http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.general News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:53:02 -0500 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:16 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/24/US.State.Dinner/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US.State.Dinner 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3222 Guests at President Barack Obama's first state dinner were being treated to an eye-catching scheme of green and purple, from the green curry surrounding the prawns to the purple floral arrangements paying homage to the peacock, India's national bird. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:40 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/23/US.US.Afghanistan/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US.US.Afghanistan 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4128 War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war plans virtually sure to include tens of thousands more U.S. troops. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:41 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/24/US.Health.Care.Legislation.Inflation/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US.Health.Care.Legislation.Inflation 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3c19 Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. They pile it high on desks, hoist it on a shoulder trussed in sturdy rope and tell people it's longer than "War and Peace," which it isn't. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:45 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/23/EU.Belgium.Coma.Recovery/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_EU.Belgium.Coma.Recovery 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-47c8 Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:46 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/23/US.SC.Governor/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US.SC.Governor 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4540 A cool-headed legal debate has replaced the once-passionate calls to oust Gov. Mark Sanford that began after his tearful summertime admission that he disappeared from the state to pursue an extramarital affair in Argentina. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:50:15 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/24/US.Census.Worker.Hanged/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US.Census.Worker.Hanged 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3587 On the surface it all seemed like a gruesome hate crime in a rural part of Kentucky with a history of disdain for the government: a census worker found bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree, the word "fed" scrawled across his chest. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/24/US.Crib.Recall/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US.Crib.Recall 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-408e The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday promised swift action to get dangerous products off the market, acknowledging that the agency didn't move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million cribs linked to four deaths. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/24/US.TV.Dancing.With.the.Stars/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US.TV.Dancing.With.the.Stars 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3c12 Mya, Danny Osmond and Kelly Osbourne will soon find out who is the new champion of "Dancing with the Stars." Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:37:46 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/24/AF.South.Africa.Battling.Baboons/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_AF.South.Africa.Battling.Baboons 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-38e9 Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:22 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2009/11/24/BBN.NL.MVP/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_BBN.NL.MVP 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-35bb Albert Pujols' third National League MVP award put him in select company. Only Barry Bonds has more.