BUSINESS

• Federal regulators shut 2 California thrifts
• Leaders of Asia, Americas face pressure on economy
• GM, Chrysler making deep cuts to hold on for loans
• Pressure on Citigroup builds, shares fall below $4
• Venezuelan oil falls to lowest price in 22 months
• Wal-Mart names Duke to succeed Scott as CEO
• Regulators shut failed bank in Georgia
• Meltdown 101: What is mark to market accounting?
• FDIC will guarantee up to $1.4T in bank debt
• FDIC OKs backing for bank debt, deposits
• In need of cash, states auction goods online
• A look at economic developments around the world
• GM to extend holiday shutdown, will cut production
• Gift cards may be popular for necessities
• Foodmakers Heinz, Smucker post higher earnings
• Balkan leaders hold regional economic summit
• Geithner would bring Treasury experience to job
• Dollar mostly falls as equities edge higher
• Former Ecuador leaders deny profit from bond deals
• Jamaican developer sues 2 Spanish hotels over sand
• Ecuador: ex-officials deny gaining from bond deals
• US gas prices dip below $2, lowest in 3-plus years
• A look at how Heinz, Smucker did in the quarter
• Regulators move to ease purchase of failed banks
• Mexican oil production down nearly 10 percent
• Explosion shuts down oil pipeline in Turkey
• Chile, Mexico leaders oppose protectionism
• US teen who lost feet on ride settles lawsuit
• Teen who lost feet on Ky. ride settles lawsuit
• Ask AP: Importance of housing starts, honeybees
• Stocks down across Latin America
• Fed officials weigh in on economy's weakness
• New Wal-Mart CEO's international experience key
• British PM Gordon Brown: No early election
• Argentines react to pension nationalization
• Brazil's ambassador to Ecuador leaves in debt spat
• Woolworths falls on concern it won't sell stores
• World's largest cruise liner launched in Finland
• World mulls tougher response against pirates
• Smucker posts 3 percent 2Q earnings gain
• UK electronics retailer DSG's shares jump
• Islamists say they'll fight Somali pirates
• Boeing warns of possible layoffs in 2009
• Hypo Real Estate to receive euro20 billion loan
• Germany's LBBW to receive euro5 billion injection
• European library site crashes hours after launch
• Presidential decree protects Brazil rain forest
• Jamaica warns of 'many' layoffs from meltdown
• European stocks drop as Dow erases early gains
• Buffett says automakers need bailout or bankruptcy
• Small startup airline DayJet ceases operations
• EU calls for boost in public spending, tax breaks
• Netherlands: ABN-Fortis won't be sold before 2011
• Airbus says it benefited from rival Boeing strike
• ECB rate setters point to another rate cut in Dec.
• Delta to trim future US, international capacity
• Ukraine president says debt to Russia must be paid
• Heinz 2nd-quarter profit jumps 22 percent
• Bulgarian worker kidnapped in Nigeria
• Trinidad to lose $1B as energy prices fall
• Petrobras: New offshore oil find holds 2B barrels
• Report: 215,000 German jobs threatened by crisis
• French consumer spending slides in October
• Shipper calls for military force on Somali pirates
• Macau's visitor arrivals rose 8 pct in October
• Stocks point higher after steep sell-off
• Bush signs bill providing extra jobless benefits
• Report: Ford Germany needs no state bailout money
• EU competition chief: avoid car subsidy race
• Rome museums shut down by one-day strike
• Greece: economy to slow to 2.7 pct growth in 2009
• FTSE-100 up 27.94 at 3,902.93
• A tough auto market? Not if you're a Maserati exec
• Russia's Alfa denounces court order to sell stakes
• Bank of New York Mellon to cut 1,800 jobs
• Honda to cut global output amid slowing demand
• Germany to borrow an extra euro8 billion in 2009
• JPMorgan to cut 10 pct of investment bank staff
• Bruce Willis wants cash back from Malaysia company
• US dollar down, gold up in Europe
• Survey shows euro-zone economy shrinking in Nov
• HK stocks rise on talk of China rate cut
• Indian stock index jumps on stimulus hopes
• UK home repossessions up 12 pct in 3Q from 2Q
• South Korean stocks rally despite Wall Street drop
• NZ dairy farmers facing big earnings cut
• Japan suspects stabbings linked to pension scandal
• Citi shares sink despite Saudi prince's investment
• Urban growers go high-tech to feed city dwellers
• Prosecutors question Taiwan's Chen in jail
• Euro edges higher against dollar
• China shares end lower after surge; property gains
• Lawyer shortage exposes Papua New Guinea to suits
• US financial lobby urges open markets for China
• Japan stocks rise after losses earlier this week
• Singapore skids into first recesssion since 2001
• Australian stock index rebounds to close higher
• Japan's central bank keeps interest rates on hold
• Philippine stock index tumbles 4.1 percent
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ENTERTAINMENT

• Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash
• Cops: Man steals woman's rings after grabbing dog
• Bus driver accused of braking hard to topple pupil
• Suspect arrested for greasy imprints in Neb. town
• Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
• Kanye West's new album to debut on MySpace Music
• 'Spamalot' moves up its Broadway closing
• Road detour for Depp movie shoot costs county
• Newman's will includes wife, foundation; cars sold
• '13' set to close; 'American Buffalo' is undecided
• Parole board KO's Lohan's NY charity boxing match
• FCC appeals Janet Jackson case to Supreme Court
• Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special
• Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Meyer expecting baby No. 2
• Rapper T.I. testifies in Ohio murder trial
• `Chinese Democracy' album: a 17-year evolution
• Man charged with hitting 'Stargate' actor
• Baby-name experts grade `Bronx Mowgli'
• Robber apologizes during Vt. general store holdup
• Sienna Miller wins damages from photo agency
• Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Pete Wentz have baby boy
• Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
• Teen wins 'Twilight' car on 'Tyra Banks Show'
• For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter
• The 10 movies you shouldn't watch online
• BBC governors back response to obscene broadcast
• Michael Jackson's assistant: Sheik gave him gifts
• J-pop producer Komuro charged, released on bail
• Famous NYC food critic loses job in sour economy
• Surprise! Violinist Shaham gets Avery Fisher Prize
• Former Sen. Fred Thompson plans return to acting
• Man says cell phone saved him from stray bullet
• Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet
• Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise
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POLITICS

• Obamas choose private Sidwell Friends School
• New lobbyist implicated in Abramoff investigation
• Geithner likely treasury pick; Clinton 'on track'
• Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
• Gates would like to add US forces in Afghanistan
• Freshman-to-be run biennial office space derby
• Air patrols, cameras to watch big inaugural crowd
• 4 more punished over 'Joe the Plumber' searches
• Bush rallies China's help on North Korea
• Automakers need to make case for government aid
• Obama weighs names for top posts
• Rung up: Workers out for Obama cell-phone snooping
• Witness against Sen. Stevens says he hid the truth
• Mukasey returns to work after collapse
• AP lifts ban on military photos
• Interior Dept. takes action after scandal
• Obama grabs lunch at local deli, greets patrons
• South Africa's Desmond Tutu receives US award
• EU wants early foreign policy focus from Obama
• Napolitano: Send Guard back to the border
• US renews appeal to Iran on missing American
• US sending first envoy to Libya in 36 years
• Disputed Senate ballots hold key to Minn. win
• Report says CIA withheld info from White House
• Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects at Gitmo
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SCITECH

• NASA's space water recycling system has hiccups
• Web sites offer real estate agent rankings
• Pentagon bans computer flash drives
• Vloggers and stars alike gather for YouTube Live
• Bug-sized spies: US develops tiny flying robots
• Engineers sentenced to 1 year for espionage case
• NASA scales back flagship Mars mission
• Broadband makes tiny town an English-teaching hub
• Microsoft exec: No job cuts here
• Dell 3Q profit falls as PC spending slows
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U.S.

• Grand jury returns indictment vs. Iowa meatpacker
• Hawaii dam break leads to 7 manslaughter counts
• Daughter defends mother in Internet hoax trial
• Obituaries in the news
• Kentucky executes first inmate in 9 years
• Neb. lawmakers OK age limit for safe-haven law
• Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience
• Year later, baby ordered back to adoptive parents
• NTSB: Train ran red signal in this week's crash
• Sex-crimes prosecutor accused of raping colleague
• NYC bouncer convicted of a third murder
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556
• Prosecutors seek to alter charges against boy, 8
• New York elementary school is renamed for Obama
• Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge
• Suspected campus shooter at Savannah State caught
• Utah homes evacuated after propane tanker crash
• 1 dies of injuries from Texas refinery blast, fire
• Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies
• Connecticut takes on slippery olive oil standards
• Would-be Japanese space tourist wants $21M back
• Man denies hitting brain-injured stepdaughter
• 2nd Mass. politician charged with taking bribe
• Last plea entered in fatal 2002 Nev. biker melee
• Venerable Texas cowboy boot maker hit by $3M theft
• Renovated American history museum reopens
• FBI says Ohio man threatened to bomb airports
• Colo. fire kills 3, destroys restaurant and home
• New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
• Mich. law restricting ballast dumping is upheld
• Ex-Atlantic City official admits blackmail scheme
• Lawsuit says Ind. teen with HIV bullied at school
• Rock threat danger closes part of Yosemite lodging
• Great expectations await nation's next first lady
• Michael Vick back in Va. to face state charges
• Financial crisis drives up interest in economics
• AP names Eastern regional editors for news, sports
• Chefs dream up White house dinners for Obama
• Nobel winners, Save the Children join call for aid
• All-black `Glory' unit from Civil War reactivating
• Americans still giving, despite economic meltdown
• Colombian volcano sets off landslides
• Clarification: Road Home story
• Fla. governor embraces college tuition increases
• Guards: Crowded Calif. prisons neglect ill inmates
• Palin pardons turkey while others slaughtered
• 4 Marines plead not guilty to murdering colleague
• 3 US airports open new runways amid economic woes
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WORLD

• Philippine leader heads to summit
• French Socialist leader vote too close to call
• Malaysia Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims
• Nicaragua's Ortega refuses to cancel elections
• Myanmar court hands comedian 45-year prison term
• Grenade wounds 8 outside Thai PM office
• Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology
• Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot
• Key UN committee targets rights abusers
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,202
• AP Interview: Libya wants to invest in US
• Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
• Guatemalan inheritance dispute leaves 4 dead
• Mexico: Ex-drug czar allegedly took cartel money
• Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest
• AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in Russia
• Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
• Armenia retains top spot in Chess Olympiad
• UN panel urges China apology to 1989 protesters
• Italian premier's political party OKs merger plan
• Long after Olympics, Bird's Nest still draws crowd
• Correction: Africa climate change story
• Group: Greece, Turkey failed to destroy mines
• Britain's Miliband calls Iran world threat
• Germany bans Hezbollah television station Al-Manar
• Congo refugees suffer shooting, rape, looting
• Syria all but rules out more UN nuclear inspection
• `The Terminal 2'? Japanese man makes airport home
• Amsterdam moves to close a fifth of 'coffee shops'
• Study: Fewer terror attacks in Algeria this year
• Pope pondering change to Mass liturgy
• Russian ships to Venezuela in show of power
• Rangers return to protect Congo mountain gorillas
• Tibetan exiles debate the future of the movement
• Rocket hits Israeli city, Gaza still sealed
• WHO: 294 deaths in Zimbabwe cholera outbreak
• US: NATO unlikely to quickly renew Russia contacts
• French charge suspected Basque terrorist leader
• Lebanese soldiers clash with gunmen, killing 1
• White S. African sentenced for racist killings
• Afghan official: suicide bomb attack kills 3
• Chinese journalist sentenced to 3 years
• Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified
• Somalia gunbattle kills 17 in capital; 6 wounded
• Iraqi troops donate money to US wildfire victims
• China vows not to compromise with Tibetan exiles
• Philippine landslide kills 6, at least 1 missing
• China: 19,000 victims identified from May quake
• Russian presidential term extension bill approved
• US mil: American soldier dies in Iraq
• Today in History - Nov. 21
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BASEBALL

• Cuba throws 2 baseball stars off top team
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BASKETBALL

• Nowitzki, Kidd send Mavs to first home victory
• Mason scores 29 in Spurs' 119-94 victory
• Bucks beat trade-depleted Knicks 104-87
• KG's 1st game in Target Center is a rout
• Hawks overcome sloppy performance to beat Bobcats
• Carter leads Nets over Raptors in Toronto
• Howard dominates in Magic win over Pacers
• Brand sinks 15-footer as 76ers edge Clippers 89-88
• McGrady gets 14 in 4th; Rockets top Wizards 103-91
• Knicks set themselves up for 2010 with 2 deals
• Jermaine O'Neal leaves with strained left knee
• Marbury dresses for Knicks
• Ginobili could return next week
• Horford returns to lineup after missing game
• Knicks trade Randolph, Collins to Clips for Mobley
• Warriors swap Harrington for Knicks' Crawford
• Knicks set to make trade for Warriors' Harrington
• Bryant leads Lakers past Shaq-led Suns 105-92
• Bryant, Radmanovic lead Lakers past Suns 105-92
• Even with Iverson, Celtics blow away Pistons 98-80
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COLLEGE SPORTS

• Friday's College Basketball
• Morgan State holds off Marshall 72-67
• Tennessee St. tops N. Illinois 75-73
• No. 13 Memphis defeats Seton Hall 84-70
• Columbia topples Bryant
• No. 14 Tennessee beats Middle Tennessee 76-66
• Curry leads No. 21 Davidson past Winthrop 97-70
• Temple handles Lafayette 71-55
• Connecticut beats La Salle 89-81
• Maryland survives scare, beats Vermont in overtime
• Duke coasts past Michigan
• Georgia beats Presbyterian 55-47
• South Carolina St. tops Carver Bible 112-77
• Young scores 26 as No. 6 Pitt beats Akron 86-67
• North Carolina's Hansbrough makes season debut
• Virginia edges Radford 68-66
• James Madison tops Kennesaw State 82-69
• Johnson helps Tennessee avoid upset
• Utah defeats Mississippi 83-72
• No. 12 Vanderbilt holds off ETSU
• No. 19 Southern Cal beats Chattanooga
• Hartford upsets No. 6 Duke 53-51
• Veterans lead UCLA to win over Southern Illinois
• Northwestern State edges Centenary 69-66
• No. 17 Miami beats Southern Miss 70-60
• Rollins upends Wisconsin-Green Bay 75-58
• Troy beats Alcorn State 92-79
• Xavier's buzzer-beater nips Va Tech 63-62 in OT
• Pinkel, MU close to extension
• Heisman, BCS on line when Sooners meet Red Raiders
• Investigators send FSU fight report to state
• Duke, Michigan to meet in 2K Sports Classic final
• Thursday's College Basketball
• What a Knight! Texas Tech scores 167 points in win
• DeShawn Sims scores 18, Michigan upsets No. 4 UCLA
• Henderson leads Duke past Southern Illinois
• Lipscomb defeats Southeastern Louisiana 70-58
• McNeese State beats Louisiana-Monroe 82-63
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FOOTBALL

• USDA report details more involvement for Vick
• Panthers LB Beason fined $5,000 for facemask
• Goodell: Economic bite may hit NFL harder in 2009
• NFL: Pacman can practice Monday
• Jets rookie QB Erik Ainge suspended 4 games by NFL
• Jets' Keller becoming 1 of Favre's top targets
• Titans face injuries at cornerback, defensive line
• Martz, Edwards, Jones fined by NFL
• Steelers win again, but carry worries into break
• Injured Bengals CB Joseph out for year
• Cops in case of Driver's father taken off duty
• Giants Burress will be a game-time decision Sunday
• Williamses rejoin Vikes for practice after NY trip
• Colts CB Hayden expected back for San Diego game
• Panthers healthy ahead of Sunday's trip to Atlanta
• Whitner, Greer out for Sunday
• 49ers OC Martz fined for criticizing refs
• Steelers defense controls Bengals in 27-10 win
• Bengals don't elaborate on Ocho Cinco deactivation
• Jets have legitimate shot at ending Titans' run
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GOLF

• Sorenstam's storied LPGA career ends
• Hong Kong teen, 14, youngest to make Euro Tour cut
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HOCKEY

• Stempniak's OT goal ends Ducks' road streak
• Biron makes 40 saves for Flyers in shutout
• Tocchet gets first win as Lightning coach
• Bruins top Panthers to tie for conference lead
• Staal scores 3 goals to lead Canes past Coyotes
• Clarkson, Zajac lead Devils past the Islanders 5-2
• Kings beat Capitals 5-2
• Hudler scores twice in Red Wings' victory
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MORE SPORTS

• Feds seek release of BALCO transcripts
• Curlin to stand stud at Lane's End Farm in 2009
• Suguri takes Cup of Russia lead with short program
• No sign of arson in Ky. fire that killed 27 horses
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SOCCER

• Blatter gives Peruvian federation ultimatum
• 2010 WCup organizers concerned about meltdown
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TENNIS

• Lopez upsets del Potro as Spain evens final
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