BUSINESS

• US says will work with China on product safety
• Australia may be nearing recession, index shows
• Oil steady near 22-month low below $55 in Asia
• Chinese president builds economic ties with Cuba
• US forsees resususcitation of Doha round at APEC
• BofA CEO: There are '1 too many' Detroit 3 members
• Ecuador plans import controls amid world crisis
• Medtronic 2Q profit sinks on hefty legal charge
• Bankruptcy sale of Boscov's chain nears completion
• Lawmakers press Paulson on bailout plan changes
• CEOs want at least $300B stimulus from Obama
• Zigzagging on bailout rattles markets, critics say
• Southern lawmakers sour on Detroit bailout
• Colombia: Report money companies tied to drugs
• US, European stocks get boost from Hewlett-Packard
• NY's Cuomo asks AIG to detail plans for exec pay
• Treasury bonds advance amid economic uncertainty
• Ixnay on vaccinations, Thanksgiving, tech at work
• How home improvement chains fared in 3rd quarter
• SEC accuses 4 of inflating bank's portfolio
• Corning lowers 4Q profit outlook
• Meltdown 101: What's deflation, and why is it bad?
• APEC economist: India and China key
• Home Depot 3Q profit falls 31 percent
• Summary Box: Momentum builds for oil buying spree
• More consolidation likely in oil industry
• Study puts a total on diabetes cost: $218 billion
• Wholesale prices plunge, easing inflation concerns
• Big shareholder sees opportunity in Circuit City
• Online sales growth in October slowest on record
• GE, Mayo Clinic, others develop health record tech
• Medicare prescriptions and the doughnut hole
• Trek introduces chainless bicycles
• France plans new conference on financial crisis
• Berlusconi says no auto aid for now
• Summary Box: Trek introduces chainless bicycles
• Citi credit losses to rise through middle of 2009
• Democrats support FDIC loan plan
• Homebuilder sentiment index plunges to record low
• Holiday pain expected for luxury business
• Norwegian firm orders ships to sail around Africa
• Crisis could reverse decades of falling subsidies
• Lufthansa unit CityLine to cut jobs, fleet
• InBev says Anheuser Busch takeover is finalized
• Belgian court rejects appeal against Fortis sale
• Kroger expands with biggest "Fresh Fare" store
• Darling warns against bank bailout renegotiation
• Dutch insurer Aegon may seek US assistance
• Barclays lets shareholders in on Mideast stock
• Carrefour ousts CEO Duran
• A look at Anheuser-Busch InBev's brands
• Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
• British Energy posts 2Q loss, but outlook positive
• Pirates seize 7 ships in 12 days, latest from Iran
• BSkyB to raise $600 million in bond issue
• Carphone Warehouse 1H profits up, but outlook weak
• Lonmin's profit up 45 pct, but cutbacks to come
• France calls for EU to ease up on bailout rules
• Burberry 1H net rises, shares fall on outlook
• easyJet board dispute escalates as earnings fall
• UK plumbing supplies firm Wolseley cuts 2,000 jobs
• FTSE-100 up 76.39 points at 4,208.55
• Mass. regulator accuses Oppenheimer & Co. of fraud
• US dollar mixed, gold up in Europe
• Berlusconi hopes for Alitalia partner
• Crisis could mean bargains for China
• Chinese president in Cuba on leg of Latam tour
• Court issues injunction against United pilot union
• China denies trying to obtain US space technology
• BoE rate-setter: Inflation outlook justified cut
• Study shows retailers get $1B of sales tax back
• EU says limits on labor from new states should go
• Median home prices fall around US in Q3
• Finland to hike alcohol tax by 10 percent
• Sterling takeover talks collapse
• Danish oil ship briefly seized off Nigeria
• China approves US-Belgian beer merger
• Mandate keeps NATO from hijacked Saudi tanker
• Brazil stocks down early
• World Bank sees $50 bln cap outflow from Russia
• Exec says oil should return to $70-$80 range
• Pepsi Bottling cuts outlook, announces restructure
• Saudi FM: oil supertanker hijacking 'outrageous'
• Mitsubishi UFJ first-half profit dives 64 percent
• Russia, China to resume $25 billion loan talks
• Medicare coverage gap vexes patients, survey says
• Ford to slash Mazda stake to raise cash
• HSBC to cut 500 jobs in Asia as slump takes toll
• Ford introduces 2010 Mustang at LA Auto Show
• British inflation falls to 4.5 percent in October
• Taiwan stocks fall
• China oil demand weakens due to global crisis
• Hong Kong index falls 4.5 pct as bank shares hit
• ADB says Asia economically dynamic despite crisis
• China stocks tumble on profit-taking
• GM shows 3 new models for China
• Euro steady against dollar at $1.2648
• Taiwan to hand out shopping coupons to aid economy
• Drop expected in durum wheat in southwestern US
• Japan stocks fall as layoffs hammer bank shares
• Chinese provinces try to limit layoffs
• Philippine stock index tumbles 3.4 percent
• Spansion sues Samsung over flash memory patents
• Kodak sues Samsung, LG over camera patents
• China central bank says downturn risks rising
• UPS won't give annual peak shipping day projection
• Forecasters: tough road ahead for the economy
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ENTERTAINMENT

• Disney's Cody Linley doesn't make 'Dancing' finals
• Mexican mural sells for nearly $7M at NYC auction
• Iowa zoo recaptures flamingo that flew the coop
• Man nabbed after hitting girlfriend with sandwich
• Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river
• New constable allows friend to fire gun into air
• Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria
• 'Suge' Knight faces Vegas drug, battery charges
• Marissa Jaret Winokur sets a return to 'Hairspray'
• Apollo gets 'Dreamgirls' revival in November 2009
• Spitzer prostitute sits down for TV interview
• Maine man sheds 140 pounds to join the Marines
• Austrian city imposes tracksuit ban for cabbies
• `Diddy' to make guest appearance on `CSI: Miami'
• Ky. inmate who escaped jail returns on own
• Mother sues author daughter over abuse claims
• Lawyer: Michael Jackson may be too sick to travel
• South African cartoonist makes light of Mandela
• City threatens blind woman over unpaid 1-cent bill
• Report: McCready not proud of ties to Clemens
• Miley Cyrus the victim of Internet death hoax
• Prescription drugs cited in Locklear DUI charge
• Michael Jackson may be too ill to travel
• Kidman: 'Australia' film fulfilled childhood dream
• Fans flock to `Twilight' premiere in Los Angeles
• New generation pays tribute to Leonard Bernstein
• 'Borat' star crashes NBC drama 'Medium'
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HEALTH

• Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
• Panel urges revised warning on facial filler risks
• Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study
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POLITICS

• Ohio Democrat wins special congressional election
• Stevens loses Alaska Senate race
• Clinton lawyers vetting her for secretary of state
• Big 3 carmakers beg for $25B, warn of catastrophe
• Holder is Obama's top choice for attorney general
• McCain to seek 5th Senate term
• Broad drilling ban to stand
• Clinton Foundation raised more than $124M in 2007
• McCain returns to Senate, is welcomed by Kerry
• Dems give Lieberman wrist slap over backing McCain
• AP Interview: US military can meet Obama demands
• Obama girls get to see their new White House rooms
• INSIDE WASHINGTON: Bush picks get new careers
• Bush plans to attend Army-Navy game on Dec. 6
• Obama calls 5 foreign leaders
• Steps proposed to ease air travel congestion
• Official: Terrorism, water shortages likely
• Obama promises leadership on climate change
• Hard Sell: Detroit links bailout, national defense
• Report urges Obama name full-time nuclear adviser
• Minnesota set to begin recount in US Senate race
• Mayor: 3 million or more possible for inauguration
• Obama snags Hill insider for White House team
• McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair
• Top intel analyst said to be leaving post
• VA says it can handle strains of new GI Bill
• Cold realities await Gov. Sarah Palin in Alaska
• Bush's final foreign trip dominated by economy
• House member argues for immunity from lawsuit
• Top US military officer: Taliban gains upper hand
• Jurors says Stevens hurt his case by testifying
• Critic won't try to expel Stevens from GOP group
• Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
• Ford chief defends how company has been operated
• Union prez: Teacher pay tied to performance works
• Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators
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SCITECH

• Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
• FCC member seeks probe into radio ratings system
• Google gives online life to Life mag's photos
• Facebook application plan rankles some developers
• A look at items lost in space
• HP shares soar after solid 4Q outlook
• Mobile considers free Wi-Fi for downtown upgrade
• Yahoo's fate riding on Yang's successor as CEO
• Big hop forward: Scientists map kangaroo's DNA
• Online Money: Save with online book rentals
• Sprint affiliate backs down on WiMax suit
• Color perception shifts from right brain to left
• At a glance: Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang
• Game news: Xbox 360's new look
• National Geographic getting into video games
• `$100 laptop' group reboots Give 1 Get 1 offer
• Online startup aims to improve patent quality
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U.S.

• Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama
• Mass. state senator indicted on extortion charges
• Jonestown memorial unveiled on 30th anniversary
• Man charged in death of retiree who befriended him
• Cheney, Gonzales indicted in South Texas county
• Jury selection begins in Internet suicide case
• Obituaries in the news
• Trial begins over California prison crowding
• Wis. firefighter union chief out over racial slur
• Police: Store owner wounded as he killed 2 robbers
• Ex-NJ state Sen. Bryant guilty of fraud, bribery
• Dad accused of killing daughter while cleaning gun
• Texas House members spend $140K to renovate lounge
• 8-year-old admits double shooting in police video
• US biologists: 3 common pesticides harm salmon
• Man arrested in crash that killed Philly officer
• Bonfire blamed for sparking Santa Barbara wildfire
• Ill. farmer's wife admits to bankruptcy fraud plot
• Crystal star for Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
• Neb. lawmakers advance 30-day safe haven age limit
• Recalls: wall ovens, batteries, Lean Cuisine meals
• NY man allegedly killed girlfriend on her due date
• Fla. man convicted of murder 27 years ago gets out
• Mom charged in Ky. fire that killed her 2 children
• Innocent Mo. man freed after 23 years files suit
• Chicago board to vote on anti-bullying high school
• Ark. seizes 21 more kids from evangelist's group
• First-time first ladies can make fashion faux pas
• Pickens' wife proposes way to save wild horses
• San Diego jury finds man guilty of surfer's murder
• NH prescription privacy law upheld
• Raided leather factory to pay workers who sued
• NYPD opens new counterterrorism nerve center
• No fooling: Experts bemoan loss of kids' play time
• RI gov pays $2,500 fine to settle ethics complaint
• Wal-Mart truck used to smuggle immigrants
• Federal fraud charges against Filipino doc tossed
• FBI, Fla. sheriff reopen probe of 1987 girl death
• Man charged in death of wife found in ocean inlet
• Bond won't seek re-election as NAACP chairman
• 4th arrest in shooting death of Long Island lawyer
• Wash. prisons, inmate settle disfigured groin case
• Mass. girl allegedly raped, forced to work by aunt
• Oral Roberts University to lay off 100 employees
• Okla. touts its record 10 years after tobacco deal
• Once-hailed Texas civic leader now convicted thief
• Protesters rally near Texas court in dragging case
• Exonerated inmates often don't have state help
• Homes sought for retired dogs amid track closings
• 25 states compensate the wrongfully convicted
• Suspect arrested in July California wildfire
• Wis. woman pleads no contest in toilet corpse case
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WORLD

• Slowdown saps promise of emerging auto markets
• Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing boat, 16 crew
• Chavez foes face intimidation ahead of vote
• Australia honors sailors lost in WWII sea battle
• Conservative takes power in New Zealand
• Aruba police pursue new evidence in Holloway case
• Nicaraguans resort to sticks, stones after vote
• Japanese girl makes her pitch for pro team
• US museum head says Mexico should get Mayan jade
• World's oldest polar bear dies at 41 in Canada
• Peacekeepers pushing Darfur rebels to ceasefire
• Mexico investigates Interpol liaison
• UN expects to police new Congo buffer zones
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200
• Cuban president to make first visit to Venezuela
• Official: Former French PM ordered to stand trial
• Tanker capture raises alarm over Somali piracy
• UN panel denounces Darfur arms violations
• Correction: German-Turkish Trailblazer story
• Ships diverted after Saudi oil tanker hijacked
• US says it fired at insurgents in Pakistan
• 15th victim dies from Mexico City plane crash
• Iraq PM tries to rally support for security pact
• Israeli tanks rumble into Gaza, raze farmlands
• British government wants crackdown on sex trade
• A photo of 2 little girls and a reunion in Congo
• Archeologists say they found witch doctor skeleton
• Alleged Pinochet victim turns up alive in Chile
• Brazil: Body-heat sensors to track lost tribes
• Congo rebels to pull back to allow talks
• 1,000 protesters storm Chinese government building
• Iranian parliament chooses new interior minister
• Italy seize suspected Mafia assets from store boss
• Russian Newsweek warned for "insulting" Muslims
• Renowned international art dealer Jan Krugier dies
• Opposition to Russian military reforms grows
• Spain: judge drops civil war probe
• UN unveils new ceiling with price tag that soars
• China stance on Tibet clouds exile talks in India
• Man arrested ahead of Peru summit with grenades
• N.Ireland leaders end 5-month deadlock
• Danish court acquits man in soldier kidnap plot
• Reports: Japan police probe ex-bureaucrat attacks
• Diamond Mountain a symbol of Koreas tension
• Churches to deliver Christmas notes to Bethlehem
• Poll: UK Labour Party gains on opposition
• International court to prosecute Congo's Lubanga
• Iraq announces date for long-delayed elections
• Zimbabwe police break up health protest by doctors
• China rejects sending troops to Afghanistan
• Poland cringes at president's diplomatic blunders
• Australia temporarily shuts down navy
• Chinese man says he killed Canadian model
• Amnesty slams Georgia, Russia over war conduct
• Taliban siege of Pakistan elders leaves 7 dead
• Afghan returnees huddle in tent camps
• Tiger cub dies after rare blood transfusion
• Sri Lankan military says it sinks 2 rebel boats
• Beijing: Move to separate Tibet, China 'doomed'
• Today in History - Nov. 18
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BASEBALL

• Source: Don Wakamatsu is new Mariners manager
• Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP
• Dempster, Cubs agree to $52 million, 4-year deal
• Griffey becomes American Public Diplomacy Envoy
• Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP
• Pujols wins NL MVP award, Howard finishes second
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BASKETBALL

• Nuggets return to high-flying ways in win
• Granger leads Pacers past slumping Hawks
• Nelson leads Magic over Raptors, 103-90
• Gay scores 22 as Grizzlies shoot past Kings
• With Cuban watching, Mavericks rout Bobcats 100-83
• No Garnett, but Celtics still beat Knicks
• LeBron James scores 31 in showcase win over Nets
• No. 3 Rutgers routs Princeton 83-35
• Wade has 19 pts; Heat beat Wizards 94-87
• SEC charge will hit Cuban's 'every fan' rep
• Rivers rails against Garnett suspension
• USA Basketball to move from Colorado to Arizona
• Jazz end 3-game skid with 109-97 win over Suns
• Mason's 3-pointer sparks Spurs
• Garnett suspended 1 game; O'Neal fined $25,000
• Jazz end 3-game skid with win over Suns
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COLLEGE SPORTS

• Tuesday's College Basketball
• Louisiana Tech beats Grambling State 80-74
• South Carolina State defeats Allen 98-68
• Thompson, No. 1 Tar Heels roll past Kentucky 77-58
• No. 19 USC beats New Mexico St. for 2-0 start
• Collins, Jayhawks swarm Florida Gulf Coast 85-45
• Lamar knocks off Louisiana-Lafayette 78-68
• No. 9 Gonzaga pounds Idaho
• No. 19 Oklahoma State handles McNeese State 89-56
• Leuer's 19 points leads No. 25 Wisconsin
• Western Kentucky defeats Campbellsville 62-48
• Kennesaw St. knocks off Clark Atlanta 70-60
• Southern Miss. tops Alabama St. 74-61
• Robert Morris defeats Delaware 86-75
• James leads No. 7 Texas over Tulane
• Radford routs Bridgewater 86-46
• Stetson beats Bethune-Cookman 64-58
• Miss. takes 89-71 win over S. Alabama
• Vasquez leads Maryland over Youngstown State
• BC beats St. John's 82-70
• Williams' double-double leads No. 14 Tennessee
• Late free throw lifts Longwood 85-84
• Savannah State defeats Coastal Carolina 66-65
• Navy downs St. Francis 75-63
• E. Kentucky routs Winston-Salem 69-44
• No. 22 Florida State holds of North Floirda
• Purdue beats Loyola of Chicago to reach NIT semis
• Elon beats Southern Virginia 83-55
• Cornell easily beats Loyola of Maryland
• Muschamp to take over Texas when Brown retires
• Drexel gets breakfast and victory to go
• BCS, ESPN reach deal to air games from 2011-14
• Flemings' 17 points leads Hawaii over Idaho State
• Mills leads Saint Mary's past Fresno State
• Freshman Monroe leads Georgetown in season opener
• Monday's College Basketball
• Anderson leads No. 13 Memphis over UMass
• Southeastern Louisiana defeats Miles 95-69
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FOOTBALL

• Niners OT Jennings goes on IR again
• Browns get kick out of win in Buffalo
• Holmgren 'calm' amid last, losing days
• Ward not worrying about possible Bengals revenge
• QB Edwards' latest meltdown has Bills reeling
• Former NFL official Jack Reader dies
• Mistake in Steelers game costs some bettors big
• Dawson's field goal gives Browns win over Bills
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GOLF

• Pressel aims for $1 million finish at ADT
• Ballesteros out of intensive care
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HOCKEY

• McCabe scores twice as Panthers beat Lightning 4-3
• Backstrom strong in net, Wild beat Penguins 2-1
• Horcoff, Roloson help Oilers to rout of Jackets
• Hurricanes rally to defeat the Canadiens 2-1
• Wings' Conklin caps stellar 3 days with shutout
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LAW CENTER

• Chief justice's father dies after long illness
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MORE SPORTS

• Astana will train in California
• Liu Xiang expected to have surgery, coach says
• Armstrong fears for his safety at Tour de France
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NASCAR

• NASCAR teams begin layoffs
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TENNIS

• Miss. State tennis player arrested on rape charge
• Federer beats Blake in exhibition match
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