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  1. Mike Wilder, Executive Director of the Kentucky State Medical Examiners office, answers questions about the death of Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory in Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with 'fed' scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)
    Authorities: Hanged Ky. census worker killed self AP - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

    FRANKFORT, Ky. - When an eastern Kentucky census worker was found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest, suspicion fell on the hardscrabble Appalachian area where bad news seems like a way of life.

  2. Bill Nash, of Springfield, Mass., speaks with reporters regarding pedophiles in the Catholic diocese, during a news conference outside the Providence Catholic Diocese offices, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, in Providence, R.I. In the background from left, are Skip Shea, from Uxbridge, Mass., Paul Kellen, from Medford, Mass., and Ken Scott, from Beacon Hill, Mass. Clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters say Bishop Thomas Tobin isn't doing enough to protect children even as he's taken on Rep. Patrick Kennedy for the Democratic lawmaker's stance on abortion rights. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
    Clergy abuse victims criticize RI bishop AP - Tue Nov 24, 7:45 PM ET

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters said Tuesday that Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop is not doing enough to protect children from pedophile priests even as he's taken on Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy for his stance on abortion rights.

  3. FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 file photo, South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford listens as his attorney Butch Bowers talks about the actions of the Ethics Commission during a news conference, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina legislators upset with Gov. Mark Sanford's summer disappearance to see his lover in Argentina on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, began debating a measure that ultimately would remove him from office. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
    Panel 1st up in SC Gov. Sanford impeachment debate AP - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

    COLUMBIA, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford's tearful confession that he quietly disappeared from the state for five days to rendezvous with his lover in Argentina has shattered his marriage and dimmed his once-bright political future.

  4. Doctor's help sought in failed Ohio execution try AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:24 PM ET

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor — a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules — federal court papers show.

  5. This undated handout photo provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, shows a drop-side crib by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada. More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada are being recalled following reports of four infant suffocations. The CPSC said the recall involves 1.2 million cribs in the United States and almost 1 million in Canada, where Stork Craft is based. (AP Photo/Consumer Product Safety Commission)
    CPSC chief pledges swift action after crib recall AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday promised swift action to get dangerous products off the market, acknowledging that the agency didn't move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million cribs linked to four deaths.

  6. This artist sketch provided by the FBI Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, shows a likeness of Abu Ibrahim, a Palestinian bomb maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and aiding the Iraq insurgency. The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for Ibrahim whose real name is Husayn Muhammed al-Umari. The approximately 73-year-old Ibrahim was indicted in the 1982 bombing of Pan Am Flight 830 that killed a 16-year-old boy and wounded more than a dozen passengers as the plane headed to Honolulu from Tokyo. (AP Photo/FBI)
    US offers $5M reward for 'Bomb Man' terror suspect AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:45 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that it is now offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency.

  7. Off-reservation Indian gambling raises concerns AP - Tue Nov 24, 10:23 PM ET

    RICHMOND, Calif. - An Indian tribe wants to build a grand, $1.5 billion, Las Vegas-style casino resort on a swath of land overlooking San Francisco Bay — a spot more than 100 miles from its tribal lands.

  8. Abortion slaying suspect may use necessity defense AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:57 PM ET

    WICHITA, Kan. - Seemingly contradicting his own public statements, an attorney for the man accused of gunning down a Kansas abortion provider has argued in court documents that his client has an "absolute right" to present a defense that argues the killing was justified to stop abortion.

  9. In this photo provided the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium female lion cub Adia, left, and male cub Kitambi, right, are shown Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio. The two cubs and a sister, all born Sept. 22, were allowed outdoors in view of zoo visitors for the first time on Tuesday, Nov. 24. (AP Photo/Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
    Ohio's zoo's lion cubs make debut AP - Tue Nov 24, 3:56 PM ET

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio zoo is ready to show off its newest additions — a trio of lion cubs.

  10. US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban(AFP/Manpreet Romana)
    Obama vows to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan AFP - 58 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

  11. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, 'Going Rogue', at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
    Palin stops in Fla. town that feted her in 2008 AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:45 PM ET

    THE VILLAGES, Fla. - Sarah Palin, who says the 2012 presidential election isn't on her radar, took her "Going Rogue" book tour to the biggest of the battleground states Tuesday, including a stop in the retirement community where tens of thousands of people gave her star treatment in the 2008 presidential election.

  12. 'Junior' Gotti NYC jury signals deadlock — again AP - Tue Nov 24, 6:45 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A jury considering racketeering and murder charges against John "Junior" Gotti told a judge Tuesday it was deadlocked for a second time before resuming work and indicating it was looking to deliberate into next week.

  13. Amanda Powell, center, of Detroit, weep as she passes the casket containing the body of 15-year-old Jamar Pinkney Jr. during a funeral service at Second Ebeneezer Church in Detroit, Monday, November 23, 2009. (AP Photo/The Detroit News , David Guralnick)
    Hundreds mourn Mich. boy allegedly slain by father AP - Mon Nov 23, 7:10 PM ET

    HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - An impromptu memorial of artificial flowers and dozens of stuffed animals remained Monday near strands of yellow crime-scene tape in a vacant lot where relatives say 15-year-old Jamar Pinkney Jr.'s father shot him in the head while he begged for mercy.

  14. This undated photo provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows Shaniya Nicole Davis. Mario McNeill already accused of kidnapping 5-year-old Shaniya Davis faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told reporters at a news conference. (AP Photo/National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
    NC dad defends letting mom take girl later slain AP - Tue Nov 24, 2:25 PM ET

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child.

  15. Google is running advertisements to explain the appearance of racist and anti-Semitic material in search results, including a picture which depicts US First Lady Michelle Obama as a monkey.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)
    Google explains racist, anti-Semitic search results AFP - Tue Nov 24, 10:11 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google is running advertisements to explain the appearance of racist and anti-Semitic material in search results, including a picture which depicts US First Lady Michelle Obama as a monkey.

  16. Schwarzenegger calls red-zone parking a mistake AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:38 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says photographs of his Porsche illegally parked in a Beverly Hills red zone are proof that even he makes mistakes.

  17. 2 plead guilty in Calif. freeway shootings AP - Tue Nov 24, 6:08 PM ET

    OAKLAND, Calif. - Two men have pleaded guilty to shooting high-powered pellet guns at dozens of cars on San Francisco Bay area freeways.

  18. Ala. DA: 14-year-old might have arranged gang rape AP - Mon Nov 23, 11:19 PM ET

    MONROEVILLE, Ala. - A 14-year-old Alabama girl might have helped arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate and could face charges as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised interview, a district attorney said.

  19. This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 at 12:45 a.m. EST shows a patch of clouds with embedded showers in the Mid-U.S. due to a trough of low pressure moving through the Central Plains and the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Additional areas of precipitation develop along the coasts of southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
    The nation's weather AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:49 AM ET

    Two main weather features were expected to bring active weather to the U.S. on Tuesday.

  20. Hezbollah fighters parade during a ceremony organized by the militant Shiite Muslim group on the occasion of Martyr's Day in the southern suburbs of Beirut on November 11. US prosecutors on Tuesday accused 10 people of having supported the Shiite militant group Hezbollah with weapons, fake passports, counterfeit money, stolen laptops and game consoles.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)
    US accuses 10 in Hezbollah weapons ring AFP - Tue Nov 24, 7:29 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US prosecutors on Tuesday accused 10 people of having supported the Shiite militant group Hezbollah with weapons, fake passports, counterfeit money, stolen laptops and game consoles.

  21. This undated family photo made availableby his family in Minneapolis shows Mohamud Said Omar. In custody in the Netherlands at the request of U.S. authorities, officials say Omar is being held in connection with the FBI's investigation into the disappearance of up to 20 young Somali men who left the Minneapolis area over the last two years for Somalia. Documents unsealed Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 allege he was involved with many of the young men who left Minneapolis in waves - from December 2007 through November 2008. (AP Photo/Family of Mohamud Said Omar)
    New details emerge in Somali terror probe AP - Tue Nov 24, 8:25 PM ET

    MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota man hosted a gathering for several young Somalis days before they left Minneapolis to fight with a terrorist group in their war-torn homeland, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday in a sweeping federal investigation.

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