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Shuttle Atlantis leaves space station, headed home

AP - 1 hour 1 minute ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday, headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer. More »

  • Soggy season could crimp sweet potato supply

    AP - Thursday, November 26

    NEW ORLEANS - Savor that holiday sweet potato pie and those marshmallow yams while you can.

  • Iran's leader makes inroads in Latin America

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won support for his country's nuclear ambitions and expanded his reach in Latin America in a three-country goodwill tour that took him to close ally Venezuela for his final stop.

  • St. Vincent contemplates cutting ties with queen

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - Voters in the Caribbean nation of St.

  • Today in History - Nov. 25

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    Today is Wednesday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2009. There are 36 days left in the year.

  • 2 Chicago officers punished after G-20 photo probe

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    CHICAGO - A Chicago police spokesman says two high-ranking officers have been reprimanded after a video surfaced that showed officers posing with a handcuffed suspect at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh.

  • Honduras police say 4 people, rifles seized

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduran police detained two Nicaraguans and two Hondurans along with several rifles, and interim President Roberto Micheletti claimed the weapons were part of a plot to attack him during Sunday's presidential election.

  • First lady wears Naeem Khan gown to state dinner

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    First lady Michelle Obama chose to wear a gleaming silver-sequined, cream-colored gown Tuesday night to the first state dinner held by her husband's administration.

  • LA anti-gang worker gets 12 years for burglary

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles anti-gang intervention worker has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a burglary he admitted was done for the benefit of a street gang.

  • Obama administration will not sign land mine ban

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines.

  • Feds blame low oxygen for Ala. coal mine death

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    BROOKWOOD, Ala. - The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is blaming low oxygen for the death of a coal miner at a west Alabama mine.

  • Man pushed by Calif. transit officer charged

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    OAKLAND, Calif. - A man who was pushed into a glass window by a San Francisco-area transit officer will not face felony charges in the incident that was caught on video.

  • LA County leaders back night fire flights

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County leaders responding to the summer's destructive Station Fire voted Tuesday to urge the U.S. Forest Service to allow helicopters to battle wildfires at night.

  • Suspect in Colo. bar shooting charged with murder

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    VAIL, Colo. - A man accused of killing a man and wounding three others after he was escorted out of a bar in Colorado has been charged with first-degree murder.

  • Obama toasts India as state dinner begins

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama honored India's prime minister with a toast in which he called the United States' relationship with India a "great and growing partnership."

  • US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 845

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    As of Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at least 845 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

  • List of White House state dinner guests

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    The list of expected guests for President Barack Obama's first White House state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as provided by the White House.

  • New details emerge in Somali terror probe

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota man hosted a gathering for several young Somalis days before they left Minneapolis to fight with a terrorist group in their war-torn homeland, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday in a sweeping federal investigation.

  • Doctor's help sought in failed Ohio execution try

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor _ a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules _ federal court papers show.

  • GM returns $140M provided for parts suppliers

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    WASHINGTON - General Motors has returned $140 million of the $290 million it received from the government to support is parts suppliers.

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