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US – Saturday, November 7

House Dems ready for health care vote

Urged on by President Barack Obama, Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives hustled on Thursday to round up support for a sweeping health care overhaul headed to a close floor vote on Saturday.

Karzai declared president after opponent quits

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was returned to power after election officials canceled a needless runoff vote yesterday, but was warned he would need to work harder to retain the West’s support after a flawed electoral process.

A wee little way to try to get famous

There are hundreds of ways to get your name in the paper: appear on reality TV, get knocked up by a reality star, film yourself while getting knocked up by a reality star ... the list is endless. But here’s a new one: A model named Yvette Monet has put a restraining order on ex-boyfriend Verne Troyer, according to RadarOnline.

A ‘Carol’ that hits some high notes

REVIEW. There is something creepy about the way Robert Zemeckis makes movies. In his last three films — first “The Polar Express,” then “Beowulf,” and now “A Christmas Carol”— the director has employed a hybrid method that crosses live action with animation. He no doubt thinks the work is pioneering, but “pioneering” usually has a positive connotation.

Wal-Mart: $20 meal for 8 people

NEW YORK. Wal-Mart has cut prices on turkeys and other Thanksgiving staples. U.S. stores began yesterday selling whole, 12-pound turkeys for 40 cents a pound. That’s a third of last Thanksgiving’s average price.

Get your groove back in Jamaica

Haunted colonial mansions, triathlons and motivational theme parks — not things you think of when you think of Jamaica? Think again, mon. Jamaica is fast becoming the health and activity capital of the Caribbean. Feel like you need to recharge rather than merely relax? With direct flights on JetBlue launching in January and locals that welcome you with open arms, you’ll be getting your groove back in no time.

Photo: BEN SKLAR/GETTY IMAGESMilitary base is site of soldier’s rampage
With 30 more wounded, fears are death toll will still rise

An Army psychiatrist who had treated soldiers wounded in foreign wars opened fire with two handguns on soldiers preparing for foreign deployment at the Fort Hood U.S. Army post in Texas on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 30 others.

International

Sante D’Orazio: You can’t hide from this lens

With Sante D’Orazio behind the camera, celebrities will do the craziest things. Famous faces from Angelina Jolie to Pamela Anderson have posed for the photographer. Now D’Orazio presents his favorite photos from the past 10 years in a new book, “Barely Private.”

National

Votes give Dems reasons to worry

The Obama White House yesterday attempted to play down election losses in Virginia and New Jersey in contests that analysts said served as a warning shot to Democrats looking ahead to 2010 voting.

New York

Kerik: I’m guilty, and lied to feds

Disgraced former NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty to lying to the White House and tax fraud Thursday, consolidating three federal cases against him into a agreement that could land him in jail for nearly three years.

National

Not just the left: GOP faces questions, too

Republicans might have notched some big wins, but party issues remain.

New York

Worst buses in city win awards

An Amtrak ride to Philly is faster than the M4 bus from Penn Station to the northern tip of Manhattan.

Photo: GETTY IMAGES14 more charged in insider trading

Fourteen people were charged with fraud and conspiracy in a dramatic widening of an insider trading scandal that has ensnared hedge fund managers, top Silicon Valley executives and a bevy of white-shoe advisers.

My Voice

Elliott saves the world, 1

Over the next few columns I plan to solve all of America’s problems, one by one. I ask for nothing in return except for “Mad Men” bombshell Christina Hendricks.

Picketers made their case in Upper Darby Thursday as the strike continued.

Philly

Another accident hits SEPTA rails

PHILADELPHIA. A catastrophe struck a SEPTA Regional Rail line for the second consecutive day Thursday when a rail inspector was killed by a passing train, but riders beared a third day of long waits to get out of Center City, while others made alternate plans to get to and from work.

Photo: GETTY IMAGES

National

Fed votes to keep interest rates low

WASHINGTON. The Federal Reserve expressed growing confidence yesterday that an economic recovery was building, even though it stuck to its commitment to keep borrowing costs near zero for “an extended period.”

National

Balloon-floating boy is all hot air

DANGER: ANGRY WHITE MAN ZONE

Madoff victims sue SEC

Dow Jones rockets above 10,000 mark

Bin Laden’s print on New York plot?

Prediction: Cold, snow

Snowe joins Dems to back health plan

More Californians turn to medical pot

‘New’ Jacko track: Is it a total rip-off?

Clinton: No more White House bids

International

Iran urges Pakistan action after attack

Suicide bomber kills 35 in attack on Iran Guards

Some on Nobel panel reluctant over Obama

Series of attacks kill 31; Pakistan police targeted

Salesman or warlord? Turns out, he’s both

Chavez takes over Hilton hotel

Obama advisers split on war plan

Diplomacy on the soccer field

Beware Sidekick betrayal

Econ Nobel goes to woman for 1st time

The November MMMpod features interviews and music with a band called Girls, a band of girls called Supercute, and a supercute vampire. Yes, listeners, we have Pattinson!

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