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Today's Most Popular News: Mammograms May Boost Cancer Risk in High-Risk Women FACT CHECK: Obama overlooks some tough realities Obama orders 30,000-troop buildup in Afghanistan Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill Jesus Christ dumped from jury pool for disruption New $100 billion safety net for jobless in works Report: Breast-feeding mother smothers baby on jet "Vivid pink" diamond sells for record $10.8 million U.S. unemployed face higher healthcare premiums Henderson exits as GM board demands faster change 'Mr. Hyphen' redefines image of Asian-American men Military families brace for Obama's Afghan surge Loneliness Spreads Like a Virus Seattle police kill suspect in officer slayings Russia shifts stance on Iran, Ahmadinejad defiant Iraqi shoe-thrower finds out what it was like Tempers flare as Senate moves toward health vote `Simpsons' 20th anniversary special airing Jan. 10 Text of President Obama's speech on Afghanistan Gatecrashers' e-mail shows no confirmed invitation Mammograms May Boost Cancer Risk in High-Risk Women Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Mammograms may actually boost the risk of breast cancer in some high-risk women, a new study suggests. Full Story Top FACT CHECK: Obama overlooks some tough realities Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:36 pm PST AP - President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday night did not always match the reality on the ground in Afghanistan. Full Story Top Obama orders 30,000-troop buildup in Afghanistan Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:35 pm PST AP - Declaring "our security is at stake," President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited as commander in chief. He promised an impatient public he would begin bringing units home in 18 months. Full Story Top Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:45 pm PST AP - Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change talks next week. Full Story Top Jesus Christ dumped from jury pool for disruption Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:07 pm PST AP - Court officials say a Birmingham woman who changed her name to Jesus Christ didn't live up to it when she reported for jury duty this week. The woman, previously named Dorothy Lola Killingworth, was sent to Judge Clyde Jones's courtroom for a criminal case Monday. Full Story Top New $100 billion safety net for jobless in works Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:39 pm PST AP - As unemployment spikes, the cost of compassion is going up too. Full Story Top Report: Breast-feeding mother smothers baby on jet Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:59 pm PST AP - A breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Kuwait, a British tabloid reported Tuesday. Full Story Top "Vivid pink" diamond sells for record $10.8 million Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:54 am PST Reuters - A rare, 5-carat pink diamond was auctioned off for a record $10.8 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday, putting some shine back into the world's rare and large stones market which was badly hit by the financial crisis. Full Story Top U.S. unemployed face higher healthcare premiums Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:02 pm PST Reuters - Millions of unemployed U.S. workers face sharply higher health insurance premiums and loss of coverage as temporary federal subsidies expire, a healthcare advocacy group said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Henderson exits as GM board demands faster change Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:19 pm PST AP - The leader of the new General Motors was done in by an old problem at the nation's largest car maker: Change wasn't happening fast enough. Full Story Top 'Mr. Hyphen' redefines image of Asian-American men Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:17 pm PST AP - The six men on stage included a poet, a break dancer and a filmmaker. They pounded rhythms on the dhol drum, modeled fresh fashions, slathered whipped cream on bare skin and discussed their passion for community service. Full Story Top Military families brace for Obama's Afghan surge Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:11 pm PST AP - Battle-weary troops and their families braced for a wrenching round of new deployments to Afghanistan, but many said they support the surge announced Tuesday as long as it helps to end the 8-year-old conflict. Full Story Top Loneliness Spreads Like a Virus Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:02 am PST LiveScience.com - Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, new research finds. Full Story Top Seattle police kill suspect in officer slayings Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:51 pm PST AP - A lone officer on patrol in the middle of the night Tuesday spotted a stolen car, its hood up and engine running, and pulled over to check it out. As the patrolman sat in his cruiser, a burly man with a large mole on his cheek came up from behind. Full Story Top Russia shifts stance on Iran, Ahmadinejad defiant Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:27 pm PST Reuters - Russia will join any consensus on more sanctions against Iran, a senior Russian diplomatic source said on Tuesday after Tehran declared it would expand nuclear activity in defiance of a U.N. rebuke. Full Story Top Iraqi shoe-thrower finds out what it was like Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:03 am PST AP - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad last year had a taste of his own medicine Tuesday when he nearly got beaned by a shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris. Full Story Top Tempers flare as Senate moves toward health vote Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:48 pm PST AP - A Republican senator asserted Tuesday during a rancorous floor debate that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shorten the lives of America's seniors by cutting Medicare. Full Story Top `Simpsons' 20th anniversary special airing Jan. 10 Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:53 pm PST AP - "The Simpsons" is going to wrap up its 20th anniversary year of celebration with the help of filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. Full Story Top Text of President Obama's speech on Afghanistan Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:10 pm PST AP - Text of President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday about his plans for the Afghanistan war, as provided by the White House: Full Story Top Gatecrashers' e-mail shows no confirmed invitation Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:44 pm PST AP - The attention-hungry couple that crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner admitted to a friendly Pentagon official that they went without a confirmed invitation — just in case they got approved at the last minute. Full Story Top

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