• Health care bill clears first Senate hurdle
• Kennedy says RI bishop banned him from Communion
• 4 injured in San Francisco cable car accident
• RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion
• Ft Hood suspect in confinement in hospital
• Jackson moonwalk glove sells for $350K in NYC
• Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views
• 3.7 magnitude quake hits Big Bear Lake in Calif.
• Police identify gunman in deadly Saipan rampage
• Astronaut's baby daughter born as he circles Earth
• Holidays will again test NYC air travel bottleneck
• Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients

• Democrats hit magic number to pass health care bill
• Space shuttle astronauts take second spacewalk
• It's 'Terry,' not 'Mary' -- zookeepers slow to learn tortoise is a male
• More signs missed before Ft. Hood?
• Dolphins, sea lions to guard Navy subs
• 316,000 'Christmas' bongs seized
• Intruder warms bottle for baby

• Senate ethics panel admonishes Burris, but no charges coming
• Fewer Pap smears recommended for 20-somethings
• Man arrested for strapping 15 lizards to his chest in Los Angeles
• SC lawmakers to take up Gov Sanford impeachment
• Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm
• Wrongfully convicted NYC man freed after 17 years
• Palin's book tour to include stop at Fort Hood
• Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year
• Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
• Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely
• Palin and her fans balk at Newsweek cover
• Glitch snarls nation's air traffic
• 4 cases of drug-resistant H1N1 found at N.C. hospital
• Trouble for cop who used Taser on 10-year-old
• Is Wall Street 'too big to fail' no more?

• Govt wants speedy screening at more airports
• Army preventing media from covering Palin event at Fort Bragg
• Sen. Kerry's daughter arrested in LA on DUI
• Chicago area doctor makes 1st spacewalk
• Gates names West, Clark to lead Fort Hood review
• Over 70 malls could exit bankruptcy from lender deal
• Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner
• Slaying suspect said hobby was 'killing people'
• Official say fallen SC gov reporting trips
• 3 charged in Pa. with redirecting Comcast traffic
• Wife of Indiana senator charged with DWI, hit-and-run
• Govt. rewarding firms checking immigration status
• Glitch fixed, but delays still possible at O'Hare, Midway
• Cop suspended after using Taser on girl, 10
• Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska
• Trials: 'Failure is not an option'
• Funeral held for Ill. soldier killed at Fort Hood
• Best day to buy a car? Black Friday
• Pastor gets probation for plastic surgery
• Calif. bans power-sucking TVs
• Airlines bumping up surcharges
• Mammograms at 40 still U.S. standard, fed health chief says

• Leggo my Eggo! Kellogg fights waffle shortage
• Obama: Professed 9/11 mastermind will be convicted
• If you like Sarah Palin, you’ll like 'Going Rogue'
• Tour bus crashes off Minn. interstate, killing 2
• Emergency landing in Kan. after plane loses engine
• Ark. police officer uses Taser on 10-year-old girl
• Senate Dem leader to outline new heatlh care bill
• Calif. requires TVs to be more energy efficient
• Mom charged in girl's death now charged with sex slavery
• List of safest vehicles of 2010
• Mo. teen to be tried as adult in death of girl, 9
• Oil rises on mixed news about consumer demand
• SC ethics panel weighing Gov. Sanford charges
• Ford, Subaru, VW win top safety picks
• Obama welcomed in South Korea as trip nears end
• Vaccine for swine flu tops Santa's wish list
• Small firms scrapping, scaling back health plans
• Another antiquity found: Heart disease in mummies
• Texas A&M remembers fatal '99 bonfire collapse
• Arknasas cop Tasers girl, 10, after her mother tells him to

• 15 million may owe IRS from stimulus checks
• Woman pleads guilty, apologizes in Smart abduction
• NY police car in accident ahead of Biden motorcade
• Wis. man charged with slaying 14-year-old stepson
• Debate rages over Obama bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito
• Vigils held after body of missing North Carolina girl found
• Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer’s, herpes
• Long-awaited pipeline funnels gas across 8 states
• Tinley Park tops in nation
• AP source: NYC newspapers’ delivery offices raided
• More U.S., foreign scholars taking their classes abroad
• Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin book release today
• 4 dead in car-train crash
• Uninsured likelier to die in hospital
• Palin rules out 2012 run, but keeps door open
• Costco stops carrying Coke drinks in price dispute
• More hungry Americans, USDA says

• Atlantis launches, headed for International Space Station
• Less frequent mammograms recommended
• Police find body of missing 5-year-old North Carolina girl
• Microsoft co-founder Paull Allen battling non-Hodgkins lymphoma
• Former Northwestern professor onboard Atlantis as medical officer
• Janet Jackson blames doctor for Michael's death
• Palin tells Winfrey she prays for Levi Johnston
• Alaska gov fights protection for polar bears
• Hudson airspace divided into local, distance
• Quinn, Durbin ridicule GOP opposition to Gitmo transfers
• Jackson doc due in Vegas court in child money case
• Durbin: Gitmo plan opponents play on fears
• Nation's largest gay newspaper publisher closes
• Family of 4 found dead in Michigan
• 2012 GOP field wide open GOP wannabes jockey for 2012
• Slightly better for travel industry

• Durbin, Quinn see economic boon
• 11-year-old boy kills bear that wouldn’t leave Idaho porch
• New study says costs rise under health bill
• American charities hope for holiday miracle as giving drops
• Crunch takes toll on Congress, too
• Mother of missing 5-year-old NC girl charged
• Jet hits birds, forced to turn back to Missouri

• Illinois prison in running to house Gitmo detainees
• Bernard Madoff's jacket, watch auctioned in NYC
• Kirk, in Republican radio address, bashes health care proposals
• Hasan has financial tie to Pakistan: lawmaker
• Lincoln treasures soon up for auction
• Vet's ashes stolen before burial at Arlington National
• Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos

• Holder: U.S. likely to ask death for 9/11 defendants
• Wall collapses at SC game; 12 taken to hospital
• Moon holds 'significant' amount of water, NASA says
• Fact check: Palin’s book goes rogue on some facts
• Balloon boy's parents plead guilty to hoax
• Afghanistan troop decision coming soon, Obama says
• Blackhawks' value soars 26% in one year
• Palin tells Oprah: I knew I screwed up
• Purdue students want librarian fired over 'case against homosexuality' blog
• Feds move to seize mosques, tower linked to Iran
• Uh-oh, Friday the 13th again? 3rd time in '09
• BK $1 burger math 'doesn't work'
• Warfare 2 outguns competition

• Army: Fort Hood suspect charged with murder
• Feds move to seize 4 mosques, skyscraper linked to Iran
• School cracks down on Facebook "meep" obsenity
• Delta pilot suspended, charged for assault with his plane
• Lawyer: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty
• Advocacy groups celebrate Lou Dobbs departure from CNN
• Animal house of horrors is uncovered outside NYC
• BK franchisees sue company over cheeseburger price
• 5 bodies found inside homes in Arkansas
• Cops hunt for child abuse clues hidden in jars
• Patrick Kennedy clashes with outspoken RI bishop
• 3 missing after fishing boat sinks off coast of NJ
• Ex-Pa. House speaker among 10 charged in probe
• Facebook message proves robbery suspect innocent
• Waning Ida’s downpours swamp Mid-Atlantic coast
• Heavy rain prompts flood warnings from NC to NY

• Lou Dobbs leaving CNN for ’new opportunities’
• D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad executed
• Police: Boxer Mike Tyson detained at LAX
• Stench returns near Ohio house where 11 bodies found
• Obama pays tribute to veterans at Arlington cemetery
• Oprah brings Fort Hood hero cop, Kimberly Munley, on show
• Family charged with sex crimes against children
• Milwaukee muggers see Army ID, return wallet
• Hartford police officer shot during foot chase
• Rats! Hot holiday toy already hard to nab
• Ex-astronaut gets probation in infamous 'diaper' case
• 2 dead, 2 others wounded at drug lab
• Sosa: Lighten up folks, it's just facial cream
• Abdul-Jabbar has rare form of leukemia

• Obama honoring 13 who fell in Fort Hood rampage
• Military families arrive at Fort Hood ceremony
• Boston subway train just misses drunk woman on tracks
• Ex-Miss California admits to making sex tape
• Letterman blackmail suspect asks court to drop case
• Jackson's dad seeks to remove will administrators
• Ida blows ashore as Gulf Coast rides out storm
• Attorney meets with Fort Hood shooting suspect
• 21-year-old becomes youngest WSOP champion ever
• NBA great Abdul-Jabbar has rare form of leukemia
• Clemency denied for D.C. sniper execution

• Ft. Hood shooting suspect awake, talking
• Case against Ohio suspect with bodies buried at home expands overseas
• Authorities: 4 bodies found inside burned home
• Md. man killed, 6 hurt in Pa. speakeasy shooting
• Man confesses to shooting Kan. abortion provider
• Officials: Man kills 3, self in rural Texas home
• Supreme Court refuses to block D.C. sniper's execution
• Transit moving again in Philadelphia after 6-day strike
• Nokia to recall 14 million chargers
• Claims of suspect's extremism spur probe
• Fort Hood soldiers ready for return
• Gulf Coast bracing for arrival of Hurricane Ida
• House health plan hits brick wall in Senate
• Graffiti artist leaves note with incomplete work: 'ran out of purple'
• Rough drive home: Woman hits deer -- twice
• How to make it to court on car theft charge: Steal a car

• Some predicted trouble from Fort Hood's Maj. Hasan
• ABC’s Roberts hits prime-time, gets Janet Jackson interview
• 63-year-old man charged in Vail bar shooting
• Suspect named in shooting death of Seattle cop
• Hurricane watch issued for Louisiana, Mississippi

• Homewood solider among wounded at Fort Hood
• Obama asks House to vote on health care bill
• Muslim leader found talks with Ft. Hood suspect disturbing
• House passes health care bill
• Unemployment hits 10.2%, worst since '83
• Gunman kills 1, hurts 5 in Orlando
• 'DWI chair' brings $10,000 in cops' eBay auction
• L.A. City Council rushing out cat claws clause
• Baltimore mayor's trial to start in gift-card scandal
• Obama extends jobless benefits, mortgage break
• Ex-Gov. Palin to headline at Gridiron Club
• Two men from northwest suburbs charged with beating sleepwalker
• 230 years later, Pulaski becomes a U.S. citizen
• At the White House, he's dog's best friend
• Pa. prostitution charges tossed
• Pfc. Michael Pearson
• Russell Seager
• Off-duty civilian cop praised as Fort Hood hero
• Ohio town to toast Vietnam veterans
• AARP is backing health bills
• Pvt. Francheska Velez
• Does porn empower women?

• Democrats break abortion impasse on health care overhaul vote
• Three area soldiers among Fort Hood dead
• Obama signs bill extending jobless benefits
• Settlement reached in 2007 Twin Cities bridge collapse
• 1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando shooting; gunman caught
• Jobless rate at highest since 1983
• DUI suspect called to report his marijuana stolen
• Low donations cause Honolulu Symphony to quit for '09
• Rihanna: 'Embarrassing' that I fell for an abuser
• Yankee title good for market
• Home buyers tax credit renewed
• Cops sort through 1,000 stolen bags
• Lining up votes for health care
• Bolingbrook private's mother 'inconsolable'
• Private from Humboldt Park was 3 months pregnant
• Shooting suspect shouted 'God is great!' in Arabic before rampage
• Ford's plan for 2011: air bags in seat belts
• DUI defense: 'Dude, I do this every night'
• Two caught unloading hijacked liquor truck, police say

• Fort Hood shooting suspect alive, 12 others killed
• Professor says Lee Harvey Oswald rifle photo hard to fake
• Former NYC Police Commissioner Kerik pleads guilty
• Comic-Con founder Sheldon Dorf dead at 76 in San Diego
• Viva ELVIS is name of Cirque du Soleil’s new show
• 'You hit a what?’ SUV nearly slams into elephant in Okla.
• Obama's comments on Fort Hood shooting
• D.C. sniper's execution to be witnessed by victims, relatives
• Memorial set up near Ohio rapist's home where bodies found
• Angela Lansbury to get 1st Stephen Sondheim Award
• Feds: 14 charged in insider trading case
• Missing baby found 5 days later under baby sitter's bed

• Steele: Election returns show 'transcendent' GOP
• Drunken driver calls 911 to report herself
• Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP, jumps into Senate race in Calif.
• Rapist with 10 bodies at his Ohio home denied bond
• Pigs in Indiana test positive for swine flu
• SC man gets 3 years in prison for sex with horse
• Woman in wrong-embryo case hopes to see child soon
• Online book price war rages over Grisham tome
• Strike-crowded Philly commuter train catches fire
• Kellogg pulls health claims from Rice Krispies
• Fed again pledges to hold interest rates at record-lows
• Elevator to space? They're really trying
• NY files antitrust suit against chip maker Intel
• Cow fitted with prosthetic legs
• White House: Tuesday's GOP wins not about Obama
• 3 college students found dead in sunken Jeep
• School moves to tighten security after gang rape

• T-Mobile service disrupted nationwide for calls, text
• Neighbors griped about odor at rapist's Ohio home for years
• Colbert sponsors U.S. Olympic Speedskating team
• Buses, subways halted by Philly transit strike
• Man charged with torturing kitten, making video
• FBI investigates nun's death on Navajo reservation
• Madoff's longtime auditor pleads guilty
• ND authorities search for 3 Dickinson St. students
• Calif. man gets prison for aiming laser at planes
• Bug spray likely killed infant, injured 2 in SC

• Airlines ratchet up holiday surcharges
• Bay Bridge reopens after nearly weeklong closure
• Forrester projects rise in online holiday sales
• Lawry’s settles men’s sex discrimination suit
• Infant missing from home on Florida Panhandle
• Robert F. Kennedy’s killer is transferred
• Soldier arrested over explosives in Tenn. field
• Fire at Michigan welding company, 1 hospitalized
• NM police link suspect held in Colo. to 11 rapes
• Ranks of millionaire college presidents up again
• CDC: Contaminated beef may be linked to 2 deaths
• 4-year-old California boy's body found in dryer
• Officers had visited Ohio home where bodies found
• Man charged with killing 4 in Mayberry model town
• More H1N1 vaccine on way
• U.S. man wins for 1st time since '82

• 6 bodies found in rapist's home were homicide victims
• Obama brings back Halloween spirit at White House
• Police: NJ mom stabbed son, self over custody fear
• Officer killed, trainee hurt in Seattle shooting
• American Meb Keflezighi wins NYC Marathon
• Internet believers: Pastors open online churches
• Popular YouTube stars join forces in concert tour
• Anguish over California teen suicides spurs action
• Obamas bring back White House Halloween spirit

• Obama highlights fresh signs of economic growth
• Liberals might not like new public option but will take it
• Calif. searchers seek survivors after air crash
• San Francisco mayor ends run for Calif. governor
• Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case
• Motorized La-Z-Boy in DUI case goes on eBay
• Grocery, gas prices heading up again
• Cheney to FBI: No idea who leaked
• Immigrant dad ran over 'Westernized' daughter: cops
• Calif. searchers seek survivors after crash
• Cubicle workers unite ... white-collar unions?
• Hijab should be allowed at work, says Muslim doc
• Cops: Suspects had 'guilty' written all over their faces
• Obama lifts HIV ban on U.S. entry
• Research: Playing music is instrumental to brain health
• What's beyond 'gigantic'? Ship for 6,300 passengers

• Regulators seize nine banks – all units of FBOP Corp. in Chicago
• Is recession finally over? Possibly
• Terrorists or just a 'bunch of thugs'?
• House Dems roll out their health care plan
• GM extends vehicle refund program to January

• 2 shot in legs as gunman attacks LA synagogue
• Bullet hits Lou Dobbs' NJ home with wife nearby
• Economy grows in 3Q, signals end of recession
• 4 charged in alleged gang rape of California girl
• Police: Celeb-obsessed teens robbed famous victims
• Vets get long-overdue welcome after trip to D.C. memorials
• First-time jobless claims drop less than expected
• Schools hit hard by swine flu
• Coast Guard searching for missing Navy plane
• Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover

• Ford gains ground on Honda, Toyota in reliability
• Feds: Leader of radical Islam group killed in raid
• Andre Agassi admits to crystal meth use in new book
• Storm dumps snow on Rockies, plains, more forecast
• Fla. teen accused of stabbing brother in squabble
• Boeing picks South Carolina for 2nd 787 line
• Man charged in stabbing death of UConn football player
• Abortion foe plans 'Burn in Hell' protest
• H1N1 shot shortage easing: feds
• Rod snaps, causes closure on San Francisco Bay Bridge
• Public opposition to health care
• NASA tries again to launch experimental rocket
• Jamie McCourt to fight in court for old Dodger job
• Motorola unveils Droid smart phone

• No San Francisco treat - Bay Bridge closed after cable snaps
• Calif. town rattled by alleged rape of girl, 15
• Puck Naked: Idaho team punished for ’strip hockey’
• Parents fear for missing Metallica fan daughter
• Worsening job picture fuels slide in confidence
• Police: Man charged with killing UConn player
• Soldiers accused in marriage scam for benefits
• Asians top auto reliability; Ford cars score well
• Bush urges listeners to stick to their principles
• Families of U.S. hikers held in Iran release video
• Pilots who missed airport were using their laptops
• Artists plan to encase vacant Detroit home in ice
• No decision on charges in Colorado balloon case
• U.S. newspaper circulation down 10.6 percent
• Jealous teen admits arranging slaying of developmentally disabled Wal-Mart cashier
• Fla. sex offender-teacher seeks probation change

• ESPN: Woman who had affair with Phillips was fired
• Senate health bill will embrace 'public option'
• Man, woman found dead in Ohio day-care parking lot
• Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names
• Feds interview pilots who overshot Minneapolis
• Polanski's victim says she wants to be left alone
• Family say goodbyes to slain Florida girl
• Movie director ditches Scientology over gay marriage
• Castro's sister says she collaborated with CIA
• Titanic expedition possible in 2010
• Where's the beef? On the highway
• Stiffer penalties in latest health plan
• Madoff associate had heart attack, drowned in pool
• Rescuers weary of 'Yuppie 911'

• Police vet more than 1,000 tips in girl's death
• NJ town grieves for slain priest, accused janitor
• Cell phone video shows police beating of student
• Alaskans await progress on Palin pipeline plan
• Harvard: Lab workers poisoned by tainted coffee
• God spoke to me, suspect tells Oprah

• President Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
• Obama's tennis wins tick her off, Michelle tells Jay
• After 11 years, road leads to Broadway for 'Wait, Wait'
• Lawyer blasts release of affidavit in balloon case
• Search continues for Florida girl's killer
• Obama: Time for big banks to help small businesses
• NFL owners dump one of their own in Rush Limbaugh
• Mom admitted balloon hoax: affidavit
• Wayward pilots' stories in doubt
• Swine flu vaccine production still lags
• U. S. BANK FAILURES TOP 100 -- MOST SINCE S&L CRISIS IN '92
• 'Don't ask, don't tell' put to test
• Kerry becomes Obama's MVP
• At 41, cop deaths fewest since 1999
• Baucus wants high-risk pool to cover pre-existing conditions
• Motorcycle deaths jump 150% -- government wants to know why
• Doctor wannabes push medical school enrollment up 2%
• Thomas rips fellow justices who 'beat up on' lawyers before court
• 'Inside Edition' to pay for victim's dad to see execution of Beltway sniper
• Hawaii budget cuts shut schools on Fridays
• Slain Florida girl's mom vows to find her killer
• Soaring casino thefts often an inside job
• Disney steps up refunds for 'Baby Einstein' videos
• In pursuit of happiness, Coke-style
• Credit card issuers raise the specter of annual fees
• Where God meets Schlitz
• 'Sacred' advice from vets, kin
• Otters return to N.M.