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Today's Most Popular News: Dubai mega-tower `last hurrah' to age of excess Europe's Secret Nuclear Weapons: What Should NATO Do? Actress Meredith Baxter says she's a lesbian AARP backs Democrats in Senate health care fight AP Enterprise: Crew blames capt. for pirate attack Tiger Woods: 'Personal failings' let family down Huge Explosion Reveals the Most Massive Star Known US medical task force 'fumbled' mammogram message Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes Muppets take the Web with `Bohemian Rhapsody' Lifting of pay restraints to ease BofA CEO search Most Americans not confident about financial future Fort Hood suspect charged with attempted murder Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts Big Freeze: Earth Could Plunge into Sudden Ice Age GE, Comcast to announce NBCU deal Skeptical Dems resign themselves to Obama war plan 4 Jackson brothers reunite for A&E miniseries New stem cell lines approved for tax-paid research Unemployment rises in almost half of metro areas Dubai mega-tower `last hurrah' to age of excess Wed, 2 Dec 2009 03:10 pm PST AP - When work began in 2004 to build the world's tallest tower, Dubai's confidence also was sky high with a host of mega-projects on the drawing board or rising from the sands. Full Story Top Europe's Secret Nuclear Weapons: What Should NATO Do? Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:35 am PST Time.com - Not many people know that four non-nuke states in Europe host nuclear bombs and have air forces ready to drop them. It's time to rid Europe of this anachronism Full Story Top Actress Meredith Baxter says she's a lesbian Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:56 pm PST Reuters - Meredith Baxter, a star of the 1980's sitcom "Family Ties", said on Wednesday she was a lesbian as media reports and published photos of her and a woman embracing began to surface in public. Full Story Top AARP backs Democrats in Senate health care fight Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:24 pm PST AP - With a Senate showdown looming, the politically potent AARP rode to the rescue of Democrats on Wednesday, supporting $460 billion in Medicare cuts to help pay for landmark health care legislation. Full Story Top AP Enterprise: Crew blames capt. for pirate attack Wed, 2 Dec 2009 05:57 pm PST AP - Richard Phillips, the ship captain toasted as a hero after he was taken captive by Somali pirates, ignored repeated warnings last spring to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off the African coast because of the heightened risk of attack, some members of his crew now allege. Full Story Top Tiger Woods: 'Personal failings' let family down Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:12 pm PST AP - With a public apology and another appeal for privacy, Tiger Woods acknowledged Wednesday that he let his family down with unspecified "transgressions" that he regrets with "all of my heart." "I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves," Woods said on his Web site following a magazine report of an alleged affair. Full Story Top Huge Explosion Reveals the Most Massive Star Known Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:15 am PST SPACE.com - All supernova explosions are violent affairs, but this one takes the cake. Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star. Full Story Top US medical task force 'fumbled' mammogram message Wed, 2 Dec 2009 04:25 pm PST AFP - The heads of a high-level US medical panel acknowledged Wednesday they "fumbled the message" about when women should begin having routine screening mamograms in a controversial report last month. Full Story Top Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:39 pm PST AP - Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi River — an unprecedented step that could disrupt the movement of millions of tons of iron ore, coal, grain and other goods. Full Story Top Muppets take the Web with `Bohemian Rhapsody' Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:22 pm PST AP - Much like the Muppets took Manhattan, they have taken the Web. Full Story Top Lifting of pay restraints to ease BofA CEO search Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:41 pm PST AP - Bank of America Corp. has been having a tough time finding a new CEO willing to accept the restrictions that came as a condition of bailout funds. But recruitment is sure to be easier now that the bank plans to pay back its $45 billion in aid in just a few days to free itself from government oversight and pay restraints. Full Story Top Most Americans not confident about financial future Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:31 pm PST Reuters - There may be small glimmers of hope in the economy but most Americans are not confident about their financial future and many think they are already poor, according to a new survey. Full Story Top Fort Hood suspect charged with attempted murder Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:09 pm PST AP - An Army psychiatrist who may face the death penalty after the mass shooting at Fort Hood was charged Wednesday with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder relating to the scores of soldiers and two civilian police officers injured in the attack, military officials said. Full Story Top Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:06 pm PST AP - An Italian who lost his left forearm in a car crash was successfully linked to a robotic hand, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, scientists said Wednesday. Full Story Top Big Freeze: Earth Could Plunge into Sudden Ice Age Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:05 am PST LiveScience.com - In the film, "The Day After Tomorrow," the world gets gripped in ice within the span of just a few weeks. Now research now suggests an eerily similar event might indeed have occurred in the past. Full Story Top GE, Comcast to announce NBCU deal Wed, 2 Dec 2009 04:22 pm PST Reuters - General Electric Co (GE.N) and Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) are set to announce a joint venture on Thursday morning that would give the cable company eventual control of NBC Universal in this year's biggest media deal. Full Story Top Skeptical Dems resign themselves to Obama war plan Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:26 pm PST AP - A deeply skeptical Congress on Wednesday resigned itself to President Barack Obama's escalation of the Afghanistan war, even as the president's chief military and diplomatic advisers sought to cool any expectations that the war would end in two years. Full Story Top 4 Jackson brothers reunite for A&E miniseries Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:53 pm PST AP - As the old saying goes, "If you like this kind of thing, you'll like this." Full Story Top New stem cell lines approved for tax-paid research Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:09 pm PST AP - Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon, opening a new era for the potentially life-saving field. Full Story Top Unemployment rises in almost half of metro areas Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:14 pm PST AP - Unemployment worsened or stayed the same in most metro areas in October, the Labor Department said Wednesday, as jobs remained scarce nationwide. Full Story Top

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