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President-elect Barack Obama and his new national security team will quickly inherit a delicate diplomatic challenge to ease tensions between two U.S. allies who don't trust each other. Already fingers in India are being pointed at Pakistan for the multipronged terrorist attack in Mumbai.
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By Richard Drew, AP
There may be a silver lining to Monday's Dow drop: Stocks hit bottom and start to go up for good about five months before a recession ends.
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The terrorist attacks in Mumbai once again have revealed the delicate balance that large international hotels face.
Hurricane Ike's aftermath
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By Paul S. Howell for USA TODAY
Two months after Hurricane Ike ravaged this Gulf Coast city, Galveston is struggling to resurrect itself amid a sour economy.
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Hurricane Ike has turned the nation's top-ranked trauma center into a doc-in-the-box.
Mumbai attacks
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By Lefteris Pitarakis, Associated Press
Residents of Mumbai struggled on Monday to resume normal life or something like it in the wake of the attacks that left at least 172 dead.
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Rice said earlier Monday that the United States expects full cooperation from Pakistan with the investigations into the Mumbai attacks.
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India demanded that Pakistan take action against Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani group it alleges was responsible for the Mumbai attacks.
Across the USA
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By John A. Bowersmith for USA TODAY
Americans are stoking their fires, shifting to wood-generated heat to save money.
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The guard was shot to death at a Florida mall Monday, sending holiday shoppers fleeing. Police were searching for two gunmen.
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Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law has been arrested in the deaths of the singer's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.
Football
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By Jeff Zelevansky, Getty Images
Whether hit by personnel losses or blindsided by distractions, the reigning champion New York Giants have demonstrated rare resilience.
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Mario Williams and Steve Slaton led the Houston Texans to a 30-17 win over the slumping Jacksonville Jaguars Monday night.
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By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
The drama with Charlie Weis at Notre Dame underscores how patience in an increasingly results-driven sport has thinned.
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Old Hickory, sex symbol? Jon Meacham's book on the former president brings alive a profoundly flawed but dazzlingly charismatic American...
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Twelve of Patricia Cornwell's books have hit No. 1 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list, and pricey toys are the spoils of a phenomenally...
