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Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder (AP)

AP - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, neck and torso in the mountains east of San Diego.

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SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor (AP)


FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.


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Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group (AP)

AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.

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Pa. university students upset about fitness class (AP)

AP - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

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Giuliani back in spotlight — but what's the show? (AP)


FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges supporters to vote for Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in West Milford, N.J. A spokeswoman for Giuliani insists he still hasn't made up his mind and won't be shy to say so when he does. Christie defeated Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Independent Chris Daggett in the Nov. 3 election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)AP - Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star — Sept. 11.


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Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)


Test tubes of cultures wait to be checked by a scientist for signs of the H1N1 swine flu virus and other respiratory diseases in Baltimore, September 3, 2009. The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/FilesAP - 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.


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Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken (AP)


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)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 nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.


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Diocese: Pedophile priests should get benefits (AP)

AP - The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep making the payments.

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Winfrey: Prayer, careful thought influenced exit (AP)


In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - 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.


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U. of Neb. board votes down stem-cell rule changes (AP)


Stem cell cultures are held up at a lab. Embryonic stem cell therapy got a step closer to the clinic Thursday after US researchers said they filed a request for government approval of human trials.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows.


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Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect (AP)


This picture provided on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 by the Cole County Sheriff's Department shows Alyssa Bustamante. On Wendesday, Nov. 18, 2009, a judge entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of the 15-year-old-girl charged as an adult in the strangulation and stabbing death of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten. (AP Photo/Cole County Sheriff's Department)AP - A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.


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Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base (AP)


In this Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 photo, one of the last remaining P-3 Orion planes heads for a landing at the Brunswick Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. The last plane is scheduled to leave the base the weekend after Thanksgiving and the entire base is scheduled to be closed in 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.


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Wis. mulls Harley-Davidson, cheese microbe honors (AP)

AP - Choppers and cheese may soon become official Wisconsin symbols.

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Goldman Sachs to take out garbage at Thanksgiving (AP)


This Nov. 17, 2009 photo shows Great Performances catering captain Ken Bohlander, right, sampling the types of dishes that will be served on behalf of the Salvation Army on Thanksgiving Day in New York along with operations manager Josh Satterthwaite, left, and celebrity chef Marc Spooner. The catering company, one of New York's premier caterers, will prepare and serve the gourmet dinners at 10 community centers in New York City, Westchester and Long Island on Thanksgiving Day. Three hundred Goldman Sachs employees have volunteered for the holiday feast and will be taking out the garbage. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across the city this Thanksgiving — meals planned by a star chef, cooked by one of New York's ritziest caterers and cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most vilified financial firms.


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Indy man convicted of killing 7 gets life sentence (AP)

AP - An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman (AP)


Saipan emergency members carry an injured person on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. A gunman opened fire on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself, and wounding eight others, a South Korean official said Friday. (AP Photo/Saipan Times via Yonhap)AP - The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site.


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Island's bison given birth control to control herd (AP)

AP - Birth control for bison?

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Arizona burglars steal box holding baby's ashes (AP)

AP - An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son.

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Ex-smoker's lawyers to discuss $300M Fla. verdict (AP)


A smoker lights up a cigarette in a public place near the Stade de Geneve in Geneva August 22, 2007. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseAP - A former smoker who just won a $300 million verdict in Florida against Philip Morris USA has pulled out of a news conference about the case.


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Sears Tower plot leader gets 13-year prison term (AP)

AP - The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.

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