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NEWS»

A trader talks on the phone on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati City, Manila

Global stocks hit 5-1/2 year lows

• Prospect for auto bailout dims as Senate races clock

• Financials need at least $1 trillion: analyst

• Fed signals ready to cut rates amid glum outlook

• Obama taps Arizona governor for homeland security: report

• California court to hear gay marriage ban case

• U.S. woman posed as teen online, teased girl: attorney

• Small businesses feel Wall Street's pain

• U.S. probing Golden West lending, sale: prosecutor

• Qaeda scorns Obama with racial slur

INTERNATIONAL»

US Navy handout image of the Liberian-flagged oil tanker MV Sirius Star at anchor off Somalia

Somali politicians fuel piracy, says African Union

• Thai protesters blame government for grenade attack

• Pakistani general calls for halt to missile strikes

• Explosion kills Hamas man in Gaza

• Zimbabwe rivals to meet Mbeki in S.Africa

• Protest-hit China says job stability top priority

• Japanese missile defense test fails off Hawaii

• China at last tries to report the news first

• Congo rebel pullback raises hopes for peace talks

• Australia Guantanamo inmate breaks silence

USREPORT»

Fire officers survey the damage at the Oakridge mobile home community where hundreds of homes were destroyed Saturday by a wind-driven wildfire in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles

California bent on rebuilding despite wildfire risk

• Michigan jobless rate hits 16-year high at 9.3 percent

• Glitzy Greenwich feels hedge fund pain

• Suit forces eHarmony to offer gay dating service

• U.S. Army vows to do better with next helicopter

• Russia repatriates diplomat jailed in United States

• Burger King begins limiting sodium in "Kids Meals"

• U.S. museum returns 14 stolen artifacts to Italy

• U.S. says food, drug inspection access in China improving

• LeBron James becomes youngest player to score 11,000 points

BUSINESS»

A trader talks on the phone on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati City, Manila

Global stocks hit 5-1/2 year lows

• Financials need at least $1 trillion: analyst

• Prospect for auto bailout dims as Senate races clock

• Fed signals ready to cut rates amid glum outlook

• GM and Toyota to cut Thai output amid weak sales

• Weak Japan exports pile on economic gloom

• Microsoft modifies Zune subscription model

• Yahoo, T-Mobile announce mobile search deal

• Oil falls below $53 on demand drop

• General Growth takes on bankruptcy counsel: report

POLITICS»

File photo of former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle applauds during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver Colorado

Obama signals priority with Daschle pick

• Obama taps Arizona governor for homeland security: report

• Bill Clinton offers steps to help wife get State job

• California court to hear gay marriage ban case

• Alaska Republican Sen. Stevens concedes defeat

• McCain to seek re-election as Arizona senator

• U.S. foreign policy experts give Obama U.N. advice

• Housing agency loosens foreclosure aid rules

• Prospect for auto bailout dims as Senate races clock

• Palin, Alaska grapple with lower crude prices

ENTERTAINMENT»

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart pose at the premiere of the movie Twilight in Westwood

"Twilight" fans have sky-high hopes for movie

• Hugh Jackman named People's "Sexiest Man Alive"

• John McCain fights back against Jackson Browne

• McCartney, Guns N' Roses albums to launch on MySpace

• Movie will show White House butler did it all

• Indie studio counting on "Twilight" success

• Brad Pitt producing reporter's fake-fed story

• Sundance to open with Australian claymation movie

• Young vampires and heroic dog set to boost box office

• "CSI" dilemma: keeping corpses fresh

SPORTS»

Chauncey Billups celebrates after the Denver Nuggets defeated the Dallas Mavericks during their NBA basketball game in Denver

Billups leads in-form Nuggets to win over Spurs

• "Pacman" Jones reinstated by league, says Dallas owner

• Canucks fire five past Lundqvist to beat Rangers

• Buccaneers rusher Graham ruled out for rest of season

• Wakamatsu becomes first Asian-American manager

• Ramirez joins Boston in trade for Crisp

• Nine-man Mexico lose but keep World Cup dream alive

• Players taking security measures after murders

• Three fewer events on 2009 LPGA Tour schedule

• World champion to pound streets in Singapore marathon

SCIENCE»

Mammoth genome sequence may explain extinction

• Stem cells restore hearing, vision in animals

• Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia

• Woman gets first trachea transplant without drugs

• Bolivian farmer leads to dinosaur discovery

• Spacewalkers tackle station repair work

• Kangaroo genes close to humans

• Scientists find prehistoric "nuclear family"

• World's oldest polar bear dies at Canadian zoo

• Discovery offers way of tracking cancer in blood

TECH»

The BlackBerry Storm

Verizon Wireless bets on Storm for holiday season

• Microsoft modifies Zune subscription model

• McCartney, Guns N' Roses albums to launch on MySpace

• High-street shopping losing appeal in plugged-in Asia

• Yahoo, T-Mobile announce mobile search deal

• Cybercrime as destructive as credit crisis: experts

• After iPhone, consumers seek handsome gadgets

• U.S. woman posed as teen online, teased girl: attorney

• Irish the heaviest users of mobile phones: Ofcom

• Microsoft: New software not Symantec, McAfee rival

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