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 - 9 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 - 17 minutes ago
Iran Wants Nuclear Fuel Guarantees, Warns Against Air Attack Iran’s envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said on Sunday that Tehran wants a guaranteed supply of fuel for a research reactor as a military chief warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 19 minutes ago
Lawyer: 9/11 Defendants Want Platform for Views The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. Karen Matthews, AP NEWS - 24 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 - 29 minutes ago
Warming’s Impacts Sped Up, Worsened Since Kyoto Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then. Seth Borenstein, AP NEWS - 35 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 - 44 minutes ago
Senate Democrats at Odds Over Health Care Bill Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation’s troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren’t met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend. Anne Flaherty, AP NEWS - 46 minutes ago
Exit Polls: No Clear Winner in Romania’s Election Two exit polls indicate that Romania’s president has received more votes than any other candidate in the country’s presidential election, but not enough to avoid a runoff. Alison Mutler, AP NEWS - 48 minutes ago
Honduras Election Sets Return to Business as Usual The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with thousands of Hondurans taking to the streets while everyone from Barack Obama to Fidel Castro lined up behind ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Olga R. Rodriguez, AP NEWS - 50 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 need to land anywhere near New York City. David B. Caruso, AP NEWS - 60 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 - 63 minutes ago
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 - 71 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 - 71 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 - 72 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 - 74 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 - 79 minutes ago
92 Perish in China Mine Disaster: State Media The death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China climbed to 92 on Sunday as rescuers hunted for 16 workers still trapped deep underground in the nation’s deadliest mine disaster in two years. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Five-Star Defoe as Spurs Put Nine Past Wigan Jermain Defoe scored five goals as Tottenham Hotspur thrashed Wigan Athletic 9-1 in one of the most lopsided Premier League results at White Hart Lane here on Sunday which was a record victory for the hosts in the top-flight. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Algerian Court Clears Guantanamo Detainees An Algiers court on Sunday cleared two men held at Guantanamo Bay for seven years, according to a legal source. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Five-Star Defoe as Spurs Put Nine Past Wigan Jermain Defoe scored five goals as Tottenham Hotspur thrashed Wigan Athletic 9-1 at White Hart Lane here on Sunday, a record victory for the hosts in the top-flight. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Home Hero Murray Makes Winning Start at Tour Finals Andy Murray kicked off his bid to win the ATP World Tour Finals on home turf with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 victory over US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in London on Sunday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Rovers Give Allardyce a Boost With Win Over Bolton Blackburn Rovers gave their absent manager Sam Allardyce something to cheer with a 2-0 win away to his former club Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League on Sunday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Indian PM Starts First State Visit Under Obama Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived Sunday in the United States for the first state visit under President Barack Obama, an Indian official said. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Obama Faces Tough Senate Battle on Health Care President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority, remaking US health care, cleared a major Senate hurdle but strong opposition Sunday to key parts of the proposals augured a tough battle ahead. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 79 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 - 87 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 - 88 minutes ago
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