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Today's Most Popular News: Lots of Exercise in Midlife May Lead to Osteoarthritis Want to Boost Your Memory? Try Sleeping on It 7 stories Obama doesn't want told Las Vegas rebound riding on $8.5B CityCenter Wash.shooting re-opens Huckabee clemency record Obama to detail Afghanistan war expansion Swiss minaret ban may signal new right-wing surge Movement under way in California to ban divorce Autism treatment works in kids as young as 18 mos. Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle Suspect in Washington police murders could haunt Mike Huckabee Divided Senate plunges into health care debate Defense official communicated with WH crashers Worries that Dubai washing its hands of debt woes Jackson's `This Is It' out on DVD in January 3 boys detained for Calif. 'Ginger Day' attacks '12 Days of Christmas' items' cost would top $87K International court to review Kosovo independence The Protestant debate over justification: Here I stand. Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to US Lots of Exercise in Midlife May Lead to Osteoarthritis Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:50 pm PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- If you're a middle-age weekend warrior who likes to hit the basketball court or hockey rink, take note: A new study suggests that high levels of physical activity boost the risk of internal knee damage that could lead to osteoarthritis. Full Story Top Want to Boost Your Memory? Try Sleeping on It Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:00 am PST Time.com - Research suggests that exposure to certain stimuli during sleep may help people remember things they learned while they were awake Full Story Top 7 stories Obama doesn't want told Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:45 am PST Politico - Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is already neatly framed in their minds. Full Story Top Las Vegas rebound riding on $8.5B CityCenter Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:43 am PST AP - Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that starts opening Tuesday in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Full Story Top Wash.shooting re-opens Huckabee clemency record Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:03 pm PST AP - As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predecessors combined. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in Sunday's slaying of four Seattle-area police officers, was among them. Full Story Top Obama to detail Afghanistan war expansion Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:52 pm PST AP - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas. Full Story Top Swiss minaret ban may signal new right-wing surge Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:03 am PST Reuters - A Swiss vote to ban the construction of new minarets puts the spotlight on the Alpine country's social and political divisions and could herald a new surge in populist, anti-immigrant sentiment. Full Story Top Movement under way in California to ban divorce Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:33 pm PST AP - Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. Full Story Top Autism treatment works in kids as young as 18 mos. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:12 am PST AP - The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis. Full Story Top Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:27 pm PST AP - Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family, a police spokesman said Monday night. Full Story Top Suspect in Washington police murders could haunt Mike Huckabee Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:53 pm PST The Newsroom - The murder of four police officers in Washington on Sunday cast a pall on the nation's Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and now there's a political controversy brewing over the the main suspect in the killings. Investigators have named former Arkansas prison inmate Maurice Clemmons their primary suspect. Clemmons was released nine years ago after being granted clemency by then-governor and former GOP presidential-candidate hopeful Mike Huckabee. Huckabee now faces questions about that decision, which could damage his standing as a prospective Republican presidential nominee. Full Story Top Divided Senate plunges into health care debate Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:59 pm PST AP - Riven by partisanship, the Senate plunged into a widely anticipated debate Monday over sweeping health care legislation that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have vowed to approve and Republicans have sworn to block. Full Story Top Defense official communicated with WH crashers Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:48 pm PST AP - The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in. Full Story Top Worries that Dubai washing its hands of debt woes Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:01 pm PST AP - If global investors were looking for reassurances from Dubai that it would stand behind its massive, debt-swamped investment conglomerate, they got none Monday. Instead, the Gulf city-state seemed to wash its hands of the financial woes that have rattled world markets. Full Story Top Jackson's `This Is It' out on DVD in January Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:10 am PST AP - "Michael Jackson's This Is It," a film about the King of Pop's final rehearsals before his death, will be released on DVD on Jan. 26, 2010. Full Story Top 3 boys detained for Calif. 'Ginger Day' attacks Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:57 pm PST AP - Three boys were booked on suspicion of bullying or kicking red-haired students at a middle school when a "Kick a Ginger Day" prank inspired by a "South Park" episode got out of hand, authorities said Monday. Full Story Top '12 Days of Christmas' items' cost would top $87K Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:18 am PST AP - Making one's true love happy will cost a whopping $87,403 this year, a minuscule increase from last year, according to the latest cost analysis of the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Full Story Top International court to review Kosovo independence Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:23 pm PST AFP - The legality of Kosovo's secession from Serbia takes centre stage on Tuesday as the International Court of Justice opens hearings into Pristina's controversial decision to break away. Full Story Top The Protestant debate over justification: Here I stand. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:00 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - "Am I OK?" Full Story Top Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to US Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:13 pm PST AP - NAIROBI, Kenya — Crews on oil tankers aren't allowed to smoke above deck, much less carry guns, for fear of igniting the ship's payload. That's one of the main reasons Somali pirates met little resistance when they hijacked a U.S.-bound supertanker carrying $20 million in crude. Full Story Top

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