BUSINESS

• Oil lingers near $55 as investors mull recession
• Malaysia cuts gasoline, rice prices amid downturn
• China central bank says downturn risks rising
• Obama aides cite need for big stimulus program
• Latin American stocks fall
• China, Costa Rica to launch trade talks
• SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading
• Slowdown doesn't shrink China's LatAm ambitions
• Electronics chain chairman buys Circuit City stake
• ESPN close on deal with Bowl Championship Series
• Target plans price cuts despite lower 3Q earnings
• Citigroup to shed another 53,000 jobs
• Further signs of stress in Canada's oil sands
• Lowe's 3Q profit falls 24 percent on slow spending
• Murdoch upbeat about the future of newspapers
• Citigroup plans a leaner future, cuts 53,000 jobs
• Ecuador auditor urges debt default
• Pressure grows for bank execs to give up bonuses
• Companies likely to cut back on employee gifts
• Summary Box: Further stress in Canada oil sands
• Treasury pays $33.56B to 21 banks
• Putnam Investments to cut 47 jobs, merge funds
• World stocks fall on Citigroup cuts
• Meltdown 101: Doling out Wall Street bonuses
• Industry gloom to cast shadow on LA Auto Show
• Summary Box: Citi slashing its work force again
• Slings and arrows: Online backlash ends Motrin ad
• Fannie, Freddie, home loan banks control $6.8T
• Treasury bills fall to record lows at auction
• Brazil trader shoots self on stock trading floor
• EU pushing trans-African transport network
• Va. scientist pleads guilty to China tech sales
• UN says greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2000-06
• At a Glance: Wal-Mart Stores vs. Target
• Colombia declares emergency over pyramid schemes
• Industrial output posts rebound in October
• Brazil says ethanol production won't harm Amazon
• Hungary OKs law setting limits to state spending
• Miners' widows, Massey settle W.Va. fire lawsuit
• Some examples of corporate gifts
• Merkel: Opel guarantee not yet certain
• British experts reject change to organ donation
• Barclays under pressure over capital raising
• Japan slides into recession, 1st time since 2001
• FTSE 100 down 100.81 points at 4,132.16
• Antwerp hosts emergency diamond talks amid slump
• Treasury bonds advance on economic uncertainty
• German Wikipedia back online after dispute
• FDA notes pregnancy risks with Theravance drug
• Argentine president in Algeria
• Appeal threatens Telenor's Russian stake
• Iceland guarantees deposits to get loans
• Norway encourages use of open source software
• Tanzi denies role in fraud
• Japan firm recalls US water
• UBS client to fight handover of bank file to US
• GM to sell stake in Suzuki to raise cash
• WTO probes Thai barriers to foreign cigarettes
• Britain's economic outlook worsens
• Summit gets mixed grades
• Romania proposes measures to fight economic crisis
• Turkish joblessness rises, consumer optimism falls
• US bank lending rates up for 3rd day running
• Forecasters: tough road ahead for the economy
• Citigroup chairman doesn't deny job cuts are near
• UBS to change the way it pays senior managers
• Air France sees traffic back to normal Tuesday
• FDA to open China offices after product scares
• German's KfW reports 1.8 billion euro 9-month loss
• Euro-zone trade deficit swells in September
• Hong Kong's main stock index ends flat
• US dollar mostly higher in Europe
• Filipino workers remittances rise despite crisis
• Thousands evacuate as Vietnam braces for storm
• Report: NKorea founder opposed nuclear weapons
• Euro drifts lower against dollar
• Hypo Real Estate Group 3Q loss 3.1 billion euros
• Finnish union boycotts Stora Enso exports
• Singapore's October exports plunge 15 percent
• China shares rise for 4th day on stimulus optimism
• Wash. farmers fight proposed 30K-head feedlot
• Japan shares rise but pare gains, economy shrinks
• Australia Lion Nathan in bid for Coca-Cola Amatil
• Credit crisis dims the lights for power industry
• UPS won't give annual peak shipping day projection
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ENTERTAINMENT

• Man in wheelchair allegedly hides cash in leg
• Perfume maker sues Prince over contract in NY
• Man accused of dousing neighbor for a 'confession'
• 'Borat' star crashes NBC drama 'Medium'
• Goodwill finds man who mistakenly donated $7,500
• Audiences bond $67 million to 'Quantum of Solace'
• Report: McCready not proud of ties to Clemens
• Former 'Bachelor' winner arrested for unruliness
• Maine man sheds 140 pounds to join the Marines
• ESPN brings back New Year's Eve daredevils
• Lansbury and company set for 'Blithe Spirit'
• New Springsteen disc set for January
• Michael Jackson sued by Arab sheikh in UK court
• Australia hopes Nicole Kidman film spurs tourism
• Driver sentenced for throwing axe at motorist
• Prescription drugs cited in Locklear DUI charge
• Motorist accused of throwing wrench at vehicle
• Political strategist Carville to teach at Tulane
• Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria
• Woman accused of forging her parents' checks again
• Miley Cyrus the victim of Internet death hoax
• Obama scores big ratings for CBS interview
• Lloyd: Burned home gives a 'different awareness'
• New generation pays tribute to Leonard Bernstein
• 'Ratatouille' composer to conduct Oscars
• Charlize Theron to aid UN helping battered women
• Pop stars, fans say goodbye to MTV's 'TRL'
• La Scala's manager Lissner to stay on through 2013
• Winslet, DiCaprio meet on new `Road' to Oscars
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HEALTH

• Family history can trump breast cancer gene test
• Doctors hoping for new era of artificial ankles
• Burlington, Vt., is healthiest city, CDC says
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POLITICS

• Aid prospects darken for desperate US carmakers
• McCain backer Lieberman may keep committee chair
• New, old Congress cross paths in lame duck session
• Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
• Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators
• Bush offering plan to ease holiday travel crunch
• 50 percent more US children went hungry in 2007
• Obama's church choice likely to be scrutinized
• Judges throws out contempt order against reporter
• Obama, Biden speaks with world leaders
• 'Rules of the road' set for oil shale drilling
• Franken hones absentee case ahead of Minn. recount
• Bush welcomes US Ryder Cup team to White House
• McCain campaign removed from absentee ballot case
• Obama solicits donations for CA wildfire victims
• Nominee for overseer of bailout faces senators
• Bush bestows medals on administration members, too
• Auto bailout: A Washington issue beyond lobbying?
• Ga. Senate runoff draws big names, but not Obama
• Stalemate dims prospects for $25B auto bailout
• Top US officer comfortable with Iraq security deal
• Biden speaks with world leaders
• Hill sources: Treasury won't use full bailout
• Bill would ban sale, forgery of inauguration tix
• More security for US-bound private planes
• Competing Democratic, GOP auto bailout plans
• Spitzer case prosecutor Michael Garcia leaving job
• Bush calls Gadhafi to laud claims settlement deal
• Judge orders Hatfill search warrant made public
• Kennedy back at work in Senate
• Obama may have to give up his beloved BlackBerry
• Postal Service investigates boss's VIP mortgage
• Sex, lies and scandal: Obama aide has seen it all
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SCITECH

• Yahoo to replace Yang as CEO, ending rocky reign
• At a glance: Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang
• Spansion sues Samsung over flash memory patents
• Astronauts hitch giant crate to space station
• NY judge tentatively OKs Google copyright deal
• Zune could lend Microsoft a rare rhythm infusion
• Spammers sent packing _ for now _ by Web shutdown
• A look at artists who have worked with Zune
• Ancient graves yield clues to family relationships
• A look at Japan's Panasonic and Sanyo
• Green at the heart of Panasonic's bid for Sanyo
• TiVo, Domino's to let subscribers order through TV
• Online startup aims to improve patent quality
• Online degrees appealing option for soldiers
• `$100 laptop' group reboots Give One Get One offer
• Big particle collider repairs to cost $21 million
• Law professor fires back at song-swapping lawsuits
• Gadget survey finds many bugs can't be fixed
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U.S.

• Transient ordered to pay $101M for setting fires
• Yellowstone keeps snowmobiles capped at 720 daily
• Wis. woman pleads no contest in corpse case
• Evaluation finds Pakistani woman unfit in NY trial
• Residents return to devastated LA mobile home park
• South Koreans make first trip to Hawaii sans visas
• RI police dig for victim of decades-old mob hit
• FBI probes foreclosure scam targeting Hawaiians
• Neb. senators eye age limit for safe haven law
• Withheld evidence frees Texas man jailed for life
• Government delays decision on killing wild horses
• Calif. high court asked to hear gay marriage cases
• Kan. abortion doctor's attorney spars with ex-AG
• Texas officials say layover mystery a homicide
• North Dakota OKs spraying oil wastewater on roads
• Feds: 2 broke US embargo, sold items bound to Iran
• 3 arrested in Long Island shooting death of lawyer
• Human drama fills case called landmark on Internet
• Union open to Obama teacher pay plan
• Foreign adoptions by Americans drop sharply
• Iowa magician, hand model sues over snipped finger
• Army chief: Soldiers should get more time at home
• Man drops 140 pounds in 11 months to join Marines
• Informant: 5 spoke little about attacking Fort Dix
• Schwarzenegger convenes global climate summit
• Falling boulders endanger lives at Yosemite
• Hunter charged in fatal shooting of girl in home
• Admirals, generals: Repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'
• Man who had ricin in Las Vegas gets federal prison
• Former Penn professor pleads guilty to child porn
• Heavy lake-effect snow hits Great Lakes states
• In bad economy, breaking up is even harder to do
• Magnitude-4.1 quake near Palomar Observatory
• Copy of famed Lincoln letter turns up in Dallas
• Young killer pleads guilty to Michigan drug charge
• Yale to expand academic programs about India
• City dwellers learn ropes of rural life
• Obituaries in the news
• Father and 14-year-old son write about rare bird
• Ark. game warden killed in helicopter crash
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WORLD

• Australia temporarily shuts down navy
• ACLU denounces Gitmo judge's replacement
• Georgia calls for independent war probe
• 1 dead, 33 rescued at flooded coal mine in China
• Vigil over Iran shifts from UN to the White House
• UN resolution would increase Congo force
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200
• Somali pirates hijack Saudi tanker loaded with oil
• US-Iraq pact poses test for Iraq's security forces
• Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back
• Guyana suspends search for missing plane
• Myanmar courts imprison more democracy activists
• Venezuela, Iran team up on university plan
• Congo rebels advance despite cease-fire
• US lawyer in Belarus prison hospital
• Germany holds off Russia in Chess Olympiad
• Iran judiciary chief lauds US-Iraqi security pact
• Taliban claims Afghan ambush that killed 10 French
• Rare blood transfusion attempted on tiger cub
• Main provisions of US-Iraq security pact
• Officials: Israeli mob boss killed in car bombing
• Zimbabwe opposition warns against more sanctions
• Russia returns stained glass to German church
• Poland awards dozens for saving Jews during WWII
• Worried West Bank settlers try wine and a bus tour
• Suspected ETA commando leader arrested in France
• Dozens of protesting journalists arrested in Sudan
• Grenades explode outside Mexican daily's offices
• Officials: Israel to free 250 Palestinian inmates
• Russian court makes Politkovskaya trial open
• Greek police repel firebomb attacks during protest
• Taliban reject Afghan president's offer for talks
• French court overturns Muslim marriage annulment
• Migrant vessel missing with dozens of Dominicans
• Struggle with China focus of Tibetan exile talks
• Media shackled in Egypt trial of singer slaying
• Kashmir votes as separatists protest, urge boycott
• IAEA chief: Traces of uranium found at Syria site
• Georgia: Russian drone crashes, explodes; 2 killed
• A ton of illegal ivory seized in 5 African nations
• Rwandan suspect being handed to France
• Indonesia quake kills 4, buildings collapse
• US supply trucks get armed escorts in Pakistan
• Officials: Violence in Pakistan leaves 8 dead
• Greenpeace: Japanese whalers leave for annual hunt
• UN war crimes prosecutor evaluates hunt for Mladic
• US diplomat's ashes now at home in China
• Iraq earmarks $3 billion for Baghdad subway
• White S. African guilty in deaths of 4 blacks
• Death toll in China subway cave-in rises to 7
• Sri Lanka says its soldiers seize key rebel town
• French police detain top ETA suspect in raid
• Report: Ugandan war victims need more govt help
• Analysis: Hamas, Israel trying to rewrite truce
• 18 people died after a bus overturned in Tibet
• SKorea's Lee says he welcomes US-NKorea summit
• Plane crash off British Columbia coast kills 7
• Today in History - Nov. 17
• Jailed Taiwanese ex-leader hospitalized
• Crusading Filipino broadcaster shot dead
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BASEBALL

• Japanese schoolgirl drafted by pro team
• Giants add LHP Jeremy Affeldt to bullpen
• Pujols wins NL MVP award, Howard finishes second
• Hall of Fame schedules replacement game for 2009
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BASKETBALL

• Jazz end 3-game skid with win over Suns
• McGrady leaves Rockets win with injury
• Garnett suspended 1 game; O'Neal fined $25,000
• Basketball coaching great Pete Newell dies at 93
• Mavs beat Knicks in overtime to end 5-game skid
• Spurs beat Kings for 2nd straight win
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COLLEGE SPORTS

• Monday's College Basketball
• Austin Peay beats Belmont 86-84
• Samford defeats Spring Hill 72-52
• Griffin's double-double paces No. 12 Oklahoma
• Virginia Tech defeats Mount St. Mary's, Md. 62-57
• Quinnipiac beats Army 66-64 in OT
• NJIT loses 35th straight, most among Division I
• Charleston Southern beats Furman 75-64
• No. 16 Marquette beats Chicago State
• LSU's streak ends in AP women's poll
• No. 2 Texas Tech gearing up for No. 5 Oklahoma
• Mississippi State beats Louisiana-Monroe 78-49
• Raven leads No. 14 Texas over Old Dominion
• Morgan State beats UMBC 67-60
• UNC-Greensboro beats Webber 90-78
• Milner's free throw lifts Virginia over Tennessee
• American beats Saint Francis 67-46
• Monroe's debut a winner: Hoyas top Dolphins 71-62
• Two runs lead No. 6 Pitt past Miami (Ohio), 82-53
• Cunningham scores career high for No. 23 Villanova
• Bonner leads No. 20 Auburn over Temple
• Breland helps No. 4 North Carolina beat Kennesaw
• UNC-Wilmington beats Troy 107-95
• Freshman Walker leads Connecticut over Hartford
• No. 9 Louisville eases by Austin Peay
• Hummel leads No. 11 Purdue past E. Michigan
• ESPN close on TV deal with BCS
• Curry has 33 in Davidson's win over James Madison
• Paterno fans hope Saturday isn't his home finale
• Locker likely not to return in 2008
• AP poll: North Carolina still unanimous No. 1
• AP Source: Utah State fires football coach
• Michigan QB Threet doubtful to play vs. Ohio State
• No. 8 Duke rallies past URI for 82-79 victory
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FOOTBALL

• Bills CB Greer hurts knee against Browns
• Seahawks lost in new world of also-rans
• Browns take 6-0 lead over Bills after 1 quarter
• Seahawks QB Hasselbeck apologizes to Cardinals
• Bills S Donte Whitner returns after missing 1 game
• Rams OT Pace out 2-4 weeks, Jackson also ruled out
• LT can feel season slipping away
• John Lynch retires after 15 years in NFL
• Broncos stay afloat thanks to reinforcements
• First-place Jets begin preparing for 10-0 Titans
• KC's special teams sinking in pool of injuries
• Jags search for motivation amid slim playoff hopes
• Romo back, so are Cowboys
• Pacman's status still in limbo
• 3 Vikings defensive linemen facing suspensions
• Long, tough drive shows Cowboys' staying power
• Offense-minded defense puts up points for Pack
• Vikings' Williamses too meet with NFL
• These Bengals are fit to be tied
• Mistake in Steelers game costs some bettors big
• Mean James Harrison known for sacks
• Cards could clinch division with 5 weeks to spare
• Marinelli keeps focus despite Lions' 0-10 record
• McNabb, others clueless about ties
• Trepidation follows Panthers despite 8-2 record
• Perfect 10: Titans rally past Jags for 24-14 win
• Romo returns to help Cowboys get back in the hunt
• Romo's back, so are Cowboys with 14-10 victory
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GOLF

• Buick to scale back on courtesy cars at tourneys
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HOCKEY

• Sharks ride fast start to win over Preds
• Luongo gets Canucks to SO, but Islanders win
• Michael Ryder leads Bruins over Toronto
• Zherdev, Rangers beat Senators in shootout
• Conklin, Hudler lead Red Wings past Oilers
• Flyers' Antero Niittymaki beats Thrashers _ again
• Hiller gets 1st NHL shutout in Ducks' win
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LAW CENTER

• Paralyzed Calif. man loses high court appeal
• Supreme Court meeting Monday
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MORE SPORTS

• Phelps excited about new venture operating pool
• Torres hopes to swim at 2009 world championships
• Appraiser values Curlin at $20 million
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SOCCER

• Italian soccer strategy gets a racy look
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TENNIS

• Djokovic's Masters win adds to Serbia's conquests
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