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WASHINGTON - The Secret Service may begin a criminal investigation against the Virginia couple who crashed a high-profile White House dinner, an agency spokesman said Friday. Full Story »

• Video: Candidates For Reality Show Crash Obama Dinner WJZ 13 Baltimore
• Slideshow: Obama hosts first State Dinner

JUPITER, Fla. - Police were searching Friday for a man suspected in the Thanksgiving shooting deaths of his twin sisters, aunt and a 6-year-old cousin during a family celebration. Full Story »

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an 11-day flight that resupplied the International Space Station. Full Story »

• Video: Raw Video: Shuttle Atlantis lands AP
• Slideshow: Space Shuttle

WASHINGTON - The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nation's ninth year at war. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Stocks skidded Friday as concern swept world markets that financial trouble in the Middle Eastern city-state of Dubai will upend a global economic recovery. Full Story »

• Video: Hong Kong shares crash almost 5% AFP
• Slideshow: Stock Markets
• Interactive: History of the stock market barometer AP

GENEVA - Roman Polanski will remain in a jail outside Zurich for at least three more days until he meets the security conditions of his bail, a Swiss official said Friday. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Director Roman Polanski

LONDON - Tim Montgomery says he started taking performance-enhancing drugs because he wanted to beat American sprint rival Maurice Greene and become the fastest man in the world. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers kicked off the holiday shopping season on Friday, with a strong turnout for early-morning bargains, though many said they were being more selective about what they buy and paring back what they spend. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Black Friday

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Banks outside the Gulf played down their exposure to Dubai debt on Friday after fears of default shook global markets, and European leaders said the world economy was now strong enough to cope with the setback. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world is losing patience with Iran's behavior over its nuclear program and Tehran will be responsible for the consequences if it fails to meet its obligations, the White House said on Friday. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Iran Nuclear Issues

MINSK (Reuters) - The United States and Russia will sign a deal this year to cut vast Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons but may miss an early December deadline, a Kremlin source told Reuters on Friday. Full Story »

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland and the United States have agreed the legal details of deploying U.S. troops in Poland after lengthy negotiations, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski said on Friday. Full Story »

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday barred its top elected official in the south, his father and other relatives from leaving the country as it investigated the massacre of 57 people earlier this week. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Dozens killed in Philippine election massacre

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban on Friday, part of a call for reconciliation that the palace says will be the main focus of his second term that began last week. Full Story »

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces killed 15 militants in the lawless northwest of the country, a security official said Friday, as part of a campaign Washington hopes will help it defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Pakistan

VIENNA (AFP) - The UN nuclear watchdog censured Iran on Friday and demanded it immediately halt construction of a newly-revealed uranium enrichment plant as world powers united against Tehran. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Iran Nuclear Issues