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Winter in Americas national parks: Yes, Americas National Parks are open for a wide range of activities during the winter months. ›19:48 30 Nov, Sun
Skiers plan to slalom around new baggage fees: When Bill Getty helped organize a ski trip for fellow MBA students at Northwestern University, he told them to leave one thing behind their skis. ›19:43 26 Nov, Wed
Newsweek: Big Three combo could save Detroit: Newsweek: Big Three combo could save Detroit ›14:30
Amid crisis, automakers look green in L.A.: Even as the auto industry is engulfed in a crisis, automakers are showing off their greenest rides at the Los Angeles auto show. Heres a round-up of whats on show. By Dan Carney. ›18:55 24 Nov, Mon
Shopper clubs suspect with frozen turkey: Stopped. Cold turkey. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman's car in a grocery store parking lot Sunday. ›00:01 25 Nov, Tue
Judges reject Alaska offshore drilling plan: Federal regulators improperly granted Shell Oil permission for exploratory drilling in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. ›17:08 21 Nov, Fri
Pentagon to detail plan to bolster security: The U.S. military expects to field 20,000 uniformed troops inside the country by 2011, to respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, Pentagon officials say. ›04:46
Liberals to keep pressure on Obama for results: The President-elect drew plenty of support from moderates, but the liberal side of the Democratic Party followed him most resoundingly. Now the left-leaning voters who worked relentlessly to get Obama elected want results. ›17:49
Palin campaigning in Ga. for Sen. Chambliss: While the GOP's Chambliss enlisted the former vice presidential candidate, Democrat Jim Martin pushed to activate black voters, in the final day of campaigning for Tuesday's runoff election. ›17:48
Cincinnati hosts Turkey Bowl: Cincinnati is warming up for Thanksgiving with its traditional Turkey Bowl, an annual outdoor event using frozen turkeys in place of bowling balls. ›17:11 24 Nov, Mon
Wall Street tumbles on fears about economy: Investors usettled about the holiday shopping season Monday gave back some of Wall Streets recent gains, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 400 points. ›17:17
Newsweek: What Obama's team needs to understand: Critics of Obama's choices misunderstand them. They don't spell "continuity." Quite the contrary: they signal a shift away from the going-in approach of the Bush administration. ›17:34
Salmon helped in pesticide ruling: Farms and orchards that continue to use three pesticides that harm salmon will have to greatly expand buffer zones around so the chemicals don't reach streams, federal biologists ruled Tuesday. ›18:01 19 Nov, Wed
Pro-logging mob attacks Brazilian police: A mob enraged by a crackdown on illegal logging trashed a Brazilian government office in a remote jungle city and tried to attack environmental workers, authorities said Monday. ›20:43 24 Nov, Mon
NYT: A team for a foreign policy shift: While Obama's hand-picked foreign policy team tend to be more hawkish than the new president, they have all embraced a sweeping shift of priorities in the national security arena. ›10:24
U.S. Muslims worry about new federal rules: and Muslim-Americans say new Justice Department guidelines that boost the FBI's power to investigate suspected terrorists could target innocent people. ›22:54 30 Nov, Sun
Is gay the new black?: Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all. ›18:53 30 Nov, Sun
NYT: A team for a foreign policy shift: While Obama's hand-picked foreign policy team tend to be more hawkish than the new president, they have all embraced a sweeping shift of priorities in the national security arena. ›10:24
Solar panels on graves power Spanish town: A gritty, working-class town outside Barcelona has placed a sea of solar panels atop mausoleums at its cemetery, transforming a place of perpetual rest into one buzzing with renewable energy. ›18:33 23 Nov, Sun
Oil tumbles on more weak economic signals: Oil prices tumbled below $50 a barrel Monday as manufacturing activity in the U.S. hit a 26-year low, a showing that was much worse than expected. ›17:52
Girl in custody fight adjusts to China: Nine-year-old Anna He stands quietly amid the chaos in her boarding school dorm on a Sunday night, a frenzy of little girls chattering in Chinese as they change the linens on rows of wooden beds. ›10:05 30 Nov, Sun
Newsweek: Why we need better batteries: ›07:52 26 Nov, Wed
Bumpy road ahead for cleaner cars: Call it an economic and environmental murder mystery in the making: Will a cash-strapped Detroit kill the electric car again? ›21:37 19 Nov, Wed
UAW boss on auto rescue: This is not a bailout: The head of the United Auto Workers union made a public plea Sunday for government help for U.S. carmakers as they put the final touches on stabilization plans to submit to Congress. ›21:32 30 Nov, Sun
