BUSINESS

• Asian stock markets tumble after Wall Street rout
• Oil falls below $53 on fears of deep recession
• Vietnam begins operating new oil field
• Japan posts second trade deficit in 3 months
• Isuzu to shed 1,400 contract workers this year
• GM, Chrysler scale back glitz at LA auto show
• Peru and China conclude trade pact talks
• Dow slips below 8,000 on growing fear of deflation
• Report: Economy is sickening US hospitals
• Want a federal bailout? Why not bankruptcy, too?
• Peru to pursue free trade pact with Japan
• FDA panel splits on pair of antibiotics
• Treasury bonds higher after big stock slide
• Growth to slow in Peru and China in 2009
• Consumer prices drop record 1 percent in October
• Animal rights video shows turkey abuse in W.Va.
• Retail shares drop sharply as market woes linger
• Target shareholder revises real estate proposal
• FDA panel: Theravance antibiotic safe, effective
• US Justice Department sends Medtronic subpoena
• Halliburton says it's well-positioned for downturn
• Spanish company says Argentina breached agreement
• Colombia seeks arrests in pyramid scheme
• Limited Brands 3Q profit falls, but beats forecast
• P&G, Google team up to swap jobs, trade knowledge
• Meltdown 101: How is the CPI calculated, and why?
• Ecuador default-talk may force restructuring
• Brazil police: 10 at fault for air crash
• European history, culture and art goes digital
• SEC puts off vote on rules for rating agencies
• Gas and food boost 3Q profit at BJ's Wholesale
• Italy OKs euro1 billion-plus offer for Alitalia
• Mandate may spur insurer revenue; profit less sure
• Peru's hot economy wracked by growing conflicts
• Doctors, judges join Chile public workers strike
• Air Canada flight attendant helped land plane
• Crisis in paradise: Meltdown leaves ghost resorts
• Imperial Sugar resumes refining sugar after blast
• Renault Trucks to partially shut French sites
• World Bank chief: Better ties with Russia a must
• NY jury convicts opera-loving philanthropist
• BNP Paribas denies capital increase plan
• Fed sharply lowers forecasts, hints of rate cut
• Summary Box: Frugality makes a comeback in US
• The New Frugality: Americans return to thriftiness
• Barclays' shares fall on imminent fundraising deal
• Pentagon defends decision on Lockheed fighter jet
• eHarmony agrees to provide same-sex matches
• US home construction sinks to new record low
• Serbia bids farewell to Yugo
• BASF temporarily closing 80 plants
• Russia warns media on economic crisis reporting
• SolarWorld offers $1.3B for Adam Opel's assets
• Lloyds shareholders approve HBOS takeover
• FDA approves generic of AstraZeneca asthma drug
• China's Hu extends credit, donations to Cuba
• Woolworths plunges on news it may sell stores
• UK credit agency Experian 1H profit rises 15 pct
• 2 former Siemens managers convicted
• Canada's central bank says economy worsening
• EU farm ministers mull farm subsidy reforms
• Brown hints at more steps to get credit flowing
• EU official: Help justified for Opel, industry
• Romania suspends tax on new cars
• IMF: Kazakh economy on the right path
• Exxon, Turkey sign Black Sea oil exploration deal
• Philippine Airlines reports $114M loss in 1st half
• Australia may be nearing recession, index shows
• Mortgage application volume falls 6.2 pct
• Singapore shipper Neptune Orient to cut 1,000 jobs
• EU calls for new rules on dismantling ships
• Greece: Tobacco farmers block highways
• Sanofi-Aventis settles patent infringement cases
• Nomura CEO seeks change with Lehman buy
• Minister: vast reserves protect Russian economy
• A selection of Yugo jokes
• UK manufacturers' expectations fall to 28-year low
• Cambodia urges unity among poor nations on trade
• Up in smoke: Bars ignore Dutch smoking ban
• Troubled Fortis to pay new CEO euro800,000
• Germany's Wingas nixes natural gas pipeline
• Spain: budget deficit deepening
• Bank of England considered even larger rate cut
• About 300 cabbies go on strike in southwest China
• LeasePlan seeks government backing for debt issue
• London's FTSE 100 index down 73.70 at 4,134.85
• Burger King limits sodium in kids meals
• FDA opens new China office
• Fiat CEO warns against aid to US carmakers
• Toyota to reduce output, temporary workers in US
• Get your glasses: 3D poised to take over movies
• HK stock index down nearly 1 percent
• China stocks rebound despite regional losses
• Chinese automakers, hit by slowdown, ask for help
• US dollar mixed, gold down in Europe
• Wynn supports government travel measures in Macau
• Ford hopes to regain car traction with new Fusion
• Mazda buys back chunk of own shares from Ford
• Drought hurts US dry pea and lentil production
• Euro rises against dollar to $1.2627
• Japan stocks fall on grim bank earnings, auto woes
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ENTERTAINMENT

• Paris Hilton and Benji Madden split after 9 months
• Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex
• Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song
• Irate man wields bat to liberate his lost cat
• Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full
• Thieves pry bronze Virgin Mary statue from church
• 'Impressionism' sets a March 12 Broadway opening
• Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special
• Winona Ryder briefly hospitalized in UK
• Beyonce coming a bit more 'Fierce'
• Comedy writer Irving Brecher dies at 94
• Clive Barnes, theater, dance critic, dies at 81
• Next deadline in actors dispute: awards season
• Postage stamp planned for Bob Hope
• Van Der Beek back creekside in North Carolina
• Hugh Jackman crowned People's `Sexiest Man Alive'
• Prostitute to wife of former NY gov.: `I'm sorry'
• Lawyer: Michael Jackson may be too sick to travel
• `Diddy' to make guest appearance on `CSI: Miami'
• Bruni-Sarkozy would welcome Michelle Obama advice
• Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of `Hottest Tots'
• Romania undercover police recover stolen paintings
• Winners of National Book Awards to be announced
• Pilot in deadly crash warned jet was out of runway
• Boars thrive in Germany; Hunters in hog heaven
• Hollywood ponders global warming
• Marissa Jaret Winokur sets a return to 'Hairspray'
• Artist Barcelo unveils $23 million ceiling at UN
• Disney to release 5 films on IMAX
• Disney's Cody Linley doesn't make 'Dancing' finals
• 2 brothers forever seek success in 'Road Show'
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HEALTH

• Surgeon who did first US heart transplant dies
• Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital
• Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
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POLITICS

• Former top officials urge stronger ties to UN
• Minnesota recount under way in US Senate showdown
• Finger-pointing begins as Senate nixes auto vote
• Daschle to take health post, another familiar face
• Bush set to relax endangered species rules
• Judge grants Franken ballot access request
• Justice, NYPD feuding over terrorist surveillance
• Who's in the running for Obama administration jobs
• Marc Rich pardon controversy just won't die
• Polish FM wants missile defense signal from Obama
• Shift in bailout plan raises oversight questions
• Ga. Democrat gets campaign help from Bill Clinton
• Hillary Clinton weighing secretary of state post
• Longtime Senate spending leaders departing
• Dem officials: Daschle accepts HHS Cabinet post
• Black Caucus: No special relationship to Obama
• Financial crisis to be top agenda item at APEC
• Boehner re-elected House GOP leader
• Obama White House could be green, high-tech
• Gates, Rice defend US-Iraq security agreement
• Obama returns calls to global leaders
• Will the Obamas turn the White House green?
• Leadership panel backs Waxman for energy chairman
• FBI offers reward for ecoterrorism suspects
• Alaska Sen. Stevens concedes in re-election race
• Boss gives Biden cupcakes for his 66th birthday
• Pentagon defends military effort against pirates
• Daschle returns to Washington spotlight with Obama
• Huckabee won't rule out 2012 run for president
• Obama puts longtime aides at White House
• Democrats seek to lower expectations for bailout
• Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate
• McCain wins Missouri in close race against Obama
• Will Clinton pardon of tax fugitive haunt Holder?
• Daschle biography
• Wanted: Safe US city with 20,000 hotel rooms
• Beau Biden will not accept Senate appointment
• Officials: Daschle accepts Cabinet post
• CBO chief likely pick as budget director
• On Capitol Hill, campaign rivals take orientation
• No sweat: Obamas work fitness into daily routine
• Democrats: Clinton to help Hillary get State job
• Sources: Decorated US agent in drug arrest
• Anchorage mayor takes restrained route to Senate
• Auto dealers bring local angle to bailout fight
• Clinton bumps up against Senate seniority rules
• Some Conn. Democrats still want Lieberman punished
• Hard sell: Detroit links bailout, national defense
• Obama to usher in major shift in trade policy
• Could Iowa conservatives undermine GOP in 2012?
• Joint Chiefs head says war stresses may be growing
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SCITECH

• Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
• Mammoth task: Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
• PC Magazine goes online-only
• Akamai to cut 7 percent of work force, 110 jobs
• Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
• Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake
• E-mail in zero G: NASA develops network for space
• `Fake Steve Jobs' stops blogging as the 'Real Dan'
• Scientists find new penguin, extinct for 500 years
• Google gives online life to Life mag's photos
• Correction: Hewlett-Packard-Outlook story
• China's Baidu.com fights to rescue reputation
• HP shares soar after solid 4Q outlook
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U.S.

• Young murder suspect can spend holiday with mother
• Dead teen's mom testifies in cyber-bullying trial
• Fired engineer arraigned on Calif. murder counts
• Dead San Diego Marine again denied Medal of Honor
• Another Detroit case centers on text messages
• NC undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer
• Obituaries in the news
• Prosecution rests in case of brain-injured girl
• Drug suspect's wife charged in FBI agent's death
• Bush reopens renovated American history museum
• Army vet guilty of conspiracy, not murder in Colo.
• Arraignment set for Cheney, Gonzales in Texas
• Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban
• Governors pledge to fight global warming together
• RI woman loses appeal in Nazi-era art lawsuit
• Baltimore police: Armed man mentioned White House
• Ark. seizes 20 more children from Alamo group
• Tenn. officer accused of transgender beating
• NJ inmates vs. Princeton students: Prison chess
• Russian scam artist sentenced in NYC to prison
• Fla. ends probe of 3rd husband's suspicious death
• Charges dismissed in Texas-Okla. football fight
• Upstate NY dad drowns saving 2 sons after crash
• Ex-sheriff in Chattanooga sentenced to 14 years
• Teen, father die in Texas after fast-food argument
• Child killer says he won't appeal death sentence
• 30-day age limit for Neb. safe-haven law advances
• Sainthood probe starts in US for 'Rosary Priest'
• Ex-Penn prof gets 5-10 years in wife's slaying
• Grassy knoll couple recall Kennedy assassination
• Prospect of sewers strikes horror in rustic Malibu
• Prosecutor: No sign al-Qaida suspect was tortured
• Files show Md. police watched variety of activists
• Ethics dilemma for lawyers when inmates seek death
• Airport workers program stresses how to de-stress
• Manslaughter charges filed in 2007 Ark. bus crash
• Ex-judge in Pa. guilty of fraud, money laundering
• RI police: Remains found may be 1970s mob victim's
• 2 charged with murdering homeless San Antonio man
• Pa. man, 82, survives 32 hours in freezing woods
• Mass. senator resigns after bribery charges
• Clarification: National Guard-Afghanistan story
• Texas woman arrested for giving boy topless photo
• Analysis: Community colleges suddenly in spotlight
• NYC bridge renamed for Robert F. Kennedy
• Recalls: dive sticks, air compressors, jackets
• Bengal tiger bites young worker at Virginia zoo
• Ohio executes man for killing store owner in 1992
• Bill Clinton to raise funds for King Memorial
• Student bonfire blamed for 1 of 3 Calif. wildfires
• Documentary tells ex-Army sergeant's story of pain
• Poor safety training blamed for biologist's death
• Mayor sorry for kids' 'assassinate Obama' chant
• Border Patrol says fence slows attacks on agents
• Frontier dreams of gold clash with fish habitat
• California State University to cut enrollment
• Dad accused of killing daughter while cleaning gun
• Vote on anti-bullying Chicago high school delayed
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WORLD

• Blast kills 1, wounds 23 at Thai PM's office
• Sri Lanka says it captured key rebel defense line
• Costa Rica arrests 6 for medicine shipments to US
• China to overhaul battered dairy industry
• Europeans seeking ways to protect Congo aid
• Congo rebels appear to pull back ahead of talks
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200
• Coast Guard ends search for 90 Dominicans
• Malkovich to film documentary about migrants
• Somali pirates transform villages into boomtowns
• Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet
• Interpol probes leaks in Mexico office
• UN chief says Somali pirates also hurting homeland
• Iraqi parliament debate on pact ends in scuffles
• Secret Gitmo camp opened to defense lawyers
• EU: Russia-Georgia talks make some progress
• Russia defeats England at Chess Olympiad
• UN climate change chief hails Obama commitments
• Israel spurns UN plea to ease Gaza blockade
• Spain: detained Basque militant was top ETA leader
• Colombian VP says cocaine destroying rain forests
• Global media executives protest Gaza press ban
• Hungry in Zimbabwe: `If you rest, you starve'
• Chavez in song: Venezuela vote has live soundtrack
• Cleveland Museum of Art to return art to Italy
• Myanmar activist follows dad, grandfather to jail
• Suspected US missile strikes deep inside Pakistan
• IAEA: Syrian site could have been nuclear reactor
• Far-right UK party's member list is posted online
• Indian navy sinks suspected pirate "mother" ship
• Teens protest Ontario's proposed driving rules
• Africa rejoices over Obama, but seeks own answers
• Israel boycotts UN racism conference, claims bias
• 43 rare clocks stolen from Israel found in France
• UN agency approves reform plan
• Flat-footed journalist quits British dancing show
• US pitcher proud to inspire Japan girl
• Germany sends Rwandan suspect to France
• Sweden says transvestism is not a disease
• Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
• Zimbabwe doctors blame govt for cholera epidemic
• Clarification: Syria-Archaeology story
• Thai diplomat: Fugitive former Thai PM in UAE
• UK government unveils plan for sex trade crackdown
• Pakistani army chief meets with NATO commanders
• Moscow court closes Politkovskaya trial to public
• Police arrests highlight anger with force in China
• UN: $7 billion needed for 2009 humanitarian work
• Former UN official to finish jail term in Russia
• Cyprus backs Russia's call for new European treaty
• 6.2 quake strikes Costa Rica, Panama frontier
• Bill on presidential terms in Russia moves forward
• Iran kills Kurd separatists at border
• SKorea seeks to stop propaganda leaflets to NKorea
• Australia honors 645 sailors lost in WWII sinking
• Rights group: Nepal police beat children
• Somali: Locals send supplies to hijacked tanker
• Obama calls Palestinian leader, says peace vital
• Aruba police pursue new evidence in Holloway case
• Young Tibetan exiles push for independence
• Indian navy fought pirates in Gulf of Aden
• Thai fishing boat hijacked by pirates off Somalia
• US arrests suspected Iranian agent in Iraq
• Today in History - Nov. 19
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BASEBALL

• Girardi: Yankees expect pitcher Mussina to retire
• Red Sox trade Coco Crisp to Royals for reliever
• Wakamatsu hired to manage Mariners
• MLB says Tribune set Dec 1 deadline for Cubs bids
• Seattle Mariners name Don Wakamatsu as manager
• Oakland owner: Make 1st round of playoffs 1 game
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BASKETBALL

• Jazz rally to beat Bucks
• Jefferson, Smith help Wolves snap 8-game skid
• Billups scores 22 to lead Nuggets over Spurs
• Salmons leads Kings past Hornets
• Terry leads Howard-less Mavs past Rockets
• Clippers beat Thunder
• Iverson scores 23 to push Pistons past Cavs
• Clemson beats South Carolina 52-45
• Raptors scramble to hold off Wade, Heat
• Williams' late jumper lifts Hawks past Wizards
• Yao out with sore foot
• Warriors' Morrow emerges with 2 straight big games
• No Garnett, but Celtics still beat Knicks
• LeBron puts on show in Jersey as Cavs rout Nets
• Gasol scores 34 in Lakers 116-109 win over Bulls
• Oden scores 22, but Warriors hold off Blazers
• Nelson leads Magic over Raptors, 103-90
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COLLEGE SPORTS

• Alabama routs Florida A&M 89-48
• Wednesday's College Basketball
• Nicholls State beats New Orleans 79-62
• Mercer defeats Auburn 78-74
• Mississippi State beats North Alabama 102-61
• Ball St. beats Central Michigan, 31-24
• N. Carolina A&T beats Talladega 83-54
• Harvard beats New Hampshire
• Cotton, Gator, Sun bowls still interested in Irish
• George Washington defeats Binghamton 71-57
• Smalley leads No. 20 Auburn over Georgia Southern
• Albany, NY defeats Bryant 76-67
• Appalachian State beats Charlotte 87-84 in 2OT
• Virginia Commonwealth beats South Dakota St. 72-56
• Georgia State defeats Southern Poly St. 82-64
• Maine tops Princeton 58-55 in overtime
• No. 2 Oklahoma avoids upset bug with 85-65 win
• American edges Howard 65-63
• Clemson downs Wofford 93-40
• Wirth leads No. 13 Vandy over Eastern Kentucky
• William & Mary defeats Norfolk State 74-58
• McCants helps No. 4 UNC rally past No. 23 Xavier
• Virginia beats South Florida 77-75
• Nova's Reynolds, Redding hold off pesky Niagara
• Morgan scores 22 as Michigan St. survives IPFW
• Johnson, Teague lead No. 20 Wake to 120-88 win
• East Carolina beats Campbell 86-65
• Barlow has 19 in Notre Dame's 96-61 win
• Final 4 awarded to Arlington, Houston
• Michigan's Rodriguez has long list of things to do
• UNC's Zeller likely out for year with broken wrist
• Michigan RT Schilling injuries knee in practice
• AP Corrects San Diego-UNLV headlines
• Correction: Pete Newell obituary
• Sooners try to create BCS mess
• Robert Morris defeats Delaware 86-75
• Curry-Griffin matchup lives up to its billing
• Tuesday's College Basketball
• Harden leads No. 15 ASU over SDSU 59-52
• Curry's 44 not enough to beat No. 12 Sooners
• Jacksonville St. tops West Alabama 69-48
• Northwestern State beats East Texas Baptist 87-65
• Tennessee Tech knocks off Lipscomb 83-72
• No. 19 USC beats New Mexico St. for 2-0 start
• VMI rolls past Maryland Bible College 118-72
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FOOTBALL

• Disappointing Davis put on IR by Chargers
• Cards decline to consider releasing Edgerrin James
• Romo ditches splint a little, TO calls in sick
• Pacman reinstated
• Vikings' Allen fined 25K, but not suspended
• Bucs place Graham on injured reserve
• Manning finds old form in Colts' winning streak
• 20 Redskins in Pro Bowl? Look at voting
• Lawyer: 3 Saints took no steroids
• River City Rumble? Williamson wants Childress
• Next season not even a thought for Jets' Favre
• Steelers try to cover spread this week
• Pacman hopeful of returning soon to Cowboys
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GOLF

• Sorenstam set for LPGA farewell this weekend
• LPGA offers 31 tourneys in '09, down from 34
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HOCKEY

• Canucks score 5 on Lundqvist, beat Rangers 6-3
• Chara, Kobasew each score twice in Bruins win
• Lightning lose with 52 shots; Oilers win with 19
• Backstrom strong in net, Wild beat Penguins 2-1
• Flames fire 51 shots in 4-1 win over Avalanche
• Khabibulin stops 36 shots in Blackhawks' SO win
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MORE SPORTS

• USA Gymnastics hears no complaints about Karolyis
• Sastre relishes facing Armstrong in Giro
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SOCCER

• Maradona has winning start, England beats Germany
• Adu scores first goal for US national team in win
• Trinidad beats Cuba in World Cup qualifier
• Maradona starts as coach with 1-0 win at Scotland
• England beats Germany 2-1
• Italy ties Greece 1-1; Lippi matches record
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