HEALTH

• Gene Therapy Helps 2 Kids Suffering From Rare Brain Disease
  French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence.
• Some Countries 'Ambushed' by H1N1
  Some countries have been "ambushed" by sudden severe outbreaks of disease and death from the H1N1 flu pandemic, and have gone over the top in their response, a European flu specialist said on Friday.
• Animals Need to be Closely Watched for Flu
  Some pigs, turkeys and household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet appear to be spreading quickly among animals, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
• Cross Country Runner, 14, Died From Rare Genetic Disorder
  An autopsy has found a genetic disorder in the 14-year-old D.C. Everest Junior High student who died in September during cross country practice.
• Obesity Causes 100,000 U.S. Cancer Cases Every Year
  Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year — and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.
• 5 Ways To Reform Your Needy Girlfriend
  Is your girlfriend needy and clingy? We have 5 simple tips to remedy the problem
• Sex Toy Study at Duke Raises Some Eyebrows
  A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend parties where they can buy sex toys.
• Fort Hood Suspect: A Case of 'Compassion Fatigue?'
  Health experts say they are hardly astonished that the suspect in the worst mass murder ever at a U.S. military base is an Army psychiatrist -- the very person who is supposed to be helping soldiers deal with the traumatic stress of war.
• Only One-Third of Adults Who Want H1N1 Shot Able to Get It
  A new national poll found that only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it.
• 5 Cold-Fighting Foods
  Guys love quick cures - especially when it comes to being sick. Here are 5 foods sure to make you feel better quickly
• FDA Warns OTC Sex Pills Dangerous for Blood Pressure
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that "Stiff Nights," a product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure and is illegal.
• End of Court Ordered Cancer Treatment in Sight for Teenager
  The end of cancer treatment and court hearings could be in sight for Sleepy Eye teen Daniel Hauser.

POLITICS

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SCITECH

• iPhone App Translates Baby Cries
  An iPhone application claims to be able to decipher the meaning behind a baby's cries
• China Bans Beatings After Death at Web-Addict Camp
  Punishment beatings have been banned from Chinese camps set up to cure teenage internet addicts after one of them died
• Antarctica's Icy Lakes Home to Plethora of Viruses
  Antarctica's icy lakes are home to a surprisingly diverse community of viruses, including some that were previously unidentified
• Holiday Shopping Guide: HDTVs Explained
  If you’re like most people, you're paralyzed by the baffling technologies manufacturers invent just to confuse you. It’s not that difficult, really. Here's how to find a great TV for the holidays
• How Green Are Airplanes?
  Suppliers of a new generation of passenger jets are and going green — and reaching the highest altitudes
• 'Call of Duty' Could Set Entertainment Record
  This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil.
• Did Neanderthals Have Sex with Modern Humans?
  Neanderthals were the closest relatives we had, and new hints from researchers suggest that we might have been intimately close indeed.
• Large Hadron Collider Halted By Bird Crumbs
  The massive machine at the center of the world's biggest scientific experiment has malfunctioned again – derailed by a bit of bread dropped by a bird
• Music Lessons Boost Brain Power
  Recent research shows a strong correlation between musical training for children and certain mental abilities
• Sweating the Space-Junk Problem
  Life online today exists thanks to satellites, but outer space is getting dangerously crowded, putting those satellites at risk

U.S.

• Army: Fort Hood Gunman in Custody After 12 Die
  An Army psychiatrist who reportedly feared an impending war deployment is in custody as the sole suspect in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas that left 12 dead and 31 wounded
• Fla. Sheriff Knew Time Was Running Out in Baby Search
  Sheriff Bobby Haddock knew time was running out for a 7-month-old girl missing in the Florida Panhandle.
• Boy Tells 911 Operator He Shot Dad Out of Anger
  A recording of a six-minute call to emergency dispatchers obtained Thursday by the Associated Press details the moments after a 10-year-old boy allegedly shot his father in the head with a shotgun.
• Airplane Part Falls From Sky, Lands on New York Lawn
  An airplane part fell from the sky and landed on the front lawn of a home on Long Island, New York. Authorities are looking into how it happened.
• Troubling Portrait Emerges of Ft. Hood Rampage Suspect
  His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.
• Soldier Who Stockpiled Explosives Released From Jail
  An Army Special Forces soldier who admitted to stockpiling military-grade explosives outside his home near Fort Campbell was released from jail into the custody of his wife.
• Mass. Man Indicted on New Terror Plot Charges
  A Massachusetts man has been indicted on new charges in an alleged terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and shoot people at American shopping malls.
• Deductible? Couple Collide With Escaped Circus Elephant
  An Oklahoma couple driving home from church hit an animal — a really big one.
• Orlando Shooting Suspect Profile: Jason Rodriguez
  Police in Orlando, Fla, are on the hunt for a man they could be "armed and dangerous" after a shooting Friday at an office building
• Ft. Hood Massacre Suspect May Have Shouted 'God Is Great'
  Survivors of a massacre at Fort Hood in Texas said the Army psychiatrist suspected of being the lone gunman took a "very calm and measured approach" to carrying out the mass shooting, the commanding general said Friday.
• Partial List of Recent Mass Shootings in U.S.
  A glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years.
• 4th Chicago Teen Charged With Murder in Beating Death
  A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month.
• Fire Forces Evacuation at Ariz. Home of Jailed Iraqi Fathe
  early morning garage fire forced nine people out of the home of a jailed Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter because she had become too "westernized."
• Fla. Special Needs Child, 3, Left on Bus for 6 Hours
  Two former Osceola County school district employees face criminal charges after authorities say they accidentally left a 3-year-old special needs child in a bus for six hours.
• Florida Newlywed Allegedly Kills Bride, Kidnaps Friend
  A Florida newlywed allegedly killed his bride and kidnapped a friend before surrendering to deputies after a dramatic six-hour standoff.
• 14 People Charged With Illegally Purchasing 77M Cigarettes
  Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77 million contraband cigarettes from undercover agents in Virginia and smuggling the cigarettes to New York.
• Police: Scalper Tries to Bribe NYC Cop With Yankees Tickets
  New York City police say a scalper arrested for selling fake World Series tickets outside Yankee Stadium tried to win his freedom by bribing an officer with seats.
• Female Cop Credited With Stopping Ft. Hood Massacre
  A female civilian police officer has been credited with ending the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded 38 others at the Texas military post.
• Police: Arizona Man Posed as High School Student
  A 22-year-old man accused of posing as a student at two Arizona high schools told authorities that he wanted to play basketball and hoped to get a college scholarship.
• War at Home: First Responders Describe Ft. Hood Carnage
  For Military Police Sgt. Andrew Hagerman, it began with a call over the radio: 'Shots fired.' And then another: 'Officer down.' He put on his lights and sirens and raced to the scene.
• Conn. Judge Approves Release of Some Yale Killing Documents
  Some documents detailing the case against a former Yale University employee accused of killing a graduate student must be unsealed and made available to the public in three business days, a Connecticut judge ruled Friday.
• Fla. Cops Say Wife Tried to Fake Own Abduction
  A wealthy health care executive came home one night in September to find a terrifying note from his wife, Quinn Gray: The 37-year-old housewife and mother of two had been abducted from her posh Florida beach community.
• Computers, Hard Drives Seized at ACORN Office
  Investigators for the Louisiana Attorney General executed a search warrant Friday at ACORN's New Orleans office in connections to allegations of embezzlement and tax fraud.
• Yankees Fans Gather in New York for Victory Parade
  Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship Friday in a way only this city can, with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes.
• New Jersey Jury Doesn't Buy 'Too Fat to Kill' Defense
  A New Jersey jury has rejected a Florida man's claims that he was too fat to kill and has convicted him of murdering his former son-in-law.
• Neighbor: Fort Hood Suspect Emptied His Apartment
  An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, a neighbor said Friday.
• 13 Injured in Grambling State Marching Band Bus Crash
  A dozen students and a bus driver are being treated for injuries after three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State University marching band were involved in a traffic crash in southern Arkansas.
• Army Vet Admits to Faking Paralysis to Avoid Iraq Deployment
  An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.
• Teenager Charged With Killing New Mexico Nun
  A teenager has been charged in federal court with killing a nun whose body was found in her Navajo, N.M. home earlier this week.
• Calif. Dad Accused of Driving With Dead Baby in Trash
  A man is accused of killing his baby daughter in a Southern California trailer park, then putting her in a trash bag and driving her body around the country.
• 2 Calif. Teens Charged in Girl's Death After Football Game
  Two 16-year-old boys have been charged as adults in the death of a 16-year-old girl who was shot after a homecoming football game in Long Beach.
• Stepfather Found Guilty in Beating Death of 2-Year-Old Girl
  A Texas jury has convicted a man for the 2007 beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter whose battered body was found in a container floating in Galveston Bay.
• Pa. Prostitution Case Thrown Out Over Government Funded Sex
  A Pennsylvania appeals court says state police mishandled a prostitution investigation in which they gave a private citizen $360 so he could pay for sex at a massage parlor along with $180 for his trouble.
• Judge Tosses Out $1.26B Ruling Against PepsiCo
  A judge has tossed out a decision — for now at least — that could have cost PepsiCo Inc. $1.26 billion after the soft drink maker didn't respond to a lawsuit claiming it stole the idea for bottled water.
• Muslim Group: No Reports of Harassment of Islamic Soldiers
  A Muslim veteran affairs organization says it has not received reports of harassment from Islamic soldiers, contrary to claims by a relative of the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base.
• Person-of-Interest in Killing of Seattle Police Officer Shot
  Police on Friday shot and wounded a person-of-interest sought in the Halloween night killing of a Seattle police officer, just as a massive memorial service for the officer drew to a close.
• Fellow Worshipers: Fort Hood Suspect Devout Muslim
  The worshipers paint a portrait of a man devoted to his faith and troubled by his impending deployment to Afghanistan to contribute to a war effort he opposed at least partly on religious grounds
• Autopsy Results Show North Dakota Softball Players Drowned
  Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death for three North Dakota college softball players found dead inside a sport utility vehicle that sunk in a rural farm pond.
• Fort Hood Victims Had Different Reasons for Enlisting
  The 13 victims of the Fort Hood Army base massacre had different reasons for enlisting in the military.
• Fla. Shooting Suspect Had Money Problems
  Police say a former employee accused of fatally shooting one person and wounding five others at an Orlando, Florida, engineering firm thought it had blocked his efforts to obtain unemployment benefits.
• Florida Shooting Suspect in Police Custody
  Florida police have arrested a suspect believed to have opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago.
• Teacher Reportedly Makes Girl to Clean Another's Urine
  A Florida kindergarten teacher reportedly has been removed from her classroom after allegedly coercing a 6-year-old girl to clean up another student's urine.
• Professor Concludes Oswald Rifle Photo Real
  A new analysis by a Dartmouth College professor concludes that the infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake.
• Woman Claims Suspected Cleveland Rapist Choked Her
  The discovery of 11 bodies in one home in a run-down neighborhood here has relatives of the presumed victims wondering how such a gruesome scene could have gone unnoticed for perhaps years.
• FBI Remains Tightlipped on Arrest in N.M. Nun Killing
  A Catholic church spokesman says an arrest in connection with the slaying of a nun on the Navajo reservation should help people sleep better.
• Polygamist Sect Man Guilty of Sexual Assault of Minor
  After being duped by false leads and chastised by a court for its handling of polygamist sect children, the state of Texas has won a criminal conviction in its first trial of a sect member charged with sexually assaulted an underage girl.
• Cops Urge Families of Missing Women to Submit DNA
  Police say there's only one way for the families of missing women to know for sure if their loved ones are among the victims found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's house: Give DNA samples.

WORLD

• U.S.-Brokered Honduran Pact Fails to End Crisis
  Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.
• Spain Refuses to Release 2 Captured Pirates
  Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast of Somalia.
• Former Top British Soldier Criticizes Afghan Strategy
  Britain's former top soldier has launched a scathing attack on the Government over the lack of helicopters and strategy in Afghanistan on Friday, Sky News reported.
• Monaco Palace to Sue Man Claiming to be Ex-Spymaster
  A French lawyer says Monaco's Prince Albert II is filing a lawsuit in the U.S. against an American who claims he once worked as the prince's personal spymaster and is owed back pay.
• Dalai Lama's Visit Highlights Friction Between China, India
  This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India.
• Gunman Wounds 3 in Tokyo Shooting
  A gunman wounded three men near Tokyo on Friday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself — a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related.
• Brown: U.K. to Stay in Afghanistan, but Wants Reform
  Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms.
• Taliban Claims to Have Bodies of 2 Drowned Soldiers
  The Taliban is claiming to hold the bodies of two drowned coalition soldiers on Friday, Sky News reported.
• 2 NATO Soldiers Missing in Afghanistan
  Two NATO soldiers are missing in western Afghanistan from a routine resupply mission, the alliance said Friday.
• Dominican Republic Makes Major Drug Bust
  The Dominican Republic says it has seized nearly 2,000 pounds of cocaine in one of its largest drug captures ever.
• Lawyer: Suspect Confesses to Killing Lawyer, Journalist
  A suspect in the killing of a human rights lawyer and a journalist has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said Friday.
• Miss England Relinquishes Crown After Bar Fight
  The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.
• Berlin Wall's Longest Remaining Stretch Restored
  The Berlin Wall's longest remaining stretch has been restored to its state of nearly two decades ago after artists repainted the colorful murals they created in the aftermath of the notorious barrier's opening.
• Investigators Arrest 10 in Mexican Police Chief's Killing
  Five police officers and five other suspects were arrested Thursday in the investigation into the assassination of an army general who had been appointed police chief of this northern Mexican town over the weekend.
• Saudi: Airstrikes Target 'Infiltrators' From Yemen
  Saudi Arabia said Friday it carried out airstrikes against "infiltrators" from Yemen that were limited to areas inside Saudi territory, and vowed to press on with the military action until the border with its restive neighbor was secure.
• Hundreds of Thousands of Homes Flooded in Mexico
  A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.
• Egypt Stops Opposition Leader From Traveling to U.S.
  Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to the U.S., saying Friday that the conditions of his early release from prison do not permit him to travel abroad.
• Berlin Buzzing as Anniversary Festivities Get Under Way
  Berlin was buzzing Friday as festivities marking 20 years since the fall of the wall got under way.
• French Police Search for Bank Robber who Stole Millions
  French police are conducting a nationwide search for a bank security driver after he vanished with $7.4 million from a bank in the central French city of Lyon.
• Military Plane Crashes in Russia
  A military plane with 10 people aboard crashed late Friday in Russia's Far East, Russian news agencies reported.
• Canada Prepares to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan
  Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011.
• Foreign Journalists Arrested Over Reports on Iran Clash
  Three journalists, one of them foreign, were arrested at mass demonstrations in Tehran by a regime determined to suppress all independent sources of information inside Iran.
• Bus Plunges Down Gorge in North India, Killing 32
  An official says a crowded bus has plunged down a steep mountain gorge in northern India, killing 32 people.
• Pakistani Forces Enter Final Militant Stronghold
  The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital.
• Report: Iran Tested Advanced Nuclear Warhead
  The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Tehran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced secret nuclear warhead design, according to a report published Friday.

SHOWS

• FOX & Friends: For Your Health
  From beating back pain with yoga to building your immunity with a kiss, 'Fox & Friends' has your health on our mind
• Hannity: 'Beautiful Sight to See'
  Reps. Bachmann, King organize health care protest on Capitol Hill
• On the Record w/ Greta: Transcript: What Drove the Suspected Fort Hood Shooter Over the Edge?
  Maj. Gen. Bob Scales analyzes the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and 30 injured.
• On the Record w/ Greta: Transcript: Rep. Tom Price 'On the Record'
  'On the Record' looks at the health care reform bill 'house call' protests on Capitol Hill.
• On the Record w/ Greta: Transcript: Audit on the Stimulus
  Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore breaks down the debate over the alleged effectiveness of the stimulus.
• Special Report w/ Bret Baier: Political Grapevine
  Obama takes another hit from a core support group
• The O'Reilly Factor: Transcript: Why Is Vermont Lax on Child Predators?
  When will Vermont get tough on vicious child predators?
• War Stories: The Desert War
  From this bloody first offensive against Hitler emerged a battle-tested American Army. The skills they honed in North Africa are studied and used as blueprints for today's battlegrounds
• War Stories: Colonel's Corner
  After 30 years, U.S. still clueless about Iran