Report: Black Friday Store Spending Up 0.5 Percent Shoppers spent only slightly more in stores this Black Friday than they did last year, according to data released Saturday by a national research firm. Ashley M. Heher, AP NEWS - 4 minutes ago
Bernanke Makes Case for Strong Fed Role on Banks The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank’s ability to handle future crises and may politicize monetary policy. Eileen Aj Connelly, AP NEWS - 8 minutes ago
Biden to Iraq Leaders: Settle Election Law Dispute Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq’s leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year. Staff, AP NEWS - 9 minutes ago
NYC’s ‘Sidewalk Santas’ Sidelined Due to Economy The economy has taken a toll on a New York tradition: the “Sidewalk Santas” who collected money for the poor on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Staff, AP NEWS - 9 minutes ago
Commonwealth Throws Full Weight Behind Climate Talks The 53 nations of the Commonwealth on Saturday threw their full weight behind climate talks in Copenhagen in just over a week’s time, leaders taking part in a summit here said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 16 minutes ago
Longtime CBS News Producer Bernard Birnbaum Dies A CBS News producer who worked with Walter Cronkite and Charles Kuralt and helped craft reports on subjects ranging from poverty to the Watergate scandal has died. Staff, AP NEWS - 20 minutes ago
Obama at Hoops Game to See Brother-In-Law’s Team It was a family affair for President Barack Obama at the Oregon State-George Washington University basketball game Saturday. Hope Yen, AP NEWS - 23 minutes ago
Iranian Lawmaker: Iran Could Leave Nuclear Treaty A conservative Iranian legislator warned Saturday that his country may pull out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty after a U.N. resolution censuring Tehran — a move that could seriously undermine world attempts to prevent Iran from developing atomic weapons. Ali Akbar Dareini, AP NEWS - 24 minutes ago
Relative Sought in 4 Fla. Thanksgiving Killings Authorities in Florida were searching Saturday for a man police said opened fire on his family after Thanksgiving dinner and killed four people, including his pregnant sister and a 6-year-old cousin who was sleeping in her bed. Travis Reed, AP NEWS - 35 minutes ago
New Commanders at Embattled ND Base Vow Perfection New commanders at Minot Air Force Base are promising perfection after a rash of mistakes involving the nuclear arsenal there. Staff, AP NEWS - 35 minutes ago
Car Smashes Into Pa. Day Care Center; 1 Hurt Police in eastern Pennsylvania say a driver distracted by a puppy in the front seat crashed into a day care center full of children, all of whom escaped injury. Staff, AP NEWS - 55 minutes ago
La. Interstate Crash Kills 5; Critically Hurts 8 Louisiana State Police say at least five people have been killed and at least eight more taken to the hospital in critical condition after a two-car accident on Interstate 10 just east of Baton Rouge. Staff, AP NEWS - 64 minutes ago
Last Aircraft Leave Closing Maine Navy Base The two last planes at Maine’s Brunswick Naval Air Station lifted off Saturday in blustery winds, ending nearly 60 years of maritime patrol operations at New England’s last active-duty military air base. Staff, AP NEWS - 66 minutes ago
Text-A-Tip Programs Allow Tipsters to Help Police A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweatshirts during a home invasion. Denise Lavoie, AP NEWS - 76 minutes ago
Lima Apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for Abuses The government of Peru is apologizing to its Afro-Peruvian population for the first time for centuries of abuse, exclusion and discrimination. Staff, AP NEWS - 76 minutes ago
India Gives Conditional Green Light to Emission Cuts Indian Premier Manmohan Singh said Saturday he was willing to commit his country to “ambitious” global carbon emission cuts, provided others shared the burden. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 76 minutes ago
Dubai Blackout Over Debt Plans to Hit Gulf Markets A lack of details on how Dubai plans to pay off its 80-billion-dollar debt mountain will hit Gulf stock markets sharply this week when they trade for the first time since news broke of the emirate’s problems, analysts predict. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 76 minutes ago
Brown Aims to Set Afghan Goals for Troops' Exit Britain aims to set clear goals in international talks on Afghanistan next year to aid the withdrawal of British troops from the conflict, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 76 minutes ago
Iran Will Make Own Nuclear Fuel If IAEA Deal Fails: Cleric Iran will produce its own enriched uranium for a medical research reactor in Tehran if the UN atomic watchdog fails to provide the nuclear fuel, a senior hardline cleric said on Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 76 minutes ago
British PM Aims to Set Afghan Goals for Troops' Exit Britain aims to set clear goals in Afghanistan at top-level talks next year to help bring its troops home, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday, amid public anger at the rising death toll. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 76 minutes ago
Attack on Russian Train Kills Up to 39: Officials A bomb derailed an elite passenger train speeding through the forest from Moscow to St Petersburg, killing up to 39 people and injuring nearly 100, Russian officials said Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 76 minutes ago
Bomb Attack Blamed in Deadly Russia Train Disaster An elite passenger train carrying hundreds of people from Moscow to Saint Petersburg was derailed by a bomb attack that left dozens dead and nearly 100 injured, officials said Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 76 minutes ago
Pakistan’s President Hands Over Nuclear Powers President Asif Ali Zardari gave up control of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal Saturday in a bid to fend off mounting pressures threatening to weaken his rule further and complicate the war on the Taliban. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 76 minutes ago
‘At Least 73 Dead’ in DR.Congo Boat Accident At least 73 people died when two barges sank on a lake in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 77 minutes ago
Mali Opens Judicial Probe Into Suspected Cocaine Plane Mali has opened a judicial inquiry into a burnt-out Boeing plane that the UN says transported cocaine from Venezuela to the west African country, a government statement said on Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 77 minutes ago
Hershey Fits Cadbury Outlook: Chief Exec US chocolate maker Hershey is culturally a good match for Cadbury, the British confectioner’s chief executive said in an interview out Saturday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 77 minutes ago
Celtic Back on Top as Rangers Slip Up Celtic got back to winning ways with a 3-1 defeat of St Mirren to return to the top of the Scottish Premier League on Saturday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 77 minutes ago
Pumas Thwart Scottish Clean Sweep Scotland crashed to earth with a thump as the stubborn Pumas wrecked their autumn clean-sweep bid on Saturday with a 9-6 win at Murrayfield. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 77 minutes ago
Police to Interview Woods After Car Crash Police prepared to interview golfing superstar Tiger Woods Saturday to determine whether charges will be filed for a single-vehicle crash that left him with facial cuts and bruises. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 77 minutes ago
Police to Interview Woods After Car Crash Police prepared to interview golfing superstar Tiger Woods Saturday to determine whether charges will be filed for a single-vehicle crash that left him facial cuts and bruises. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 77 minutes ago
Rat Pack: Scientists Warming Up to African Rodent Naked mole rats don’t get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them. Paul J. Weber, AP NEWS - 80 minutes ago
Early Indicators of Black Friday Sales Promising Shoppers returned to malls Saturday as observers began reviewing early reports showing just how much consumers spent during their Black Friday shopping sprees. Ashley M. Heher, AP NEWS - 82 minutes ago
Wis. Police Report 4 Shot in Madison Duplex Four people, including two children, were injured early Saturday morning in what police described as a domestic shooting in a Madison duplex. Todd Richmond, AP NEWS - 83 minutes ago
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