Poisoned Former KGB Spy Dies in London  © The Associated Press Ex-NY Times Managing Editor Dies at 56  © The Associated Press Retailers Set Usher in Holiday Season  © The Associated Press LJ, Tynes Lift Chiefs Over Broncos 19-10  © The Associated Press Throngs Mourn Slain Lebanese Official  © The Associated Press
Sony Finds Defect in Digital Cameras Sony said Friday it found a defect in some of its popular Cyber-shot compact digital cameras and offered to repair affected cameras free of charge. more Retailers Set Usher in Holiday Season  © The Associated Press Howard: Laws Won't Change for Qantas  © The Associated Press Oil Prices Rise Slightly in Thin Trading Oil prices rose slightly Friday in thin electronic trading due to the Thanksgiving holiday. more China Audit Finds $900M in Misused Funds SHANGHAI, China _ China's National Audit Office reported Friday that its investigations uncovered 7.1 billion yuan, or $900 million, in pension funds misused in overseas investments, construction projects and unauthorized lending. more
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Pitt, Jolie Spend Holiday in Vietnam  © The Associated Press Broadway Lyricist Betty Comden Dies  © The Associated Press French Actor Philippe Noiret Dies at 76 Philippe Noiret, a beloved French actor featured in the popular "Il Postino" ("The Postman"), died Thursday, the Culture Ministry said. He was 76. more Lawyer Wants Simpson Book Off EBay An attorney representing the family of Nicole Brown Simpson accused eBay on Thursday of not moving quickly enough to yank auctions of "If I Did It," O.J. Simpson's hypothetical story of how he would have killed his ex-wife. more Renowned Jazz Singer Anita O'Day Dies  © The Associated Press
Baby With Heart Outside Body Has Surgery  © The Associated Press Official Investigates Cruise Ship Death  © The Associated Press Holiday Gobbling Weighs Down Students If there are college kids at your Thanksgiving table, don't encourage them to gobble so much. New research suggests that the typical student leaves the holiday weekend as stuffed as the turkey, gaining more than a pound during the short break. more Fetal Oxygen Monitors Offer No Benefit A large government study has concluded that monitoring fetal oxygen levels during labor does not lead to healthier newborns or reduce unnecessary Caesarean deliveries. more Democrats Look to Trim Medicare Costs Soon to be in charge of Congress, Democrats are looking to chip away at billions of dollars in payments to the health insurance companies that run Medicare's managed care programs. more
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Court to Hear Google-Newspaper Fight A Belgian court on Friday will hear Google Inc.'s defense against local newspaper complaints that it stole content from their Web sites without paying them or asking their permission. more Ericsson: Mobile TV Will Reach Masses Mobile television broadcasts will reach the global masses in 2008, Sweden's LM Ericsson predicted Thursday, and said it will work closely with Japan's Sony Corp. to develop new media solutions for home users over wireless connections. more Report: Data Agency Broke Privacy Laws A report by an EU panel released Thursday said the bank data transfer agency SWIFT broke European privacy laws by handing over personal data to U.S. authorities for use in anti-terror investigations. more Microsoft Makes Deadline on Windows Info European Union regulators said Microsoft Corp. handed in on time to meet a Thursday deadline information about its Windows operating software that should help other software companies. more U.S. Copyright Office Issues New Rights Cell phone owners will be allowed to break software locks on their handsets in order to use them with competing carriers under new copyright rules announced Wednesday. more
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