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| Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation |
| No longer foes but not yet allies, President-elect Barack Obama and John McCain buried their bitter campaign in public smiles and searched for common ground in private on Monday, discussing possible collaboration on climate change, immigration, Guantanamo Bay and more. |
| "The American People Have Spoken" |
| "Breaking News:" Appearing before a rally of his supporters in Arizona, Republican presidential candidate John McCain admited defeat against top rival Democrat Barack Obama. | |
| Bush: US stands behind India in wake of attacks
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AP - President George W. Bush on Saturday pledged full U.S. support to India as it investigates the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, saying the killers "will not have the final word."
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| Retiree seeks return on 10,000 Obama front pages |
| A Washington state retiree is making a $1,700 bet that Barack Obama's election will lead to prosperity. |
| Some share the bounty this bleak Thanksgiving |
| A Thanksgiving ago, many of us were fretting over delays at the airport, our holiday season shopping lists, even things like whether to get another Botox injection or a new set of wheels. |
| Probe ends historic Mars mission |
| Nasa says its Phoenix lander on the surface of Mars has gone silent and is almost certainly dead. |
| Nestle says withdrawing Brazil-made cereal in U.S |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nestle says it is withdrawing Farinha Lactea cereal in the U.S. because it may contain traces of a pesticide not approved for wheat in the U.S. |
| W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking
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AP - As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue.
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| Idaho killer Duncan gets 6 additional life terms |
| (AP Photo/Kootenai County Sheriff's Office, File)This file photo taken and originally released July 2, 2005, by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department, shows Joseph Edward Duncan III. The convicted ... |
| FEMA Official Says Agency Response Slow After Ike |
| A top official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency admits that the agency was sluggish in its response to Texans affected by Hurricane Ike's devastation, according to a published report. Dep... |
| Global stocks hit 5-1/2 year lows
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Reuters - A rout in Asia pushed world stocks to their lowest in 5- years on Thursday, while oil fell to below $53 a barrel and safe havens such as the yen gained as economic data indicated a global recession could get even uglier.
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| Nuke Missile Silo Fire Went Undetected |
| In this file photo, Airmen Mark Pacis, left, and Christopher Carver mount a refurbished nuclear war head on to the top of a Minuteman III missile inside an underground silo in Scottsbluff, Neb. (Eric ... |
| EXTRA: UN chief: Situation in Congo 'very threatening' |
| New Dehli - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern over the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday and asked rebel General Laurent Nkunda to engage in dialogue. During a visit to the Indian capital New Deh... |
| Park light back on |
| It was 10:45 on Sunday night - a quiet time in many parts of the Bay Area, but not at Carl and Cole streets in San Francisco, where a crowd was gathered at the corner bar. People were also walking on ... |
| Thai grenade attack stokes tension ahead of rally
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Reuters - A grenade blast wounded more than 50 anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Sunday, fuelling fears of clashes ahead of a big rally in the Thai capital planned by government supporters.
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| Spam is silenced, but where are the feds |
| November 25, 2008 (IDG News Service) On Oct. 14, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, with help from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and New Zealand police, announced that it had shut down a va... |
| Big hits create bigger confusion these days in NFL |
| The NFL has always known how violence is inherent and celebrated in its sport — from the once-famous "Jacked Up" segments on ESPN, to the still-famous "Hit Stick" on the "Madden NFL '09" video game and the dozens of "greatest hits" videos. |
| NJ church killings shake up close-knit community |
| Joseph M. Pallipurath went halfway around the world to India to find a wife last year. Now the California man is accused of going across the country to New Jersey to kill her. |
| Facts don't get in the way of Web political rumors |
| With just days to go before the election, gossip, hearsay, innuendo and smears are flying through the Internet as gadflies and rumormongers hope to sway voters before they head to the polls. |
| Former Alaska hospital employee killed supervisor |
| A worker who returned a day after being fired from an Alaska hospital and shot his ex-supervisors, killing one and critically injuring another, has been fatally shot by police. |