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NEWS»

Automotive leaders testify on Capitol Hill in Washington

Auto execs testify as legislators try for deal

• Fed minutes: May need more rate cuts if growth ebbs

• Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: official

• October consumer prices and home starts plummet

• Bill Clinton offers steps to help wife get State job

• Housing agency loosens foreclosure aid rules

• Qaeda scorns Obama, urges attacks on United States

• Syria site hit by Israel resembled atom plant: IAEA

• Israel says will boycott U.N. forum on racism

• India blows up pirate boat; tanker owners in talks

INTERNATIONAL»

Saudi-owned crude oil supertanker Sirius Star is seen during its trial run at an unknown location in this undated handout picture

Somali pirates seize Greek carrier

• Suspected U.S. drone attack kills four in Pakistan

• Strong earthquake strikes Panama

• Iraq PM says pact's critics want U.S. troops to stay

• U.S. commander in Afghanistan has reconciliation plan

• China seeks to curb unrest amid finance crisis

• Israel renews blockade of Gaza crossings

• China's Hu puts off Cuba debt payments

• North and South Koreans find cause for unity: Japan

• Socialism and consumerism rub shoulders in Tripoli

USREPORT»

Fire officers survey the damage at the Oakridge mobile home community where hundreds of homes were destroyed Saturday by a wind-driven wildfire in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles

California bent on rebuilding despite wildfire risk

• Michigan jobless rate hits 16-year high at 9.3 percent

• Glitzy Greenwich feels hedge fund pain

• Suit forces eHarmony to offer gay dating service

• U.S. Army vows to do better with next helicopter

• Russia repatriates diplomat jailed in United States

• Burger King begins limiting sodium in "Kids Meals"

• U.S. museum returns 14 stolen artifacts to Italy

• U.S. says food, drug inspection access in China improving

• LeBron James becomes youngest player to score 11,000 points

BUSINESS»

People watch as U.S. boxer Roy Jones Jr. rings the closing bell at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York

Stocks fall on auto bailout anxiety

• Fed minutes: May need more rate cuts if growth ebbs

• Auto execs testify as legislators try for deal

• Microsoft rules out buying Yahoo but likes search deal

• Pershing's Ackman sets new Target plan but shares fall

• Best Buy shares down after credit rating cut

• GE embraces blogs but some see disclosure worry

• Walgreen eyes growth despite slowdown

• GM shares at 66-year low amid bailout doubt

• JPMorgan, Citigroup, BofA hit multiyear lows

POLITICS»

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Clinton is helped offstage by her husband in New York

Bill Clinton offers steps to help wife get State job

• Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: official

• Tarullo, Rice given key roles in Obama transition

• House panel backs Waxman as energy chairman

• Sen Dodd: automaker aid package unlikely for now

• Housing agency loosens foreclosure aid rules

• Boehner re-elected House Republican leader

• Northrop sees defense spending steady in near term

• Auto execs testify as legislators try for deal

• Kashkari: Consumer credit help promising step

ENTERTAINMENT»

Emmanuel Jal

Former child soldier Jal uses rap to spread peace

• "CSI: NY" turns 100

• Carla Bruni says no hidden messages in new album

• Winona Ryder "in good health" after flight illness

• Taylor Swift tops album charts

• Hollywood's "Wizard of Oz" lauded for stunning, sexy epic

• Will Smith and scribe reunite for Asian remake

• 50 Cent runs with British gangster movie

• "Transporter 3" a new low for the action series

• Big changes in store for low-rated Daytime Emmys

SPORTS»

Cavaliers forward James celebrates with guard Williams after he scored against the Nets in the fourth period of their game in East Rutherford

James breaks Bryant's record in Cavs win

• Players taking security measures after murders

• Celtics make light of absent Garnett to beat Knicks

• Faldo wants another chance at Ryder Cup captaincy

• Lightning shot down again for fifth straight loss

• James remains committed to winning with the Cavs - for now

• London badminton moves while basketball stays put

• Boston's Pedroia wins AL MVP award

• LeBron James becomes youngest player to score 11,000 points

• Women ski jumpers still hopeful for 2010

SCIENCE»

Mammoth genome sequence may explain extinction

• Stem cells restore hearing, vision in animals

• Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia

• Woman gets first trachea transplant without drugs

• Bolivian farmer leads to dinosaur discovery

• Spacewalkers tackle station repair work

• Kangaroo genes close to humans

• Scientists find prehistoric "nuclear family"

• World's oldest polar bear dies at Canadian zoo

• Discovery offers way of tracking cancer in blood

TECH»

Microsoft CEO Ballmer speaks during a luncheon in Madrid

Microsoft rules out buying Yahoo but likes search deal

• Cybercrime as destructive as credit crisis: experts

• After iPhone, consumers seek handsome gadgets

• New Yahoo CEO must be willing to do Microsoft deal

• Yahoo shares soar as Yang agrees to quit CEO post

• DoCoMo, KTF to sell Google phone next year: report

• Cellphone industry eyes charger power savings

• Tech firms turn to social media to reach consumers

• Microsoft to offer free security software

• Global chip makers eye sales drop in 2009

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