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Laura Bush says she will mostly `miss the people'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Laura Bush soon will no longer live in the country's most famous mansion or be able to get away to the coveted Camp David presidential retreat. But beyond the perks, she says what she will miss most about being first lady are the staff and friends who surround her....
Lie, cheat and steal: high school ethics surveyed
NEW YORK (AP) -- In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards....
Obama to name 4 more Cabinet posts
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a Monday news conference, nominating one-time political nemesis Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state....
Police: Pakistani militants behind Mumbai attacks
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- The only gunman captured by police after a string of attacks on Mumbai told authorities he belonged to a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed region of Kashmir, a senior police officer said Sunday....
`Four Christmases' finds $31.7M in holiday cheer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Thanksgiving weekend movie crowds gobbled up the Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn holiday comedy "Four Christmases," which debuted at No. 1 with $31.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday....
Space shuttle landing detours to California
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Dangerously high wind and a stormy sky prevented space shuttle Endeavour from returning to its home base in Florida on Sunday, and NASA ordered the astronauts to take a detour and land in sunny California....
Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so
LONDON (AP) -- As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs....
Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program
BERN, Switzerland (AP) -- A pioneering Swiss program to give addicts government-authorized heroin was overwhelmingly approved Sunday by voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana....
Late workers, students get notes blaming NY subway
NEW YORK (AP) -- People late for school or work because of New York City subway delays can get notes from the transit agency to give to their teachers or bosses....
No. 3 Sooners make BCS case; beat Cowboys 61-41
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma got all the bounces it needed to get past Oklahoma State in the highest-scoring Bedlam rivalry game ever. But did the Sooners do enough to bounce over Texas and into the Big 12 championship game?...
DNA ties suspect in Ark. anchor slaying to rape
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Forensic evidence gathered at the home of a slain television anchorwoman led police to a man now also suspected of raping a school teacher in eastern Arkansas, officials said Friday....
The Fed boosted emergency loans to banks and firms
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve boosted its lending to commercial banks and investment firms over the past week, indicating that a severe credit crisis was still squeezing the financial system....
Indian forces fight last gunmen in Mumbai hotel
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- Indian forces fired grenades at the landmark Taj Mahal hotel Friday, the last stand of the suspected Muslim militants, just hours after elite commandos stormed a Jewish outreach center and found six hostages dead....
US Jewish, meditation groups' members die in India
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York couple who recognized the threat of terrorism in India but believed their mission of spreading Jewish pride was greater than the potential danger were slain in a series of attacks across Mumbai that have killed at least five Americans....
Black Friday shoppers out in force, but cautious
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shoppers, who had snapped their wallets shut since September, turned out in force Friday to grab early morning deals and hard-to-find items like Elmo Live and the "Wii Fit" exercise game, but many said worries about the economy have them focusing on fewer gifts and less expensive, more practical items....
FDA sets safe level for infant formula contaminant
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators set a safety threshold Friday for the industrial chemical melamine that is greater than the amount of contamination found so far in U.S.-made infant formula....
Iowa cafe swamped with orders for 'Obama cookie'
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Want an example of the change Barack Obama is bringing to the country?...
McCoy's late TD rallies Pitt past W.Va. 19-15
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- LeSean McCoy scored his second touchdown with 52 seconds left to finish off a career-high 183-yard rushing performance, and Pittsburgh beat rival West Virginia 19-15 on Friday to make Cincinnati the Big East champions....
Madonna's film on AIDS in Malawi airs on Sundance
NEW YORK (AP) -- Madonna's awakening to the crisis in Malawi - an impoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned by AIDS - had many consequences....
French locate black boxes after Airbus crash
PARIS (AP) -- Search teams on Friday found the flight recorders from an Airbus A320 passenger jet that crashed off France's southern coast, killing two people and leaving five others missing and feared dead, officials said....
