Yahoo! News: World News

Blast at cleric's funeral kills 6 in Pakistan (AP)
AP - Police say a blast at the funeral of a Shiite Muslim cleric has killed at least six people in northwestern Pakistan.

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Shiites in Baghdad protest planned US-Iraq pact (AP)
AP - Thousands of protesters have converged on a central square in Baghdad for a mass prayer called by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in protest of a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.

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Chinese official corrects figure on quake deaths (AP)
AP - A Chinese official says 19,065 of the people who died in May's massive earthquake in Sichuan province have been identified.

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Yahoo! Sports

Steelers 'D' controls Bengals in win (AP)
The Steelers honored defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau with a pregame ceremony for his 50 years as an NFL coach and player. His league-best defense found the best possible way to pay tribute to him. The Steelers limited the depleted Bengals to six first downs following an early touchdown drive and found just enough offense themselves amid the snow flurries to control the clock behind Ben...

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Celtics roll past Iverson, Pistons 98-80 (AP)
The Allen Iverson trade looked good for the Pistons when they handed the Lakers their first loss of the season and snapped Cleveland's eight-game winning streak. It hasn't helped them against the team they need to beat most. Rajon Rondo had 18 points and eight assists, outplaying the recent Pistons acquisition and leading the Boston Celtics to a 98-80 victory over Detroit on Thursday night in a...

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Michigan upsets No. 4 UCLA in 2K semis (AP)
Showing poise down the stretch and playing stellar defense, Michigan pulled off its first win over a top-five team in 11 years. DeShawn Sims scored 18 points, including an emphatic dunk on a backdoor cut with time running down, and Manny Harris added 15 for the Wolverines in a 55-52 upset of No. 4 UCLA on Thursday night in the 2K Sports Classic.

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Yahoo! News: Business

Asia stocks bounce back from 5-year low (Reuters)
Reuters - Asian stock markets rebounded from a five-year low on Friday as a variety of rumors such as China cutting interest rates later in the day prompted investors to cover short positions before the weekend.

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Democrats demand Big 3 offer survival plan (Reuters)
Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion in loans.

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Citigroup eyes options including merger (Reuters)
Reuters - Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor.

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Yahoo! News: Most Viewed

Aides: Obama plans to nominate Clinton (AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who contested mightily for the presidency.

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Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech (AP)
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.

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Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found (AP)
AP - Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.

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