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Man shot, shocked by police after attacks on CTA bus
Wild turkeys overrun Massachusetts town
Massive pileup shuts I-10 in Texas; 2 dead
Obama family’s Thanksgiving feast menu
Doctor: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead
Photos: Traditional Thanksgiving parade
Tel Aviv bus bomb suspect arrested in Israel
Neighbor held in slaying of Crest Hill woman, 89
Sandy victims cheered by NYC's Thanksgiving parade
Two dead, up to 100 hurt in massive pileup on foggy Texas highway
Massive pileup shuts I-10 in Texas; 1 dead
Mild weather will give way to colder temperatures
Gaza truce holds as region steps back from brink
Iran says blogger may have died as a result of 'shock': report
Black Friday starts on Thursday right after Thanksgiving dinner
Massive pileup shuts I-10 in Texas; dozens injured
Cash-strapped post office tests same-day delivery
Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers
Chevy Chase is leaving NBC's sitcom 'Community'
Egypt's president grants himself far-reaching powers

Man shot, shocked by police after attacks on CTA bus

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:23 PM PST

Police say a man who attacked passengers and the driver of a CTA bus in the Marquette Park neighborhood was shot and Tasered by police after he tried to attack officers.

Wild turkeys overrun Massachusetts town

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:20 PM PST

Wild turkeys have been a strange but common sight in suburban and even urban areas in metropolitan Boston for some time, but some residents of nearby Brookline say the birds are becoming more common and increasingly aggressive in their town. Emily Spieler, a Brookline resident...

Massive pileup shuts I-10 in Texas; 2 dead

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:14 PM PST

Two people died and more than 80 people were hurt Thursday when at least 100 vehicles collided in Southeast Texas in a pileup that left trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from the wreckage.

Obama family’s Thanksgiving feast menu

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 09:37 AM PST

President Barack Obama is spending Thanksgiving at the White House on Thursday with family, friends and staff, enjoying a feast that features six (!) different kinds of pie. In keeping with tradition, the president also called 10 members of the armed forces deployed in support of the war in Afghanistan, the White House said. He called [...]

Doctor: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:16 PM PST

Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector ''Macho'' Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, though they said family members were disagreeing on whether to take him off life support.

Photos: Traditional Thanksgiving parade

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 03:27 PM PST

Scenes from Chicago's annual parade.

Tel Aviv bus bomb suspect arrested in Israel

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:21 PM PST

Israeli authorities arrested an Arab Israeli on Thursday on accusations he planted a bomb on a bus in Tel Aviv that wounded 27 people and threatened to sabotage efforts to broker a cease-fire to end the fighting in Gaza, police said.

Neighbor held in slaying of Crest Hill woman, 89

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:31 PM PST

Charges are pending against a 48-year-old man suspected of killing an 89-year-old woman in her Crest Hill home and then setting a fire to hide the crime, officials said today.

Sandy victims cheered by NYC's Thanksgiving parade

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

Some victims of Superstorm Sandy enjoyed front row seats to the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Two dead, up to 100 hurt in massive pileup on foggy Texas highway

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:54 PM PST

A high-speed pileup of up to 150 vehicles on a fog-bound Texas highway killed at least two people and injured up to 100, a sheriff's spokesman said.

Massive pileup shuts I-10 in Texas; 1 dead

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 11:22 AM PST

One person is dead and dozens are injured after an estimated 100-vehicle pileup that forced the closure of Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas.

Mild weather will give way to colder temperatures

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 10:32 AM PST

Thanksgiving in Chicago is nice this year, with temperatures in the 60s -- but a change is on the way.

Gaza truce holds as region steps back from brink

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:13 AM PST

Eight days of punishing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and a barrage of Hamas rocket fire on Israeli ended inconclusively.

Iran says blogger may have died as a result of 'shock': report

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 09:54 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday a blogger who died while in police custody may have lost his life as a result of a form of shock, the official IRNA news agency reported, adding that investigations were not yet concluded. In a case that has sparked international outrage, 35-year-old Sattar Beheshti who wrote a blog critical of the government was arrested on October 30 after receiving death threats and died some days later, having complained of being tortured. ...

Black Friday starts on Thursday right after Thanksgiving dinner

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 11:38 PM PST

Some of the nation's largest big-box stores can't wait until the day after Thanksgiving to open their doors to shoppers.

Massive pileup shuts I-10 in Texas; dozens injured

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 10:41 AM PST

Dozens of people have been injured in an estimated 100-vehicle pileup that forced the closure of Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas.

Cash-strapped post office tests same-day delivery

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:17 AM PST

The delivery program, called Metro Post, seeks to build on the post office's double-digit growth in package volume to help offset steady declines in first-class and standard mail.

Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:13 PM PST

Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had emerged as a key opponent by declaring that the courts are barred from challenging his decisions.