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• Obama, Hu show cooperation but divisions remain (AP)
• Palin talks politics, family ahead of book release (AP)
• Lawyer: Woman will enter guilty plea in Smart case (AP)
• NC searchers find body of missing 5-year-old girl (AP)
• Chicago schools president's death ruled a suicide (AP)
• New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50 (AP)
• Soldier mom refuses deployment to care for baby (AP)
• Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan (AP)
• Ill. town would rather get Gitmo prisoners (AP)
• Navy: Missing plane wreckage found off Texas coast (AP)
• Palin, Winfrey talk about book and Levi Johnston (AP)
• Bishops assert moral duty in health care debate (AP)
• Ohio chief's trial begins in Parker-Broderick case (AP)
• Frank floats loan plan for unemployed homeowners (AP)
• Sheriff: Michigan man shot wife, sons before self (AP)
• FAA splits Hudson River airspace into 2 low zones (AP)
• All 'Bull': Madoff's yacht, boats on auction block (AP)
• Goodell fines Titans owner $250,000 for gesture (AP)
• Feds: Kuwaiti company conspired to defraud US (AP)
• Red Cross sells pieces of history to cut deficit (AP)

Obama, Hu show cooperation but divisions remain (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:01 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers.

Palin talks politics, family ahead of book release (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 08:46 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin wouldn't reveal her political plans for 2012 in an interview with Barbara Walters, but when asked whether she'd play a major role replied that "if people will have me, I will."

Lawyer: Woman will enter guilty plea in Smart case (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST AP - The wrenching saga of Elizabeth Smart's abduction and improbable recovery is showing the first signs of resolution seven years after it began.

NC searchers find body of missing 5-year-old girl (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:14 PM PST AP - For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following accusations the girl's mother offered her for sex.

Chicago schools president's death ruled a suicide (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:09 PM PST AP - Chicago's school board president apparently shot himself in the head near the Chicago River before dawn Monday, officials said as his death was met with disbelief by civic leaders and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50 (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST AP - Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It's a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's long-standing position.

Soldier mom refuses deployment to care for baby (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST AP - An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas.

Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:07 PM PST AP - Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness toward GOP gubernatorial candidates.

Ill. town would rather get Gitmo prisoners (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:15 PM PST AP - Some folks in this dying Mississippi River town would rather take their chances with suspected terrorists in their backyard than watch their neighbors continue to move away in despair over the lack of jobs.

Navy: Missing plane wreckage found off Texas coast (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:29 PM PST AP - The U.S. Navy says wreckage of a training plane has been found off the Texas coast nearly three weeks after it went missing.

Palin, Winfrey talk about book and Levi Johnston (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 03:19 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that it's heartbreaking to see the road that Levi Johnston, the father of her grandson, has taken and that the soon-to-be Playgirl model hasn't seen his baby in awhile.

Bishops assert moral duty in health care debate (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST AP - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops defended their involvement in the health care debate, saying Monday that church leaders have a duty to the nation and God to raise moral concerns on any issue, including on abortion rights and coverage for the poor.

Ohio chief's trial begins in Parker-Broderick case (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:01 PM PST AP - A police chief on trial in Ohio acknowledges that he joked with paparazzi about working with them to snoop on the woman who carried twins for celebrity couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, his lawyer told jurors Monday.

Frank floats loan plan for unemployed homeowners (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:21 PM PST AP - Rep. Barney Frank said Monday he is pushing a proposal to use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.

Sheriff: Michigan man shot wife, sons before self (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:21 PM PST AP - If Phillip Parsons was having financial or other troubles, he didn't let on to his friend, Russ Whittaker, as they cut trees or talked about high school sports.

FAA splits Hudson River airspace into 2 low zones (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:27 PM PST AP - The crowded airspace over the Hudson River, where nine people died in the collision of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter, will be split into a low-altitude zone for local traffic and a higher one for longer-distance flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.

All 'Bull': Madoff's yacht, boats on auction block (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:36 PM PST AP - A vintage 55-foot yacht named "Bull" and two smaller boats that once belonged to imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff are headed for the auction block, along with an even bigger yacht once owned by Madoff's right-hand man.

Goodell fines Titans owner $250,000 for gesture (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 03:08 PM PST AP - The NFL has fined Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for making an obscene gesture at Buffalo fans while celebrating Tennessee's victory over the Bills.

Feds: Kuwaiti company conspired to defraud US (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:58 PM PST AP - The chief food supplier for the U.S. military in Kuwait and Iraq inflated prices and defrauded the U.S. government for multibillion-dollar contracts to feed American troops, federal prosecutors said Monday.

Red Cross sells pieces of history to cut deficit (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST AP - Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission — the precursor to one of best-known U.S. charities.

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• Palin on VP selection: 'This is right. This fits.' - Washington Post
• US, Chinese Presidents Share Dinner, Views in Beijing - Voice of America
• Nuclear Report on Iran Arouses New Suspicions - New York Times
• Police find body of missing 5-year-old NC girl - The Associated Press
• UN: Climate Change Deal Key to Fighting Hunger - Voice of America
• Measuring, influencing public opinion on health care - Boston Globe
• Sarah Palin mocked as a TWILF and Gun-Ho in Current TV cartoon - New York Daily News
• US prison officials to tour Thomson - Xinhua
• Galluccio given ride home by police hours before crash - Boston Globe

Palin on VP selection: 'This is right. This fits.' - Washington Post Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:11 AM PST New York Daily News Palin on VP selection: 'This is right. This fits.' Washington Post Sarah Palin harbored no doubts about her readiness to run for vice president when Sen. John McCain called her last summer, saying in her new book that her selection was a "natural progression" and that "it was only a matter of time ... Sarah Palin tells Oprah about controversies, futureCNN International Review: Sarah Palin's memoir a mostly tame affairSan Francisco Chronicle Sarah Palin Says She Isn't Responsible for the GOP's LossABC News Christian Science Monitor -The Star-Ledger - NJ.com -U.S. News & World Report all 511 news articles »

US, Chinese Presidents Share Dinner, Views in Beijing - Voice of America Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:20 AM PST Newsweek US, Chinese Presidents Share Dinner, Views in Beijing Voice of America By VOA News US President Barack Obama has held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, in Beijing, after pushing for uncensored Internet use and greater political freedoms in China. President Hu hosted a state dinner for Mr. Obama Monday evening ... Obama backs non-censorship; Beijing, apparently, does notWashington Post In China, Obama excites speculatorsWall Street Journal Barack Obama criticises censorship in meeting with Chinese studentsTelegraph.co.uk BBC News -CNN -New York Times all 4,990 news articles »

Nuclear Report on Iran Arouses New Suspicions - New York Times Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:23 AM PST BBC News Nuclear Report on Iran Arouses New Suspicions New York Times WASHINGTON — International inspectors who gained access to Iran's newly revealed underground nuclear enrichment plant raised questions in a report released on Monday about whether the country may have also ... Russia Announces Delay of Controversial Iranian Nuclear PlantVoice of America IAEA: Concerns over Iran nuke facilitiesCNN Iran began work on nuclear facility earlier than thought, report findsLos Angeles Times Times Online -The Associated Press -Telegraph.co.uk all 1,263 news articles »

Police find body of missing 5-year-old NC girl - The Associated Press Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:51 AM PST ABC News Police find body of missing 5-year-old NC girl The Associated Press SANFORD, NC — Authorities in North Carolina say they have found the body of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared a week ago. Fayetteville Police spokeswoman Theresa Chance told The Associated Press on Monday that searchers found the body of Shaniya Davis ... Body of Shaniya Davis Found Along North Carolina HighwayABC News Police: Search is on for NC girl's bodyCNN NC searchers find body of missing 5-year-old girlForbes Sanford Herald -The Daily Record -Indiana Gazette all 1,946 news articles »

UN: Climate Change Deal Key to Fighting Hunger - Voice of America Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:49 AM PST Seattle Post Intelligencer UN: Climate Change Deal Key to Fighting Hunger Voice of America The United Nations has opened its World Food Summit in Rome, saying a deal on climate change is crucial to fight global hunger. About 60 heads of state or government are attending the three-day meeting at the Food and Agriculture ... At UN food summit, Ban Ki-Moon warns of rise in child hunger deathsChristian Science Monitor UN chief calls for global climate deal to ensure food securityXinhua World leaders at UN summit vow to aid farmers in bid to help starvingTimes Online Times of India -The Press Association -ABC News all 776 news articles »

Measuring, influencing public opinion on health care - Boston Globe Posted: 16 Nov 2009 09:40 AM PST ABC News Measuring, influencing public opinion on health care Boston Globe There are two interesting developments today in the health care debate as top Senate Democrat Harry Reid tries to get his ducks in a row to start floor debate this week. First, the Washington Post reports that the US Chamber of Commerce, ... Harkin: Senate debate will begin 'in earnest' Nov. 30USA Today Again, no CBO score for Reid's billmsnbc.com Senate Democrats, Republicans May Soon Debate Healthcare BillRedOrbit The Hill -Kaiser Health News -Los Angeles Times all 52 news articles »

Sarah Palin mocked as a TWILF and Gun-Ho in Current TV cartoon - New York Daily News Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:11 AM PST New York Daily News Sarah Palin mocked as a TWILF and Gun-Ho in Current TV cartoon New York Daily News "The Stupid Virus" mocks former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, calling her a "TWILF." NBC's Brian Williams is sketched as the cartoon's news anchor. The Current TV cartoon displays Palin's mock Twitter account name as "Gun-Ho. ... Lewd Lexicon: 'Twilf' DefinitionHispanicBusiness.com TWILF Definition?: Sarah Palin Called TWILF In Current TV Cartoon (VIDEO)Huffington Post (blog) 'Twilf' Sarah Palin Joke Starts New Palin Media WarsAssociated Content Gather.com -Times of the Internet -Mashable (blog) all 20 news articles »

US prison officials to tour Thomson - Xinhua Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:15 AM PST BBC News US prison officials to tour Thomson Xinhua CHICAGO, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- A delegation from the US Bureau of Prisons is scheduled to tour and inspect the Thomson Correctional Center Monday as part of a White House proposal to buy the facility and use it to house some terror suspects now detained ... Durbin, Quinn support back Illinois terror prisonChicago Tribune Illinois Prison Weighed for TransfersWall Street Journal Officials to inspect Ill jail for Gitmo inmatesThe Associated Press Politico -Aljazeera.net -CNN all 1,411 news articles »

Galluccio given ride home by police hours before crash - Boston Globe Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:39 AM PST NECN Galluccio given ride home by police hours before crash Boston Globe Cambridge police gave Senator Anthony Galluccio a ride home early the morning on Oct. 4 after a gas station attendant called 911 because he feared he was "too intoxicated to drive,'' according to a police report made ... State Senator Was Driven Home Hours Before CrashWBZ Search Past 7 days ArchivesBoston Herald Galluccio, 'too intoxicated to drive,' driven home by Cambridge police day of ...Wicked Local (blog) Merced Sun-Star -Nashua Telegraph all 205 news articles »

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• Obama pushes freedoms, open Internet in China (AP)
• AP Source: GM to begin repaying aid by year-end (AP)
• UN summit to highlight need for agricultural aid (AP)
• Iran media plans stir talk of elite force at helm (AP)
• Census: Small US cities lose luster in downturn (AP)
• Bombing at police station in Pakistan kills 4 (AP)
• Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court (AP)
• Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia (AP)
• `2012' has worldwide box-office bang of $225M (AP)
• Colts take advantage of Pats' gamble for 35-34 win (AP)
• Obama says Washington not trying to contain China (Reuters)
• World leaders back delay to final climate deal (Reuters)
• Clinton wants tangible Afghan progress from Karzai (Reuters)
• Obama presses Iran on atomic deal, Tehran defiant (Reuters)
• Palestinians aim to secure U.N. support for state (Reuters)
• Fed's Hoenig says significant weakness in economy (Reuters)
• Families urge Iran to release U.S. hikers (Reuters)
• Sex infections still growing in U.S., says CDC (Reuters)
• On the Internet in China, Obama presses for freedom (AFP)
• UN atomic agency to unveil latest Iran report (AFP)

Obama pushes freedoms, open Internet in China (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:13 AM PST AP - Politely but firmly pressing for greater freedoms on China's own turf, President Barack Obama spoke against censorship Monday, saying tough criticisms of political leaders should be allowed and the free flow of information on the Internet "should be encouraged."

AP Source: GM to begin repaying aid by year-end (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:18 AM PST AP - General Motors Co. will begin paying back $6.7 billion in U.S. government loans by the end of 2009 and could pay off that full amount by 2011, four years ahead of schedule, according to a person familiar with the matter.

UN summit to highlight need for agricultural aid (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:16 AM PST AP - For the third time in less than a decade, a U.N. food summit will grapple with what so far has been an elusive goal — slashing the number of the world's hungry.

Iran media plans stir talk of elite force at helm (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:25 AM PST AP - The portfolio of Iran's Revolutionary Guard keeps on growing. Its troops watch over nuclear facilities, its rocket scientists enlarge Iran's missile arsenal and its engineers have taken on a rail line as their latest big-ticket project. Could media mogul be next?

Census: Small US cities lose luster in downturn (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:28 AM PST AP - America's small cities are losing some of their traditional appeal to upwardly mobile families seeking wholesome neighborhoods, a stable economy and affordable living.

Bombing at police station in Pakistan kills 4 (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:31 AM PST AP - A pickup truck laden with explosives blew up in front of a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 4 people in an area that has become the focal point for militant retaliation against a recent army offensive.

Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:35 AM PST AP - In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST AP - A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.

`2012' has worldwide box-office bang of $225M (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:39 AM PST AP - Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide.

Colts take advantage of Pats' gamble for 35-34 win (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:41 AM PST AP - Bill Belichick risked everything on one play Sunday night. It cost him a victory, and it may wind up costing him a trip back to Indianapolis for a rematch with Peyton Manning later this season.

Obama says Washington not trying to contain China (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:54 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said he was not seeking to contain China's rise and called for more balanced trade between the two powers, which have sparred over currency and economic policy ahead of a summit.

World leaders back delay to final climate deal (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 02:04 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Sunday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, but European negotiators said the move did not imply weaker action.

Clinton wants tangible Afghan progress from Karzai (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 08:09 AM PST Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to "do better" if he wanted U.S. support, and that included creating a major crimes tribunal and anti-corruption commission.

Obama presses Iran on atomic deal, Tehran defiant (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 02:35 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday time was running out for diplomacy in a dispute over Iran's nuclear programme, but a top Iranian official said it was up to the West to show it sincerely wanted a deal.

Palestinians aim to secure U.N. support for state (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:01 PM PST Reuters - The Palestinians plan to go to the U.N. Security Council in an effort to secure international support for an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, officials said on Sunday.

Fed's Hoenig says significant weakness in economy (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:22 PM PST Reuters - A Federal Reserve official said on Monday that the U.S. economy still faced "significant weaknesses" and urged policymakers to allow large financial institutions to fail if needed.

Families urge Iran to release U.S. hikers (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 04:03 PM PST Reuters - The families of three Americans held in Iran on spy charges appealed again for their release on Sunday, saying they feared for their mental well-being after more than three months in captivity.

Sex infections still growing in U.S., says CDC (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:38 PM PST Reuters - American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday.

On the Internet in China, Obama presses for freedom (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:51 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and political freedoms as he starred in a live streaming webcast from China on the first day of his visit to the Asian giant.

UN atomic agency to unveil latest Iran report (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 06:45 PM PST AFP - The UN atomic agency unveils its latest report on Iran's disputed nuclear drive Monday, with world powers warning Tehran is "running out of time" to respond to a UN-brokered offer to end the standoff.

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