Al-Jazeera: Seifullah Jalali, the commander of the Kabul front in the Afghan Taliban movement, said that the French forces in Afghanistan offered the Taliban large sums of money in return for the Taliban’s promise not to launch attacks against them.
ReasonTV: Smoking, fast food, giant inflatable blue gorillas–no matter what it is, chances are some nanny wants to ban it. And this past month was no exception. Reason.tv’s October 2009 Nanny of The Month Award went to New York State
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AP: A total of eight boys are suspected in the Nov. 20 attacks on seven students at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas. Authorities believe the shoves and kicks were prompted by a message referring to a “South Park” episode
AP: A top Swiss official said Monday that voter approval of a ban on minarets next to mosques could be struck down in court, as critics at home and abroad swiftly condemned the vote, saying it undermined the country’s secular
Vancounver Sun: A police SWAT team Monday morning swarmed a Seattle home surrounded overnight but did not find suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons inside. A murder warrant has been issued for Clemmons, the man suspected of killing four Lakewood, Wash.,
NBC Los Angeles: The performer was hanging upside down from a metal hoop when she slipped. The hoop was suspended from the ceiling during the finale of “Hunky Santa and the Candy Cane Girls,” a show featuring aerial performers in
AP: Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever, $8.5 billion, on a 67-acre complex of hotels, gourmet restaurants, shops and a single casino that is starting to open in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
AP: The latest version of Utopias, released last week by the Boston Beer Company, is 27 percent alcohol by volume and illegal in 13 states. The brandy-colored Utopias is now officially the world’s strongest commercial beer.
WTXF: Sixers coach Eddie Jordan is already on record as saying his team can win without Iverson. But the Sixers have lost six games in a row and need a point guard for the next two months.
KRIV: At the end of their Sunday service, members of Grace Church of Humble received white envelopes filled with cash. The amounts range from $6 up to $500, all in two dollar bills … but the money comes with strict
WTTG: The Secret Service isn’t commenting on the investigation of a Virginia couple who crashed last week’s state dinner at the White House. There are media reports saying Michaele and Tareq Salahi have been interviewed by the Secret Service. Meanwhile,
WTTG: Mary Jo Coady, who was recently separated from her husband, just moved into a new home with her two daughters. She says while she was down on her luck, an image of Jesus appeared under her iron.
AP: ‘New Moon,’ followed closely by ‘The Blind Side,’ helps propel Hollywood to a new record for the five-day Thanksgiving period.
AFP: Copenhagen hopes that by 2025 it will become the world’s first carbon-neutral city. But how exactly does the Danish capital expect to achieve its ambitious aims?
AP: Amy Serna joined hundreds others on Thanksgiving night outside a Tennessee Toys R Us ready to battle for some Midnight Black Friday bargains. Instead, she says she ended up fighting for her life after being trampled.
AP: Honduras is hoping to regain international legitimacy with a new presidential election. Conservative rancher Porfirio Lobo has declared victory, but the man ousted in a coup last June is refusing to recognize the result.
Politico: A year into his presidency, however, Obama’s gift for controlling his image shows signs of faltering. As Washington returns to work from the Thanksgiving holiday, there are several anti-Obama storylines gaining momentum. The Obama White House argues that all
