U.S. home sales at 2-1/2 year high   Hundreds mourn Mich. boy allegedly slain by father   Three Mile Island radiation caused by pipe cutting   October home sales rise 10.1 pct from September   N.Y. stocks rise to yearly high in morning on upbeat housing data+   World's first "passenger flight on biofuel"   China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years   Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag   Brazil: World should engage, not isolate Iran   2 men charged after 3 men found slain in rural Ky.   Israel, Hamas near swap of prisoners for soldier   Mom: Son in coma heard everything for 23 years   Amended Iraq election law still angers Sunnis   ITW Announces Webcast of its Annual Meeting for Investors on December 11, 2009   October home sales rise 10.1 pct from September   XL Capital Ltd Names W. Myron Hendry to Newly Created Role of Chief Platform Officer   Romarco drills 21 m of 4.9 g/t, 9 m of 13.4 g/t gold   World markets rally as gold strikes new high   Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions   LEAD: N.Y. gold futures briefly hit new record high of $1,170+