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Gulf Coast looks to retirees for post-spill boom

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

Dick MacDonald of Prince Edward Island, Canada suns on the beach near oil spill cleanup work in Orange Beach, Ala., on Nov. 9. After a disastrous summer tourism season and a slower-than-normal fall, Northern and Midwestern visitors known as "snowbirds" already are flocking along the Gulf for the winter, filling up condominium parking lots and campgrounds with cars and RVs from states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. For all the oil spill claims and cleanup work by BP, retirees from the North may be the best survival bet for some Gulf Coast resort towns this winter.




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Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

Sarah Palin: 2012 contender or pretender?

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:43 PM PST

Then-Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to supporters during a rally, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 25, 2008. Sarah Palin, the telegenic Republican who exasperates and delights voters about equally, is dropping ever more hints of a presidential bid, including a visit Saturday to the key state of Iowa.




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Massive mammals came after dinosaurs

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:22 PM PST

The largest land mammals that ever lived, Indricotherium and Deinotherium, would have towered over the living African Elephant, as shown in this diagram image provided by the journal Science.They just needed some leg room: New research shows the great dinosaur die-off made way for mammals to explode in size — some more massive than several elephants put together.




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Egypt detains 156 protesters over church riots

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:27 PM PST

Egypt's attorney general ordered the detention of 156 protesters involved in clashes with riot police after authorities blocked construction of a church in a Cairo suburb, a report said.

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Rio police target slum in gang leader search

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:08 PM PST

Local residents stare at a burning bus and motorcycle in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro, Friday as security forces battle drug gangs.Elite police units in borrowed navy tanks rumbled through a heavily fortified slum Thursday in an effort to apprehend drug gang leaders they blame for five days of widespread violence, even as scores of armed youth fled to a neighboring shantytown.




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South Korea orders more troops to front-line

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:50 AM PST

Houses destroyed by North Korean artillery shelling pictured on Yeonpyeong island Thursday.South Korea's president ordered more troops to a front-line island and dumped his defense minister Thursday, following the deadly North Korean artillery strike.




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Thanksgiving dinner curbs holiday spending, study shows

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:55 AM PST

Make your post-Thanksgiving food coma work for you: New research suggests that eating a big turkey dinner may keep you from spending impulsively on holiday sales.Make your post-Thanksgiving food coma work for you: New research suggests that eating a big turkey dinner may keep you from spending impulsively on holiday sales.




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Thinking the unthinkable — euro zone breakup

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:44 AM PST

Protesters demonstrate against harsh austerity measures outside Irish government buildings in Dublin Wednesday. Some analysts are openly questioning the euro zone's future amid a new wave of financial problems in several countries. Unthinkable only a few weeks ago, a small but growing number of experts now worry about a breakup of the euro zone if policymakers fail to unite behind a more forceful strategy.




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German retiree bricks himself into his cellar

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:59 AM PST

A German pensioner who wanted to seal off the entrance to his cellar ended up bricking himself into it, a police spokesman told Reuters Thursday.

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Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:59 AM PST

Holiday hassle: Storms spark travel chaos

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:44 AM PST

A powerful storm system left holiday travelers in the western U.S. contending with a chaotic mix of snow, sleet and ice.

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'Honeymoon Killer' faces two murder counts

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:52 PM PST

Gabe Watson, left, and his wife, Tina, pose on their engagement. Watson, convicted of manslaughter in his wife's honeymoon death, was deported Thursdayfrom Australia to the United States, where he is likely to face murder charges for the 2003 drowning.An Alabama man who served 18 months in Australia for his wife's 2003 drowning death has been indicted on two murder counts after returning to the U.S.




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Students occupy Pisa's tower, Colosseum in protest

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:46 AM PST

University students hang a banner with writing reading in Italian "No to the Gelmini (Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini) reform" from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. Italian university students occupied the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Rome's Colosseum to protest education cuts and reforms before parliament. According to agencies, some 2,000 students marched in the university town of Pisa, forming a human chain around the tower to prevent tourists from entering. Several climbed up inside the famous landmark as tourists snapped photos of the demonstration. Thursday was the second day of protests throughout Italy against the reforms, which would force the closure of schools operating in the red and eliminate some areas of study. (AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni)Italian students have occupied the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Rome's Colosseum to protest education cuts and university reforms being considered by parliament.




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Video: Winter weather snarls holiday travel

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:22 AM PST

Nov. 25: Rain, ice, and snow are moving across the Midwest and into the northeast, making Thanksgiving travel a challenge in those areas. But the feared slowdown at airport security checkpoints didn't materialize. (Today Show)Rain, ice, and snow are moving across the Midwest and into the northeast, making Thanksgiving travel a challenge in those areas. But the feared slowdown at airport security checkpoints didn't materialize. (Today Show)




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Video: Americans question war in Afghanistan

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:29 AM PST

Nov. 25: America has been fighting the war in Afghanistan for nine years, and since it began attitudes on the homefront have changed. NBC's Lester Holt talks with high school students in the U.S., as well as a Marine sergeant deployed in Afghanistan. (Today Show)America has been fighting the war in Afghanistan for nine years, and since it began attitudes on the homefront have changed. NBC's Lester Holt talks with high school students in the U.S., as well as a Marine sergeant deployed in Afghanistan. (Today Show)




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Poland charges 3 men in theft of Auschwitz sign

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:45 AM PST

FILE - This is an undated image showing the main gate of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz I, Poland, which was liberated by the Russians, January 1945. Writing over the gate reads: "Arbeit macht frei" (Work Sets You Free). Polish prosecutors filed charges Thursday against a Swede with neo-Nazi ties and two Poles acting for profit, who have pleaded guilty to the brazen theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the gates of the Nazi's Auschwitz death camp last year. (AP Photo/File)Polish prosecutors filed charges Thursday against a Swede with neo-Nazi ties and two Poles acting for profit and said all three had confessed to the brazen theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the gates of the Nazi's Auschwitz death camp last year.




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Black Thursday? Chains hope to lure shoppers

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:23 AM PST

Forget the turkey and the football — if it's Thanksgiving, why aren't you shopping?

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Double life: London cabbie fights for Taliban

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST

A London-based cabbie has admitted living a double life as a Taliban fighter, according to a report.

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Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST