Who Is Oprah’s Heir Apparent in Daytime? Will it be Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz? Maybe none of the above. The announced shutdown of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in two years creates room for a new queen (or king) of daytime television. David Bauder, AP NEWS - 10 minutes ago
Scientist: Leak of Climate E-Mails Appalling A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month’s global climate summit in Denmark. David Stringer, AP NEWS - 10 minutes ago
Venezuela: No Direct Talks With Colombia on Bases Venezuela has no interest in talking directly to Colombia to end a monthslong crisis but would support an effort by other South American nations to broker a solution, a top government official said Sunday. Christopher Toothaker, AP NEWS - 12 minutes ago
Newspaper Circulation May Be Worse Than It Looks While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren’t necessarily selling more copies. Michael Liedtke, AP NEWS - 13 minutes ago
Mammogram Guidelines Spark Debate Over Health Bill Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings. Philip Elliott, AP NEWS - 16 minutes ago
Antarctic Ice Loss Vaster, Faster Than Thought: Study The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 18 minutes ago
Egypt’s Media Stoked Soccer Fan Anger With Algeria Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence. Jason Keyser, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
RI Slow to Spend Millions in Stimulus Funding Gov. Don Carcieri’s administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people’s homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression. Ray Henry, AP NEWS - 26 minutes ago
Couple, 14-Year-Old Boy Killed in Fiery Crash Authorities say a couple and a 14-year-old boy have been killed in a fiery freeway crash in Southern California that two younger children managed to survive. Staff, AP NEWS - 28 minutes ago
Investors Look to Data-Heavy Week for More Clarity Investors are heading toward the final month of the year with more questions about the economy than they had just a few weeks ago. Sara Lepro, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
Arrest in 1981 Tribal Murders Revives Old Mystery In the days before Fred Alvarez was shot execution-style with two friends on his verandah, the strapping Cabazon tribal leader feared he was a marked man: His motorcycle had been tampered with, his mailbox shot up and his house ransacked. Amy Taxin and Gillian Flaccus, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Astronaut’s Baby Daughter Born as He Circles Earth Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it. Marcia Dunn, AP NEWS - 48 minutes ago
More Americans Expected to Travel for Thanksgiving The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. Nafeesa Syeed, AP NEWS - 48 minutes ago
‘New Moon’ Wolfs Down $140.7M in Opening Weekend The vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday. David Germain, AP NEWS - 52 minutes ago
Holidays Will Again Test NYC Air Travel Bottleneck Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season. But travelers shouldn’t expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they are headed to New York City. David B. Caruso, AP NEWS - 53 minutes ago
Elephants Rampage in Eastern India A herd of elephants goes on a rampage, destroying a tea garden in Doars region of India’s eastern West Bengal state. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 57 minutes ago
NRC Investigating Radiation at Three Mile Island The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending investigators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant after a small amount of radiation was detected there. Staff, AP NEWS - 59 minutes ago
Canadian Woman Loses Benefits Over Facebook Photo A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun. Staff, AP NEWS - 68 minutes ago
Rising Unemployment Taxes Could Hinder Hiring As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself. Christopher S. Rugaber, AP NEWS - 68 minutes ago
Iraq PM Ramps Up Attacks on Baathists Before Vote A stepped-up campaign by Iraq’s prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections. Hamza Hendawi, AP NEWS - 72 minutes ago
NY Saves $3.1 Million in Energy Efficiency Program Turning off lights, turning down the heat and buying with an eye toward energy efficiency is saving New York more than $3.1 million so far this fiscal year. Staff, AP NEWS - 76 minutes ago
Saudi Prince Warns Against Disruptions to Hajj Saudi Arabia’s interior minister said Sunday the kingdom hopes not to have to “resort to force” to maintain security for the hajj, in a reference to worries Iranian pilgrims may demonstrate. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 78 minutes ago
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Arrives in Gambia Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Gambia on Sunday for a 24-hour working visit aimed at fostering relations between the Islamic republic and the West African nation. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 78 minutes ago
Defoe Nets Five-Timer as Spurs Hit Wigan for Nine Tottenham blazed to a 9-1 win over Wigan at White Hart Lane here on Sunday with Jermain Defoe netting a five-timer in Spurs' highest scoring topflight win. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 78 minutes ago
Iran Begins War Games to Protect Nuclear Sites Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel. Nasser Karimi, AP NEWS - 80 minutes ago
RI Bishop Asked Kennedy in 2007 to Avoid Communion The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island said Sunday that he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman’s public stance on moral issues. Ray Henry, AP NEWS - 83 minutes ago
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