| 'Melo leads Nuggets past Turkoglu-less Raptors (AP)
November 18, 2009 at 1:14 am
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|  AP - Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and reserve J.R. Smith had 29, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Toronto Raptors 130-112 on Tuesday night.
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| U.S. wants Karzai to use speech for concrete steps (Reuters)
November 18, 2009 at 1:01 am
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| | Reuters - The United States and its allies want Afghan President Hamid Karzai to use Thursday's inauguration speech to announce concrete steps to fight corruption and govern better, U.S. and Western officials said. |
| Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes (AP)
November 18, 2009 at 12:17 am
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| | AP - Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. |
| Govt report: Over $98B wasted in improper payments (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 11:35 pm
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| | AP - More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing an increase of $26 billion from the previous year. |
| Obama, Chinese premier tout deepening ties (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 11:30 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S. relationship with China is deepening beyond trade and economics to cover climate, security and other matters of international concern.
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| Public divided on troop increase in Afghanistan: poll (Reuters)
November 17, 2009 at 11:02 pm
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| | Reuters - A majority of Americans expressed confidence U.S. President Barack Obama's new Afghanistan strategy will succeed, but they are divided over how many more U.S. troops to send there, according to a Washington Post-ABC News opinion poll released Tuesday. |
| A model dancer gone: 3 stars advance to finals (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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|  AP - Model Joanna Krupa is leaving "Dancing With the Stars."
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| Obama wraps up China trip with PM talks, Great Wall (AFP)
November 17, 2009 at 10:42 pm
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|  AFP - US President Barack Obama wraps up his trip to China on Wednesday with a mix of diplomacy and sightseeing, meeting Premier Wen Jiabao for a working lunch and visiting the Great Wall.
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| Study: New device boosts heart failure survival (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 9:55 pm
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|  AP - For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure. But can we afford it?
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| Video shows patient cop with affectionate cat (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 9:18 pm
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| | AP - A black cat showed affection by crawling up and down a Texas police officer in a friendly display captured on the patrol car's dashcam. Taylor police Officer Keith Urban was seen being patient with the cat, whose image was captured during a recent traffic stop, then finally gently booting the kitty away. |
| Fewell picked to replace Jauron as Bills coach (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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|  AP - The Buffalo Bills promoted coordinator Perry Fewell to take over as interim head coach after Dick Jauron was fired on Tuesday. Wilson ran out of patience with Jauron, who ran out of time to build a contender or come up with a way to fix an offense that sputtered even with the addition of Terrell Owens.
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| Many New Yorkers say 9/11 trial a security risk (Reuters)
November 17, 2009 at 8:55 pm
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|  Reuters - Forty percent of New Yorkers believe the trial of accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed makes an attack on the city more likely, according to a new poll, while security experts say it is already the top target in America.
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| US rebukes Israel on settlement plans (AFP)
November 17, 2009 at 8:19 pm
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|  AFP - The United States delivered an unusually strong rebuke of Israel, voicing dismay at the approval of new Jewish housing in annexed east Jerusalem as peace efforts hit a new low.
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| White House: Israeli housing plans dismaying (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:49 pm
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|  AP - The White House rebuked Israel with heavy criticism Tuesday after the Jerusalem city government moved toward the construction of 900 additional housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim for the capital of their future state.
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| Obama in China faces currency strains and a Great Wall (Reuters)
November 17, 2009 at 7:46 pm
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|  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will continue efforts to court China on Wednesday while cajoling it on economic and currency strains, with the final day of his visit featuring talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
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| AP sources: Senate weighs long-term care program (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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|  AP - Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes, Democratic officials say.
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| Fort Hood slayings prompt full Pentagon review (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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|  AP - Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon probably will open an inquiry into how all the military services keep watch on other volatile soldiers hidden in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.
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| Obama: Rally the world for climate deal next month (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama, with China's leader at his side, lifted his sights Tuesday for a broad accord at next month's climate conference that he said will lead to immediate action and "rally the world" toward a solution on global warming.
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| Wally Backman starts over with Brooklyn farm team (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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|  AP - Wally Backman wants another chance to manage in the majors. The former Mets second baseman, fired after four days with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004, was introduced Tuesday as manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones, New York's Class-A farm team in the New York-Penn League.
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| First US trial of 9/11 case was full of surprises (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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|  AP - Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks — never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York.
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| Slain NC girl's aunt says mother was neglectful (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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|  AP - The aunt of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found off a rural North Carolina road said Tuesday that she had a hard time letting the girl live temporarily at her mother's house because she believed the woman neglected her children.
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| Woman pleads guilty, apologizes in Smart abduction (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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|  AP - Seven years after she was abducted at knifepoint, Elizabeth Smart finally has an apology — and a guilty plea — from one of her kidnappers.
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| Don't blame fast food: Mummies had heart disease (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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|  AP - You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.
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| AP Interview: Brazil miniskirt woman soaks up fame (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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|  AP - Brushing back freshly dyed blond hair as she posed for pictures, the Brazilian woman whose short pink dress got her kicked out of college said Tuesday she's enjoying her newfound fame, but wants go back to school — with a security guard.
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| 'Dozens' of layoffs at Associated Press: Guild (AFP)
November 17, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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|  AFP - The US news agency the Associated Press (AP) laid off dozens of employees on Tuesday as part of a plan to reduce its global payroll by 10 percent this year, a union statement said.
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| Video shows patient cop with affectionate cat (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 6:01 pm
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| | AP - A black cat showed affection by crawling up and down a Texas police officer in a friendly display captured on the patrol car's dashcam. Taylor police Officer Keith Urban was seen being patient with the cat, whose image was captured during a recent traffic stop, then finally gently booting the kitty away. |
| Many New Yorkers say September 11 trial a security risk (Reuters)
November 17, 2009 at 5:32 pm
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| | Reuters - Forty percent of New Yorkers believe the trial of accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed makes an attack on the city more likely, according to a new poll, while security experts say it is already the top target in America. |
| Obama: Rally the world for climate deal next month (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 5:26 pm
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| AP - President Barack Obama, with China's leader at his side, lifted his sights Tuesday for a broad accord at next month's climate conference that he said will lead to immediate action and "rally the world" toward a solution on global warming.
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| AP Interview: Brazil miniskirt woman soaks up fame (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 5:26 pm
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| AP - Brushing back freshly dyed blond hair as she posed for pictures, the Brazilian woman whose short pink dress got her kicked out of college said Tuesday she's enjoying her newfound fame, but wants go back to school — with a security guard.
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| AP sources: Senate weighs long-term care program (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 5:03 pm
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| AP - Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes, Democratic officials say.
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| Israel angers U.S. by approving new West Bank homes (Reuters)
November 17, 2009 at 4:53 pm
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| | Reuters - Israel triggered a fresh rift with Washington over settlement building on Tuesday by approving the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality. |
| Clerk sells man winning lottery game by mistake (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 4:32 pm
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| | AP - No one is complaining about a mistake made by a store clerk in southern New Jersey. Indian Fields Market owner Domenic Galle said a man walked into the store and asked for a Deuces Wild scratch-off lottery ticket Monday night. Galle said the clerk gave him an Aces High ticket instead. The clerk chased after the man when she realized she made a mistake. But he was gone. |
| First US trial of 9/11 case was full of surprises (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 4:28 pm
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| AP - Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks — never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York.
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| Fox's Major Garrett gets interview with Obama (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 4:18 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama will give an interview to Fox News Channel's Major Garrett, perhaps signaling a thaw in relations between the network and administration. The White House confirmed Tuesday that Garrett will be included among a round of network interviews that the president is giving Wednesday in Beijing. Garrett also posted news of the interview on Twitter.
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| Don't blame fast food: Mummies had heart disease (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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| | AP - You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies. |
| Led by China, carbon pollution up despite economy (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm
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|  AP - Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online Tuesday.
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| Warrant: Mo. sex abuse case could include slayings (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 3:52 pm
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|  AP - Prosecutors in western Missouri filed 15 additional sex charges against a family already accused of sexually abusing children as a newly released search warrant claims some of the suspects forced their victims to help kill and bury a man in 1988.
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| Police: Would-be Seattle ninja impaled on fence (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 3:47 pm
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| | AP - Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it. An officer who was looking for an assault victim nearby Monday night heard the man screaming for help. Police supported him to prevent further injuries until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, where he was in serious condition in intensive care on Tuesday. |
| Zack Greinke of Royals wins AL Cy Young Award (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 2:02 pm
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| | AP - Zack Greinke has won the American League Cy Young Award, beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination. |
| Iran sentences 5 to death in postelection turmoil (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 1:14 pm
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|  AP - Iranian state television reports five people have been sentenced to death over the unrest that followed the country's disputed June presidential election.
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| AP Source: NFLPA looks into Mangini complaints (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 12:44 pm
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|  AP - The NFL Players Association is trying to set up a meeting with Cleveland Browns players this week to talk about coach Eric Mangini's practices, a person at the union told The Associated Press on Monday.
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| Woman pleads guilty to charges in Smart kidnapping (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 12:29 pm
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|  AP - One of two people charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
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| Army suicides to top 2008, but progress reported (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 11:59 am
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| | AP - Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's, but a recent decline in the pace of such deaths could mean the Army is making progress in stemming them, officials said Tuesday. |
| Israel approves new homes in east Jerusalem (AFP)
November 17, 2009 at 11:28 am
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|  AFP - Israel approved the construction of hundreds of new housing units in annexed east Jerusalem on Tuesday, driving another stake into troubled US efforts to restart Middle East peace talks.
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| Israel OK's 900 new housing units in Jerusalem (AFP)
November 17, 2009 at 10:53 am
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|  AFP - Israel's interior ministry on Tuesday authorised the construction of 900 new housing units in annexed east Jerusalem, the ministry said, in a move bound to draw international criticism.
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| Review of missed signs will span entire Pentagon (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 10:42 am
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|  AP - The Defense Department will launch a broad investigation in light of the Fort Hood shootings that looks at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks.
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| Obama orders task force to fight financial crime (Reuters)
November 17, 2009 at 10:37 am
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama will issue an executive order Tuesday creating an administration-wide task force to crack down on financial fraud following a rise in mortgage scams and high-profile Wall Street trading scandals, an administration official said. |
| BCS creates new executive director role (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 9:55 am
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| | AP - BCS officials have selected Bill Hancock to become the first executive director of the postseason system. |
| Ship with 100 tourists stuck in Antarctic ice (AP)
November 17, 2009 at 9:50 am
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|  AP - A Russian icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on a cruise around Antarctica was struggling to free itself from sea ice but was not in any danger, a shipping company said Tuesday.
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| U.S. labor group unveils plan to tackle joblessness (Reuters)
November 17, 2009 at 9:06 am
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| | Reuters - The head of the largest U.S. labor federation urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to use the $700 billion Wall Street bailout fund to help cash-starved small businesses as a way to stem rising joblessness. | | | 
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