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  • Click for Full Story October home sales rise 10.1 pct from September

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2½ years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.

     
  • Economic survey: Job losses to bottom out in 1Q

    Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers will continue to keep a tight rein on spending, according to a new survey.

     
  • Schumer: Dems ready to go-it-alone on health care

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or without Republican support because the "system is broken."

     
  • Click for Full Story 4 US service members die in Afghan attacks

    KABUL (AP) — Bomb attacks and a firefight killed four U.S. troops in 24 hours in Afghanistan, the military said Monday, adding to the growing toll as NATO and the U.S. consider whether to send more forces to the war.

     
  • Click for Full Story Official: China mine that exploded was too crowded

    HEGANG, China (AP) — The coal mine that exploded in northern China, killing 104, had too many workers underground in an effort to increase output, a government official said Monday, exposing the risks often taken to meet the country's insatiable energy demands.

     
  • Mom: Son in coma heard everything for 23 years

    BRUSSELS (AP) — A mother says her son has emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state to say he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was paralyzed.

     
  • Click for Full Story Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station.

     
  • Attorney: Gosselin divorce could be finalized soon

    ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jon Gosselin offered his estranged wife a bouquet of red roses at their divorce arbitration hearing over the weekend. She evidently turned them down. Despite the snub, the marathon session went so well that the feuding stars of "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" could be divorced by the end of the year, his attorney said Monday.

     
  • Click for Full Story Kangaroo tries to drown dog, attacks owner

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs.

     
  • Click for Full Story Colts beat Ravens 17-15 to go to 10-0

    The Indianapolis Colts are two wins away from the longest winning streak in NFL history.

     
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  • Click for Full Story Nadal loses to Soderling at ATP Final in London

    LONDON (AP) — Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling for the second straight time, falling 6-4, 6-4 Monday in their opening round-robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals.

     
  • Click for Full Story McNabb, Eagles beat Bears 24-20

    CHICAGO (AP) — Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles found a way to pull out a close win. They also hurt the Chicago Bears in the process.

     
  • Click for Full Story McPherson leads heading into LPGA final round

    RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — The sky cleared and Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin were left with one day to settle their duel for LPGA Tour player of the year.

     
  • Click for Full Story Phelps looking ahead to better times in 2010

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport.

     
  • Slight rise in construction cost of London Games

    LONDON (AP) — The projected final cost of construction for the 2012 London Olympics has risen slightly, but the overall budget for the games remains unchanged.

     
  • Click for Full Story BCS at-large bids up for grabs in final weeks

    NEW YORK (AP) — Iowa and Penn State ended their seasons eligible for an at-large BCS bid, and Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech are also in position to be eligible for invites to the four big-money bowl games even though they have no shot to win their conferences.

     
  • AP source: WKU hires Stanford's Taggart as coach

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the decision says winless Western Kentucky has hired Stanford assistant Willie Taggart as its football coach.

     
  • Kroenke moves closer to Arsenal takeover threshold

    LONDON (AP) — American businessman Stan Kroenke has bought 10 more Arsenal shares to put him closer to the threshold that forces him to make a takeover bid.

     
  • Click for Full Story Real Salt Lake beats LA to win MLS Cup

    SEATTLE (AP) — They were railed and criticized for reaching the championship of Major League Soccer despite a losing record in the regular season.

     
  • Click for Full Story Ole Miss, Cal, UNC back in AP Top 25

    NEW YORK (AP) — Mississippi, California and North Carolina, teams that started the season with lofty expectations before stumbling, have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll.

     
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