State

• Food banks report spike in needy on Thanksgiving

National

• Tip helps police nab suspect in TV anchor's death

• Police: Tip led to arrest of Reno rapist suspect

• Rogue wave drowns 3 along Calif. coast; 2 survive

• Indiana woman dies at 115 as world's oldest person

• Ex-terrorism prosecutor flags flaws at tribunal

• Bulldog Haven: Cemetery for Ga.'s die-hard Dawgs

• National heritage day honors American Indians

• No post-Thanksgiving rest for weary turkey farmers

International

• Indians say siege at Mumbai's Jewish center over

  • US investigators head to India to probe attacks

• Somali pirates hijack ship, British guards escape

• Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 11 south of Baghdad

• UN: Taliban could clear $500M from 2008 drug trade

• Thai government demotes national police chief

• Ethiopia to withdraw from Somalia by end of year

Politics

• Western governors to Obama: Act quickly on energy

• Turf battle looms over Clinton protection

ODD & Extraordinary

• Woman with cast on foot allegedly kicks girl, cops

• Full-size cardboard figure causes N.J. bank standoff

• Thief uses lubricant to swipe ring on woman's hand

• Judge allows civil suit over co-worker's perfume

• Ark. man arrested after scratching out sentence

• Man stabbed for 2nd time in less than a month

Science, Technology & The Environment

• 'Space family' says goodbye as mission nears end

• Plumes spewing from Saturn moon may contain water

• Atlantic hurricane season blows away records

• Expert: Small Ark. earthquakes could be warning

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• Moore: Craig 'marvelous' as Bond

• Daniel Barenboim set for Metropolitan Opera debut

• 'Miracle Worker' author William Gibson dies at 94

• City Ballet celebrates whopper of a gift

• Publishers Weekly best-sellers

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