CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/?eref=rss_topstories CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. en-us © 2009 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:17:39 EST 5 CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/?eref=rss_topstories http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif 144 33 CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Afghanistan decision coming within days, White House says http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/24/us.afghanistan/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/24/us.afghanistan/index.html?eref=rss_topstories President Obama will announce within days whether he will send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the White House said late Monday night. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:46:08 EST BART police seek arrest video http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/24/california.transit.police.scuffle/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/24/california.transit.police.scuffle/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Authorities have begun questioning witnesses to a confrontation that led to a BART police officer shoving an unruly man into a window, a top official said Monday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:34:56 EST Abortion, politics tough for Catholics http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/23/kennedy.abortion/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/23/kennedy.abortion/index.html?eref=rss_topstories A dispute over abortion between the only remaining Kennedy in Congress and his Roman Catholic bishop has highlighted the political volatility of the issue. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:31:38 EST Two executed over tainted milk http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/china.milk.execution/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/china.milk.execution/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Two people were executed Tuesday in China for their part in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six babies and sickened about 300,000 others, state-run media reported. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:44:55 EST Black Friday shopping expected to soar http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/24/black.friday.forecast/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/24/black.friday.forecast/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Black Friday shopping is expected to pick up more than 16 percent this year, according to a survey released Tuesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:11:47 EST Sanford faces 37 ethics charges http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/23/south.carolina.sanford/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/23/south.carolina.sanford/index.html?eref=rss_topstories The South Carolina Ethics Commission has charged Gov. Mark Sanford with 37 counts of violating state ethics laws, according to a complaint released by the commission on Monday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:05:30 EST Fort Hood victim 'died as she lived' http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/23/fort.hood.burial/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/23/fort.hood.burial/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Huddling under umbrellas in a chilly rain, friends, relatives and comrades gathered at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to lay to rest another of the victims of the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:04:03 EST Philippines massacre blamed on 'thugs' http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/philippines.hostages/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/philippines.hostages/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Gunmen kidnapped and killed at least 21 people in the Philippines today in what a presidential adviser called the most "gruesome massacre of civilians" in recent history. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:55:12 EST U.N. worker's body found after 24 years http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/23/un.missing.remains/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/23/un.missing.remains/index.html?eref=rss_topstories The body of a United Nations worker, who had been missing for 24 years, has been found in eastern Lebanon, a representative of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:20:49 EST Heidi Klum takes Seal's last name http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/23/heidi.klum.name.change/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/23/heidi.klum.name.change/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Heidi Klum has officially changed her name to Heidi Samuel, taking Seal's last name, four years and four kids after getting hitched. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:16:47 EST