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Afghan minister: Taliban can be defeated
The war in Afghanistan is winnable, and corruption will be fought, Interior Minister Hanif Atmar told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday, as President Hamid Karzai was being sworn in for a second five-year term in Kabul.
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University of California students protest 32 percent tuition increase
Angry students at the Davis, California, branch of the University of California refused to vacate the school's administration building Thursday evening in a show of defiance and protest over a 32-percent undergraduate tuition hike instituted by the California Board of Regents earlier in the day.
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Artist Jeanne-Claude, co-creator of 'The Gates,' dead at 74
Artist Jeanne-Claude, co-creator of the 2005 Central Park art installation "The Gates," died Wednesday from complications of a ruptured brain aneurysm, according to the Web site Jeanne-Claude shared with her husband, the artist Christo.
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Georgia mascot Uga VII dies at age 4
Uga VII, the University of Georgia mascot whose deeply furrowed face was a fixture at the school for more than a year, died early Thursday, the university said. He was 4 years old.
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Murder, rape charges pending in Shaniya Davis case
Murder and rape charges will be filed against a North Carolina man in the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, police said Thursday.
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Oprah ending talk show in 2011
Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday's "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that she will end her talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
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U.S. and Cuba practice softball diplomacy
A metaphorical timeout has been in place between the United States and Cuba for nearly 50 years. But that could all be changing with the help of sports.
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Suspected Maoists derail train in India
Suspected Maoists blew up a railway track in eastern India, derailing a train packed with passengers less than a week ahead of regional elections opposed by the powerful rebels, authorities said.
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Senate panel seeks to 'connect the dots'
A key congressional committee opened its investigation Thursday into the November 5 Fort Hood shootings with a pledge to find out if authorities failed to "connect the dots" and could have prevented the attack.
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A primer for 'New Moon' newbies
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Newsquiz: Week of November 16
November 20, 2009
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Feds indict 26 in alleged scheme to defraud FCC program for the deaf
Federal authorities on Thursday indicted 26 suspects in nine states in a wide-ranging scheme to defraud a program intended to help the deaf.
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Demonstrators demand justice in Puerto Rico gay teen's slaying
Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago.
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California university regents approve 32 percent tuition increase
Angry students staged a sit-in Thursday in an attempt to block university officials from leaving the UCLA campus after the California Board of Regents voted to raise undergraduate tuition 32 percent over the next two years.
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Big business for a 'New Moon' romance
Are they or aren't they a couple? That's the multimillion-dollar question fueling the "Twilight" franchise.
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Some parents wary of 'New Moon'
Not everyone is as psyched for Friday's "New Moon" release as the "Twi-hards," the "Twilight" series' hard-core fans.
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This Week in iReport: Shuttle launch and an early Christmas
This week in iReport, we received a lot of compelling content. iReporters captured images of the shuttle Atlantis roaring into space. An iReporter shared a beautiful story of how one town is giving a dying boy a Christmas wish. We've also got lots of footage of "New Moon" fans excited for the big pr …
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Belgian PM is first 'president of Europe'
European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first "president of Europe" Thursday, edging out former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a still-vaguely defined job.
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New Orleans mayor hails Katrina ruling
Calling the ruling "huge," New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday reacted to a federal judge finding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain a shipping channel led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina.
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Awards honor top 10 Internet moments of the decade
The explosion of Craigslist's online classifieds. The death of Napster. The "Twitter Revolution" in Iran.
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