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• Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space (AP)
• Utah family struggles to make sense of cave death (AP)
• Mass. cops: Dad doing errand locked kids in trunk (AP)
• Seniors suffer in troubled California subdivision (AP)
• 'Ghost' traps, long lost, keep catching lobsters (AP)
• Astronauts surprised by holiday turkey dinners (AP)
• Immigration reform activists diversifying ranks (AP)
• Shaquille O'Neal pays for funeral of slain N.C. toddler (AP)
• Mom befriends wife of PTSD vet charged with murder (AP)
• Man stuck upside-down in Utah cave dies (AP)
• Bizarre calf mutilations found on Colorado ranch (AP)
• Project promotes talking, not shopping, on Friday (AP)
• Calif. driver faints, crashes into parked planes (AP)
• Wind-driven California blaze mostly contained (AP)

Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST AP - Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.

Utah family struggles to make sense of cave death (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:23 PM PST AP - The brother of a man who died early Thursday trapped 700-feet inside a Utah cave said his family is remarkably strong but struggles to make sense of what happened.

Mass. cops: Dad doing errand locked kids in trunk (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:33 PM PST AP - Massachusetts police say a man locked his two young sons in the trunk of his car while he ran an errand.

Seniors suffer in troubled California subdivision (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:40 AM PST AP - John and Donna Pringle were newly widowed when they fell in love and decided to slip into retirement together at a sprawling community being built for the 55-and-up crowd a few miles from their homes in this sun-bleached Southern California town.

'Ghost' traps, long lost, keep catching lobsters (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:39 AM PST AP - Beneath the cold ocean waters off the coast of Maine, the nation's lobster breadbasket, lie hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of old wire lobster "ghost traps." Lost over the years to storms, boats — even the knives of fishermen who've cut them from their buoys to settle scores — many of the traps continue catching lobsters.

Astronauts surprised by holiday turkey dinners (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:56 AM PST AP - Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts thought they were going to give thanks with pantry leftovers Thursday as their mission drew to a close, but found turkey dinners awaiting them.

Immigration reform activists diversifying ranks (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:44 PM PST AP - Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.

Shaquille O'Neal pays for funeral of slain N.C. toddler (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:30 AM PST AP - Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed.

Mom befriends wife of PTSD vet charged with murder (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:19 PM PST AP - When the envelope arrived, Windy Horner was talking with her husband, Nick — Windy on a cell phone, Nick in the Blair County jail.

Man stuck upside-down in Utah cave dies (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:26 AM PST AP - A man stuck upside-down in a cave for more than a day died early Thursday, despite the efforts of dozens of rescuers, authorities said.

Bizarre calf mutilations found on Colorado ranch (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:55 AM PST AP - A creepy string of calf mutilations in southern Colorado has a rancher and sheriff's officials mystified.

Project promotes talking, not shopping, on Friday (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:43 AM PST AP - A national oral history project is trying to start a new tradition for Black Friday. Instead of hunting for bargains, StoryCorps suggests families sit down together and talk about their lives on a National Day of Listening.

Calif. driver faints, crashes into parked planes (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:45 AM PST AP - Police say a California man passed out behind the wheel of his truck, sending the vehicle crashing through a fence and into a row of parked planes at an airport in El Cajon.

Wind-driven California blaze mostly contained (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 08:09 PM PST AP - Santa Ana winds fanned a fire across 80 acres of Southern California hills before firefighters reduced it Wednesday to a smoldering — but still dangerous — black scar.

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