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Rockefeller Center lights tree in annual ceremony

By: MARCUS FRANKLIN
A family of Hurricane Katrina survivors whose new house was partly built with lumber from last...

Career criminal dies at 92; oldest inmate in Mass.

By: DENISE LAVOIE
The oldest prison inmate in Massachusetts, a career criminal who was the first person to make the...

Jimmy Carter writes new book on Middle East

By: WALTER PUTNAM
Former President Jimmy Carter has written a new book on the Middle East with a title he hopes...

Calif. ex-Assembly speaker's son a murder suspect

By: ELLIOT SPAGAT
The 19-year-old son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez is among four men accused...

Pa. businessman charged with sex crimes in Russia

By: JOANN LOVIGLIO
A wealthy Russian-born businessman from suburban Philadelphia was charged Wednesday with...

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Sports

NFL offers first live game broadcast in 3-D

In broadcasting the world's first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an "up close, personal, visceral" experience... Full story

Business

China urges Washington to protect its investments

China's chief trade envoy urged Washington on Thursday to stabilize its economy and protect Beijing's U.S. investments as the two sides opened economic talks overshadowed by the global financial... Full story

Entertainment

Hamm to play Fey love interest on '30 Rock'

Jon Hamm is temporarily trading the offices of Sterling Cooper for "30 Rock." The actor, who plays advertising executive Don Draper on AMC's "Mad Men," will portray the love... Full story

Firefighters respond to two-alarm structure fire

San Francisco firefighters were called to a two-alarm fire at a home in the 800 block of 41st Avenue Wednesday night, a San Francisco fire spokeswoman said. The blaze was reported just after 6 p.m.... Full story

K-Fed weighs in with his side of the story

After Britney Spears opened up about her (second) failed marriage in Rolling Stone and on MTV, ex-husband Kevin Federline is sharing his own account of what went wrong. Though Brit says it was... Full story

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Deaths in shootout appear to be murder-suicide

The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office will continue its investigation into an apparent murder-suicide at a San Mateo home Nov. 25 until forensic results show the victim and suspect who... Full story

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Arkansas officials seize 6 Alamo compound children

Child welfare officials have seized six children in Indiana associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, while authorities in California visited a church compound affiliated with the jailed... Full story

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