1.	Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
	AP - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:52 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 6 minutes ago

2.	Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
	AP - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a ne... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:59 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 6 minutes ago

3.	Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland
	AP - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:04 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 5 minutes ago

4.	Afghan police are weak link in security force
	AP - Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:04 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 5 minutes ago

5.	Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
	AP - Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:10 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 5 minutes ago

6.	Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
	AP - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:51 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 28 minutes ago

7.	Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
	AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:51 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 8 minutes ago

8.	Winfrey: Prayer, careful thought influenced exit
	AP - Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:52 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 8 minutes ago

10.	Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely
	AP - Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a hired driver. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:29 GMT [ AP ] 21 hours, 1 minute ago

11.	Moderate Democrat boosts Senate healthcare bill
	Reuters - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad overhaul one day before its first crucial test. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:14 GMT [ Reuters ] 21 hours, 44 minutes ago

12.	Cautious optimism as job losses slow
	Reuters - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some areas. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:13 GMT [ Reuters ] 23 hours, 26 minutes ago

13.	New guidelines push back age for Pap smears
	Reuters - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:43 GMT [ Reuters ] 3 hours, 42 minutes ago

15.	More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts
	Reuters - A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed 17 people Friday, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguards were killed, officials said. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:26 GMT [ Reuters ] 2 hours, 45 minutes ago

16.	Philip Morris ordered to pay $300 million to smoker
	Reuters - A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:09 GMT [ Reuters ] 4 hours, 45 minutes ago

18.	Powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear offer
	Reuters - Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs, and urged Tehran to reconsider. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:33 GMT [ Reuters ] 58 minutes ago

19.	EU leaders face flak as new president keeps low profile
	AFP - Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile Friday as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe on the world stage. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:17:43 GMT [ AFP ] 21 hours, 11 minutes ago

20.	Iran has 'not responded positively' to nuclear offer
	AFP - Major world powers expressed disappointment Friday that Iran has "not responded positively" to a plan for resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme or agreed to new talks. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:48 GMT [ AFP ] 23 hours, 43 minutes ago

 
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