Archive for November 9th, 2009
White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports that suggest U.S. President Barack Obama has privately decided to send close to 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
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Investigators believe the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood massacre acted alone, but his communications were flagged by intelligence agencies in 2008, the FBI said.
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In its latest spot, Verizon’s Droid is declared to be a robotphone, while the iPhone resembles something that can only be for girls.
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Jim Boeheim became the eighth Division I coach to reach 800 wins with milestone coming over Albany, 75-43 on Monday night in the 2K Sports Classic.
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The battle for control of Michael Jackson’s estate took another turn Monday as the pop singer’s father filed a challenge of the men named as executors in Jackson’s 2002 will.
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Tropical Storm Ida is bearing down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing floodwaters hours before it is expected to come ashore Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said.
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The USA’s big airlines expect to carry 4% fewer passengers during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period than they did last year.
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This week, each couple performed a traditional ballroom dance, and a really weird Latin dance styled in the manner of a particular era. Paso doble from the future, anyone?
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Deon Thompson scored 20 points to help No. 6 North Carolina spoil Isiah Thomas’ college coaching debut and beat Florida International 88-72 on Monday night in the 2K Sports Classic.
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New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they’ve gotten increasingly heavier over the same period (source: Time) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
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