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1. Months after coup,
Honduras holds elections
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Hondurans on Sunday elected a new president whose first challenge will be defending his legitimacy to the world and ending a crisis over a June coup that has isolated one of Latin America's poorest countries.
Porfrio Lobo and Elvin Santos, two prosperous businessmen from the political old guard, are the front-runners. But their campaigns have been overshadowed by the debate over whether Hondurans should vote at all in an election largely shunned by international monitors.
2. Iran approves new plan to build uranium facilities
ensuring Tehran cannot build a nuclear weapon in the near-term future. The U.S. and its allies have hinted at new U.N. sanctions if Iran does not respond
The decision comes only days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency censured Iran over its program and demanded it halt the construction of a newly revealed enrichment facility. The West has signaled it is running out of patience with Iran's continuing enrichment and its balking at a U.N. deal aimed at
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment and a move that is likely to significantly heighten tensions with the West.
The White House said the move "would be yet another serious violation of Iran's clear obligations under multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions and another example of Iran choosing to isolate itself"
"Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program."White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said.
3. Afghan security forces kill 26 militants in battle
KABUL — Afghan officials said Sunday that 26 militants were killed in a gun battle with border security guards along the Pakistan frontier. NATO also reported that an Afghan woman was killed when she was struck by an international forces vehicle in Kabul.
The Ministry of Interior said Sunday that the battle between militants and the border guards occurred Saturday night in the Gurbuz district of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan.
The ministry says the bodies of 13 militants were recovered following the fighting. Air support was summoned to the area. No Afghan border security guards were killed in the violence, according to the ministry.
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4 Kansas authorities
arrest shooting suspect
PHOENIX — A Federal Aviation Administration official says a small plane approaching Phoenix Deer Valley Airport was forced to make an emergency landing on a city street about three miles west of the airport.
BURLINGAME, Kan. — A 12-hour manhunt ended Sunday with the arrest of a man wanted for questioning in a shooting that left three dead and one wounded in eastern Kansas.
Kansas authorities had been looking for Kahler since Saturday night and warned that he could be armed and dangerous. They would not say how Kahler was connected to the people who were shot.
James Kahler, 46, was arrested about 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning, said Ashley Anstaett, a spokeswoman for attorney generals' office. He was from Columbia, Mo., he said.
No one was iniured.
FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown says the pilot reported engine problems that forced him to land on 43rd Avenue in northwest Phoenix about 9:20 a.m. Saturday.
Brown did not have specifics on the engine problems.
5. Plane forced to land on the street in Phoenix
However, she said pilots didn't usually land on a road unless they have a serious reason to do so.
The single-engine plane, a Van's Aircraft RV-6, was not damaged. The plane is an experimental aircraft with a 23-foot wingspan.
6. Subway wreck in D.C. leaves 3 workers iniured
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Officials say a Washington Metro subway train crashed into the back of another at a rail yard, injuring three workers.
The Metro transit agency says injuries were minor and not life-threatening. No passengers were on board when the crash occurred about 4:30 a.m. Sunday
Metro says a six-car train was returning to the West Falls Church Rail Yard in northern Virginia when it rear-ended a parked six-car train. Two workers were cleaning the parked train to get it ready for service.
Metro officials are investigating.
The crash was the latest accident involving Washington's rail system. A June crash killed eight passengers and the train operator. A track repairman was killed in August when he was hit by a gravel spreader. Another worker was killed when he was hit by a train in September.
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BY CORINNE WESTEMAN
LAUREN HELMER
Marion sonhomore
Marlon suphomore
"Just the fact that we have to come back to class — that we have papers and homework that's due."
What is the worst part about coming back to school after Thanksgiving break?
PETER HSIUNG Irvine, Calif., freshman "Preparing for finals, because it will be my first time preparing for a college final."
Elwood junior
"Knowing that you have to cram everything in during your last two weeks."
HOLLIE JOURNEY
Linwood Junior
DANIEL LEONARD
Glenellyn, Ill., freshman
"Getting back in the sleeping
pattern."
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ODD NEWS
Colo. man tries to steal
ATM by using his truck
Surveillance photos show a man hooking the ATM's chain to the back of a U-Haul truck.
The plan didn't work. The alleged attempted theft of the free-fstanding, outdoor ATM in Boulder set off an alarm early Wednesday morning. When police arrived they found the ATM on its side about 15 feet from its foundation outside a Chase Bank. No money had been taken.
BOULDER, Colo. — Authorities say a man in Colorado apparently tried to steal an ATM by hauling it away with a truck.
Police search for man who stole turkey dinner
They're searching for a man who broke into an apartment about 11 p.m. Tuesday and stole a family's holiday turkey.
JACKSON, Mich. — Jackson police are working to crack a case of fowl play.
ON THE RECORD
Police Lt. Christopher Simpson told the Jackson Citizen Patriot that the suspect ran into the kitchen and then stole the turkey out of the freezer.
About 4 p.m. Nov. 23 on campus, someone reported a burglary and the theft of two audio reader discs, at a loss of $90.
About 8 p.m. Nov. 23 near Ninth and Massachusetts streets, a University student reported the theft of a driver's license, at an unspecified loss.
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About 11 p.m. Tuesday near 31st and Iowa streets, a student reported an auto burglary, criminal damage and the theft of a purse, iPod and other items, at a total loss of $425.
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