US – Friday, November 20
Hurricane Katrina: U.S. gov’t liable for damage
A U.S. judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in maintaining a key navigational channel in New Orleans and was liable for some damage caused by massive flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
 
OPRAH TO QUIT IN ’11
The end is near.
 
What women want: Wilmer
How does Wilmer Valderrama do it? The actor has dated a bevy of Hollywood beauties, from Mandy Moore to Lindsay Lohan (pre-career implosion) to Hilary Duff. He’s even claimed that Ashlee Simpson and  Jennifer Love Hewitt have had a piece of Vaderrama-action.
 
The saga continues with rush of ‘New’ blood
REVIEW. No matter how this review of ‘New Moon’ ends, whether this critic loves or loathes the film, is irrelevant. If you’re one of the legions of “Twi-Hards,” you’ll be stepping on heads to see it this weekend anyway.
 
Wall Street dips after bad outlook for Target
NEW YORK. U.S. stocks fell yesterday after discount retailer Target gave a cautious holiday season outlook, but positive brokerage comments on tech bellwether Microsoft helped limit losses.
 
Annie Lennox: ‘I am my own aids campaign’
Annie Lennox has been an icon since shooting to fame with the Eurythmics two decades ago. The “Greatest White Soul Singer Alive” won a 2004 Academy Award for best original song. But these days, Lennox’s heart belongs less to Billboard charts than to dying children. She campaigns on behalf of African children infected with AIDS. She talked exclusively to Metro.
 
Experts: Homegrown terror biggest threat
Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, antiterrorist experts said Thursday.
 
 
 
Food safety likely to get ’10 overhaul
A Senate committee voted unanimously yesterday to increase government oversight of food safety but the first significant overhaul in 50 years may not happen until 2010.
 
 
 
 

 

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House plans jobs action before Jan. 1
Democrats in the House aim to pass job-creating legislation before the end of the year to ease double-digit unemployment levels that threaten the economic recovery, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday.