US to open against England at World Cup

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• US to open against England at World Cup
• Knox convicted in Italy, sentenced to 26 years
• ABC's still spanking Adam Lambert for risqué performance
• U.S. launches Operation 'Cobra's Anger' in Afghanistan (AP)
• Reports: Russia club blast kills more than 100 (AP)
• Regulators shut 2 Georgia banks (AP)
• USA in World Cup Group C (and it's not that bad!)
• Unemployment Rate Falls To 10%, 11K Jobs Lost In November
• Nov. jobless rate falls to 10 pct., 11K job cuts (AP)
• Ancient Volcano's Devastating Effects Confirmed (LiveScience.com)
• Maddox Jolie-Pitt Steals Brangelina Spotlight
• Jobs Report Is Strongest Since the Start of the Recession
• Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line (AP)
• Friends And Colleagues Defend Desiree Rogers
• Tense White House exchange

US to open against England at World Cup Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:31 AM PST CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- The United States will play England, Slovenia and Algeria in the first round of next year's World Cup in what appears to be a relatively easy group.

Knox convicted in Italy, sentenced to 26 years Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:35 AM PST A jury in Italy convicted American college student Amanda Knox of murdering her British roommate and sentenced her to 26 years ...

ABC's still spanking Adam Lambert for risqué performance Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:20 PM PST ABC is developing a new reality series called "Sanctimoniously Dumping Adam Lambert."

U.S. launches Operation 'Cobra's Anger' in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:52 AM PST AP - U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.

Reports: Russia club blast kills more than 100 (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST AP - An explosion apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing more than 100 people, according to emergency officials quoted by state television.

Regulators shut 2 Georgia banks (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:11 PM PST Regulators on Friday shut down two banks in Georgia, bringing to 126 the number of U.S. bank failures this year in a climate of economic struggle and deepening loan defaults.

USA in World Cup Group C (and it's not that bad!) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:13 AM PST The World Cup 2010 groups have been set and the US has been drawn into Group C, which looks like this: England...

Unemployment Rate Falls To 10%, 11K Jobs Lost In November Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:32 AM PST WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began. The better-than-expected job figures are a rare note of encouraging news for the labor market. Still, the respite may be temporary. Many economists expect the unemployment rate to climb into next year as the economy struggles to generate enough jobs for the 15.4 million people out of work.

Nov. jobless rate falls to 10 pct., 11K job cuts (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:55 AM PST The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began. The better-than-expected job figures are a rare note of encouraging news for the labor market.

Ancient Volcano's Devastating Effects Confirmed (LiveScience.com) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:46 AM PST LiveScience.com - A massive volcanic eruption that occurred in the distant past killed off much of central India's forests and may have pushed humans to the brink of extinction, according to a new study that adds evidence to a controversial topic.

Maddox Jolie-Pitt Steals Brangelina Spotlight Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:52 AM PST

Jobs Report Is Strongest Since the Start of the Recession Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:51 AM PST The sudden and unexpected improvement in job losses in November surprised even the most optimistic forecasters, as employers all but stopped shedding jobs.

Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:29 AM PST AP - The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore.

Friends And Colleagues Defend Desiree Rogers Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:43 AM PST White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers came under attack after a Virginia couple crashed President Obama's first state dinner, but her friends and colleagues are fighting back. People close to Rogers say that the emerging caricatures of her as a spotlight-seeking diva who invited herself to the dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and skirted her responsibilities while there are drastically off the mark. A source with knowledge of the evening's events tells the Huffington Post that, other than about five minutes "to pick at her salad", Rogers spent the entire evening coord

Tense White House exchange Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:31 AM PST Contentious exchanges between White House press secretaries and members of the media have been fairly commonplace during the past few presidential administrations.

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