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U.S. soldiers chat during a Thanksgiving Day lunch at the U.S. base of Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq / AP)

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Butterballs or cheese balls, an online barometer

Now that millions of cooks seek out recipes online, the culinary habits of a nation on its greatest food holiday can be codified and analyzed — a gold mine for marketers and trend watchers.

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For Thanksgiving, local vs. traditional

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Chef's global foods make Thanksgiving American

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US and China to talk emissions targets

The Chinese government announced a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. China is aiming to reduce what it calls so-called carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent compared to 2005 levels.

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India remembers Mumbai terrorist attacks

Mumbai held tearful memorials and police staged a show of strength as India's financial hub marked the first anniversary of militant raids that killed 166 people and ratcheted up tensions with Pakistan.

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Reuters

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Victims and cops speak out

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Mumbai attacks: one year on

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BBC

UN officials call for intensified efforts to eliminate violence against women

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led a chorus of United Nations officials in calling on the international community to make greater efforts to tackle the global pandemic of violence against women.

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xinhua.net

Pinning big hopes on little cars

For years the auto industry's critics have been calling for Detroit to roll out small, fuel-efficient cars that they say Americans are clamoring for. The question is, do we really want to drive small cars?

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Newsweek

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GM's electric cars seek to make some noise

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The auto industry, 1 year after bailout

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NATION

Man dies in cave rescue

A Stansbury Park man trapped in the infamous Nutty Putty Cave has died, a heartbreaking end to a desperate scramble to free him.

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FOX News

500,000 pager messages from 9/11 published online

An archive containing the contents of more than half a million pager messages sent on September 11, 2001 was published by the internet site Wikileaks.

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The Independent

US post offices rarely posting FBI's Most Wanted posters

For decades, the baddest of the bad stared out from FBI wanted posters in post offices nationwide. Seeing the faces on a post office wall is a rarity now.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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FBI adds 2 to 'Most Wanted Terrorists' list

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POLITICS

Pro-immigration reform groups gain influence and support

Two fledgling political action committees that support allowing some illegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than their immigration-control counterparts.

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Houston Chronicle

Obama to give Afghan war decision

President Barack Obama will lay out his strategy for the war in Afghanistan in a nationwide address from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

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Bloomberg

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President plans war speech

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CBS News

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President vs. party on troop increase

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LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Nigeria set for 'Green Big Brother' show

Nigeria's most-celebrated environmental campaigner is about to launch a reality TV show to highlight the dangers of global warming for Africans.

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BBC

Iconic Salvation Army kettles credit ready

There could be less jingle in the Salvation's Army's hallmark red kettles this season. The charity is testing kettles that take debit and credit cards.

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CBS News

25 music recordings inducted into Grammy Hall of Fame

The Doors' "Riders On The Storm" and the Beach Boys' "California Girls" are among 25 recordings being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

FCC chairman: Broadband access should be universal

Making broadband Internet access universally available is this century's version of building highways or extending railroads coast-to-coast.

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San Francisco Chronicle

People hear with their skin and eyes, as well as their ears

The act of hearing is a group effort for the human body's organs, involving the ears, the eyes and also, according to the results of a new study, the skin.

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Scientific American

BUSINESS

Stores looking hard at crowd control for post-Thanksgiving rush

For the first time, the National Retail Federation has issued crowd control guidelines, and retailers are taking measures such as installing barriers or staggering entry times to limit crowding.

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Catch huge online deals on ... Cyber Monday?

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Newsweek

Layaway service returns from the dead

With consumers leery of piling up credit card debt, more and more retailers are reviving a service that had been given up for dead.

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ENVIRONMENT

Monster worm and sea star frenzy

Deep under the Antarctic ice, colorful starfish and 3m-long monster worms have been filmed by a BBC camera crew while they were feeding on a seal.

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BBC

Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

Reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in low-income countries, according to six papers recently published.

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GOOD NEWS

Holocaust survivor reunited with man who saved him from Nazis

When the Bonder family gathers for the Thanksgiving feast, the guest of honor will be the man to whom they owe their lives.

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Idahoan's act of kindness gave Chinese immigrant chance at American dream

It's been 60 years, but Andy Louie, an immigrant, remembers well his desire to get out of China — in the midst of a revolution — and come to "the land of opportunity."

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Idaho Statesman

WORLD

Germany's top soldier quits over Afghanistan raid

Germany's top soldier, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, has resigned over allegations of a cover-up related to a deadly Nato air strike in Afghanistan.

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BBC

Half-truths dim chances for successful Mideast peace talks

Israelis now believe that the Palestinians are not serious; the Palestinians feel the same way about the Israelis. As a result, each is now appealing to a foreign audience to bring pressure on the other.

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Israel freezes settlements, waits for response

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HEALTH

World Health Organization donates 9 million flu shots to the Philippines

The World Health Organization (WHO) promised to donate 9 million H1N1 flu shots to the Philippines and assured the country the vaccines were safe.

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Rotating hospital bed aided H1N1 fight

Megan Dillon thought she'd recover from the flu with a little rest, but she did not improve. She was rushed to the ER and cocooned inside a bed that held her body upside down — and saved her life.

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Houston Chronicle

New HIV infections declining

The number of new HIV infections is estimated to have declined about 17 percent since 2000, according to a report from the World Health Organization and UNAIDS that was recently released.

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EDUCATION

Alaska’s rural schools fight off extinction

This distant dot in the Aleutian Islands needed just 10 students for its school to dodge a fatal cut from the state budget. It reached across Alaska and beyond but could find only nine.

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Majoring in math not always a plus in the classroom, experts say

The evidence, experts say, does not show a link between teachers who majored in math and higher student achievement, especially before high school.

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SPORTS

Notre Dame director welcomes the glare

Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick is expected to fire Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis after the Fighting Irish play Stanford. Weis himself has said that he could not argue with the decision.

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Report: Allen Iverson set to retire

With no apparent interest from NBA teams, Allen Iverson is set to retire, according to a statement commentator Stephen A. Smith published on his Web site.

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Times Union

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Calif. diocese 'the most gay-friendly in the nation'

A Silicon Valley newspaper is reporting that under bishop leadership, the Diocese of San Jose, Calif., has become "the most gay-friendly in the nation."

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Catholic World News

'Spiritual health care' raises concerns

In the health care world of Christian Science, the sick eschew conventional medicine and turn to God for healing.

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San Jose Mercury News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

School-age girls victimized by Taliban find a safe haven to learn

School-age girls are among the victims in the fighting between government soldiers and Taliban militants in the Swat Valley.

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CNN

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U.S. Army soldiers arrive into the town of Zaqumkhel, in Afghanistan to visit a school. (Photo by Dario Lopez-Mills / AP)

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