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Iraqi guards of honor carry flags during the funeral ceremony of Ali al-Athab, member of the political bureau of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, of SCIRI, who was recently gunned down in Baghdad. (Photo by Alaa Al Marjani/AP)

Pentagon may suggest short-term buildup leading to Iraq exit

The Pentagon's closely guarded review of how to improve the situation in Iraq has outlined three options: Send in more troops, shrink the force but stay longer, or pull out.

Washington Post

Postelection debate over Iraq intensifies

Yahoo

Bush, Rove face criticism from activists over Martinez choice

Grousing over plans to install Senator Mel Martinez as Republican national chairman reflects the new reality facing President Bush and his top political strategist: The party faithful aren't as faithful any more.

Bloomberg

NATION

Massachusetts governor pushes for gay marriage vote

Gov. Mitt Romney says he will ask the state's highest court to order an anti-gay marriage amendment question onto the ballot if legislators don't when they reconvene.

US News & World Report

Bush stays non-commital on troop level changes in Iraq

President Bush says he hasn't decided yet whether to send more U.S. troops to Iraq or to begin bringing them home, saying he is awaiting recommendations from the military.

USA Today

Bloodshed increases pressure on Iraqi government

Reuters

Germany probes six in alleged airplane plot

At least six people are under investigation in an alleged terrorist plot to blow up a commercial aircraft, German prosecutors said.

MSNBC

Forecasters expect economy to grow, but more slowly

The U.S. economy has been battered by a bigger-than-expected housing slump but will keep growing next year as consumers get relief from soaring energy costs.

Yahoo

A not-so "Black Friday"?

Reuters

Ready. Set. Travel!

An estimated 25 million people will be flying in a 12-day period over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, and long lines and delays are expected.

CBS

U.S. signals incentives for N. Korea to talk

In a series of closed-door meetings at the economic summit meeting of Asian nations, President George W. Bush signaled he will dangle a new set of incentives for North Korea to give up nuclear weapons.

IHT

U.K. and Pakistan forge terror pact

The United Kingdom and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen their ties to fight terrorism following talks between the countries' two leaders in Lahore.

BBC

Musharraf calls for Afghanistan `Marshall Plan' to beat Taliban

Bloomberg

India test-fires nuclear-capable missile

India successfully test-fired a medium-range nuclear-capable missile with a range of up to 300 kilometers (180 miles), a defense ministry official said.

USAToday

Kissinger: Military win in Iraq impossible

Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview.

CBS News

More rights urged for birth mothers

Mothers deciding to place their infants for adoption deserve better counseling and more time to change their minds, a leading adoption institute says in a sweeping new report.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Small towns clamping down on illegal immigration

In small towns and sleepy suburbs across America, growing numbers of local politicians are sending a message to the federal government: If you won't solve the illegal immigration problem, we will.

Houston Chronicle

Copper giants to merge

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold will acquire the Phelps Dodge Corp. for $25.9 billion in cash and stock to create the world's largest publicly traded copper company.

USA Today

Algerian minister: OPEC eyes more cuts

Algeria's energy minister said that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may call for deeper production cuts at a December meeting in Nigeria, according to published reports.

MarketWatch

POLITICS

Republicans plot to bring down Pelosi ... and Clinton with her

GOP strategists plotting the party's comeback after losing Congress have identified their primary target in the 2008 White House campaign -- even though she will not be running.

Telegraph

Sen. Kerry still considering 2008 White House bid

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. John Kerry said he is still considering a second run for the White House in 2008, despite public criticism of what he has called a "botched joke" about the Iraq war.

Reuters

Democrats probe billions lost to Baghdad's corruption

As Baghdad’s body count rises, former intelligence official Dale Stoffel's death is barely recalled. But it's certain to get new attention as Democrats prepare for Congressional probes of corruption in Iraq.

Times Online

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

O.J. Special: Some Things Are Just Wrong

CBS

Column:

The Dems' pre-emption strategy

Yahoo

Blog:

American freak shows: Cruise and McCain

Huffington Post

Editorial:

The rising toll of teen drivers

Chicago Tribune

Column:

Republicans should stick to principles, lose the gloom

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Editorial:

As new Congress organizes, Pelosi backslides on ethics

USA Today

Editorial:

The risk in the rise of Islam

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Kathryn Cameron Porter):

Bringing business, and rights, to Vietnam

Washington Post

Column (Michael Moore):

Michael Moore extends an olive branch

Los Angeles Times

Column:

Let's be honest about using history

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

32 U.S. students named Rhodes Scholars

Thirty-two men and women from across the United States have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2007, the scholarship trust announced.

Yahoo

NYC 'Super Mom' recovering after rescuing children

Brooklyn mom, Nabila Nazli, is recovering from skin graft surgery, two days after she rescued the twins and two other children from a fire.

Newsday

SPORTS

Cowboys hand Colts first loss of season

The Indianapolis Colts are perfect no more. And as flawed as the Dallas Cowboys are, they're starting to look like contenders again.

USA Today

Soccer billionaire looks to lure Beckham across the Atlantic

David Beckham may soon be weighing a choice between spending the last years of his football career on drizzly winter afternoons in England - or under the balmy sun of America's West Coast.

Independent

Gamers snap up Nintendo's new Wii

Nintendo's entry into the game console wars, the Wii, quickly sold out in many stores despite stocks that far surpassed those of the rival PlayStation 3, which went on sale two days earlier.

CNN

Bill Gates full of praise for iPod

Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently praised Apple's iPod, calling it "phenomenal, unbelievable, fantastic" in front of a Stanford University audience.

engadget

ENTERTAINMENT

Mr. and Mrs. TomKat off on honeymoon

Officially, they got married in Los Angeles, but the spectacle of the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes wedding was in a 15th-century Italian castle that evoked fairy tales and lit up with red, white and green fireworks.

CNN

Sibling for Madonna son

Madonna's adopted son will have a new half-brother or sister next year after his father revealed that he had remarried and his wife was pregnant.

Australian

HEALTH

Using nicotine patch before quitting ups success

Giving nicotine patches a two-week "head start" more than doubles the chances they'll help smokers kick the habit, research finds.

HealthDay

Hormone therapy may improve memory

Research finds that the most widely used treatment for hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms in women may improve memory as well.

Web MD

Muslim feminists in NY want to start Koran council

Muslim feminists from around the world vowed to create the first women's council to interpret the Koran and overcome two stereotypes about their religion: Muslims are terrorists and Islam oppresses women.

Reuters

Episcopal split reaches Mass. diocese

The wave of defections that has rocked the Episcopal Church since the ordination of the first openly gay Episcopal bishop in 2003 has reached the liberal Diocese of Massachusetts.

Boston Globe

ENVIRONMENT

Pollution-hit oyster growers hoping to reopen farms

Bay of Islands oyster farmers who unsuccessfully sued the Far North District Council for $12 million after their marine farms became polluted with sewage now want to reopen their farms.

New Zealand Herald

China's path to modernity, mirrored in troubled river

The source of the Yellow River in China, itself the water source for 140 million people in a country of about 1.3 billion, is in crisis

New York Times

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