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11/20/09

- Huge chunk of ice crashes through roof of Colorado home.

- US Troops bite off Bin Laden's head, sort of.

- Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska.

- 58% of Americans will nap on Thanksgiving Day according to Dunkin' Donuts survey.

- 10 ways to "green" your Thanksgiving.

- Report: Miley Cyrus tour bus in deadly crash.

- Gordon Ramsay team for reality series "Master Chef"

- And now for Gordon Ramsay, a cooking competition show.

- Martha Stewart slams Rachael Ray.

- "Call of Duty" game sells $550 million in five days.

- Oprah Winfrey: "It's the exact right time" to leave talk show.

- Biblical anti-Obama slogan: Use of Psalm 109:8 funny or sinister?

11/19/09

- Obama pastry chef the Crustmaster.

- Today is the Great American Smokeout!

- Mom just wanted dad to help her son, father is accused of killing teen instead.

- People's sexiest man alive '09 is surprise pick.

- 3 airlines extend, raise surcharges for busy days.

- Passenger on cell phone delays AirTran flight.

- Gangs making "millions of dollars" selling fake H1N1 drugs online.

- US adult smoking rate rises slightly.

- Kellogg's: Atlanta floods led to waffle shortage.

11/18/09

- House cat terrorizes family in dramatic hostage situation.

- Black Friday: Target's ad full of bargains.

- Sunday morning QB: New York Giants file complaint with NFL about Thanksgiving week schedule.

- Libby's warning of a canned pumpkin shortage.

- Get ready for flatscreen TV price wars.

- Actresses, leaders join first lady in Denver mentoring sessions.

- AP poll: Family dinnertime in America still alive.

- Arrest at Walmart leads to charges of racism.

- Army sends infant to protective services, mom to Afghanistan.

11/17/09

- Body parts sold to kebab stand in Russia. Three Russians also suspected of killing man, eating parts themselves.

- A teenager who had been going door to door trying to sell marijuana was arrested after knocking on the door of a police officer.

- GM to start repaying debt to U.S.

- GM announces it will pay back Gov't loan...with Gov't money.

- About 115 children are kidnapped by strangers each year, according to federal statistics; 250,000 are injured in auto accidents.

- This is why my kids can't walk to school.

- Is it a different world for our kids?

11/16/09

- "DJ AM" Goldstein estate sues for wrongful death.

- Outrage in Washington over Obama's Japan bow.

- Palm Springs man accused of wearing military medals he did not earn.

- Thieves in Milwaukee show a patriotic side, declining to rob army reservist.

- Balloon Boy parents enter guilty plea.

- UFC heavyweight champ Lesnar seriously ill.

- "Hello Ohio!" (Psst! Boss, we're in Michigan)

- Anchor Lou Dobbs says he's leaving CNN immediately.

- Gun-toting paraplegics, America's new biggest threat.

- NJ Judge says quadriplegic man can have guns.

- Give thanks for a cheaper feast.

- 9/11 trial could become a parable of right and wrong.

- "2012" film is a teachable moment for Mayan culture experts.

- Swine flu and santa: can your kid catch it from his lap?

11/13/09

- Most people believe Friday the 13th is unlucky.

- A shrine to a squirrel: Town's "Diana Style" show of grief for dead albino rodent.

- N. Bay boy in experiment to cure peanut allergy.

- Sarah Palin on "Oprah": Levi Johnston is still "part of the family."

- Obama tops Forbes' first-ever Most Powerful Person in the World list.

- Jon & Kate plan for a Very Gosselin Christmas.

- Hot holiday toy already hard to nab.

- Calming the Black Friday crowds.

- Actiovision says "Call of Duty" sets launch record.

11/12/09

- Achoo! Girl, 12, is sneezing 10 times a minute.

- 25 Chicago students arrested for a middle-school food fight.

- Lesbian couple allowed at prom.

- Obama tattles on JFK as he greets White House classical music audience.

- Trucker's kin blame Caltrans for death plunge.

- Swine flu skepticism demands deft response.

- Richmond rape witness describes assault.

- Gang rape witnesses kept silent so they wouldn't be called snitches.

- Law condemns failure to report crime.

11/11/09

- Cool wedding: guests shoving, fists flying and one stolen gun.

- Husband files for annulment from Central Texas woman who allegedly pretended to have cancer.

- Another wrong-site surgery reported at Rhode Island hospital.

- According to this study, wrong-site surgeries, close calls common.

- Some elminate Christmas gifts.

- 1954 8th Grade Civics Test - Could you pass?

- Michelle Obama's poll numbers slide.

- ABC ready to drop "The Witches of Eastwick"

- Steven Tyler quite Aerosmith, says report.

- On Fox, a week of playing "Where's Homer?"

- Judge Joseph Wapner returns to the People's Court on Friday, Nov. 13th and receives star on the Hollywood walk of fame.

- Juvenile life-sentence cases raise question over role of judge.

- The veggie-phobic: Woman with bizarre fear left shaking at the sight of carrots and peas.

- Bad economy puts cities at risk of rat invasion.

11/10/09

- A deer was mauled after it jumped into the lion enclosure at the national zoo in Washington DC.

- Toymaker releases Michelle Obama doll to do battle in the shops with action figure of her husband.

- Left-leaning magazine rips Fort Hood "Islamophobia"

- Army ignored warning signs from Fort Hood shooter, former classmate says.

- Florida shooting suspect had money problems.

- Some saw trouble with Fort Hood suspect.

11/9/09

- Nine-year-old thwarts carjacking, police say.

- Delta plane engine catches fire before takeoff.

- Minn. boy who fled chemo treatment now cancer-free.

- Massachusetts man says he was fired for telling colleague her gay marriage was wrong.

- Poll: Families top Thanksgiving list.

- The best toys of all time according to Good Housekeeping.

- Ball, Big Wheel, Game Boy inducted to Toy Hall of Fame.

- Sting says Obama "sent from God" to fix "mess"

11/6/09

- Mom who put kid in box atop van is in jail.

- Man fined for 911 call over missing McDonald's OJ.

- 7-Eleven is getting into the value wine business.

- Holy Cow! Eatery sets world meatball record.

- Pa. Woman, Daughter hold signs admitting theft from a 9-year-old.

- 507-pound man dies after refusing to go to zoo for x-ray.

- Pentagon: a third US youth are too fat, sickly to serve in military.

- Bear kills militant terrorists in Kashmir.

- Party In the USA for first tweens.

- Obama girls just regular tweens at Miley Cyrus concert.

- Homecoming gang rape: "No one wants to call the cops"

- An early peek at what might be under the tree.

- Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting.

- At least 8 injured and 2 killed in high-rise in Florida.

- Colorado ski town legalizes pot.

- Man denied first-class seat on United for wearing track suit.

11/5/09

- It may be BYOB as fewer firms plan holiday parties.

- More bosses give 4-day Thanksgiving break.

- A Roseville trick-or-treater found a hypodermic needle inside his candy bag over the weekend.

- Kids watch more than a day of TV each week.

- Group worries about violence against women on TV.

- Researchers rest their case: TV consumption predicts opinions about criminal justice system.

- DVR, once TV's mortal foe, helps ratings.

- LA council committee favors law against declawing cats, calling it animal cruelty.

- Pet cat in US catches swine flu.

- Public school nurses give swine flu vaccine to kids without parents' OK, sends child to hospital.

- This man is allergic to his wife.

- Wife is allergic to husband's sperm.

- Irish tops "World's Sexiest Accents" poll.

11/4/09

- Maine voters reject gay marriage law.

- Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin to co-host Oscars.

- Sportscasters Nantz to pay ex-wife $916k a year.

- Kirstie Alley gets her own reality series at A&E.

- 19% - Back to the kitchen, ladies.

- Thanksgiving celebrations shrinking in response to economy.

- Record rubber band ball heads to museum.

- Elizabeth Olson scours community, web for missing ring.

- Man drops ring in trick-or-treat bag.

- Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Whitney Isleib allegedly does black-face Lil Wayne costume.

- Dead Fly + Dare - "A" Grade = Angry Student.

- The 83rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is set to debut new giant character balloons, amazing floats and new parad route this November.

- Tickets for World Series reach new heights: $1,000 for Game 6 seats.

- PETA: We're batty over what Ginobili did to on-court animal intruder.

- Basketball becomes bat-sketball as play swats Halloween night invader.

- PETA wants end to Oregon elephant car wash.

11/3/09

- 4 teens ticketed after rapping order at McDonalds.

- Breathalyzer man busted: Ohio partier dressed the part in Halloween drunk driving arrest.

- Man shot over misdialled phone number.

- In one man's garage, Pan Am still makes the going great.

- First Lady Michelle Obama, school kids harvest piles of produce from White House garden.

- Airlines ratchet up holiday surcharges.

- Lego-themed hotel planned at Southern California's Legoland theme park.

- Smoking bands extend to the great outdoors.

- Jennifer Aniston tops dream Thanksgiving guests poll.

- San Jose mom and cranky 2-year-old kicked off Southwest flight.

11/2/09

- American Meb Keflezighi wins emotional NYC marathon.

- Swine flu is spreading a new hands-off etiquette.

- El Dorado Hills couple sues neighbor over cigarette smoke.

- Aaron Rodgers gets his own street.

- "Flip Flop" day in honor of Favre's return.

- Cowboys announce Thanksgiving entertainment.

- Needle found in Halloween candy.

- Final figures on devils night fires to be released Monday, but Angels look divine so far.

- Game 3 ratings are Halloween treat.

- Nadya Suleman pregnant nun for Halloween.

- Stars show off their Halloween spirit.

- Bride walks down the aisle at Halloween-themed wedding.

- Bill to legalize, tax marijuana in California gets a hearing.

- Trick-or-Treating at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

- Bat maker found liable for player's death.