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'Space family' says goodbye as mission nears end
AP - Seven astronauts piled into space shuttle Endeavour for the return trip to Earth after eating Thanksgiving dinner, leaving their counterparts at the international space station like relatives parting ways from a holiday visit.
Western governors to Obama: Act quickly on energy
AP - The governors of the nation's largest energy-producing states are encouraging President-elect Barack Obama to quickly adopt a national energy policy that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Tip helps police nab suspect in TV anchor's death
AP - The phones began ringing at police headquarters soon after local television stations broadcast a picture of a man accused of killing a popular TV anchorwoman. Within an hour and a half, he was in custody.
Ex-terrorism prosecutor flags flaws at tribunal
AP - Like many human rights observers, Anthony Barkow has harsh words about the government's treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. But Barkow offers a unique perspective: He's the only observer who successfully prosecuted terrorist sympathizers in his former life as an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan.
No post-Thanksgiving rest for weary turkey farmers
AP - You'd think a turkey farmer would get a day off once the Thanksgiving bird reaches the table. Jim Rischer gets something far less — at best.
Tips lead to arrest in slaying of Ark. TV anchor
AP - The phones began ringing at police headquarters soon after local television stations broadcast a picture of a man accused of killing a popular TV anchorwoman. Within an hour and a half, he was in custody.
Gift certificates for birth control? Foes say bah!
AP - At the Planned Parenthood of Indiana, 'tis the season of giving health care and contraception. But it's a sentiment that opponents of abortion and artificial birth control say denigrates the holiday season.
Space shuttle Endeavour departs space station
AP - The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven have left the international space station.
Iowa cafe swamped with orders for "Obama cookie"
AP - Want an example of the change Barack Obama is bringing to the country?
'Sacred carnival' offers respite in troubled year
AP - Goat meat stewing on the stove and sweet potatoes baking in the oven. Cooked fish, complete with bones and eyeballs. Spicy peppers soaked in bottles of rum.
2 dead after shots fired in SoCal Toys 'R' Us
AP - Two people were shot to death in a crowded toy store on Black Friday in a confrontation apparently involving rival groups, city officials said.
Ill. family thanks employees with surprise bonuses
AP - Even though employees at the Peer Bearing Co. no longer work for the Spungen family that recently sold the Waukegan-based ball bearings maker, they still received a turkey each this Thanksgiving in keeping with tradition.
2 men dead after shots fired in SoCal Toys 'R' Us
AP - Two men pulled guns and shot each other to death in a crowded toy store Friday after the women with them erupted into a bloody brawl, witnesses said. Scared shoppers fled but no one else was hurt.
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