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    • Conn. charity gets fishing vessels, jobs for vets17 min ago

      His father was a lifelong scalloper, his uncles are fishermen, and 23-year-old Chris Pinto realized as he got older that fishing is "in my blood." It just didn't look like it was in his future.

    • AP Top News at 6:21 p.m. EST21 min ago

      NEW YORK (AP) - Dubai's debt crisis rattled world financial markets Friday, raising concerns that some banks could further tighten lending and stall the global economic recovery. The possible spillover effects centered on fears that international banks could suffer big losses if Dubai's investment...

    • AP News in Brief25 min ago

      Florida authorities: Tiger Woods injured in early morning car accident outside his mansion

    • 4 relatives shot dead at Fla. Thanksgiving party44 min ago

      A Florida man opened fire on his family after Thanksgiving dinner, killing his pregnant sister, 6-year-old cousin and two other relatives before speeding off and initiating a statewide manhunt, police said Friday.

    • NYC mayor spent a record $102M to win a 3rd term45 min ago

      Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent at least $102 million to narrowly win a third term, breaking his previous records for the most expensive self-financed political bid in U.S. history, according to a report released Friday by his campaign.

    • Police chief: Woods' wife helped after accident49 min ago

      A local police chief in Florida says Tiger Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and helped get the golfer out of the car.

    • Body of trapped Utah spelunker won't be recovered52 min ago

      The Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed.
      State and county officials made the announcement Friday afternoon, saying it was simply too dangerous to try to recover John Jones' body.

    • Christian church, Native American tribe reconcile56 min ago

      Members of one of America's oldest Protestant churches officially apologized Friday - for the first time - for massacring and displacing Native Americans 400 years ago.

    • Dubai crisis jolts markets, but early fears ease58 min ago

      Dubai's debt crisis rattled world financial markets Friday, raising concerns that some banks could further tighten lending and stall the global economic recovery.

    • Horse industry closely watches Dubai debt crisis4:29 PM

      The debt crisis in Dubai was being closely monitored Friday by buyers and sellers of high-end racehorses, but there was no immediate indication Dubai's ruler would scale back his enormous financial ties to the industry in the United States and elsewhere.