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Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a press conference about the upcoming elections in Baghdad. (Photo by Karim Kadim / AP)

Iraq's election commission halts preparations for elections

Iraq's election commission has halted all preparations for elections after Iraq's vice president vetoed part of an election law that had paved the way for the poll, an electoral official said.

MSNBC

All quiet on Iraq's western front

BBC

Prices for H1N1 drug Tamiflu vary widely for same dose

Some pharmacies are charging three times what others are for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu used by children.

USA TODAY

Clinton in Kabul for Karzai inauguration

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kabul to attend the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a U.S. embassy official said.

ABS CBN News

Obama: Afghanistan troop plans 'within weeks'

Guardian

Special section:

Hamid Karzai

New York Times

NATO troop level increasing

CNN

Philadelphia gives homeowners a way to stay put

In Philadelphia, under a program begun last year to try to keep people in their homes, Christopher Hall entered the foreclosure courtroom with a reasonable chance of hanging on to his home.

New York Times

Senate to put off climate bill until spring

Senate Democratic leaders said they would delay debate on a climate-change bill — a sign of weakening will to tackle an environmental issue at a time when economic uncertainty persists.

Wall Street Journal

NATION

Traffic to be heavy this Thanksgiving

After a sharp drop last year, more Americans are expected to travel for the 2009 Thanksgiving holiday, although travel by air will decline, according to a forecast from motorist group AAA.

CNNMoney

Army suicides expected to rise for 5th year, setting record

Suicides in the Army are expected to reach a new high, with 140 suspected cases among active-duty soldiers so far, according to Army officials.

Kansas City Star

Vote on license plate recorders

In Tiburon, Calif., leaders will vote on whether to make their community the first in the Bay Area, and perhaps the country, to record the license plate of every car that enters or leaves town.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Obama on terror trials: Mohammed will die

Americans who are troubled by the decision to send alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York for trial will feel better about it when he’s put to death, President Barack Obama said.

Politico

Suspect's isolated college days in US

NPR

Judicial nominee filibuster broken

Sen. Richard Lugar and nine other Republican senators voted to stop a GOP filibuster of a Hoosier judicial nominee.

Journal Gazette

White House reports billions of improper payments in 2009

The federal government made $98 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2009, and President Barack Obama will issue an executive order to combat the problem, his budget director announced.

CNN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Library in a pocket

Many people who want to read electronic books are discovering that they can do so on the smartphones that are already in their pockets — bringing a whole new meaning to "phone book."

New York Times

Made in America

The movie production incentives sweeping America may be less worthy than they appear. The credit issued by the state generally dwarfs the tax bill generated by the visiting production.

Hollywood Reporter

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

IBM announces advances toward a computer that works like a human brain

A team of scientists from IBM's Almaden Research Lab and several other Bay Area institutions are planning to announce two developments that could one day lead to a new kind of computer.

San Jose Mercury News

Major advance in organic solar cells

A team of postgraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara have announced a major advance in the synthesis of organic polymers for plastic solar cells.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Depression is as deadly as smoking

A new study by researchers has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.

ScienceDaily

The mummies' curse: heart disease

Heart disease may have more of a family history than once thought. Modern imaging techniques have unearthed atherosclerosis in mummies up to 3,500 years old.

HealthDay

The curse of the hardening arteries

Kansas City Star

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US evangelicals warm to climate change science in Capitol Hill campaign

The Senators trying to rally support for energy and climate change legislation could do with some divine intervention — so an initiative by scientists and evangelical leaders is especially timely.

Guardian

Lender that really does God’s work is slowed by funding decline

Mark Holbrook helped fuel a church construction boom by becoming the largest U.S. evangelical lender. But business has slumped since the decline of financing.

Bloomberg

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GOOD NEWS

Tenn. schools to sign pact for $90M from Gates Foundation

The Memphis, Tenn., school board is planning to change how teachers are hired and evaluated with the help of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Education Week

Special section:

On giving

New York Times

Charity begins at home for telemarketers

A new Internet search tool in New York allows givers to browse data on how much telemarketers keep when they are working for charities.

Times Union

WORLD

US rebukes Israel over settlement plan