National

• Bush to announce new details of bank rescue plan

  • Officials: Financial crisis can lead to violence

• 2nd out-of-state teen dropped at Omaha hospital

• Study: Peers, not profs, influence student views

• New law meant to improve stability for foster care

• California battered by 3 wind-whipped wildfires

• Court to hear appeals in landmark tobacco case

• Gay couples rush to wed ahead of Calif. election

• Cops: Texas teacher offered better grade for sex

International

• Army blocks soldier from bringing puppy back

• 3 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan roadside bombing

• North Korea to resume nuclear dismantlement

  • N. Korea defectors drop leaflets condemning leader

• Polls open with Canadian PM seeking majority

• Syria establishes diplomatic ties with Lebanon

• Cambodia: Thailand withdraws troops from border

Election

• Parties jockey for advantage on economic aid

  • Economy, financial crisis crowd out other issues

• Obama offers new proposals to help economy

  • Clinton's rejoinder: 'Jobs, Baby, jobs'

• McCain offers tougher criticism of Bush economics

• Palin mistakes fans for protesters at Va. rally

ODD & Extraordinary

• Man allegedly goes for wild ride on stolen combine

• Inmate who says he's too fat to die to be executed

• Missouri grandmother's curiosity squashes scam

• Polar bear slips into moat while playing with toy

• Woman changes name to a URL to protest dissections

• Police say 'hot kielbasa' was meant for snorting

• Pooh characters adorn vacant house in Flint, Mich.

• Man wins contest with 1,528-pound pumpkin

• Cops: Man tries to pay for fast-food meal with pot

• Prosthetic eye gives horse a shot at show career

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Russian spacecraft docks with orbital station

• Lost manatee headed to Fla. after Mass. rescue

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Jonas Brothers to play Cowboys' Thanksgiving game

• Spielberg rejoins Universal in DreamWorks deal

• Hopper receives Legion of Honor in France

• Janet Jackson cancels more concerts

• Ringo Starr: No more fan mail

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