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  • Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder (AP)

    FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Border Patrol shows agent Robert Wimer Rosas, who was shot and killed while patrolling Thursday July 23, 2009 in southeastern San Diego County. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez pleaded guilty Friday Nov. 20, 2009 to murdering Rosas. (AP Photo/US Border Patrol)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.


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

    Students wearing self-made protective masks pose for a snapshot during a seminar at a youth club in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk November 20, 2009. Local authorities taught students how to protect themselves against the H1N1 flu epidemic.     REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin     (RUSSIA HEALTH SOCIETY)AP - 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.


  • Lewis returns in Magic's 97-91 win over Bobcats (AP)

    Orlando Magic forward Rashard Lewis, right, backs into Charlotte Bobcats forward Stephen Jackson during the first half of an NBA  basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AP - Rashard Lewis had 10 points in his first game back from a suspension and the Orlando Magic beat the Charlotte Bobcats 97-91 Monday night.


  • 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.


  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.
  • 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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Community rallies around Ardmore police officer after house fire
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Last Updated: 6:36 PM 11/19/09 - ARDMORE, OK-- An Ardmore police officer and his family are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support they've received one day after their home caught fire. Now the community is coming together for the family forced from their burning home in the middle of the night. Austin Wright has more. (Full Story)
Firefighters train in Sherman

Last Updated: 6:39 PM 11/19/09 - SHERMAN TX--If you have ever had trouble parallel parking or turning around on a narrow road, imagine trying to do the same thing in a 30 foot vehicle, with load sirens going off in an emergency; That's what a group of Sherman and Pottsboro firefighters trained to do today. (Full Story)
Holiday hiring could lead to long-term job
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Last Updated: 9:17 AM 11/20/09 - SHERMAN, TX - With unemployment still plaguing the country, temporary jobs could be more than a seasonal position. Maddie Garrett explains how you could turn part-time into full-time (Full Story)
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