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Africa
10:56 am
Wed November 23, 2011

Egypt Looks To Complete An 'Unfinished Revolution'

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An Egyptian protester flashes the victory sign during clashes with riot police near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday. The clashes in recent days have clouded Egypt's future as it prepares for elections on Monday.
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An Egyptian soldier tries to calm protesters during demonstrations Tuesday in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The protesters are demanding an end to military rule.
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By Charles M. Sennott

In the autumn of the Arab Spring, Egyptians fear they're losing their revolution.

That is, if it ever really was a revolution.

As the country braces for next week's scheduled election, people from the urban sprawl of Cairo to the rural reaches of Upper Egypt are left wondering if the so-called "January 25 Revolution" wasn't actually a popularly supported military coup.

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The Two-Way
10:51 am
Wed November 23, 2011

40 Miles Of 'Sticky Goo' Damages 150 Cars In Pennsylvania

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We have to pass along more about this bullet from our Thanksgiving travel roundup:

"Some motorists were delayed for hours last night and early today on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Pittsburgh when 'a tar-like substance ... leaked from a tanker,' the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports."

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Shots - Health Blog
10:37 am
Wed November 23, 2011

Study Lends Support To Long-Term Treatment With Statins

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Cholesterol-fighter simvastatin, the generic version of Zocor, gets a clean bill of health in an update to a study dating back to '90s.
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Originally published on Wed November 23, 2011 10:38 am

Standing in line at the drugstore or Costco might lead you to believe that just about everybody is taking a drug for high cholesterol.

And it's true that drugs to fight cholesterol, such as Zocor, now generic, and Lipitor, which is about to be, are the most frequently prescribed in the nation.

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The Two-Way
10:10 am
Wed November 23, 2011

Planning To Fry That Turkey? Watch These Videos First

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Frozen turkey hot oil = big problem.
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Middle East
10:05 am
Wed November 23, 2011

Yemen's President Signs Deal To Transfer Power

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In this image from Saudi television, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signs the Gulf Cooperation Council-sponsored transition deal Wednesday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
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A protester with Yemeni, Egyptian, Libyan and Syrian flags painted on his face chants slogans during a demonstration Wednesday in Sanaa, Yemen, against a deal that grants immunity for President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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Originally published on Wed November 23, 2011 3:43 pm

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh accepted a deal Wednesday to end his more than three decades in power, making him the latest leader to be ousted in the Arab Spring uprisings.

Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia early Wednesday and signed the agreement at a ceremony in the capital city of Riyadh. The accord, brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council, shifts power to Vice President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi within 30 days.

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Chompsgiving to Chew Year's: Holiday Dishes
9:29 am
Wed November 23, 2011

Turkey Joints That Taste Like Candy

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A piece of turkey joint candy made in Rome, N.Y.
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Part of an ongoing series on unique holiday dishes

Each fall when it turns cold, a candy maker in Rome, N.Y., kicks into production on a confection known as turkey joints.

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Law
9:16 am
Wed November 23, 2011

The Newest Magazine Fad: The Mug-Shot Tabloid

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Each week, Little Rock, Ark., residents snap up some 7,000 copies of The Slammer.
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Daniel Schroeder, publisher of The Slammer, admits it's a sense of voyeurism that sells the papers, but he says they also help law enforcement.
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The Two-Way
9:15 am
Wed November 23, 2011

It's Crowded Out There Again, Got A Holiday Travel Tip To Share?

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News nuggets like these are holiday classics:

-- "42.5 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a four percent increase from the 40.9 million people who traveled one year ago," the AAA says.

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It's All Politics
9:05 am
Wed November 23, 2011

Fact-Checking The GOP Debate: What The Candidates Said On National Security

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PolitiFact.com's Truth-O-Meter
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By Bill Adair

Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact.com and Washington bureau chief for The St. Petersburg Times, wrote about about how candidates at Tuesday night's GOP debate rated on PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter for PolitiFact.com and It's All Politics:

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The Two-Way
8:30 am
Wed November 23, 2011

Noriega To Be Extradited To Panama

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Gen. Manuel Noriega back in the day (August, 1989).
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Originally published on Wed November 23, 2011 8:33 am

It looks like former dictator Manuel Noriega will spend his last days in a Panamanian jail cell.

"A Paris appeals court ruled Wednesday to grant an extradition request from Panama so the elderly ex-military strongman can serve out sentences given after he was convicted in absentia there, in the latest phase of his complex legal odyssey," The Associated Press reports.

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