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    • UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

      Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said.

    • Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

      A woman lost control of her car and struck nine children and an adult who were standing outside a middle school Friday afternoon, police said.

    • Today in History - Nov. 21

      Today is Saturday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2009. There are 40 days left in the year.
      Today's Highlight in History:
      On Nov. 21, 1934, the Cole Porter musical "Anything Goes," starring Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney, opened on Broadway.
      On this date:

    • Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

      Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.

    • Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

      Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.

    • Occupation of UC Berkeley building ends

      The occupation of a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts has ended peacefully.

    • AP Top News at 11:42 p.m. EST

      WASHINGTON (AP) - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. But the section's purpose is indisputable: to deliver $100 million or more in federal funds to...

    • Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman

      After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, the gunman drove to a scenic, rocky cliff where untold numbers of Japanese men, women and children plunged to their deaths to avoid capture during World War II, according to police and witness...

    • Death of Drew Brees' mother ruled a suicide

      The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

    • Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event

      The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

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