Dubai Looks to Oil-Rich Neighbor for Possible Aid As world markets absorbed the shock of Dubai’s debt crisis, the ruler of the once-booming city-state left town for an important meeting in a desert palace. His hosts: the leaders of neighboring Abu Dhabi whose balance sheets are flush with oil revenue. Brian Murphy, AP NEWS - 16 minutes ago
Climate Battle Bill to Top $300 Billion: Guyana The true cost of fighting climate change will top 300 billion dollars and developed countries may balk at footing the bill, Guyana’s Prime Minister Bharrat Jagdeo said Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 19 minutes ago
2 Dead, 2 Wounded When NJ Dad Shoots His Family A man chased down and shot his wife and their two young sons in northern New Jersey on Saturday — killing one boy — before he was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer, police said. Staff, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
Administration Plans New Efforts on Foreclosures The Obama administration, battling a foreclosure crisis that shows no signs of relenting, will step up pressure on mortgage companies to do more to help people remain in their homes, officials said Saturday. Martin Crutsinger, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
America Takes Its Battle Against AIDS to Vietnam When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors turned him away from the hospital, fearing they would catch the virus. Ben Stocking, AP FEATURES - 28 minutes ago
Leaders Say Momentum Building on Climate Change Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates. Ben Fox, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Carbon Credits Spell New Future for Forests Driving through the verdant timberlands of Oregon’s Coast Range, Matt Fehrenbacher pointed out a mountainside where every tree had been clearcut. Jeff Barnard, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Geneva: Police Use Tear Gas on WTO Protest Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday to separate violent demonstrators from a protest of a meeting of top world trade officials, but the hooded “black bloc” activists were able to cause damage before 14 were arrested, spokesmen said. Alexander G. Higgins, AP NEWS - 36 minutes ago
Ski Resorts Fight Global Warming; Utah Gov Unsure Ski resorts across the country are using the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the traditional beginning of ski season. Brock Vergakis, AP NEWS - 38 minutes ago
Boston Woman Delivers Grandchild on Thanksgiving As if preparing Thanksgiving dinner wasn’t hectic enough, a Boston woman says she had to split her time Thursday between cooking and delivering a healthy granddaughter. Staff, AP NEWS - 40 minutes ago
Whitman Tries Courting Women in Calif. Gov Race As Meg Whitman has been introducing herself to California voters, she retells a line that usually generates a chuckle: “The next governor of California needs to know exactly what SHE believes.” Juliet Williams, AP NEWS - 40 minutes ago
In Wyoming, Basketball Drives Reservation’s Pride The gym is adorned with championship banners, expectations are high, and the players gasp and burn their way through sprints during the first days of basketball practice at Wyoming Indian High School. Matt Joyce, AP NEWS - 42 minutes ago
Fla. Police Eye Mich. in Holiday Killings Probe Investigators in Florida alerted Michigan authorities to be on the lookout Saturday for a man accused of shooting four relatives to death after a Thanksgiving dinner in South Florida. Travis Reed, AP NEWS - 46 minutes ago
Longtime CBS News Producer Bernard Birnbaum Dies CBS News producer Bernard Birnbaum, who helped shape the public’s view of issues ranging from poverty to the Watergate scandal while working alongside Walter Cronkite and Charles Kuralt, has died, the network said. Jennifer Peltz, AP NEWS - 77 minutes ago
Commonwealth Throws Weight Behind Climate Talks Commonwealth leaders representing two billion people on Saturday threw their combined weight behind upcoming climate talks, driving momentum towards a new carbon-cutting treaty. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Murray Splits With Long-Term Girlfriend - Report Scotland’s Andy Murray has split up with his girlfriend Kim Sears after a four-year relationship, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 79 minutes ago
9,000 Marines to Helmand After Obama Speech: Report The US military will deploy up to 9,000 Marines to Afghanistan’s Helmand province -- doubling US presence there -- in the days after President Barack Obama’s war strategy announcement this week, the Washington Post said Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 79 minutes ago
American Lanning Crashes in Downhill TJ Lanning was airlifted off the Whitehorn Mountain course Saturday after falling heavily in the first downhill of the men’s alpine World Cup season. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
American Lanning Crashes in Downhill TJ Lanning had to be airlifted off the Whitehorn Mountain course Saturday after falling heavily in the first downhill of the alpine skiing World Cup season. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Cuche Wins Lake Louise Downhill Switzerland’s Didier Cuche kicked off the first speed races of the Alpine World Cup season Saturday by winning the downhill on Lake Louise’s Whitehorn Mountain course. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Cuche Captures Lake Louise Downhill Swiss veteran Didier Cuche kicked off the first speed races of the men’s Alpine World Cup season by winning the downhill here Saturday. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 79 minutes ago
Afghanistan, Iraq: Different Wars Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world. Denis D. Gray, AP FEATURES - 83 minutes ago
Russia: Bomb Caused Train Crash That Killed 26 A powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train careening off its tracks, according to Russian officials, killing at least 26 people in what officials consider an act of terrorism. Ivan Sekretarev and David Nowak, AP FEATURES - 87 minutes ago