| Europe: Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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|  AP - Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.
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| Syracuse runs away from No. 6 North Carolina 87-71 (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 9:53 pm
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|  AP - Brandon Triche and Arinze Onuaku combined for 13 points in Syracuse's 22-1 run to open the second half and the Orange went on to a 87-71 victory over No. 6 North Carolina on Friday night in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic.
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| Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 9:42 pm
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| | AP - California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday. |
| Officials: Man tied 15 lizards to chest at airport (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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| | AP - Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. |
| Obama Afghan decision to come after Thanksgiving (AFP)
November 20, 2009 at 9:27 pm
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|  AFP - President Barack Obama will wait until after Americans mark Thanksgiving on November 26 to announce whether or not he sends reinforcements to Afghanistan, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
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| EU leaders face flak as new president keeps low profile (AFP)
November 20, 2009 at 9:24 pm
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|  AFP - Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe on the world stage.
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| NFL union pans reporting on teammates' concussions (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 8:27 pm
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|  AP - The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, saying that is not an adequate solution.
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| Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 8:26 pm
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|  AP - The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.
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| Mich. police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 8:11 pm
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| | AP - Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131. |
| Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
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| Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.
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| Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.
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| US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
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| GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
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| Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.
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| Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.
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| Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.
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| Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 6:46 pm
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| | Reuters - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. |
| Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 6:25 pm
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.
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| NFL union pans reporting on teammates' concussions (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 6:16 pm
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| AP - The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, saying that is not an adequate solution.
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| GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 6:10 pm
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|  AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
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| U.S. to drop charges against one Blackwater guard (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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| | Reuters - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad. |
| US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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| | AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday. |
| Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 4:57 pm
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|  Reuters - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
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| Swine flu may be peaking in U.S. (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 4:27 pm
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|  Reuters - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday.
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| Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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| AP - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.
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| Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 3:46 pm
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|  AP - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.
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| Afghan police are weak link in security force (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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|  AP - Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.
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| Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 3:31 pm
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| AP - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.
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| Mich. police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 3:28 pm
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| | AP - Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131. |
| Moderate Democrat boosts Senate healthcare bill (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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|  Reuters - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad overhaul one day before its first crucial test.
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| More states add jobs, but many for temporary staff (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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|  AP - In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.
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| Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 2:32 pm
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| | AP - Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. |
| No Obama decision on Afghan until after Thanksgiving (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 2:26 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday. |
| Pacquiao's PPV numbers add to megafight momentum (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 1:58 pm
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|  AP - Manny Pacquiao proved he can be a box office hit. Now it's up to Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to see what they can do together.
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| Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 1:35 pm
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| AP - A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth.
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| CDC: Swine flu cases seem to be dropping in US (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 1:27 pm
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|  AP - Health officials say swine flu cases appear to declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next.
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| Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 1:14 pm
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| | Reuters - Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday. |
| Cautious optimism as job losses slow (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 1:02 pm
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|  Reuters - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some areas.
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| Iran has 'not responded positively' to nuclear offer (AFP)
November 20, 2009 at 12:45 pm
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|  AFP - Major world powers expressed disappointment Friday that Iran has "not responded positively" to a plan for resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme or agreed to new talks.
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| Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 11:12 am
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|  AP - Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a hired driver.
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| UK man cleared of wife's death during nightmare (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 11:09 am
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| | AP - A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death. |
| Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games (AFP)
November 20, 2009 at 11:03 am
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|  AFP - In what one UEFA official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted over 10 million euros manipulating 200 games in nine countries.
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| EU names Belgian PM Van Rompuy as first president (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 10:41 am
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|  Reuters - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead efforts to make it more influential on the world stage.
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| Did U.S. make a swine flu mistake? (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 10:37 am
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| | Reuters - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available -- by using an immune booster called an adjuvant. |
| Six powers regret Iran's stance on nuclear deal (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 10:13 am
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| | Reuters - Senior officials from six world powers expressed disappointment on Friday that Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential ability to make nuclear bombs and urged Tehran to reconsider. |
| Westwood shoots 69 for 2-shot lead in Dubai (AP)
November 20, 2009 at 8:49 am
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|  AP - Lee Westwood has shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Dubai World Championship, increasing his chance of winning the European money title.
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| New guidelines: Pap smears should start at age 21 (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 8:18 am
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| | Reuters - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment. |
| India PM heads to U.S. in test of ties with Obama (Reuters)
November 20, 2009 at 8:07 am
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|  Reuters - India's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade.
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