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Exit polls: No clear winner in Romania's election

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 1:07PM

A presidential election aimed at helping Romania emerge from a political and economic crisis failed to produce a winner on Sunday, and the top two candidates will compete in a runoff next month, according to two exit polls.

Ole Miss, Cal, UNC back in AP Top 25

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 9:47AM

Mississippi, California and North Carolina, teams that started the season with lofty expectations before stumbling, have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll.

Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 6:49AM

The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.

Patrick Kennedy says RI bishop banned him from Communion

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 2:09AM

Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.

Police identify gunman in deadly Saipan rampage

Published November 21st, 2009 - 11:59PM

The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan was identified Sunday as a Chinese national believed to be employed at the shooting range where the deaths occurred.

Police: IRA dissidents plant car bomb in Belfast

Published November 22nd, 2009 - 5:25AM

Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb outside police reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate, Northern Ireland's police commander said Sunday.

2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India

Published November 21st, 2009 - 11:00PM

Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said.

Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, some 240 rescued

Published November 21st, 2009 - 10:49PM

Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard a crowded Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but 29 people have died and at least 17 others were missing, officials said.

Senate vote under way on 1st test of health care

Published November 21st, 2009 - 5:04PM

The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill.

Jackson moonwalk glove sells for $350K in NYC

Published November 21st, 2009 - 4:24PM

The shimmering, white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for $350,000 - plus tax - on Saturday.

Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case

Published November 21st, 2009 - 6:10AM

Prosecutors have requested a life sentence for an American student and her former Italian boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.

Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill

Published November 21st, 2009 - 5:19PM

Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.

Astronauts finish another spacewalk, still no baby

Published November 21st, 2009 - 6:44AM

A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.

Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote

Published November 21st, 2009 - 9:59AM

In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial

Published November 21st, 2009 - 4:05PM

The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.

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