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  1. Panel warns biological attack likely by 2013 AP - 2 hours, 39 minutes agoSent 399 times

    WASHINGTON - The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.

  2. A pair of specialists work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Dow plunges on news recession began in Dec. 2007 AP - 34 minutes agoSent 308 times

    WASHINGTON - Most Americans sorely knew it already, but now it's official: The country is in a recession, and it's getting worse. Wall Street convulsed at the news — and a fresh batch of bad economic reports — tanking nearly 680 points. With the economic pain likely to stretch well into 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday he stands ready to lower interest rates yet again and to explore other rescue or revival measures.

  3. In this Sept. 26, 2008 file photo, a woman passes a branch entrance near the headquarters of Washington Mutual Inc., in downtown Seattle. WaMu, one of the nation's largest banks, was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Thursday, and then sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
    JPMorgan cutting 9,200 jobs at Washington Mutual AP - Mon Dec 1, 7:10 PM ETSent 219 times

    NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Monday it will cut a total of 9,200 jobs at Washington Mutual, which it acquired Sept. 25 after Washington Mutual became the nation's largest bank to fail amid the ongoing credit crisis.

  4. People wade through high water by Venice's Rialto Bridge, northern Italy, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Water in Venice has risen to its highest level in more than 20 years, leaving much of the Italian city under floods and forcing residents and tourists to wade through knee-high water. City officials say the sea level topped 156 centimeters (61 inches) on Monday, well past the 110 centimeter (40 inch) flood mark, with most streets submerged. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)
    Highest tide in 20 years floods historic Venice AP - Mon Dec 1, 3:55 PM ETSent 197 times

    VENICE, Italy - Venice could use a bailout. The city built on water has too much of it.

  5. President George W. Bush participates in the Saddleback Civil Forum on Global Health at the Newseum on Monday, December 1, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    Bush sorry economic crisis has cut jobs, 401 (k)s AP - 2 hours, 37 minutes agoSent 172 times

    WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush expressed remorse that the global financial crisis has cost jobs and harmed retirement accounts and said he'll back more government intervention if needed to ease the recession.

  6. President-elect Barack Obama introduces Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., as a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Clinton's India ties may complicate Obama policy AP - Mon Dec 1, 6:30 PM ETSent 144 times

    WASHINGTON - The close ties with India that Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton forged during her years as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate could complicate diplomatic perceptions of her ability to serve as a neutral broker between India and its nuclear neighbor, Pakistan.

  7. A crescent moon (R) is seen with the planet Jupiter in the sky over Amman December 1, 2008. Astronomers and skygazers across the world are keeping watch on Monday night for a rare astronomical phenomenon as two of the brightest naked-eye planets, Venus and Jupiter, join a thin crescent moon to create a brief "unhappy face" in the sky. On Sunday night, Venus and Jupiter appeared closest together in an event known as "Planetary Conjunction". REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN)
    Spectacular Sky Scene Monday Evening SPACE.com - Fri Nov 28, 10:31 AM ETSent 121 times

    Every once in a while, something will appear in the night sky that will attract the attention of even those who normally don't bother looking up. It's likely to be that way on Monday evening, Dec. 1.

  8. In this undated photo released by Hillary Levin, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, Moshe Holtzberg is shown. Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah, Moshe's parents, who ran the Chabad-Lubavitch center in Mumbai, India, were among those killed during a hostage standoff that was part of a city-wide assault by terrorists that began Wednesday evening Nov. 26, 2008. The toddler was rescued Thursday by a Chabad-Lubavitch center employee and is now with his grandparents. (AP Photo/family photo provided by Hillary Levin)
    Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai going to Israel AP - Mon Dec 1, 4:11 AM ETSent 107 times

    NEW YORK - Moshe Holtzberg, the 2-year-old orphan of the rabbi and his wife slain in the Mumbai Jewish center, will fly to Israel Monday on an Israeli Air Force jet with his parents' remains and the Indian woman who rescued him, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

  9. 1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder AP - 2 hours, 40 minutes agoSent 58 times

    CHICAGO - Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind.

  10. Graphic shows a recent survey of stealing, lying and cheating among students; two sizes;
    Students lie, cheat, steal, but say they're good AP - Sun Nov 30, 4:27 PM ETSent 56 times

    NEW YORK - In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards.

  11. Muslims from southern Thailand weigh their bags in the departure hall of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport November 30, 2008, before being transported by bus to U-Tapao airport. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
    Bomb kills one at Thai airport; court hears key case Reuters - 49 minutes agoSent 50 times

    BANGKOK (Reuters) - A grenade killed an anti-government protester at Bangkok's blockaded Don Muang airport on Tuesday, hours before a vote fraud case that could force the prime minister and much of his cabinet to resign.

  12. In this Feb. 4, 2004, file photo, Rev. George M. Docherty and his wife, Sue, look at a display of photos celebrating the retired minister's life, at Huntingdon Presbyterian Church in Huntingdon, Pa. Docherty, whose sermon before President Dwight Eisenhower helped push Congress to insert the words 'under God' into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died. He was 97. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
    Pastor who helped get "under God" in Pledge dies AP - Sat Nov 29, 5:19 PM ETSent 35 times

    ALEXANDRIA, Pa. - The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97.

  13. President-elect Barack Obama, second from left, stands with Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. third from left, as National Security Adviser-designate Ret. Marine Gen. James Jones, far right, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden, far left, leave the stage at the end of a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Obama taps Clinton, Gates for US 'new dawn' abroad AP - 2 hours, 36 minutes agoSent 34 times

    CHICAGO - Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world Monday, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush.

  14. An enforcement officer watches as workers destroy contaminated milk in Wuhan, Hubei province. China has dramatically raised the tally of children sickened by dairy products laced with the industrial chemical melamine to 294,000, more than five times the original figure(AFP/File/Str)
    China: 6 babies may have died from tainted milk AP - 1 hour, 53 minutes agoSent 31 times

    BEIJING - China's Health Ministry said six babies may have died after consuming tainted milk powder, up from a previous official toll of three, and announced a six-fold increase in its tally of infants sickened in the scandal — to nearly 300,000.

  15. Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him AP - Mon Dec 1, 3:17 PM ETSent 30 times

    SEDALIA, Mo. - A hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain. Randy Goodman, 49, said he thought two well-placed shots with his .270-caliber rifle had killed the buck on Nov. 19. Goodman said the deer looked dead to him, but seconds later the nine-point, 240-pound animal came to life.

  16. Clean People Are Less Judgmental LiveScience.com - Mon Dec 1, 10:18 AM ETSent 30 times

    A vigorous hand wash or shower could cause a person to be less judgmental.

  17. David Roseboro fills up his pickup truck at a gas station in Charlotte, North Carolina September 29, 2008. (Chris Keane/Reuters)
    Oil slumps 3 pct to 3-1/2 year low on econ worry Reuters - 52 minutes agoSent 26 times

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil slid to a 3 and a half year low under $48 on Tuesday, extending the previous day's sharp drop as signs grew the global economy is in worse shape than expected and after OPEC opted to delay talks on further output cuts.

  18. In thgis Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, Paul Nawrocki, from Beacon, N.Y., wears a sign as he looks for work near the David Letterman studios in New York. The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
    It's official: US has been in a recession all year AP - Mon Dec 1, 6:41 PM ETSent 26 times

    WASHINGTON - It's official. The U.S. economy has been in a recession for the past year.

  19. This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law William Balfour. Balfour has been arrested Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 in Illinois in the deaths of the singer's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. (AP Photo/Illinois Department of Corrections)
    Estranged relative arrested in Hudson killings AP - 39 minutes agoSent 25 times

    CHICAGO - Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson on Monday in the shooting deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation.

  20. People walk through a flooded street in Venice. Venice suffered its worst flooding in 22 years as water in the Renaissance city stood more than 1.5 metres (five feet) deep before beginning to recede.(AFP/Andrea Pattaro)
    Venice suffers worst flooding in 22 years AFP - Mon Dec 1, 7:58 AM ETSent 25 times

    VENICE, Italy (AFP) - Venice suffered its worst flooding in 22 years on Monday as water in the Renaissance city stood more than 1.5 metres (five feet) deep before beginning to recede.

  21. Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle at 100 mph AP - Mon Dec 1, 8:13 PM ETSent 23 times

    SAN ANTONIO - A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road."

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