March, but the first Oscar statuettes of the season were being handed out Saturday night at a private, black-tie dinner in Hollywood.

3 dead in medical helicopter crash north of Reno (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST AP - Investigators said the pilot of a medical helicopter issued a mayday moments before the aircraft crashed into a hilly area north of Reno near the Nevada-California state line early Saturday.

Palin says she didn't know Bristol was having sex (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:26 AM PST AP - Sarah Palin says she didn't know her daughter Bristol was sexually active before she learned the teenager was pregnant.

FBI digs into backyard of Ohio home with 11 bodies (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:01 AM PST AP - FBI agents sifted through dirt with rakes and shovels Saturday in the backyard of a suspected serial killer's home and ran a thermal-imaging device across the ground near the area where the decomposing bodies of several women were found.

Woman widowed by cop husband's suicide sues NYPD (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:26 AM PST AP - Michael Pigott was an experienced NYPD lieutenant with an elite team trained to deal with the most hostile scenarios. He was calm under pressure. A good leader.

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• President Obama's scheduled visit to China has stirred debate - Washington Post
• Obama demands accountability if Hasan danger signs missed - Dallas Morning News
• Corruption lands ex-Louisiana congressman 13 years - Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals - The Associated Press

President Obama's scheduled visit to China has stirred debate - Washington Post Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:55 AM PST FOXNews President Obama's scheduled visit to China has stirred debate Washington Post President Obama embarks on a nine-day tour of Asian countries, including Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. Obama is expected to address topics such as security, environment, the economy and US-Asia relations. Explore key events highlighting US ... Obama pledges greater us engagement in AsiaReuters Obama boosts hopes for free trade in Asia-PacificThe Associated Press APEC Faces 'Political' Obstacles to Free Trade Area, Lee SaysBloomberg New York Times -CNN International -Voice of America all 3,790 news articles »

Obama demands accountability if Hasan danger signs missed - Dallas Morning News Posted: 14 Nov 2009 07:10 AM PST guardian.co.uk Obama demands accountability if Hasan danger signs missed Dallas Morning News President Barack Obama vowed today to hold accountable anyone who may have missed "potential warning signs" about the danger posed by Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan. JEFFREY PHELPS/The Associated ... Obama Calls for Fort Hood ReviewWall Street Journal Obama-Ft Hood shooter failings to be held to accountReuters Obama calls for thorough probe of Fort Hood killingsMarketWatch Bloomberg -Washington Post -Voice of America all 11,688 news articles »

Corruption lands ex-Louisiana congressman 13 years - Atlanta Journal Constitution Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:05 AM PST Boston Globe Corruption lands ex-Louisiana congressman 13 years Atlanta Journal Constitution AP ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Prosecutors called a former Louisiana congressman's corruption the most extensive in the history of Congress. His punishment delivered a similar message. Former Democratic Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, ... Jefferson given 13 years for corruptionWashington Times Ex-lawmaker gets 13 years in prison for briberyReuters Louisiana ex-congressman gets 13 years on corruption convictionCNN Wall Street Journal -WWL First News -WILX-TV all 753 news articles »

Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals - The Associated Press Posted: 14 Nov 2009 03:10 AM PST Washington Post Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals The Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday. ... US Republicans Criticize Democrat Health Reform PlanVoice of America Republican Lawmakers Encourage Health Care Protests at Planned Town HallsFOXNews Rove: 'A Referendum on This White House'Wall Street Journal Kansas City Star -CNN International -United Press International all 380 news articles »

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• Obama hails expanded US engagement in Asia (AP)
• A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects (AP)
• Google makes concessions on digital book deal (AP)
• Ohio executions back on with 1-drug method (AP)
• Lebanon's new Cabinet leery of Hezbollah dispute (AP)
• Army says morale is down in Afghanistan (AP)
• Lawmaker: Hasan had communications with Pakistan (AP)
• FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts (AP)
• Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water (AP)
• Pike, No. 5 Cincinnati beat West Virginia 24-21 (AP)
• 9/11 suspects to be tried in New York (Reuters)
• Obama seeks rebalancing, Asia warns of protectionism (Reuters)
• Fort Hood suspect may be permanently paralyzed (Reuters)
• Obama aide who guided Guantanamo policy resigns (Reuters)
• First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland (Reuters)
• Balloon boy parents face sentence in December (Reuters)
• Flu infections starting to peak in some areas: WHO (Reuters)
• Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia (Reuters)
• 'Pacific' President Obama vows US leadership in Asia (AFP)
• 9/11 plotters face death penalty in New York trial (AFP)

Obama hails expanded US engagement in Asia (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:21 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over and warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners "will not be cowed" by North Korea's continued defiance over its nuclear weapons and other provocations.

A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:57 AM PST AP - In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse.

Google makes concessions on digital book deal (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:35 PM PST AP - Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier objections of antitrust regulators.

Ohio executions back on with 1-drug method (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:31 AM PST AP - Ohio's death chamber is set to resume executions next month using a single drug that has been used in the U.S. to euthanize pets but never to put condemned prisoners to death.

Lebanon's new Cabinet leery of Hezbollah dispute (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:55 AM PST AP - Lebanon's new government, a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant Hezbollah, is unlikely to tackle the chief challenge the country faces — a buildup of the Iranian-backed group's weapons — even as the rockets cause sharp new tensions with neighboring Israel.

Army says morale is down in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:50 PM PST AP - Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday.

Lawmaker: Hasan had communications with Pakistan (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:52 PM PST AP - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pakistan, a country wracked by Muslim extremist violence, a Republican congressman said Friday.

FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:57 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.

Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:01 PM PST AP - Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again. It has lots of water, scientists said Friday — a thrilling discovery that sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in a place that has always seemed barren and inhospitable.

Pike, No. 5 Cincinnati beat West Virginia 24-21 (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:06 PM PST AP - Far from perfect, No. 5 Cincinnati was good enough to stay unbeaten.

9/11 suspects to be tried in New York (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 02:28 PM PST Reuters - The accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four co-conspirators will be sent to New York for trial in a court near the site of the World Trade Center, the Obama administration said on Friday, as it took a step toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Obama seeks rebalancing, Asia warns of protectionism (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama called on Saturday for a new strategy to rebalance global growth, but leaders around the Pacific rim, gathering for a weekend summit, took aim at signs of U.S. trade protectionism.

Fort Hood suspect may be permanently paralyzed (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:48 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with 13 counts of murder in the Fort Hood Army base shootings may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down due to the gunshots used to subdue him, his lawyer said on Friday.

Obama aide who guided Guantanamo policy resigns (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:27 AM PST Reuters - White House Counsel Gregory Craig said Friday he was resigning, ending a troubled tenure marked by his central role in the administration's rocky efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 05:51 PM PST Reuters - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

Balloon boy parents face sentence in December (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:16 AM PST Reuters - The parents of a Colorado boy whose apparent brush with death in a helium balloon transfixed millions pleaded guilty on Friday to staging a publicity-seeking hoax and will be sentenced next month.

Flu infections starting to peak in some areas: WHO (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:22 AM PST Reuters - Flu infections may be peaking in some parts of the northern hemisphere, but are still spreading fast in others, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:24 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Saturday to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power, as he laid out a vision for greater engagement with a vibrant Asia-Pacific region.

'Pacific' President Obama vows US leadership in Asia (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:33 AM PST AFP - Billing himself America's first "Pacific president", Barack Obama on Saturday said the United States did not seek to "contain" China and promised an engaged US role in charting Asia's future.

9/11 plotters face death penalty in New York trial (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:34 PM PST AFP - The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four suspected co-plotters will be tried in a civilian court blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, the US government announced.

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