Strong Banks, Weak Credit: Treasury Rethinks TARP Big banks are roaring back. At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury. Taxpayers won’t recoup the full sum of the government’s unprecedented infusion to the financial sector, but the returns are ahead of schedule. Jim Kuhnhenn, AP NEWS - 5 minutes ago
Yemen Conflict Inflaming Saudi-Iranian Rivalry For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen’s war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry between the Middle East’s two powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran. Donna Abu-Nasr, AP NEWS - 13 minutes ago
Govt Issues Record 2.1M Recall for Dropside Cribs More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations. Jennifer C. Kerr, AP NEWS - 15 minutes ago
China Executes 2 for Role in Tainted Milk Scandal China executed two people Tuesday for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick. Staff, AP NEWS - 17 minutes ago
Afghanistan Announcement Expected Next Week President Barack Obama held a “rigorous final meeting” with his Afghanistan war council and is expected to announce his revised strategy for the eight-year-old conflict just after his Thanksgiving break. Anne Gearan and Jennifer Loven, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
SPIN METER: Legislation Inflation Grips GOP Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger. Calvin Woodward and Douglass K. Daniel, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
Obama to Honor Indian PM With State Visit Behind the elaborate ceremony of the Indian prime minister’s state visit Tuesday, Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama will be working to smooth over differences on climate change and U.S. ties with Indian rivals China and Pakistan. Foster Klug, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
Trying Last-Ditch Lung Bypass for Worst Swine Flu A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest. Lauran Neergaard, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
Pakistani Troops Kill 18 Islamist Militants Pakistani troops killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive Tuesday against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the main northwestern city of Peshawar. Riaz Khan, AP NEWS - 21 minutes ago
SC Legislators Begin Sanford Impeachment Hearings Legislators irked for months over Gov. Mark Sanford’s summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a rendezvous with his lover plan to start debating a measure Tuesday that ultimately would remove him from office. Jim Davenport, AP NEWS - 25 minutes ago
Indian PM Offers to Work With Obama Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a hand to the United States to help build an “open and inclusive” Asia as President Barack Obama prepared to toast him Tuesday with his first state dinner. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 26 minutes ago
Philippines Declares Emergency After 24 Killed Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed two southern provinces under a state of emergency Tuesday, giving security forces free hands to pursue gunmen who killed at least 24 people in one of the country’s worst election massacres. Hrvoje Hranjski, AP NEWS - 27 minutes ago
Atlanta Cops, Shaken Community Try to Make Amends After a 92-year-old grandmother was cut down in a hail of police bullets during a botched raid three years ago, her community seemed to trust officers about as much as the drug dealers who roam the blighted streets. Greg Bluestein, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
NYC Police Promote Head of 9/11 Trial Security The man in charge of the New York City Police Department’s security planning for the upcoming trial of the Sept. 11 terror attack suspects is being promoted. Staff, AP NEWS - 33 minutes ago
Astronauts Rest Up After 3 Spacewalks The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex are resting after their three successful spacewalks. Marcia Dunn, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Bomb in Water Truck Kills 3 in Afghanistan The Interior Ministry says a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a water truck has exploded in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, which borders Pakistan, killing three people including two children. Staff, AP NEWS - 35 minutes ago
Britain Wins 5 International Emmys; 1st for Brazil Julie Walters and Ben Whishaw took the top acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys on a night that saw Brazil get its first ever for a Bollywood-style telenovela. Charles J. Gans, AP NEWS - 45 minutes ago
Mass Animal Sacrifice Festival Begins in Nepal Devotees lined up outside a Hindu temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday at the start of a two-day religious celebration involving the sacrificial slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals. Binaj Gurubacharya, AP NEWS - 46 minutes ago
Official: Pakistan Kills 18 Militants A security official says 18 militants have been killed in an assault on insurgents blamed for a wave of bombings in the main northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. Staff, AP NEWS - 49 minutes ago
Trial of Khmer Rouge Prison Chief in Final Stage Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a lengthy jail term Tuesday, calling him the personification of ruthless efficiency in the killing of thousands of Cambodian prisoners. Sopheng Cheang and Luke Hunt, AP NEWS - 56 minutes ago
AP NewsAlert Security official says 18 militants killed in offensive close to Pakistan’s Peshawar city. Staff, AP NEWS - 60 minutes ago
China Executes 2 for Role in Tainted Milk Scandal China on Tuesday executed two people for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick. Staff, AP NEWS - 62 minutes ago
Israeli Aircraft Strike Arms Operations in Gaza Israel’s military says it has carried out three airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting a weapons-manufacturing facility and weapons smuggling tunnels. Staff, AP NEWS - 68 minutes ago
Renowned Chinese Translator Yang Xianyi Dies Renowned Chinese literature translator Yang Xianyi has died, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. He was 94. Staff, AP NEWS - 70 minutes ago
Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej Dies Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand’s prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74. D. Gray, AP NEWS - 82 minutes ago
Brazil’s President Urges West to Work With Iran Iran’s leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution. Alan Clendenning, AP NEWS - 82 minutes ago
Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza After Rockets Fired Three Palestinians were wounded early on Tuesday as Israel carried out three air strikes on Hamas-run Gaza in response to rocket fire from the enclave, witnesses, medics and the army said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 86 minutes ago
Australian PM Urges Parliament to Approve Carbon Cuts Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month’s global talks on climate change. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 86 minutes ago
Britain Tops Emmy Awards List, Brazil Gets First Britain walked away with five International Emmy Awards on Monday, including for best performances, while Brazil joined the television elite for the first time at a gala ceremony in New York. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 86 minutes ago
Belgian in US Court Admits Iran Arms Dealing An alleged Belgian arms dealer has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to export fighter jet engines and parts to Iran, US justice officials said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 86 minutes ago
Former Thai PM Samak Dies at 74: Officials Former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced from office in 2008 for starring in television cooking shows, died of liver cancer Tuesday at the age of 74, associates said. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 86 minutes ago
‘World’s Biggest Animal Sacrifice’ Begins in Nepal Up to a million Hindu devotees gathered Tuesday in a tiny village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn widespread criticism. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 86 minutes ago
Indonesian Ferry Captain Blames Storm for Sinking Rescuers scoured the Malacca Strait in Indonesia for a third day Tuesday as hopes faded that any more survivors of a deadly ferry sinking would be found, officials said. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 86 minutes ago
Titans Win Fourth Straight After 0-6 NFL Start Rob Bironas booted a 53-yard field goal with less than a minute to play as the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans 20-17 Monday for their fourth straight National Football League victory. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 86 minutes ago
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