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NEWS»

A trader listens to a colleague on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati City

Global stocks hit 5-1/2 year lows

• Prospect for auto bailout dims as Senate races clock

• Financials need at least $1 trillion: analyst

• Fed signals ready to cut rates amid glum outlook

• Obama taps Arizona governor for homeland security: report

• California court to hear gay marriage ban case

• U.S. woman posed as teen online, teased girl: attorney

• Small businesses feel Wall Street's pain

• U.S. probing Golden West lending, sale: prosecutor

• Qaeda scorns Obama with racial slur

INTERNATIONAL»

US Navy handout image of the Liberian-flagged oil tanker MV Sirius Star at anchor off Somalia

Somali politicians fuel piracy, says African Union

• Thai protesters blame government for grenade attack

• Pakistani general calls for halt to missile strikes

• Explosion kills Hamas man in Gaza

• Protest-hit China says job stability top priority

• Japanese missile defense test fails off Hawaii

• China at last tries to report the news first

• Congo rebel pullback raises hopes for peace talks

• Lawmaker accuses Bush of secrecy over Iraq deal

• Australia Guantanamo inmate breaks silence

USREPORT»

Fire officers survey the damage at the Oakridge mobile home community where hundreds of homes were destroyed Saturday by a wind-driven wildfire in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles

California bent on rebuilding despite wildfire risk

• Michigan jobless rate hits 16-year high at 9.3 percent

• Glitzy Greenwich feels hedge fund pain

• Suit forces eHarmony to offer gay dating service

• U.S. Army vows to do better with next helicopter

• Russia repatriates diplomat jailed in United States

• Burger King begins limiting sodium in "Kids Meals"

• U.S. museum returns 14 stolen artifacts to Italy

• U.S. says food, drug inspection access in China improving

• LeBron James becomes youngest player to score 11,000 points

BUSINESS»

A trader listens to a colleague on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati City

Global stocks hit 5-1/2 year lows

• Financials need at least $1 trillion: analyst

• Prospect for auto bailout dims as Senate races clock

• Fed signals ready to cut rates amid glum outlook

• Weak Japan exports pile on economic gloom

• Yahoo, T-Mobile announce mobile search deal

• U.S. probing Golden West lending, sale: prosecutor

• Oil falls below $53 on demand drop

• Citigroup stock drops to 13-year low, fear grows

• General Growth takes on bankruptcy counsel: report

POLITICS»

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Clinton is helped offstage by her husband in New York

Bill Clinton offers steps to help wife get State job

• Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: official

• Tarullo, Rice given key roles in Obama transition

• House panel backs Waxman as energy chairman

• Sen Dodd: automaker aid package unlikely for now

• Housing agency loosens foreclosure aid rules

• Boehner re-elected House Republican leader

• Northrop sees defense spending steady in near term

• Auto execs testify as legislators try for deal

• Kashkari: Consumer credit help promising step

ENTERTAINMENT»

Emmanuel Jal

Former child soldier Jal uses rap to spread peace

• "CSI: NY" turns 100

• Carla Bruni says no hidden messages in new album

• Winona Ryder "in good health" after flight illness

• Taylor Swift tops album charts

• Hollywood's "Wizard of Oz" lauded for stunning, sexy epic

• Will Smith and scribe reunite for Asian remake

• 50 Cent runs with British gangster movie

• "Transporter 3" a new low for the action series

• Big changes in store for low-rated Daytime Emmys

SPORTS»

Chauncey Billups celebrates after the Denver Nuggets defeated the Dallas Mavericks during their NBA basketball game in Denver

Billups leads in-form Nuggets to win over Spurs

• "Pacman" Jones reinstated by league, says Dallas owner

• Canucks fire five past Lundqvist to beat Rangers

• Buccaneers rusher Graham ruled out for rest of season

• Wakamatsu becomes first Asian-American manager

• Ramirez joins Boston in trade for Crisp

• Nine-man Mexico lose but keep World Cup dream alive

• Players taking security measures after murders

• Three fewer events on 2009 LPGA Tour schedule

• World champion to pound streets in Singapore marathon

SCIENCE»

Mammoth genome sequence may explain extinction

• Stem cells restore hearing, vision in animals

• Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia

• Woman gets first trachea transplant without drugs

• Bolivian farmer leads to dinosaur discovery

• Spacewalkers tackle station repair work

• Kangaroo genes close to humans

• Scientists find prehistoric "nuclear family"

• World's oldest polar bear dies at Canadian zoo

• Discovery offers way of tracking cancer in blood

TECH»

Microsoft CEO Ballmer speaks during a luncheon in Madrid

Microsoft rules out buying Yahoo but likes search deal

• Cybercrime as destructive as credit crisis: experts

• After iPhone, consumers seek handsome gadgets

• New Yahoo CEO must be willing to do Microsoft deal

• Yahoo shares soar as Yang agrees to quit CEO post

• DoCoMo, KTF to sell Google phone next year: report

• Cellphone industry eyes charger power savings

• Tech firms turn to social media to reach consumers

• Microsoft to offer free security software

• Global chip makers eye sales drop in 2009

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