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Photo shows Tareq and Michaele Salahi getting face time with President ObamaNew York Daily News - - 4 hours ago Do you blame the Secret Service for allowing two socialites to crash President Obama's first state dinner? Yes. The Secret Service was clearly at fault for allowing this to happen. Uninvited Pair Met Obama; Secret Service Offers Apology New York Times Tiger Woods hurt in late-night crashBoston Herald - - 25 minutes ago Tiger Woods isn't the only one in the family who can swing a club with authority. The legendary golfer's wife, Elin Nordegren, used one of her husband's irons to bust a back window in his 2009 Cadillac SUV yesterday and drag the PGA tour ... Video: AP Golf Writer: Tiger's Accident
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Commonwealth sees island states on climate frontline
Reuters - - Nov 26, 2009
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Commonwealth leaders will put the world's small island states at the frontline of the climate debate when they meet on Friday to press for an effective international pact against global warming.
Commonwealth Leaders to Discuss Climate Change and Democracy Voice of America
Russia and China Endorse Agency's Rebuke of Iran
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - The United Nations nuclear watchdog demanded Friday that Iran immediately freeze operations at a once secret uranium enrichment plant, a sharp rebuke that bore added weight because it was endorsed by ...
EU Antitrust Chief, Other Posts Picked
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission's president proposed a Spanish socialist, Joaquín Almunia, to be the body's new antitrust chief, and a center-right Belgian, Karel De Gucht, to be trade commissioner, ...
Downing Street had been outmanoeuvred in Brussels. Times Online
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Bloomberg spent over $100 million for reelection: report
Reuters - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's narrower-than-expected reelection campaign cost the billionaire some $102 million, or about $183 per vote, The New York Times reported on Friday evening, making him the top-spending self-financed ...
Bloomberg Spent $102 Million to Win 3rd Term New York Times
NYC mayor spent a record $102M to win a 3rd term The Associated Press
Today at the White House: Leftovers and a Christmas tree
USA Today - 8 hours ago
Call it the calm before the storm: Next week, President Obama must unveil his Afghanistan policy in a speech that, our friends at Politico note this morning, risks alienating his party's liberal wing.
Video: Raw Video: White House Christmas Tree Arrives
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GOP Purity Test Gets Mixed Grades, Even From Conservatives
FOXNews - 4 hours ago
Conservative activists in the Republican Party are pushing a proposal to deny funding to GOP candidates who fail what is being called a purity test, a move that is being met with skepticism by some Republican commentators.
The GOP's suicide pact Washington Post
'Black Friday' Tests Economy
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
Black Friday shoppers waited in line at a Toys "R" Us in Fort Worth, Texas. Retailers succeeded in enticing deal-hungry shoppers into their stores on Friday, but at the checkout lines many people ...
Video: Black Friday for local stores
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Signs of life in stores as holiday shopping begins The Associated Press
Dubai Debt Woes Raise Fear of Wider Problem
New York Times - - 3 hours ago
Of the many countries that gorged on debt in the boom years, Dubai stood out. In the space of a few years the emirate's investment arm, Dubai World, racked up $59 billion in debt, borrowing to build lavish developments like a giant ...
Video: World Markets Tumble on Dubai Debt, Weak Dollar
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Markets Hang In After Dubai Wall Street Journal
China Seeks Help From Rich World on Climate
Wall Street Journal - - 3 hours ago
BEIJING -- China's top climate-change negotiator signaled that Beijing is unlikely to take further significant measures on emissions during global talks in Copenhagen unless wealthy countries foot the bill.
US and China to reduce emissions, but not enough The Associated Press
Shuttle Atlantis glides home after station visit
CNET News - - 10 hours ago
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The shuttle Atlantis dropped out of a crystal clear Florida sky and glided to a "picture-perfect" landing at the Kennedy Space Center Friday to close out a successful 11-day space station mission, ...
Video: Raw Video: Shuttle Atlantis Lands
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Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth SouthCoastToday.com
Global warming fraud uncovered
East Valley Tribune - 3 hours ago
SCANDAL HEATS UP: A rainbow is visible looking west from Palm Springs, Calif., next to an array of wind turbines. As world leaders prepare for next month's climate summit in Copenhagen to seek ways to transform the way we run the planet, the University ...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 smashes industry records.
VentureBeat - 2 hours ago
The latest in a parade of hits, Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold an estimated $550 million in the first five days of its release.
Video: Activision CEO on Call of Duty's Sales
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Inmate: Roman Polanski gets special treatment in Swiss jail
New York Daily News - - 11 hours ago
AP The earliest Roman Polanski would be released from prison is Monday, the Swiss justice ministry says. A general view shows the chalet of Franco-Polish Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski on November 27, 2009 in Gstaad, ...
Arts, Briefly Polanski Will Not Be Released Before Monday New York Times
Chris Brown Ready for "In-Depth" ABC Sitdown
E! Online - - 2 hours ago
ABC announced today that it has landed an interview with the beleaguered R&B star and says that this time he really is going to come clean and talk about his assault of Rihanna.
R&B star Chris Brown to be interviewed on '20/20' The Associated Press
Chris Brown to appear on 20/20 TheCelebrityCafe.com
Schwarzenegger's office blames $79000 tax lien on 'paperwork' snafu
San Jose Mercury News - - 1 hour ago
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was having a feel-good Thanksgiving week, passing out turkeys in East Los Angeles and giving thanks for "the blessings of freedom and democracy.
IRS says Schwarzenegger owes $79000 San Francisco Chronicle
IRS files $79000 tax lien against Schwarzenegger [Updated] Los Angeles Times
With an Iron will, there's a way to ignore Tide's Heisman shutout
CBSSports.com - - 1 hour ago
AUBURN, Ala. -- If Mark Ingram's Heisman chances are shot, the candidate had sort of a concession speech ready. "I don't think anybody has ever really focused on it," Alabama's tailback said Friday night of the fun-fact asterisk that has ...
'Bama turns it on when it needs to against Auburn FOXSports.com
Bobcats-Wizards Preview
SportingNews.com - 24 minutes ago
As important as forwards Antawn Jamison and Gerald Wallace are, new additions to the backcourt may be what get the Washington Wizards and Charlotte Bobcats out of the Southeast Division cellar.
Friday's NBA games Kansas City Star
Recap: Boston vs. Toronto
MiamiHerald.com - 2 hours ago
By Sports Network Ray Allen went 3-of-4 from beyond the arc, on his way to 20 points, as the Boston Celtics used a strong third quarter to defeat the Toronto Raptors, 116-103, at TD Garden.
Celtics tip Raptors behind Allen's 20 points Minneapolis Star Tribune
Experts Say Swine Flu Mutations Do Not Warrant New Alarm
New York Times - - 3 hours ago
The World Health Organization tried this week to dampen fears about mutations seen in the swine flu virus in several countries, noting that both mutations had been found in very few people.
Few health-care providers have received H1N1 vaccine Charleston Gazette
State allocates H1N1 vaccine to area Abilene Reporter-News
Study: Cost of treating diabetes to triple by 2034
CNN - - 22 hours ago
Cases of diabetes will soar and the cost of treating the disease will triple, according to a new report. (CNN) -- The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, ...
Rethink your assumptions about people with HIV
Gaston Gazette - 8 hours ago
More than 1 million people in the US are living with HIV. Nearly 1000 Gaston County residents have been diagnosed with HIV or AIDS since we started actively tracking the disease.
Rapid HIV Testing Returns to GC December 3 rd GC Advocate
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Why do fewer Arab women have jobs in Israel than Saudi Arabia?
Ha'aretz - - Nov 22, 2009
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz appears to have been unaware of some important facts when he said at a recent conference on discrimination that Arab society in Israel is partially responsible for the low levels of employment for Arab ...
Rove: Voter Anger Is Building Over Deficits
Wall Street Journal - - 21 hours ago
After engineering an unprecedented spending surge for nearly a year, President Barack Obama now wants to signal that he takes deficits seriously.
Book Calls Jewish People an 'Invention'
New York Times - - Nov 23, 2009
Despite the fragmented and incomplete historical record, experts pretty much agree that some popular beliefs about Jewish history simply don't hold up: there was no sudden expulsion of all Jews from Jerusalem in AD 70, for instance.
When a soldier kills himself, no letter from President Obama
CNN - - 4 hours ago
Spc. Chancellor Keesling was given almost all the honors afforded a fallen service member after killing himself in June. Family of Spc.
Fred Barnes: Why Obama Isn't Changing Washington
Wall Street Journal - - Nov 26, 2009
There is no way he can grow the government without attracting more lobbyists and more political acrimony. By FRED BARNES One insight distinguished Barack Obama from the other presidential candidates last year.