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  1. Dubai request for debt 'standstill' raises fear

    AP – Thu Nov 26, 11:45 pm ET  Sent 351 times
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    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills — causing a drop on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment. Full Story »

  2. Holiday Sky Treat: Spot the Shuttle and Space Station

    SPACE.com – Wed Nov 25, 2:31 pm ET  Sent 163 times
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    The space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are separately flying around the Earth until Friday, and they can be seen as a pair of bright lights in the sky at certain times over the next few days. Full Story »

  3. Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food

    LiveScience.com – Thu Nov 26, 9:46 am ET  Sent 123 times
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    While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since 1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year. Full Story »

  4. Brazil: 'Gringos' must pay to stop Amazon razing

    AP – Thu Nov 26, 8:12 pm ET  Sent 106 times
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    MANAUS, Brazil - Brazil's president said Thursday that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rain forest. Full Story »

  5. Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal

    AP – Thu Nov 26, 9:59 pm ET  Sent 81 times
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    TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian authorities confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent. Full Story »

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  1. Was president in danger from dinner crashers?

    AP – 1 hr 16 mins ago  
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    WASHINGTON - The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened for radiological or biological weapons. Full Story »

  2. Asian stocks tumble amid Dubai fears, dollar slump

    AP – 1 hr 43 mins ago  
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    HONG KONG - Asian stock markets tumbled Friday, with Hong Kong and South Korea down about 5 percent, as fears mounted over the fallout from Dubai's massive debt problems and the dollar continued its slide against the Japanese yen. Full Story »

  3. Man who died in Utah mishap was experienced caver

    AP – 55 mins ago  
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    SALT LAKE CITY - A medical student who died Thursday after a daylong effort to rescue him 150 feet underground was an outdoors lover and experienced caver who was expecting the birth of his second child next year, officials and family members said. Full Story »

  4. Rush starts as holiday shopping season revs up

    AP – 57 mins ago  
    Black Friday holiday shoppers James Trichler, left, and Ashley... AP

    The nation's retailers are ushering in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season with expanded hours and deep discounts on everything from toys to TVs to lure crowds of shoppers. Full Story »

  5. Filipino who lost wife in massacre files candidacy

    AP – 54 mins ago  
    Gubernatorial candidate and Vice Mayor Ismael Mangudadatu shows... AP

    AMPATUAN, Philippines - A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy Friday for the election. Full Story »

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  1. Police: Dad leaves boy and goes into strip club

    AP – Tue Nov 24, 9:24 pm ET  

    INDIANAPOLIS - A man was arrested after police said he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck stolen and his child missing. Police said the man was too drunk to remember where he had parked. Full Story »

  2. Obama telephones thanks to 10 US service members

    AP – Thu Nov 26, 5:27 pm ET  
    US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference... AFP/File

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world and spending time in the company of his family and friends. Full Story »

  3. Touched by NC girl's death, Shaq pays for funeral

    AP – Thu Nov 26, 11:30 am ET  
    FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 file photo, Cleveland... AP

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed. Full Story »

  4. World powers demand Iran mothball nuclear site

    Reuters – Thu Nov 26, 1:28 pm ET  
    A view of the conference room at the beginning of an Atomic Energy... Reuters

    VIENNA (Reuters) - Six world powers are demanding Iran immediately mothball a uranium enrichment site it hid for years in a resolution to be voted on by U.N. nuclear agency governors, calling it a message to Tehran to change its ways. Full Story »

  5. RISE OF THE YOUNG CODGERS

    Ted Rall – Thu Nov 26, 7:58 pm ET  

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