'); } -->
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch and Pat Tryson had every reason to coast through the season's final 10 races in a long farewell before the crew chief bolts to a new team next year.Read more
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
LAS VEGAS — A western Maryland logger who plays no-limit Texas Hold 'em for fun is matching wits with a 21-year-old from Michigan who has logged more hands online than most people his age. At stake is a World Series of Poker main event title, and $8.55 million.Read more
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though likely not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to ready bases and provide equipment the troops would need in a country with scant resources.Read more
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre is believed to have acted alone despite repeated communications - monitored by authorities - with a radical imam overseas, U.S. officials said Monday. The FBI will conduct an internal review of its handling of the information, they said.Read more
|Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
Dow jumps 204 to high for year as dollar slumpsRead more
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
WASHINGTON — The White House launched an effort Monday that it says will turn the government into a model employer of military veterans and possibly provide encouragement for private employers to do the same.Read more
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
SAO PAULO — A Brazilian woman whose short, pink dress caused a near riot at a private college led to her expulsion and transformed her into an Internet sensation now has permission to return to class.Read more
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Les Miles decided not to test the SEC's new get-tough policy regarding coaches criticizing officials.Read more
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Rich Rodriguez has to lead Michigan to an upset at Wisconsin or in the Big House against rival Ohio State to earn bowl eligibility - and perhaps patience from fed-up fans.Read more
| |Monday, Nov. 09, 2009
ATLANTA — A vice president for shipping giant UPS who was accused of raping a 21-year-old Indiana University student over homecoming weekend has committed suicide in Georgia, police said Monday.Read more