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LEVI, Finland (AP) -- Reinfried Herbst of Austria has won the men's World Cup slalom opener, beating runner up Ivica Kostelic of Croatia by 0.28 seconds.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's parliament speaker has denounced as "disgraceful" U.S. moves to seize four mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim nonprofit organization suspected of Iranian links.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors.
CHICAGO (AP) -- A White House official says the Obama administration is considering buying a northwestern Illinois prison to house a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, along with federal inmates.
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Hopes of a free-trade zone for the Asia-Pacific region have gotten a boost from President Barack Obama today.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
MIAMI (AP) -- The ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices is scheduled to be sentenced.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- American Airlines said several hundred of its flights are being delayed around the country today due to a problem with an FAA system.
BLACKSTONE, Va. (AP) -- A pyrotechnic device used in training exercises exploded at Fort Pickett, sending 14 Virginia National Guard soldiers to hospitals, most as a precautionary measure.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Officials in northwestern Pakistan said a man arrived outside a courthouse in a taxi. As he was being searched by police, he set off explosives on his body, killing 19 people.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts are about to step out on the first spacewalk of their mission.
AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) -- A state official says two people are dead and 21 injured after a tour bus ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch.
WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Mary Cheney has delivered a baby girl.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A wild turkey that has been playing chicken along the New Jersey Turnpike won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic.
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a suburban Philadelphia woman lying in bed was struck by a bullet that came through a wall, killing her.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The EU's anti-piracy force says that Somali pirates have again attacked the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked last spring.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's grim totals, but a recent decline in the pace of such incidents could mean the Army is starting to make progress in stemming them, officials said Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Women in their 40s are reacting with confusion and skepticism over the recommendations of a government task force concerning mammograms.
MIAMI (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service says more than 14,700 U.S. taxpayers with offshore accounts in 70 foreign countries have come forward to settle their tax debts.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is rocketing toward the space station.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are moving higher at the open after a new report showed retail sales rebounded more than expected in October.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 15 million taxpayers could unexpectedly owe taxes when they file their federal returns next spring because the government was too generous with their new Making Work Pay tax credit.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA is fueling space shuttle Atlantis for its afternoon liftoff. Atlantis is scheduled to blast off today, shortly before 2:30 p.m. on a mission to stockpile the international space station with big spare parts.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says the Senate Homeland Security Committee will open an investigation into the murders at Fort Hood with a public hearing this week.
ROME (AP) -- Italian officials say police have captured one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is demanding more accountability from Afghanistan before it commits more aid for its civilians.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are defending the decision by Attorney General Eric Holder to put five accused 9/11 plotters on trial in New York City, while Republicans object.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized Monday to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia in past centuries with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has no problem with Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try in New York City five alleged terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.
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