State

• Ky. widow settles lawsuit against VA for $975,000

National

• Prosecutor: Man confesses to N.J. church killings

• Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban

• Wash. sues feds over Hanford nuclear site cleanup

• Former first lady hospitalized in Houston

• New jobless claims drop from 16-year high

• Friday's the last chance to claim stimulus checks

International

• Official says sunken 'pirate' ship was Thai boat

• Iraq Shiites, Kurds meet Sunni demand on US pact

• Iran says it now runs more than 5,000 centrifuges

• Karzai says US, NATO created 'parallel' government

• Thai army chief calls for elections to end crisis

Politics

• Obama picks graybeards as wartime Cabinet

  • Brennan out of running for top intel post

  • Lieberman: Obama 'about perfect' in Cabinet picks

ODD & Extraordinary

• Man recovering after being shot by his dog

• Man accused of stealing 3-year-old's identity

• Accused drunk driver ends up running over himself

• N.C. mailman gets probation for holding junk mail

• Dogs sniff out cell phones inside N.J. prisons

• Man ringing Salvation Army kettle gets a diamond

• NZ billboard thief gets his own ad campaign

• Fake traffic stops on YouTube lead to Wis. arrests

• Texas police turn traffic tickets into toy drive

• Man accused of stealing teachers' frozen lunches

• Seuss lawyers stop holiday Who-ville in Louisville

• 'Bird lady,' 89, told to reduce size of her flock

• Ohio police dog bites man accused of dogfighting

• 84-year-old deluged with help after $3K water bill

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Space experts offer anti-asteroid plan

• Why won't polar bears mate? They're both female

• Marine archaeologists find remains of slave ship

• Thanksgiving sky: Jupiter, Venus, moon together

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• Burke crowned 'Dancing with the Stars' queen

• MTV to host inaugural ball in Washington for Obama

• Laura Bush confirms she's shopping a book proposal

• Beyonce says her parents' marriage prepared her

• Mystery 'Eleanor Rigby' document goes to auction

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