Thanksgiving-Hanukkah overlap spurs thanks, angst
By JEFF KAROUB Second-grader Talia Begres, 7, works on creating a menurkey, a paper-and-paint mashup of a menorah and turkey at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Mich., Wednesday, Nov.…
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Iran nuke deal could push oil prices lower
By JONATHAN FAHEY FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, oil pumps work in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil prices could be headed lower…
3RD SECTION OF LATVIAN SUPERMARKET ROOF COLLAPSES
GARY PEACH Rescue workers search debris of the Maxima supermarket in Riga, Latvia, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. Scores of people have died, including three firefighters, after an enormous section of…
NORTH KOREA DETAINS US WAR VETERAN, 85, SON SAYS
By MARTHA MENDOZA This 2005 photo provided by the Palo Alto Weekly shows Merrill Newman, a retired finance executive and Red Cross volunteer, in Palo Alto, Calif. An 85-year-old American…
Israeli restaurant: Turn off phone, get discount
By ARON HELLER Diners sit in a restaurant in the village of Abu Ghosh, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. A restaurant owner in an Arab village…
Hot cars at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
By The Associated Press Matthias Müller, President of the Executive Board, Porsche AG introduces the new Porsche Macan Turbo at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov.…
Markets remain lackluster in run up to Fed minutes
By TOBY STERLING An invested looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013 in Shanghai, China. World stocks were muted Tuesday as a…
Best Buy posts 3Q profit, sales flat
By MAE ANDERSON In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, shoppers walk toward the parking lot at a Best Buy store in Hialeah, Fla. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013,…