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Obama announces economic team, plan

President-elect Barack Obama said that the country is facing an "economic crisis of historic proportions" and unveiled the team he has chosen to help get the economy back on track.

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CNN

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Meltdown primer

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CBS News

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Obama gets down to business

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ABC News

More part-time work is bad sign for US

The unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent, the highest rate since March 1994. But more worrisome for economists, the number of people working part-time for economic reasons also jumped.

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Reuters

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Leaders see crisis's end in 18 months

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ABC News

Conflicting reports: Did Saudi Arabia offer asylum to Taliban leader?

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia offered asylum to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar according to the German weekly Der Spiegel, but which Saudi Arabia denies.

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Reuters

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President George Bush in a Peruvian poncho, waves during the APEC summit in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Martin Mejia / AP)	Nikki Sixx and Kat Von D arrive at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Evan Agostini / AP)	Young supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez after hearing election results. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos / AP)

NATION

Man kills wife in New Jersey church

A gunman drove across the country to confront his estranged wife, then killed her and another man in a church vestibule, authorities said.

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CBS News

Holiday flights expected to be jammed

Thanksgiving holiday fliers will face packed planes. But one piece of good news: Flight delays have fallen sharply this fall.

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USA Today

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Thanksgiving travel: Survival strategies

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ABC News

POLITICS

Obama reaches out

President-elect Obama is building a relationship with Republicans, seeking guidance on policy proposals, asking for advice on appointments and hoping to avoid perceptions of political arrogance.

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International Herald Tribune

Lieberman vows to move forward

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., pledged to move forward and work with President-elect Barack Obama after campaigning for Obama's Republican rival John McCain.

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The Hill

Recount tightens Minn. Senate race

With 66 percent of ballots re-examined, Republican incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman leads Democratic challenger Al Franken by 167 votes.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Lightning warns of flash floods

Intense lightning strikes could sound the alarm of an impending flash flood, researchers now say.

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LiveScience

'Pirates of compassion' prepare to take on Japanese whaling fleet

The 32 crew members will stop at nothing to ensure that the Japanese harpooners miss their targets.

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London Independent

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Michael Jackson settles suit with Sheikh

Michael Jackson avoided an appearance in London's High Court by reaching a settlement with Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the prince of Bahrain, who was suing him for $7 million.

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TIME

Chris Brown dominates AMA's

Chris Brown was the big winner at the American Music Awards, surprising himself most of all.

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People

HEALTH

Postnuptial depression: what happens the day after

Dr. Michelle Gannon, a San Francisco psychologist, says there's been an uptick lately in the number of recently married couples who enroll to deal with their post-wedding doldrums.

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TIME

Many Americans with HIV are unaware that they have it

AIDS experts and federal health officials are frustrated by the failure to reach an achievable goal: identifying the hundreds of thousands of HIV-infected Americans.

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NPR

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Malaysia clerics issue yoga fatwa

Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims.

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BBC

Obama seeks new church

The Obama family can choose from a bevy of churches, each offering reasons to be selected, from historic connections to the presidency to historic connections to the African-American community.

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ABC News

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The Daily Quote

“The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.”

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (M. J. Maddox, Ph.D.):

Academics wrong place to trim budget

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EducationNews.org

Barack the builder

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Slate

Column (Glenn Greenwald):

The 'integrity' of National Review

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Salon.com

Editorial (Matthew Continetti):

The sector formerly known as private

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Weekly Standard

Column (Mitch Albom):

If I had the floor at the auto rescue talks

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Detroit Free Press

Column (Fareed Zakaria):

Why US and China must hang together

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Newsweek

Mugabe has tricked us again

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Guardian

Roosevelt saved capitalism — now it's Obama's turn

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Steve Chapman):

'Socialism' is not the problem

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Real Clear Politics

Site edited by: Erin La Rosa, Jasmine Jernberg, Andrew McMillan, Tom Moran, Danny Bittker, Tomas Delgado, Carlos Wall and Lauren Thurmond.

GOOD NEWS

Americans giving, even in hard times

Many Americans are turning to charity as the economic situation worsens, but surprisingly generous donors are still giving.

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Conn. island already energy independent

Energy independence is a hypothetical goal, but the owner of a tiny island off the Connecticut coast says he has achieved that feat and offers his work as a model.

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MSNBC

WORLD

Ship owners urge pirate blockade

A group of tanker owners has proposed a naval blockade off the coast of Somalia to stop pirate attacks.

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BBC

Special section:

Modern day pirates 101

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ABC News

Volcano landslides kill 6 in Colombia

A snow-capped volcano erupted, sparking landslides in Colombia, killing at least six people, four of them children.

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CNN

Coup attempt fails in Guinea-Bissau

President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau survived an attack by renegade soldiers on his home, days after parliamentary election results were announced, a senior U.N. official said.

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International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

In downturn, turn to public sector jobs

While private-sector employers are cutting deeply into employee benefits, the gravy train rides on for local and state government employees.

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TIME

Stocks open higher after Citigroup plan

Wall Street is showing some early relief over the government's plan to bail out Citigroup, Inc.

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Forbes

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Stocks tumble for second day; treasurys surge

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YouTube

SPORTS

Wizards fire Jordan after 1-10 start; Tapscott named as interim coach

Eddie Jordan was fired as coach of the Washington Wizards after opening the season 1-10 without injured starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood.

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ESPN

Sooners style their way to No. 2 in coaches' poll

Whether coaches like to admit it, there are style points in college football. Oklahoma used them to their advantage, and the Sooners might now be in a position to play for the Bowl Championship Series title.

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USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Football's high-tech revolution

Football is getting a high-tech makeover that moves the game from the gridiron to the Internet and video game consoles.

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ABC News

Astronauts tinker with urine-to-water machine in space station

Astronauts hope they have a solution to repair equipment that converts urine and sweat into drinkable water and allows the International Space station to grow.

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Newsweek

EDUCATION

Schools feel pinch from economic woes

Schools across the U.S. are tightening their belts, anticipating a meager fiscal diet that could carry into 2011.

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Christian Science Monitor

Florida State safety Myron Rolle wins Rhodes scholarship

Florida State safety Myron Rolle won a Rhodes scholarship less than three hours before the Seminoles kicked off in College Park against Maryland.

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

When the war comes back home

When veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan bring their troubles home, police and judges often are the first to deal with them.

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Christian Science Monitor

BITS AND PIECES

Photo of the Day

The sunset is seen in Rho, near Milan, Italy. (Photo by Luca Bruno / AP)

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