White House: State dinner crashers met Obama
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:50 pm PST
 AP - A reality TV hopeful and her husband who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a "deeply concerned and embarrassed" Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the couple was on the guest list. Full Story | Top |
Police chief: Woods' wife helped after accident
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:43 pm PST
 AP - Tiger Woods was injured early Friday when he lost control of his SUV outside his Florida mansion, and a local police chief said Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out the back window to help get him out. Full Story | Top |
Recession sends older Americans to food pantries
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:30 pm PST
 AP - Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers for the first time after seeing retirement funds, second jobs and nest eggs wiped out by recession. Full Story | Top |
Official: Blast may have caused train wreck
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:02 pm PST
 AP - An express train carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed, killing dozens of people and injuring scores of others in what may have been an act of sabotage, Russian officials said. Full Story | Top |
Bangladesh ferry capsizes at dock; 15 dead
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:04 pm PST
 AP - A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they were disembarking at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 15 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
4 killed at Fla. Thanksgiving, relative sought
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:55 pm PST
 AP - A Florida man opened fire on his family after Thanksgiving dinner, killing his pregnant sister, 6-year-old cousin and two other relatives before speeding off and initiating a statewide manhunt, police said Friday. Full Story | Top |
Military divorces edge up again in 9th year of war
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:53 pm PST
 AP - The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs to help struggling couples, and the rate now is a full percentage point higher than around the time of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Full Story | Top |
Black Friday sales seen strong, but will it last?
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:40 pm PST
Reuters - U.S. consumers turned out in strong numbers to hunt for holiday bargains on Black Friday, though many said they were spending selectively and industry executives questioned whether the momentum would last. Full Story | Top |
Russian train crash kills 39, attack suspected
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:51 pm PST
 Reuters - At least 39 people were killed and nearly 100 injured when a Russian express train came off the rails late on Friday in what the head of the national railway company said could have been a bomb attack. Full Story | Top |
Momentum grows for Copenhagen climate deal
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:44 pm PST
 Reuters - World leaders on Friday rallied to a diplomatic offensive to forge a U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said an agreement was "within reach". Full Story | Top |
Bloomberg spent over $100 million for reelection: report
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:13 pm PST
Reuters - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's narrower-than-expected reelection campaign cost the billionaire some $102 million, or about $183 per vote, The New York Times reported on Friday evening, making him the top-spending self-financed politician in U.S. history. Full Story | Top |
Gate crashers met Obama at state dinner with India
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:06 pm PST
Reuters - A couple who penetrated layers of security to enter a State Dinner at the White House this week without an invitation met U.S. President Barack Obama in the receiving line, a White House official said on Friday. Full Story | Top |
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