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Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank in rough waters off Sumatra island. Search operations were called off after nightfall for the unknown number of passengers still missing. (Photo by AP Photo)

Indonesia ferry sinks off Sumatra

Nearly 300 people have been pulled from the sea after a ferry sank off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, officials say.

BBC

Gaza militant groups agree to stop firing rockets into Israel

Hamas has won an agreement from other militant groups in Gaza to halt rocket fire into Israel for the first time in almost a year, a move that could signal progress on a deal to release a captured Israeli soldier.

Guardian

10 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Monsters and Critics

Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation: Is it over?

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek his seat, has prompted predictions that the family's political dynasty is over.

San Francisco Chronicle

Did RI bishop ban Kennedy from communion?

Kansas City Star

Ex-FBI agent reflects on Kennedy's death

USA TODAY

A lifelong passion

Newsweek

US, Mexico align against narcotics trade

Mexican and U.S. authorities are increasingly setting aside their differences to unite against a common enemy.

Washington Post

Special section:

Mexican drug cartels

MSNBC

Defense attorney: Hasan won't plead guilty, may use insanity defense

The defense attorney for accused Hasan said his client will probably plead not guilty and that an insanity defense is possible.

ABC News

NATION

Senate votes to begin debate on health care bill

The Senate voted along party lines to overcome a Republican filibuster and bring to the floor a bill that would overhaul the nation's health care system.

Denver Post

How health care reform could fall apart

Politico

Senators clash over Dem's health bill

MSNBC

Indians return to Alcatraz 40 years later

A handful of the initial occupiers and their supporters returned in very different circumstances: with the government's blessing, on a ferry that services an outpost of the National Park Service.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

New York lawmakers put themselves before state, Paterson says

New York Governor David Paterson said lawmakers who refuse to cut spending are avoiding their responsibilities and have put their interests ahead of the state’s.

Bloomberg

From DC to SC, bitter dispute over stimulus jobs

There's no need to go to Washington to hear the increasingly shrill arguments over phantom congressional districts and the number of jobs created by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan.

McClatchy

Vet aid program riddled with fraud

MSNBC

Glenn Beck promises to take more active role in politics

Glenn Beck, the popular Fox News host, says he wants to go beyond broadcasting his opinions on television, and start rallying his political base — formerly known as his audience — to take action.

Deseret News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Call it 'ThanksLiving' Day!

A movement to ditch turkey for dinner on Thanksgiving, sparked by the new book "Eating Animals," is gaining steam.

NY Daily News

Playboy wants partners to make brand bigger, Hefner says

Playboy needs to make strategic decisions to expand the men’s magazine publisher in the coming decade, according to former Chief Executive Officer Christie Hefner.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Obama to offer target to cut America's greenhouse gas emissions

President Obama may set a provisional target for cutting America's greenhouse gas emissions, removing the greatest single obstacle to a landmark global agreement to fight climate change.

Observer

Indian guru to steer world away from steak

Sydney Morning Herald

Special section:

Business of green

New York Times

Radiation leak at Three Mile Island

A radiation leak at Three Mile Island contaminated about 100 employees, according to a TMI official.

WPVI

Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica

The latest analysis of ice core records suggests that Antarctic temperatures may have been up to 6°C warmer than the present day.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Your body's biggest enemy

According to a poll of nearly 6,300 people by the Institute for Medicine and Public Health, it's likely that you spend a stunning 56 hours a week planted like a geranium.

Women's Health

Plastic surgery boom reaches alarming proportions in South Korea

Cosmetic surgery has been spreading not only among people in their 20s getting ready for marriage or their first jobs, but also among teens and people in their 60s.

Chosun Ilbo

EDUCATION

Military academies lack minority nominees

As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

EducationNews.org

Child's play? Or something more?

Research shows imaginative play among young children may be as important as academics. Play might be an essential part in determining these children's social and emotional makeup as adults.

Washington Post

Student occupation at University of Calif., Santa Cruz ends

About 70 students at UC Santa Cruz in California avoided arrest when they surrendered the administration building they had occupied for three days, according to a school spokesman.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

10-year-old prodigy plays Carnegie Hall

Everyone knows it takes years of practice and a very mature talent to reach Carnegie Hall. Everyone, that is, except a young pianist from California.

CBS News

CNN Hero of the Year

Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.

CNN

WORLD

Setbacks stall finish of China's massive dam project

The massive reservoir behind China's Three Gorges Dam was supposed to be filled to capacity this month. But landslides on the reservoir and water shortages downstream have delayed the process.

NPR

Iran launches war games to protect nuclear sites

Iran's armed forces launched large-scale air defense war games to show off the country's deterrence capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear program.

Reuters

Iran wants guarantees over nuclear fuel supply

Sydney Morning Herald

India wants positive reaffirmation on nuke deal: PM

Times of India

Karzai ministers face corruption charges

Warrants have been signed for the arrest of two Afghan cabinet ministers on charges of theft and fraud, highlighting the extent of alleged corruption in the government of President Hamid Karzai.

Times Online

BUSINESS

Consumer spending probably increased

Consumer spending probably rebounded in October, showing that mounting unemployment is not derailing the biggest part of the U.S. economy, analysts said.

Bloomberg

White House: Gitmo could bring 3,000 jobs to Ill.

A White House analysis of a federal purchase of an Illinois prison to house Guantanamo detainees concludes that 2,290 to 2,960 jobs would be created.

Chicago Sun-Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dark ocean depths home to exotic, unknown life

The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought.

Reuters

Wireless electricity — no cables

As a new generation of wireless chargers goes on sale, scientists, who for decades have dreamed of a better way, believe we are about to tip into a tangle-free future.

New Zealand Herald

Tracking a man by virtual bread crumbs

In this digital age, where so much information about us is available online, how difficult would it be to shed all traces of your identity and start a new life?

NPR

SPORTS

McCoy sets NCAA wins record in no. 2 Texas' rout of Kansas

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy passed for 396 yards and four touchdowns, earning his NCAA record 43rd career victory as a starter in a 51-20 win over Kansas.

USA TODAY

Hoops hall another link for Bird, Magic

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird will do something that speaks to all they’ve accomplished: They'll gather in Kansas City to be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Kansas City Star

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

For churches, beefed-up security is a mixed blessing

Jesus may have taught his disciples to turn the other cheek, but these days some churches are hiring armed security teams — just in case that whole forgiveness thing doesn't work out.

TIME

Celebrities denounce Scientology

Hollywood figures quit the "rip-off" church as Australian prime minister threatens parliamentary inquiry into its activities.

Guardian

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