| Veterans Day and the No. 11 Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:27 AM PST  An event in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 resulted in Wednesday's holiday.
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| Iran condemns UK scholarship honoring slain woman (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:07 AM PST ![]() AP - Iran has condemned an Oxford University scholarship in memory of an Iranian student killed during anti-government protests.
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| DC sniper Muhammad executed for 2002 attacks Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:34 PM PST ![]() JARRATT, Va. (AP) - The mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C., region has been executed. A prison spokesman says John Allen Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. Tuesday at Greensville Correctional Center.
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| EXCLUSIVE: Warner: Obama misplayed health care debate Posted: 10 Nov 2009 09:13 AM PST ![]() EXCLUSIVE: Freshman Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, said Tuesday that President Obama has misplayed his attempt to reform U.S. heath care by focusing on insurance coverage instead of explaining that the current system is headed toward a financial meltdown. "I wish the president would have started the debate by explaining to the American people that our current health care system is not financially sustainable, for even another decade," Mr. Warner said. "Driving down health care costs should have been the focus of the debate." Mr. Warner, 54, made millions investing in technology ventures
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| Who knew of Fort Hood suspect's radical contacts? Posted: 11 Nov 2009 08:47 AM PST ![]() The mystery over whether the military knew Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan was communicating with a radical Muslim imam ...
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| Lloyd Greif: Israel Stands Alone Posted: 10 Nov 2009 07:42 PM PST ![]() Eight months into President Barack Obama's administration, his Middle East peace "road map" is crystal clear. First, he dialed down the pressure on Iran, whose nuclear weapons program presents an existential threat to Israel. Second, he shifted the blame for Islamic extremism to Israel and solely blamed it for the Palestinian's plight. Then he unilaterally ratcheted up the pressure on Israel to cease building settlements and to ease its self-defense blockade of Gaza. Now, Obama has upped the ante even further, framing lasting peace in the Middle East as requiring Israel to retreat to its 1967
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| TV's 'Eastwick,' bewitched by low ratings, axed Posted: 11 Nov 2009 09:12 AM PST ![]() NEW YORK – TV network ABC says its new fall drama "Eastwick" won't be on the air beyond its first 13 episodes. The show is based on the John Updike novel " The Witches of Eastwick " and a 1987 film version, but has been haunted by low ratings. It attracted fewer than 5 million viewers last week.
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| Death penalty rare, executions rarer in military (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 10:18 AM PST  AP - Though the suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood could face the death penalty, he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly a half-century.
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| Report: 10 states face looming budget disasters (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:10 AM PST ![]() California's ongoing fiscal crisis has attracted national attention, but a study warns that nine other states are barreling toward similar economic disaster.
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| World Bank warns unemployment threatens US economy (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:55 AM PST ![]() Stubbornly high joblessness threatens to trigger loan defaults and drag on consumption next year, hobbling a U.S. economy struggling to rebound from recession, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday.
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| New AIG CEO Ready to Walk Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:48 AM PST ![]() Has the AIG CEO Robert Benmosche, just three months into the job, had enough? The Wall Street Journal scoops the field this morning with news from inside the AIG board room that Benmosche has informed the board "he is considering stepping down as chief executive of the government-controlled insurer." Benmosche dropped the bomb last week, saying he was "done." According to the Journal's sources, Benmosche "is chafing under constraints imposed by AIG's government overseers, particularly a recent compensation review by the Obama administration's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg." He's not quite out the
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| Barrick shuts hedge book as world gold supply runs out Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST ![]() Global gold production is in terminal decline despite record prices and Herculean efforts by mining companies says world's top producer.
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| Midseason awards: Dazzling Favre, dismal Browns (Yahoo! Sports) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 09:24 AM PST ![]() Vikings quarterback Brett Favre gets his share of accolades, while the Browns earn some heavy lumps.
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| Police search Mo. land in child sex crimes case (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 09:24 AM PST ![]() AP - Authorities are searching a rural property in western Missouri for glass jars containing notes written by children who allegedly were being abused by their relatives.
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| DCC on campus-wide lockdown Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:15 AM PST  Danville Community College has been locked down after someone reported that they saw a man with a rifle Wednesday morning, said Lt. M.T. White of the Danville Police Department.
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