| Lawyers: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 12:41 am
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|  AP - The parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting that their 6-year-old son had floated away aboard a helium balloon have agreed to plead guilty in a deal that could send them both to jail but protect the wife from deportation.
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| Suicide blast near US base in Kabul: officials (AFP)
November 12, 2009 at 11:26 pm
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|  AFP - A suicide blast struck near a US military base in the Afghan capital on Friday, officials said.
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| Bombings kill 10 in Pakistan, intel agency targeted (AFP)
November 12, 2009 at 11:12 pm
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|  AFP - Bombs tore through security offices in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 10 people and heavily damaging the Peshawar headquarters of the country's top intelligence agency.
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| Blast at NATO base in Kabul: military (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 11:08 pm
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| | Reuters - An explosion took place early on Friday at a base of the NATO-led military force in Kabul, a military spokesman said. |
| Family: Mo. child sex abuse claims are `repulsive' (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 10:23 pm
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|  AP - Family members of five men charged in a bizarre child sex abuse case reacted with disbelief and sadness Thursday to the "unspeakable" string of alleged atrocities spanning two decades.
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| Jury chooses life sentence in TV anchor killing (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 9:50 pm
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|  AP - The man convicted of killing Little Rock, Arkansas, television personality Anne Pressly has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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| 7 dead in Pakistan bomb blast: official (AFP)
November 12, 2009 at 9:49 pm
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|  AFP - Seven people were killed and 35 others wounded when a bomb exploded outside the offices of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency in the city of Peshawar on Friday, security officials said.
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| Obama eyes compromise strategy on Afghanistan (AFP)
November 12, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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|  AFP - President Barack Obama is leaning towards a compromise strategy on troops to Afghanistan, officials said amid growing concerns over Kabul's government and the US envoy there advising against sending more reinforcements.
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| Bomb destroys Pakistani security building: witnesses (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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| | Reuters - A bomb destroyed a Pakistani security agency office in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least two people, witnesses said. |
| Bomb hits Pakistan's spy agency in northwest (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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|  AP - Witnesses say a large bomb has badly damaged the offices of Pakistan's spy agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
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| Bears, Niners scoreless after first quarter (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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|  AP - Joe Nedney missed a 39-yard field goal on San Francisco's opening drive and the 49ers and Chicago Bears were tied 0-0 after the first quarter Thursday night.
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| Obama's hesitancy on war buildup sends messages (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 8:58 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama's drawn-out decision-making on Afghanistan is sending messages. To the Afghan government: Clean up your act. To the Pentagon: I'm no rubber stamp. To the American public: More troops can't be the sole answer.
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| U.S. piles pressure on Afghan leader (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 7:34 pm
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|  Reuters - The White House squeezed Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday to show more resolve in fighting corruption and said President Barack Obama's war plan deliberations included an exit strategy for U.S. troops.
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| Man distracted by pelican drives Bugatti in marsh (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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|  AP - A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.
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| Riggleman gets Nationals managing job for 2010 (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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|  AP - Jim Riggleman opened his first news conference in 10 years as a full-fledged, full-time, full-titled major league manager — no "interim" tag to be found — by saying he didn't want to list the people he needs to thank, lest he forget someone.
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| CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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|  AP - Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, according to startling federal estimates released Thursday.
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| Palin in book: McCain aides kept me 'bottled up' (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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|  AP - The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family. In Palin's new memoir, "Going Rogue," she confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain. The vice presidential candidate confirms that she had wanted to speak on election night, but was denied the chance and says she was kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.
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| UK man breaks record for pulling bus with hair (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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|  AP - A British man broke the world record for pulling a double-decker bus with his hair. Manjit Singh broke the Guinness World Record on Thursday by pulling the bus weighing 8.5 British tons for 21.2 meters (69.55 feet) across Battersea Park in London with ribbons attached to his hair.
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| Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.
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| Fort Hood suspect charged with 13 counts of murder (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - The Army psychiatrist in the Fort Hood massacre was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder Thursday as he lay in a hospital bed and President Barack Obama ordered a review to determine if the government fumbled warning signs of the shooter's contacts with a radical Islamic cleric.
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| Gates to lead 6-month push against roadside bombs (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he will lead an intensive push for new ways to defuse the threat from homemade bombs, the crude ambush weapons that account for eight in 10 casualties in Afghanistan.
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| Women face tough choices on abortion coverage (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.
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| Fed: banks need customer consent on overdraft fees (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Banks will have to secure their customers' consent before charging large overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions, according to a new rule announced Thursday by the Federal Reserve.
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| Winning margin in NY House 23 race tightens (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - The special election last week for the 23rd Congressional District seat in New York may not be over after all.
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| Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 5:15 pm
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| AP - Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.
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| CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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| AP - Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, according to startling federal estimates released Thursday.
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| Pentagon: Six-month push against roadside bombs (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 4:46 pm
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|  AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he will lead an intensive push for new ways to defuse the threat from homemade bombs, the crude ambush weapons that account for eight in 10 casualties in Afghanistan.
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| Palin's book confirms tension with McCain aides (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 4:16 pm
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|  AP - The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family. In Palin's "Going Rogue," Palin confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain. She confirms that she had wanted to speak on election night, but was denied the chance and says she was kept "bottled up" from reporters.
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| Women face tough choices on abortion coverage (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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| AP - Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.
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| DC sniper's ex-wife, children cope with execution (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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|  AP - One of the D.C. sniper's ex-wives said Thursday that she has fully healed from the abusive marriage she endured with him, and is helping her children cope with knowing their dad won't be a part of their lives.
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| UK man breaks record for pulling bus with hair (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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| AP - A British man broke the world record for pulling a double-decker bus with his hair. Manjit Singh broke the Guinness World Record on Thursday by pulling the bus weighing 8.5 British tons for 21.2 meters (69.55 feet) across Battersea Park in London with ribbons attached to his hair.
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| U.S. piles pressure on Afghan leader (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 3:39 pm
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| Reuters - The United States squeezed Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday to show more backbone in fighting corruption and mismanagement as President Barack Obama weighs sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
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| Jim Riggleman to manage Nationals in 2010 (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 3:35 pm
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|  AP - Jim Riggleman waited a decade for another chance to be a full-fledged manager in the major leagues — no interim tag attached. He finally earned that job with the Washington Nationals.
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| H1N1 has killed 3,900 Americans, CDC says (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 2:53 pm
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|  Reuters - H1N1 swine flu killed an estimated 3,900 Americans from April to October, including more than 500 children, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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| Worried about U.S. debt? Send your donation here (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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| | Reuters - Not sure what to give Uncle Sam this Christmas? How about a nice, fat check to help whittle away at the $7.6 trillion national debt? |
| U.S. commitment to Afghanistan not open-ended: Gates (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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|  Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, currently under presidential review, was not open-ended, putting more pressure on Kabul to improve security and fight corruption.
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| Government sued for defunding scandal-hit ACORN (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 2:06 pm
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| | Reuters - The scandal-hit liberal grass-roots group ACORN sued the U.S. government on Thursday, saying it did not have the right to cut off ACORN's federal funding because the group had not been convicted of a crime. |
| Suspected Fort Hood shooter charged with 13 murders (AFP)
November 12, 2009 at 2:06 pm
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|  AFP - Investigators charged suspected Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan with 13 counts of pre-meditated murder on Thursday over last week's shooting rampage at the Texas military base.
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| US Justice Dept warns drug companies on corruption (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 1:53 pm
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| | Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department plans to focus on prosecuting those in the pharmaceutical industry who try to bribe foreign officials for preferential treatment of their products, a senior official said on Thursday. |
| Fort Hood shooting suspect charged with murder (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 1:24 pm
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|  Reuters - The U.S. Army has charged an Army psychiatrist suspected of killing 13 people in last week's shooting spree at the Fort Hood with murder, an Army spokesman said on Thursday.
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| Fort Hood shooting suspect faces 13 murder charges (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 12:44 pm
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|  AP - Military officials say the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 and wounding 29 in last week's shooting rampage at his military post in Texas will face 13 charges of premeditated murder under the military's legal system. The decision makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
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| U.S. ex-spy Plame and publisher lose memoir appeal (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm
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| | Reuters - A former CIA agent whose unmasking led to the conviction of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide lost an appeal on Thursday to declassify parts of her memoir. |
| U.S. stop-smoking efforts stalled, report shows (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 12:15 pm
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| | Reuters - Efforts to help smokers kick the habit have stalled in the United States, with hardly any recent change in smoking rates, federal researchers reported on Thursday. |
| US adult smoking rate rises slightly (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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| | AP - Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent. |
| Obama embarks on debut Asia mission (AFP)
November 12, 2009 at 11:58 am
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|  AFP - Barack Obama embarked Thursday on his first tour of Asia as US president, bound for Japan before later stops in Singapore, China and South Korea on a week-long trip.
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| Fed: banks need customer consent on overdraft fees (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 11:30 am
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| | AP - The Federal Reserve has issued a new rule that will prohibit banks from charging overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions unless a customer allows it. |
| Obama to hold conference on battling unemployment (Reuters)
November 12, 2009 at 11:30 am
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| | Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would host a December conference to brainstorm how to beat back double-digit unemployment, and repeated a pledge to fight for U.S. exports as he toured Asia next week. |
| Diplomats say Iran began nuke plant 7 years ago (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 10:44 am
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|  AP - Diplomats say Iran built its recently revealed uranium enrichment facility in fits and starts, with construction beginning seven years ago.
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| Obama faces daunting challenges in Far East tour (AP)
November 12, 2009 at 10:33 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama has left Washington on his first major trip to Asia, where a surging China and newly assertive Japan are threatening to upend America's longtime role as keeper of the peace and trader-in-chief.
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