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Thai airports to reopen after PM ousted by court (AP)

People's Alliance for Democracy protesters celebrate as a court ruling brings down Thai government at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. The nation's Constitutional Court ruling set the stage for thousands of protesters to end their weeklong siege of the country's two main airports, but also raised fears of retaliatory violence by supporters of the government, which could sink the country deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

AP - Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand declared victory and said they would end their occupation of the country's two main airports Wednesday after a court decision forced the country's prime minister from office.

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:36:56 GMT

Police: Mumbai gunmen came by sea from Pakistan (AP)

A police inspector, only hands seen, inspects identity cards of fishermen at a coast in Porbander, 412 kilometers (255 miles) west of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Security has been beefed up in coastal towns and ports in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state after terrorists are suspected to have used the Porbandar port to reach Mumbai. The Indian navy is investigating whether a trawler found drifting off the coast of Mumbai, with a bound corpse on board, was used to ferry militants to the 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed 172 people and rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

AP - The gunmen who attacked Mumbai set out by boat from the Pakistani port of Karachi, then later hijacked an Indian fishing trawler that carried them toward this financial capital on their suicide mission, a top police official said Tuesday.

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:13:50 GMT

Zimbabwe faces water cuts amid cholera crisis (AP)

Women and children wait to collect water from an underground source following a water cut in Harare, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Water in the capital Harare was cut due to shortage of purification chemicals as Zimbabwe battles with a cholera outbreak which is thought to have left at least 425 people dead.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

AP - As children played near cesspools, their parents shook their heads at a public service announcement drifting over the radio Tuesday: It urged people to boil water before drinking it.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:02:50 GMT

US cruise ship outruns Somali pirates' guns (AP)

US Navy image of Somali pirates who seized the Ukrainian cargo ship MV Faina in October 2008. Somalia's insurgent Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has called on pirates to immediately release a giant Saudi oil tanker and other foreign vessels being held in Somali waters.(AFP/US Navy/File)

AP - The luxury American cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with hundreds of well-heeled tourists just might have been too much for Somali pirates to resist.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:14:02 GMT

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Giants suspend Burress, done for season (AP)
Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress is done for the year. The New York Giants fined and suspended Burress on Tuesday for four games -- the rest of the regular season -- after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, which means the wide receiver couldn't come back for playoffs, either.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:50:27 PST

NFL suspends 6 players for doping (AP)
Six players, including the heart of the Minnesota Vikings' stout defensive line, were suspended for four games without pay by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's anti-doping policy. All six were punished for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids. The suspended players were running back Deuce McAllister and defensive linemen Charles Grant and Will Smith of New...

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:30:00 PST

Cowboys put 'Pacman' back on roster (AP)
Adam "Pacman" Jones is back in the NFL, and will be able to play this week for the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys put Jones on their 53-man roster Tuesday after the NFL lifted the cornerback's suspension. Jones missed six games for violating the league's player conduct policy. He previously was suspended for the entire 2007 season while with Tennessee and played in only six games for the Cowboys before...

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:17:50 PST

Cincinnati coach Kelly says he's staying (AP)
Coach Brian Kelly tried to end speculation Tuesday that he's leaving No. 13 Cincinnati, saying that he's happy with the football program's development and he plans to stay. He was upbeat Tuesday following a meeting with the school's president, AD and the head of its board of trustees to get an update on plans to expand the Bearcats' small football stadium and to improve their practice fields.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:16:04 PST

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Shares rebound with confidence boost from GE (Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, December 2, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

Reuters - Stocks snapped back on Tuesday after a pledge by General Electric , a global bellwether, to leave its dividend intact in a fragile economy sparked optimism.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:32:01 GMT

GM says needs fast $4 billion from U.S. to survive (Reuters)

The Chevy symbol adorns the front of a General Motors SUV on the assembly line at the GM assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, November 18, 2008. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

Reuters - General Motors Corp warned the U.S. government on Tuesday that it needs a $4 billion loan by the end of December or else it faces the risk of immediate failure.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:56:16 GMT

Chrysler seeks $7 billion in aid this month (Reuters)

The Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly plant is seen in Warren, Michigan in this October 14, 2008 file photo. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)

Reuters - Chrysler LLC on Tuesday asked the U.S. government for an emergency $7-billion bridge loan by the end of the year, saying it needs the funds to survive a brutal downturn in sales that has depleted its cash reserves.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:38:06 GMT

Automakers desperate bailout plea gaining support (Reuters)

New trucks are displayed for sale at a Ford dealership in Encinitas, California in this November 11, 2008 file photo. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

Reuters - A top lawmaker predicted Washington would approve a bailout for U.S. automakers after they submitted survival plans and two of them, General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC, said that without an immediate infusion of cash they could fail soon.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:55:03 GMT

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Clinton's India ties may complicate Obama policy (AP)

President-elect Barack Obama leaves a news conference with Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. They are followed by, from top left: Attorney General-designate Eric Holder; Homeland Security Secretary-designate, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Vice President-elect Joe Biden; and National Security Adviser-designate Ret. Marine Gen. James Jones. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

AP - Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton's close ties with India forged during her years as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate could complicate diplomatic perceptions of her ability to serve as a neutral broker between India and its nuclear neighbor, Pakistan.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:23:56 GMT

Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt (AP)

AP - The luxury American cruise ship teeming with hundreds of tourists just might have been too much for the Somali pirates to resist.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:13:57 GMT

Ga. Senate runoff could decide balance of power (AP)

Oscar Poole, of East Ellijay, Ga., looks over a campaign flyer as he waits for an election-night party for incumbent Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., to begin in Atlanta, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Chambliss is in a run off with Democrat Jim Martin. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

AP - Georgia voters had their hands on the balance of power in the next U.S. Senate in a runoff election Tuesday, one of two unresolved races that Democrats need to win to get a 60-seat majority impervious to GOP filibusters. Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss faced Democrat Jim Martin after a post-general election campaign that drew national political heavyweights from both parties.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:57 GMT

US official: India attack may have Pakistani roots (AP)

Workers put-up posters on wooden boards outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)

AP - Evidence suggests that a group partly based in Pakistan carried out last week's attack in India, U.S. officials said Tuesday, and they also revealed the U.S. had warned the Indian government that terrorists appeared to be plotting an assault on Mumbai.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:06 GMT