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Jackson moonwalk glove sells for $350K in NYC

By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press Writer | Today at 6:27 p.m.

The gleaming glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 has been auctioned off for $350,000.

  • Fort Hood shooting suspect to remain hospitalized

    The Associated Press | Today at 6:12 p.m.

    A military magistrate has ruled that the Army psychiatrist charged in one of the worst mass shootings on a U.S. military base will be held until trial.

  • Saturday's College Football

    The Associated Press | Today at 6:22 p.m.

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  • Saturday's College Basketball

    The Associated Press | Today at 5:52 p.m.

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  • Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote

    By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent | Today at 2:37 p.m.

    In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

  • Astronauts finish another spacewalk, still no baby

    By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer | Today at 4:42 p.m.

    A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.

  • Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case

    By MARTA FALCONI, Associated Press Writer | Today at 10:52 a.m.

    Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game - charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."

  • Rocket hits outside luxury hotel in Afghan capital

    By ELENA BECATOROS and AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writers | Today at 10:17 a.m.

    A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding two people, the Interior Ministry said.

  • Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees

    By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA, Associated Press Writer | Today at 11:42 a.m.

    Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.

  • Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

    By ARIEL DAVID, Associated Press Writer | Today at 11:56 a.m.

    Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.

  • Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

    The Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 11:01 p.m.

    Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.

  • 3 men blow themselves up in Pakistani Kashmir

    By RIAZ KHAN, The Associated Press | Today at 6:46 a.m.

    Three suspected militants blew themselves up as police gave chase Saturday in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir, authorities said.

  • Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped

    By CARA ANNA, Associated Press Writer | Today at 10:47 a.m.

    Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.

  • Friday's College Basketball

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:22 a.m.

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  • Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

    The Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 11:21 p.m.

    A woman lost control of her car and struck nine children and an adult who were standing outside a middle school Friday afternoon, police said.

  • Plea deal reached in store scuffle case

    By JIM SALTER, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 7:22 p.m.

    A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.

  • Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event

    The Associated Press | Today at 12:32 a.m.

    The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

  • FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

    By JOAN LOWY, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 5:56 p.m.

    The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.

  • Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect

    By PAMELA HESS and ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writers | Today at 6:57 a.m.

    WASHINGTON - The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

  • Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care

    By KEVIN MAURER, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 5:07 p.m.

    Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.

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