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Cops Taser pallbearer at dad's funeral: Five North Carolina sheriff's deputies will be disciplined after they used a Taser while serving an arrest warrant on a man at his father's funeral. ›16:17
Video: Breathing easier thanks to stem cell breakthrough: Nov. 19: Doctors at the University of Bristol in England have translated stem cell science and tissue engineering into a clinical reality for the recipient of a new windpipe constructed using her own cells. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.(Nightly News) ›23:59 19 Nov, Wed
Brazil cops blame 10 for deadly air crash: A police investigation found that 10 government and airline officials were to blame for Brazil's worst air disaster, saying they failed to properly train pilots, authorities said Wednesday. ›13:18
Congress votes to extend jobless benefits: Congress has passed legislation extending jobless benefits through the December holidays, keeping checks flowing to laid-off workers who would otherwise lose them. ›20:47
GMAC seeks to be bank holding company: GMAC Financial Services, the financing arm of General Motors, said it applied to become a bank holding company, making it eligible for aid under the governments bank rescue plan. ›19:06
Single-celled giant upends early evolution: Slowly rolling across the ocean floor, a humble single-celled creature is poised to revolutionize our understanding of how complex life evolved on Earth. ›21:23
Astronauts venture out for spacewalk No. 2: Astronauts ventured back outside the international space station to perform more repair work on a jammed joint Thursday and promised to keep a tight grip on all their tools so nothing would get away this time. ›21:28
Newsweek: The recession means bargains: Newsweek: The recession means bargains ›14:21
Suspect in FBI agent's slaying denied bail: A judge denied bail on Thursday for a woman accused of killing an FBI agent during a drug raid that led to her husband's arrest on cocaine-dealing charges. ›21:06
Commuter, freight train collide; few injuries: A commuter train collided with a freight train Thursday in Southern California, producing no serious injuries but bringing back memories of a deadly commuter-train wreck in the region just two months ago. ›22:06
Organ policy leaves some with subpar livers: An organ allocation policy that puts the sickest patients first in line to receive available donor livers has created unintended consequences for those low on the organ wait list. ›22:54
Pet store chain linked to puppy mills: After an eight-month investigation, the Humane Society of the United States accused Petland, the national pet store chain, of selling dogs bred under appalling conditions. ›22:08
Xbox 360 gets a makeover and avatars: Will Halo 3 players want to make cute little avatars on their Xbox 360? Well, guess what? Theyll have to. Its the first thing youre prompted to do in the New Xbox Experience, the shiny new makeover to the Xbox interface that rolled out on Wednesday. ›02:21
6,500-year-old village found in Greece: Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 6,500-year-old farming settlement in an antiquities-rich area of central Greece. ›16:49
Affleck tours refugee camps in war-torn Congo: Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced at least 250,000 people. ›19:36
European history, culture and art goes digital: Attention all culture-craving couch potatoes: Cultural riches from over 2,000 years of European civilization are going digital. ›17:50
Patience, politeness training for airport workers: Employees at Newark Liberty International Airport are getting training in patience and politeness to help them handle the crush of stressed-out holiday travelers. ›22:41 19 Nov, Wed
Slide show: The week in celebrity sightings: Kevin Jonas ponders his answer, Heidi Klum Ushers in a new fashion show, George Carlin remembered and more. ›12:36 18 Nov, Tue
A traveler's guide for a stress-free holiday trip: With the economy in a tizzy, everyone is cutting back on just about everything, including travel. But dont let that lull you into thinking everyone but you will be staying home this holiday season. ›15:52 19 Nov, Wed
Bauer power: 24 movie freshens show: Regular episodes of "24" don't begin until January, but fans can get a taste of Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer in the TV movie, "24: Redemption," airing Nov. 23. ›00:12 18 Nov, Tue
Sweden: Transvestism is not a disease: Swedish health officials say they will remove transvestism, fetishism and sadomasochism from the country's official list of diseases and mental disorders. ›19:06 19 Nov, Wed
Gday! Hugh Jackman is new Sexiest Man Alive: Hugh Jackman, People's 2008 Sexiest Man Alive, is a romantic in a hard body who leaves women saying "Oh ... my ... God." ›13:07 19 Nov, Wed
Opinion: Cancer's not the only smoking risk: Cancer is the disease most often associated with cigarettes. Yet there is something far more common, more lethal , and more avoidable linked to cigarettes the heart attack. ›13:55
Video: Bailout hopes fading for Big Three: Nov. 19: Automakers spent another day on Capitol Hill arguing for what looks to be an increasingly remote possibility of a government bailout. CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports.(Nightly News) ›23:45 19 Nov, Wed
