Going Off to College for Less (Passport Required)
By TAMAR LEWIN
Published: November 30, 2008
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Isobel Oliphant felt she was making an offbeat choice when she graduated from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, N.Y., and enrolled at the ancient university in this quiet coastal t own of stone ruins and verdant golf courses.
By ESPN.com news services
Updated: December 1, 2008, 10:48 PM ET
NEW YORK -- New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second-degree Monday and released on a $100,000 bond.
Highest tide in 20 years floods historic Venice
By LUIGI COSTANTINI
VENICE, Italy – Venice could use a bailout. The city built on water has too much of it.
By COLLEEN LONG
Dec 1
NEW YORK - Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death, but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bring criminal charges.
Panel warns biological attack likely by 2013
By PAMELA HESS (Dec 1)
WASHINGTON – The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.
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America's Most- And Least-Stolen Cars
By Jacqueline Mitchell (Dec 1)
Big trucks and SUVs are among the most appealing to car thieves. In the past few years, big, bold SUVs have become almost synonymous with the success of entertainment and sports stars. You make it big, you buy an Escalade. Or a Hummer.
By Sue Chang
Last update: 4:23 p.m. EST Dec. 1, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday declared a fiscal emergency and called for a special session with lawmakers to address California's $11.2 billion deficit, the Associated Press reported.
Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle at 100 mph
AP - Mon Dec 1, 8:13 PM ET
SAN ANTONIO - A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road."
Britney: What qualifies as comeback?
By Rachel Leibrock
Published: Monday, Dec. 01, 2008
Britney Spears turns 27 on Tuesday, but the troubled pop star won't just be celebrating with a cake and presents – she has a brand new record and the makings of a new image.
Stocks Plunge on Poor Economic Data, Holiday Jitters
By Renae Merle
Monday, December 1, 2008; 10:21 AM
U.S. stocks took a deep dive in early trading today as investors remained nervous about the holiday shopping season.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 3.8 percent or 334 points, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index was fell 4.5 percent or 40 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down 4.3 percent or 67 points.
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