‘Cyber Monday’ sales up 20 percent

  • November 30, 2009 10:16 pm

Amazon.com and other retailers started offering the online equivalent of Black Friday specials on Thanksgiving or even earlier. Retail Web sites kept amping up the deals Monday, the first day after Thanksgiving weekend’s strong online sales, to try to maintain the momentum.

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Obama Approves More Troops for Afghanistan

  • November 30, 2009 8:19 pm

President is Expected to Stress that Buildup Comes with Exit Strategy in Tuesday Night Speech

Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington October 7, 2009. Obama faces pressure from fellow Democrats, opposition Republicans and the international community even before he announces long-awaited plans on Tuesday for a big U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesAP – 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.

Emotions high, Senate opens partisan health debate (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the Senate set to begin debate Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing already. Yet majority Democrats will need 60 votes again to finish.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)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.

Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

Seattle police search under the I-5 freeway for the suspect in the killing of four Lakewood, Wash. police officers, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)AP – Using search dogs and going door to door, hundreds of police intensified the hunt Monday for the man wanted in the coffeehouse killings of four officers after a SWAT team came up empty-handed in a raid on a house where he was thought to be holed up.

Defense official communicated with WH crashers (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

This photo released by the White House Nov. 27, 2009, shows President Barack Obama greeting  Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, at a State Dinner hosted by Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.  The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that the uninvited Virginia couple managed to slip into the dinner. (AP Photo/The White House, Samantha Appleton)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.

Iran enrichment plans largely bluster, experts say (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani speaks with media, during his press conference in the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment and a move that is likely to significantly heighten tensions with the West. On Friday, the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency issued a strong rebuke of Iran over enrichment, infuriating Tehran. Parliament speaker Ali Larijani threatened on Sunday to reduce cooperation with the IAEA.   (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP – Iran’s announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N.’s nuclear agency, analysts said Monday. Nonetheless, the defiance is fueling calls among Western allies for new punitive sanctions to freeze Iran’s nuclear program.

Wash. shooting re-opens Huckabee’s clemency record (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

FILE - In this June 10, 2009 file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks to local residents in Arnolds Park, Iowa. Maurice Clemmons, 37, a suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a suburban Washington state coffee shop on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, had a long prison sentence commuted by Huckabee nearly a decade ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)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.

Man charged with capital murder in 3 Kan. deaths (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

James Kraig Kahler, center, arrives for his first court appearance on a capital murder charge in connection with the shooting deaths of his wife and their two daughters in eastern Kansas, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 in Lyndon, Kan. Kahler also faces charges of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of his wife's 89-year-old grandmother, Dorothy Wight. (AP Photo/John Hanna)AP – A former Missouri city official previously accused of assaulting his wife was charged Monday with capital murder in the shootings of her and their two teenage daughters in eastern Kansas.

Clinton daughter, Chelsea, engaged to be married (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

In this Dec. 1996 file photo, Chelsea Clinton, right, sits with Marc Mezvinsky on the beach at Hilton Head Island, S.C.  (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP – Turns out those discredited rumors of a possible Chelsea Clinton wedding last summer were mostly just premature: The 29-year old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, 31-year old investment banker Marc Mezvinsky.

Woods withdraws from tourney, citing injuries (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

A new fire hydrant is seen in the front  of Tiger Woods' home in the Isleworth community in Windermere, Fla., Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP – Tiger Woods still isn’t talking. Now he’s not playing, either. Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. His decision comes as questions continue to mount regarding what exactly happened in the wee hours of the morning last Friday — questions that most certainly would have been asked of him had he played.

Notre Dame fires Weis after another dismal season (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis walks off the field after Stanford defeated Notre Dame 45-38 in their NCAA college football game in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP – Charlie Weis arrived at Notre Dame flashing Super Bowls rings and talking about outscheming opponents. He leaves one of college football’s most prestigious programs without even matching the record of the two men who were fired before him.

Afghan war policy gets an overhaul

  • November 30, 2009 8:15 pm

President Obama is announcing his Afghanistan strategy to an increasingly skeptical Congress. "We cannot, by ourselves, win (the) war." said Sen. Levin, D-Mich.President Barack Obama delivered official orders Sunday night to members of his national security team for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, according to a White House official.

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Tiger Woods’ Injuries Sideline Him for Golf Tournament

  • November 30, 2009 6:18 pm

Tiger Woods said the injuries he sustained in a car accident will prevent him from participating in his own golf tournament, according to a statement released on his website TigerWoods.com.

Tiger Woods’ Injuries Sideline Him for Golf Tournament

  • November 30, 2009 6:18 pm

Tiger Woods said the injuries he sustained in a car accident will prevent him from participating in his own golf tournament, according to a statement released on his website TigerWoods.com.

Ex-Soldier: Law Used to Prosecute Him Is Unconstitutional

  • November 30, 2009 6:18 pm

The law, passed in 2000, allows the federal government to try former soldiers, their spouses and contractors in civilian courts for crimes that occurred overseas.

Ex-Soldier: Law Used to Prosecute Him Is Unconstitutional

  • November 30, 2009 6:18 pm

The law, passed in 2000, allows the federal government to try former soldiers, their spouses and contractors in civilian courts for crimes that occurred overseas.

Tiger Woods’ Injuries Sideline Him for Golf Tournament

  • November 30, 2009 6:18 pm

Tiger Woods said the injuries he sustained in a car accident will prevent him from participating in his own golf tournament, according to a statement released on his website TigerWoods.com.

Tiger Woods’ Injuries Sideline Him for Golf Tournament

  • November 30, 2009 6:17 pm

Tiger Woods said the injuries he sustained in a car accident will prevent him from participating in his own golf tournament, according to a statement released on his website TigerWoods.com.

US police killer ‘will be caught’

  • November 30, 2009 5:29 pm

A gunman who shot dead four US police officers as they sat in a cafe will be brought to justice, a police chief has vowed.

Fossilized Bacteria May Point to Life on Mars

  • November 30, 2009 4:16 pm

NASA scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that bacterial life exists on Mars

Obama facing tough selling job on Afghan policy (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 4:12 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington October 7, 2009. Obama faces pressure from fellow Democrats, opposition Republicans and the international community even before he announces long-awaited plans on Tuesday for a big U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesAP – Barack Obama has begun one of the toughest sales jobs of his presidency, launching the much-awaited rollout of his new Afghan war strategy by informing top military and civilian advisers in Washington and Kabul and telephoning key allies around the globe.

Security team gets new Afghan policy

  • November 30, 2009 4:12 pm

President Obama is announcing his Afghanistan strategy to an increasingly skeptical Congress. "We cannot, by ourselves, win (the) war." said Sen. Levin, D-Mich.President Barack Obama delivered official orders Sunday night to members of his national security team for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, according to a White House official.

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Alleged Cop-Killer Still on the Loose

  • November 30, 2009 2:15 pm

Maurice Clemmons Not Found in House Surrounded by Police; Accused in Shooting Deaths of 4 Washington Officers

Seattle Police: Cop-Killing Suspect on The Loose

  • November 30, 2009 2:15 pm

Police in Washington state say the suspect in the police killings is not inside the house that they’ve surrounded since early Monday morning.

Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 2:11 pm

Maurice Clemmons, 37, a person of interest in the shootings of four Lakewood Department police officers at a coffee shop in Tacoma, the Washington suburb of Parkland, is pictured in this handout released by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department on November 29, 2009. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer described the shootings at the Forza Coffee shop as an ambush, the Tacoma News Tribune said on its Web site. REUTERS/Pierce County Sheriff Department/Handout (UNITED STATES HEADSHOT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP – A heavily armed SWAT team stormed a Seattle home Monday where they thought they had cornered the suspect in the slaying of four police officers at a coffee shop, only to find out that he was not in the house and still on the loose.

Black workers’ crisis may linger after upturn

  • November 30, 2009 2:11 pm

Roxanne Winston will graduate from UC Berkeley in December. Though confident she'll find work, issues of race are very much on her mind. “I kind of don’t want you to notice that I’m African-American, even though that’s such a strong part of my identity,” she says.The recession has compounded a decades-long problem facing black workers, leaving experts worried blacks will remain in crisis even in a recovery.

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Suspect in cop-killings eludes police

  • November 30, 2009 2:11 pm

Smoke rises after police set off an explosive device early Monday at a house in Seattle where they believed a suspected cop killer was hiding.Police say a man suspected of killing four officers from a neighboring county was at a Seattle house but apparently fled the area before a SWAT team entered.

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US police killer suspect at large

  • November 30, 2009 1:26 pm

Police say a suspect in the killings of four police officers in Washington State was not in a house they had surrounded.

Honduras poll winner urges unity

  • November 30, 2009 1:26 pm

Conservative Porfirio Lobo urges national unity to end months of crisis as he wins presidential elections in Honduras.

Chelsea Clinton gets engaged

  • November 30, 2009 1:26 pm

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is to marry her boyfriend.

Obama orders Afghan troop surge

  • November 30, 2009 1:26 pm

President Barack Obama issues new orders for the US military operation in Afghanistan and informs key allies.

Demjanjuk tried for Nazi crimes

  • November 30, 2009 1:26 pm

A frail, former US carworker, accused of helping to murder 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, goes on trial in Munich.

Ex-militant wins Uruguay election

  • November 30, 2009 1:26 pm

A former left-wing militant who spent almost 15 years in prison during the country’s military rule appears to have won the presidential elections.

Suspect in Cop Killings Has Lengthy Rap Sheet

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

As the suspect in the ambush execution of four police officers remains holed up and surrounded in a home in Seattle, questions are swirling as to how and why an ex-con who reportedly faced more than 200 years behind bars was allowed to live free.

EXCLUSIVE: U.N.’s Environmental Power Grab

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

Environmentalism should be regarded on the same level with religion ‘as the only compelling, value-based narrative available to humanity,’ according to a paper written to influence the future strategy of UNEP, the world’s would-be environmental watchdog.

Shopping on Cyber Monday? Beware the 12 Scams of Xmas

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

Getting a bargain on Cyber Monday seems compelling. But with online shopping comes the risk of cyberscams

Divided Dems Try to Keep It Together

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

With debate to begin, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the health bill to advance is fracturing
Delay Health Reform to Pay for War in Afghanistan?

Fla. Cops: Not Seeking Search Warrant in Woods Case

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

The Florida Highway Patrol says it is not seeking a search warrant in the Tiger Woods car crash case.

Remains of Missing Gulf War Pilot Hidden in Iraqi Sand

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

The military says Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher died when his fighter jet was shot down over Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War and was never captured or tortured.

Venezuela Orders Closure of Four Private Banks

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

Venezuela’s finance ministry has ordered four private banks seized by the government to close, Reuters reported Monday.

Alleged Nazi Guard on Trial for 27,900 Deaths

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

John Demjanjuk was brought by ambulance to a Munich court on Monday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, opening the final chapter of some 30 years

Cops: Suspect in Officer Executions Hurt, May Be Dead

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

AA suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a suburban coffee shop was surrounded by police at a Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, authorities said.

Fla. Cops: Not Seeking Search Warrant in Woods Case

  • November 30, 2009 12:13 pm

The Florida Highway Patrol says it is not seeking a search warrant in the Tiger Woods car crash case.

Police: Suspect in deaths of officers not in house (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 12:09 pm

Maurice Clemmons, 37, a person of interest in the shootings of four Lakewood Department police officers at a coffee shop in Tacoma, the Washington suburb of Parkland, is pictured in this handout released by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department on November 29, 2009. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer described the shootings at the Forza Coffee shop as an ambush, the Tacoma News Tribune said on its Web site. REUTERS/Pierce County Sheriff Department/Handout (UNITED STATES HEADSHOT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP – Police say the suspect in the slayings of four police officers at a suburban coffee shop was not found in the Seattle home where he was thought to have been holed up.

Police: Suspect in deaths of officers not in house (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 12:09 pm

Maurice Clemmons, 37, a person of interest in the shootings of four Lakewood Department police officers at a coffee shop in Tacoma, the Washington suburb of Parkland, is pictured in this handout released by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department on November 29, 2009. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer described the shootings at the Forza Coffee shop as an ambush, the Tacoma News Tribune said on its Web site. REUTERS/Pierce County Sheriff Department/Handout (UNITED STATES HEADSHOT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP – Police say the suspect in the slayings of four police officers at a suburban coffee shop was not found in the Seattle home where he was thought to have been holed up.

Police: Suspect in deaths of officers not in house (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 12:09 pm

Maurice Clemmons, 37, a person of interest in the shootings of four Lakewood Department police officers at a coffee shop in Tacoma, the Washington suburb of Parkland, is pictured in this handout released by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department on November 29, 2009. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer described the shootings at the Forza Coffee shop as an ambush, the Tacoma News Tribune said on its Web site. REUTERS/Pierce County Sheriff Department/Handout (UNITED STATES HEADSHOT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP – Police say the suspect in the slayings of four police officers at a suburban coffee shop was not found in the Seattle home where he was thought to have been holed up.

Divided Senate poised to start health care debate (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 12:09 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the Senate set to begin debate Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing already. Yet majority Democrats will need 60 votes again to finish.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Senate Democrats face deep divisions within their ranks as they begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, with the recent all-hands-on-deck coalition frayed over abortion and the option of government-run insurance.

Divided Senate poised to start health care debate (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 12:09 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the Senate set to begin debate Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing already. Yet majority Democrats will need 60 votes again to finish.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Senate Democrats face deep divisions within their ranks as they begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, with the recent all-hands-on-deck coalition frayed over abortion and the option of government-run insurance.

Divided Senate poised to start health care debate (AP)

  • November 30, 2009 12:09 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the Senate set to begin debate Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing already. Yet majority Democrats will need 60 votes again to finish.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Senate Democrats face deep divisions within their ranks as they begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, with the recent all-hands-on-deck coalition frayed over abortion and the option of government-run insurance.