State

NEW - Illinois family thanks employees with surprise bonuses

• Food banks report spike in needy on Thanksgiving

National

NEW - Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down

NEW - Witnesses: Fatal shooting followed toy store brawl

NEW - Junk-bond king among those seeking Bush pardon

• 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

NEW - Indian forces kill last gunmen in Mumbai

NEW - Saudi king says oil should be $75 per barrel

NEW - Russian president visits Cold War ally Castro

NEW - Canada's opposition parties may topple government

• 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

NEW - Obama adviser once critical of Clinton is back

• Western governors to Obama: Act quickly on energy

• Turf battle looms over Clinton protection

ODD & Extraordinary

NEW - Bloomington zoo creates ornaments from reindeer droppings

NEW - After 55 days, contest ends for 2 living in truck

• Woman with cast on foot allegedly kicks girl, cops

• Full-size cardboard figure causes NJ 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

NEW - Endeavour's astronauts await permission to land

• 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

NEW - Madonna's film about orphans to air on Sundance

NEW - View at 'The View'? Happy, says Barbara Walters

• 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

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