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Details: Written by Phillip Elliott the Associated Press; Published: 19 November 2011

His presidential campaign imploded earlier this year but polls show him having risen just weeks before Iowa's presidential caucuses kick off the GOP nominating contests

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newt Gingrich calls it giving advice. Most people would call it cashing in on his prominent name.

about-deficit

Details: Written by David Espo and Andrew Taylor the Associated Press; Published: 19 November 2011

The panel faces a deadline of next Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, and lawmakers on both sides stressed they were ready to meet through the weekend in a last-ditch search for compromise

Deadline nearing, the deficit-reduction talks in Congress sank toward gridlock Friday after supercommittee Democrats rejected a late Republican offer that included next-to-nothing in new tax revenue. Each side maneuvered to blame the other for a looming stalemate.

Details: Written by Bradley Klapper the Associated Press; Published: 19 November 2011

U.S. arms deals are likely to increase with Gulf countries concerned about Iranian intentions and how the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will affect the stability of the region

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. government audit on Friday found inadequate monitoring of American weapons sales to Persian Gulf countries with questionable human rights records or recent clashes with protesters.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 18 November 2011

Heidi Kaeslin, a special education teacher and former girls soccer coach, has been with the district since 2002

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- A high school teacher is under investigation after school officials said she was maintaining a pornographic website from her school-issued laptop computer.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 18 November 2011

Police say the pedestrian had been hit and killed a short time earlier; no charges filed

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Secretary of State Dianna Duran's car was one of several that struck a man's body on a highway near Santa Fe after the pedestrian had been hit and killed a short time earlier by another vehicle, police said Friday.

Details: Written by Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer; Published: 18 November 2011

Report predicts global warming will cause "unprecedented" events such as heat waves, floods

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top international climate scientists and disaster experts meeting in Africa had a sharp message Friday for the world's political leaders: Get ready for more dangerous and "unprecedented extreme weather" caused by global warming.

about-murder

Details: Written by Andrew Welsh-Huggins the Associated Press; Published: 18 November 2011

Authorities say 16-year-old helped in effort to lure pair of men to remote location

CALDWELL, Ohio (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy was charged Friday with attempted murder and complicity to attempted murder by authorities investigating the killing of one man and the wounding of another who had responded to a phony job ad on Craigslist.

Details: Written by Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer; Published: 18 November 2011

Part of government's efforts to recoup the costs of the $700 billion it spent to save economy in 2008, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department has raised $12.2 million from the sale of warrants of 17 banks that received government support during the financial crisis. The sales are part of the government's efforts to recoup the costs of the $700 billion financial bailout.

Details: Written by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer; Published: 18 November 2011

Ruling was long expected, but deals blow to women who say they've run out of options

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used in advanced breast cancer patients because there's no proof that it extends their lives and it presents dangerous side effects, the government declared Friday.

about-economy

Details: Written by Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer; Published: 17 November 2011

US births have been dropping since an all-time high in 2007

ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say birth rates for the nation's youngest mothers hit new lows last year.

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