CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour wrapped up a 16-day mission to prepare the International Space Station for its first six-member crew with a flawless touchdown at NASA’s backup landing site in California. Double-sonic booms blasted through the Mojave

Janet Napolitano - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Democratic official: Obama on Monday to name Susan Rice as UN ambassador, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as homeland security chief, Eric Holder as attorney general A Democratic official says President-elect Barack Obama plans to name his picks for U.N. ambassador, attorney general

Chicago area residents back safely from Mumbai - WLS
CHICAGO (WLS) — A number of Chicago area residents returned home Saturday after being guests in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel when the India terror attacks occurred. Friends and family members greeted them as they arrived at O’Hare airport. Ron and Alyta Reicin of Highland Park had to leave their

51 protesters wounded in Bangkok explosions - San Francisco Examiner
7 hrs ago: 51 protesters wounded in Bangkok explosions 14 hrs ago: 51 protesters wounded in Thailand explosions Bangkok Police gather in formation near a checkpoint Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok. Demonstrators with the People’s Alliance for Democracy continue to hold both

SPEARFISH Area golfers have plenty to look forward to this next year. A new nine-hole golf course is under construction near Spearfish, and it is slated to open late next summer. It will serve public golfers in the Spearfish area and all of

River City Hospitality Announces Launch of Online “Golf Store” - PR.com
Richmond, VA, October 22, 2008 –( PR.com )– River City Hospitality, LLC announced today the launch of its online Golf Store. The store allows persons the ability to purchase golf items at the River City Hospitality, LLC corporate website

PGA Mail -keeping the industry posted - PGA of Australia
PGA Mail delivers all the news for the golf industry THE PGA Mail is an exclusive weekly email news service which is provided free to subscribers across the golf industry in all parts of the world by the PGA of Australia. The PGA Mail brings you

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) _ K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000. Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil

Parks & Golf Courses - South Coast Today
Acushnet River Valley, 685 Main St., 998-7777; Dana Przybyszewski, manager; Daniel H. Beaulieu, head golf professional; Stephen Tibbels, golf course superintendent, 18-hole municipal course; tees ranging from 5,099 yards to 6,807 yards; driving range

Swedes win World Cup of Golf in China - USA Today
SHENZHEN, China (AP) Henrik Stenson of Sweden knew the contending teams in the World Cup of Golf had their “hot rounds” during the tournament. He hoped the Swedes would have their moment on Sunday. They did. Robert Karlsson and Stenson birdied

WASHINGTON (AP) Two months ago, federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula. Now, however, they found a way to settle on a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product

Space shuttle landing detours to California - San Francisco Examiner
3 mins ago: Space shuttle Endeavour begins descent to Calif. 1 hr 6 ago: Fla.’s bad weather sends shuttle arrival to Calif. 3 hrs ago: Space shuttle landing detours to California 3 hrs ago: Fla. weather moves shuttle landing to California 3 hrs ago: High wind scuttles Fla. space shuttle

Janet Napolitano - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Democratic official: Obama on Monday to name Susan Rice as UN ambassador, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as homeland security chief, Eric Holder as attorney general A Democratic official says President-elect Barack Obama plans to name his picks for U.N. ambassador, attorney general

What, is giving grants for regular fire equipment, like oxygen tanks, to local departments not important!!! I agree, most of what read more homeland security seems to be doing is paying for things our local governments should be funding. It’s time the department gets the axe. Code whatever

Police continue Wal-Mart death investigation - Indiana Gazette
NEW YORK - Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death, but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bring criminal charges. Nassau County police and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said no new information was available

Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so - WTOP Radio
LONDON (AP) - As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs. They argue that the world has entered a post-AIDS era in which the disease’s spread has largely been curbed in much

Pakistanis Deny Any Role in the Attacks on Mumbai - The Ledger
Our hands are clean, the Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, said at a news conference. Any entity or group involved in the ghastly act, the Pakistan government will proceed against it. The government called a crisis cabinet meeting on Saturday, a day after Indian officials

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Ukrainian first lady tours Pittsburgh hospital - Boston Globe
PITTSBURGH The first lady of Ukraine says she wants to develop cooperation between hospitals in her country and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Kateryna Yushchenko toured the medical center’s Children’s Hospital on Saturday. The wife of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says she

Trace Levels of Melamine in Infant Formula Are Safe, FDA Says - Eflux Media
Just days after the US Food and Drug Administration found traces of the industrial chemical melamine in some samples of infant formula, the agency wants to assure us that the quantity does not pose any threat to our kids. Dr. Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA s Center for Food safety and

No. 3 Oklahoma makes BCS case with 61-41 victory over Okla. State - Times-Argus
STILLWATER, Okla. Now it’s up to voters and computers. Sam Bradford threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 3 Oklahoma based its case for a BCS bump on its high-powered offense, outscoring No. 11 Oklahoma State 61-41 Saturday night in the highest-scoring Bedlam rivalry game in the

PRICE STABILITY: Nozari said the market was oversupplied by around two million bpd. (Getty Images) Iran’s oil minister said on Sunday the oil market was estimated to be oversupplied by about two million barrels per day (bpd) and OPEC would have to decide next month in Algeria about what to do to

NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour’s landing - WTOP Radio
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts will remain in orbit a little longer than planned. Dangerously high wind and a stormy forecast forced Mission Control to call off Sunday’s first landing attempt at Kennedy Space Center in Florida . There is a second landing

Bill Clinton to Name Donors as Part of Obama Deal - Times Daily
CHICAGO Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to disclose publicly the names of more than 200,000 donors to his foundation as part of an accord with President-elect Barack Obama that clears the way for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to become secretary of state, Democrats close to both sides

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in suburban Long Island, New York, are reviewing surveillance videos of the trampling death of a Wal-Mart employee Friday. Nassau County police say the 34-year-old temp was run over in a stampede of about 2,000 early shoppers who surged into the store when he unlocked the

No. 3 Sooners make BCS case; beat Cowboys 61-41 - Caspar Star-Tribune
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma got all the bounces it needed to get past Oklahoma State in the highest-scoring Bedlam rivalry game ever. But did the Sooners do enough to bounce over Texas and into the Big 12 championship game? That’s for the voters and computers to decide. The third-ranked Sooners

Black Friday spending up from last year, data show - Columbus Dispatch
Shoppers pass the Apple Store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile as a Santa display sports an iPhone. U.S. retail sales on Black Friday rose to $10.6 billion, according to ShopperTrak RCT. CHICAGO — The nation’s retailers got a much-needed sales boost from Black Friday’s traditional shopathon as

Iraq, Iran swap remains of 1980-1988 war dead - Washington Post
Iranian women mourn over the coffins of Iranian soldiers killed during an eight-year war between Iran and Iraq at the border crossing of Al-Shalamjah, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. The remains of 200 Iraqis and 41 Iranians were returned to their native countries Sunday during a ceremony at a border