Obama welcomes Turkish PM to White House
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn), at the White House this morning. In the afternoon, Obama and Biden will...
US says bin Laden sometimes slips into Afghanistan
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Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive...
Senate to confront abortion in health care debate
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Buoyed by a presidential pep talk and intense rounds of negotiations, Senate Democrats hope to move closer to embracing a major health care bill this week by tackling the nettlesome issue of abortion. Anti-abortion...
Shoals still in path of Wall Street regulations
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Sweeping regulations to tame Wall Street and protect consumers in dealings with lenders are on the verge of passing the House but their fate is hardly sealed. Crucial pieces are still flashpoints, fiercely opposed by...
US applauds Iraq plans for parliamentary elections
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The White House is applauding Iraqi lawmakers' vote Sunday to hold parliament elections early next year, a step that the U.S. hopes will ease the eventual withdrawal of American troops. In a statement issued Sunday...
PROMISES, PROMISES: A closed meeting on openness
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It's hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public. The event Monday for federal employees is a fitting symbol of President Barack...
Jones: Bin Laden still spends time in Afghanistan
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National security adviser James Jones said Sunday that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden still spends some time inside Afghanistan. Most recent U.S. estimates have placed bin Laden inside Pakistan. But Jones, a retired...
McCain troubled by Afghan pullout target date
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Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama's announcement that U.S. troops will begin to leave Afghanistan in July 2011 sends the wrong message to the Taliban and has confused countries in the region. The Arizona...
The nation's weather
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Active weather was expected to develop nationwide on Monday. A strong winter weather disturbance from the Pacific was forecast to interact with a trough of low pressure in the jet stream and produce a swath of...
Virgin Galactic to unveil commercial spaceship
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After five years of secret construction, the cloak is coming off a privately funded spacecraft designed to fly well-heeled tourists into space. The long-awaited glimpse of SpaceShipTwo, slated for rollout Monday in the...
Singing karaoke keeps porn star industry humming
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BURBANK, Calif. _ Even the most ardent fans of porn star Julie Meadows are unlikely, it seems safe to say, to have ever seen her like this. But there she is, the star of "Alice in Fetishland" and more than 200 other...
Kan. lawmaker: Sorry if 'RedNeck Rap' offensive
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A Kansas lawmaker says he's sorry if he offended anyone by criticizing President Barack Obama while wearing a cap that calls opossum "the other dark meat." Rep. Bill Otto said during a meeting with the NAACP on...
LAPD detective accused of murder faces hearing
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A veteran Los Angeles police detective is due in court to hear whether there is enough evidence against her in connection with the decades-old murder of her ex-boyfriend's wife. A preliminary hearing for 49-year-old...
Smart case competency hearing begins second week
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A competency hearing for the man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart is entering its second week with the testimony of a psychiatrist who's expected to discuss the suspect's religious writings. Dr. Michael Welner of...
Pearl Harbor survivor back for 1st time since war
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Retired firefighter Ed Johann was a teenage apprentice seaman on Dec. 7, 1941, when he spotted Japanese planes coming in over Pearl Harbor. He thought they were U.S. aircraft conducting drills until explosions and...
Officer responding to Pa. home disturbance killed
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A police officer responding to a domestic disturbance was shot dead outside a suburban Pittsburgh home where another man was killed inside, authorities said. Neighbors reported hearing 10 gunshots at the home in Penn...
Police: Blast hits Iraq school; 4 killed
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An Iraqi police official says a bomb exploded inside a school in Baghdad and at least four students are dead. The official says the blast occurred Monday in the Shiite district of Sadr City. He said at least 10 people...
Pakistan court starts hearing case against amnesty
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Pakistan's Supreme Court began hearing petitions Monday against an expired amnesty that had protected President Asif Ali Zardari and key allies from graft charges, a case that could lead to legal challenges to the...
Basescu headed for victory in Romania runoff
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Incumbent President Traian Basescu was headed for victory in a tight presidential runoff in Romania, election authorities said Monday, in a race Romanians hope will pull the country out of its worst political and...
Philippine police clash with clan supporters
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Gunmen loyal to a powerful clan accused in the Philippines' worst political massacre clashed with police in the first reported violence since martial law was imposed in the southern region. No casualties were reported...
Somali gov't warns of suicide attack threat
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Somalia's government is warning that militants plan to carry out suicide attacks against key installations in Mogadishu. Police spokesman Abdullahi Hassan Barise says that intelligence shows that suicide bombers plan...
Police clash with protesters at Iran university
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Witnesses say security forces and pro-government militiamen with batons and tear gas are clashing with thousands of opposition protesters outside Tehran University on a day of planned student demonstrations. The...
NATO to pledge forces for Afghan war
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Military representatives of NATO's 28 member nations met Monday to pledge additional troops to serve alongside the 30,000 reinforcements committed to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama, a spokesman said. The...
Malaysian kept honey bear, leopard cat in condo
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Authorities arrested a Malaysian woman after finding a baby honey bear, a leopard cat and a slow loris primate in her condominium, a wildlife official said Monday. Officials acting on a tip discovered the endangered...
192 nations at UN climate conference in Copenhagen
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The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with diplomats from 192 nations warned that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous...
Government official: Dubai World may sell assets
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Dubai World, the indebted conglomerate at the heart of this sheikdom's credit problems, may sell off assets it acquired during a multiyear building and buying spree to raise cash, according to a senior government...
Asian markets mixed; Nikkei hits 6-week high
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Asian markets were mixed Monday, with a weaker yen lifting Japanese stocks to a six-week high, while a drop in the U.S. unemployment rate failed to spur buying in a region that has rallied massively this year. European...
Oil below $76 as OPEC ministers flag steady output
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Oil prices hovered below $76 a barrel Monday in Asia after several OPEC ministers said they don't expect their group to change production levels at a meeting later this month. Benchmark crude for January delivery was...
Administration to slash bailout cost estimate
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The Obama administration plans to cut its estimate of the projected costs of the government bailout program by more than $200 billion and is looking at using part of the savings to fund new job creation efforts. A...
Drugmakers' support for health overhaul tested
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The pharmaceutical industry may have to cough up more than the $80 billion it agreed to contribute to President Barack Obama's health overhaul effort, reflecting pressure from Democrats and their supporters for more...
Trial set in eBay-Craigslist dispute
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Internet heavyweights eBay and Craigslist are set to square off in a Delaware courtroom over a business deal gone bad. A trial was scheduled to begin Monday in a lawsuit filed by Internet auctioneer eBay against...
AP ENTERPRISE: Timber law becomes vast entitlement
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A federal program that began as a safety net for Pacific Northwest logging communities hard-hit by battles over the spotted owl in the 1990s has morphed into a sprawling entitlement _ one that ships vast amounts of...
Obama salutes jazz great Brubeck at Kennedy Center
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Nearly 40 years ago, a Kenyan father was visiting his son in Hawaii and took him to his first jazz concert. The boy was Barack Obama and the performer was jazz great Dave Brubeck. "I've been a jazz fan ever since," the...
'Blind Side' eclipses 'New Moon' with $20M weekend
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Sandra Bullock's latest movie has taken the industry by surprise. She stars in the football-inspired drama "The Blind Side" that has become the underdog hit of the season with a $20.4 million weekend and a box-office...
Billboard names Powter One-Hit Wonder of Decade
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As far as one-hit wonders go, Daniel Powter (POW'-ter) is king of them all _ for this decade, at least. Powter, whose hit "Bad Day" reigned on top of the Billboard pop charts for five weeks in 2006, was named as the...
Dating couple wins CBS `Amazing Race' TV contest
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Cool thinking at the craps table has won a San Diego couple $1 million on the CBS reality television show "The Amazing Race." Meghan Rickey and her boyfriend, Cheyne Whitney, prevailed in the 15th edition of the Emmy...
'SNL' can't resist Tiger Woods jokes
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Tiger Woods and his marital problems proved a tempting target for "Saturday Night Live." In both a skit and multiple "Weekend Update" jokes this weekend, NBC's comedy institution took on the golfer, who has admitted to...
'Groovaloo' takes breaking back to birthplace, NYC
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The off-Broadway show "Groovaloo" marks a roundabout sort of homecoming for break dancing, a style that was born on the city's gritty streets 30 years ago and exploded into an international sensation. Today, with...
Weezer singer hurt when bus skids off road in NY
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The lead singer of the alternative rock band Weezer suffered minor injuries when the group's tour bus hit some ice, skidded across the New York State Thruway, struck a guide rail and slid into a ditch early Sunday...
Mexican governor: Gibson to make film in Veracruz
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A Mexican governor says Mel Gibson will make a movie at a prison in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz next year. Veracruz Gov. Fidel Herrera says part of the Ignacio Allende prison will be emptied in January "because a...
Catholic sisters challenge Vatican investigation
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Leaders of a significant number of the nation's Roman Catholic sisters are challenging aspects of a Vatican investigation of their communities, declining to answer questions they say are ambiguous, inappropriate and out...
FIRST-PERSON: It's not all about love
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following column addresses issues of homosexuality and is written to inform adults. It contains descriptions of the Folsom Street Fair, an annual sexually charged, perverse event in San Francisco with...
FIRST-PERSON: Bad news & eternity
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RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--We have always thought of the Gospel as good news. In fact, the Greek word evangelion, which is translated "Gospel," literally means "good news." And certainly the fact that Jesus Christ died and...
Baptist state conventions remain pro-family, evangelistic
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Pro-family issues remain the most often cited concern in resolutions adopted at the 41 state Baptist convention meetings. Prayer for the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force and concern for...
23 Baptist state conventions cut budgets; 12 raise Cooperative Program gifts
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Over half of the state Baptist conventions have decreased their budgets for the coming year, according to reports from their annual meetings. And yet, six of the 23 conventions making cuts are...
CULTURE DIGEST: Creation Museum focuses on Christmas; DVD player edits bad content
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The Creation Museum, a ministry of Answers in Genesis, is offering a special planetarium presentation called "The Christmas Star," which addresses the "remarkable astronomic event that occurred at...
'Gay marriage,' legal in N.J. by Christmas?
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TRENTON, N.J. (BP)--Just days after suffering another setback in the liberal Northeast, "gay marriage" supporters could get back on track in New Jersey Monday when a bill that could become law by Christmas will be...
Amends. could mandate abortion coverage
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WASHINGTON (BP)--U.S. Senate votes on two health-care reform amendments Dec. 3 could result in private insurance plans being required to provide abortion coverage.Senators approved, in a 61-39 roll call vote, an...
CDC: Swine flu is widespread only in 25 states
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Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups. Swine flu was widespread in only 25 states...
FDA warns of problems with sterilization device
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Doctors and hospitals should stop using a device from Steris Corp. to sterilize surgical tools after reports of malfunction, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The company's modified SS1 sterilizer device...
Brazil officials visiting Germany get swine flu
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Two Brazilian officials accompanying President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on a trip to Germany have been diagnosed with swine flu. Brazil's official Agencia Brasil news agency says the presidential security guard and an...
Drugmakers, FDA move to curb painkiller abuse
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Pharmaceutical executives laid out plans Friday to prevent the misuse of prescription painkillers, under pressure from regulators trying to stop hundreds of fatal overdoses each year. But Food and Drug Administration...
Embargo as genocide? US disputes Cuban claim
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It was a story meant to captivate the United Nations: A dozen Cuban children with heart defects were forced to endure unnecessary surgery because the U.S. embargo blocked them from receiving American-made catheters. ...
Glaxo's swine flu shot may give kids fever
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The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose. In a statement issued Friday, the European drug regulator said data from...
CDC warns of fake swine flu e-mails
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Health officials are warning the public about fake e-mails inviting people to sign up for swine flu vaccine registrations. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials this week put out an advisory about...
Surgeon general: More minority doctors needed
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The new U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday called for stepped-up efforts in increasing the number of minority physicians. In what was one of her first speeches to a large crowd since she was sworn in Nov. 3, Dr. Regina...
Some background on the climate talks
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Around 15,000 delegates, environmentalists, scientists, journalists and others gathered in Copenhagen on Monday to begin two weeks of negotiations on what to do about climate change. Here's a look at what's happening...
Climate pledges made by countries before summit
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_U.S.: President Barack Obama has pledged cutting emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. That represents a 3-4 percent cut from 1990 levels _ the benchmark used by most countries. Aims to reach a 41 percent...
Key dates in unfolding story of warming planet
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1750 _ Before Industrial Revolution, atmosphere holds 280 parts per million of heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2). 1898 _ Swedish scientist Svante Ahrrenius calculates that CO2 from coal and oil burning will warm the...
You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner
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AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet access, it starts...
Apple confirms purchase of music site Lala.com
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Apple Inc. has purchased online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened "the end of the MP3" with its fast song-streaming application. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling confirmed the purchase...
NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft
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NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping WISE, or...
Study: Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity
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Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report. The British researchers checked the DNA of 300 children who'd become very fat,...
You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner
12:59
AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike in the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet access, it starts...
The nation's weather
5:57
The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida were expected to continue tracking through the Southeastern U.S. on Thursday. The system was forecast to continue pulling abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and allow for wet...
The nation's weather
4:43
A strong storm in the center of the country was expected to continue bringing wintry weather to the Central Rockies and Plains on Thursday. A strong low pressure system that developed over the Rockies would continue...