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• Record 2.1M dropside cribs recalled
  More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.
  
• Woman who had nearly 370 animals gets probation
  A woman who had been charged with child endangerment after almost 370 animals were seized from her Missouri farm has been placed on two years of unsupervised probation.
  
• AP IMPACT: Some lawmakers send few to academies
  As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
  
• Giuliani back in spotlight _ but what's the show?
  Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star — Sept. 11.
  
• SC legislators begin Sanford impeachment hearings
  Legislators irked for months over Gov. Mark Sanford's summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a rendezvous with his lover plan to start debating a measure Tuesday that ultimately would remove him from office.
  
• The nation's weather
  Two main weather features were expected to bring active weather to the U.S. on Tuesday.
  
• Sparkling reindeer-dung jewelry sells at Ill. zoo
  Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are going on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up its dung Christmas ornaments last year.
  
• Obituaries in the news
  Albert Taylor Scroggins Jr.
  
• Atlanta cops, shaken community try to make amends
  After a 92-year-old grandmother was cut down in a hail of police bullets during a botched raid three years ago, her community seemed to trust officers about as much as the drug dealers who roam the blighted streets.
  
• NYC police promote head of 9/11 trial security
  The man in charge of the New York City Police Department's security planning for the upcoming trial of the Sept. 11 terror attack suspects is being promoted.
  
• Atty: Fort Hood suspect may use insanity defense
  An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack on his Texas post will likely plead not guilty to the charges against him and may use an insanity defense at his military trial, his attorney said Monday.
  
• 'Day of Outrage' takes stand against violence
  Residents of a broken north St. Louis neighborhood called Monday for a restoration of hope and dignity, and in Atlanta, the Rev. Al Sharpton declared war on community violence and drug dealers.
  
• Goodbye jobs, hello mom and dad, say young adults
  Faced with limited job options, many young adults are turning to an old standby to weather the recession: moving back in with mom and dad.
  
• CO2 curve ticks upward as key climate talks loom
  The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios.
  
• Arrest video has transit police on guard in Calif.
  The troubles of the San Francisco Bay area's transit police went viral again as video hit the Internet showing what some claim was another use of excessive force.
  
• Ala. DA: 14-year-old might have arranged gang rape
  A 14-year-old Alabama girl might have helped arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate and could face charges as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised interview, a district attorney said.
  
• Alleged Hawaii spy found competent to stand trial
  A Maui man accused of selling military secrets to China has been found competent to stand trial.
  
• Lawmaker defends RI Rep Kennedy in Communion flap
  A Pennsylvania lawmaker defended Rep. Patrick Kennedy on Monday against a bishop who has acknowledged asking the Rhode Island congressman not to receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion rights.
  
• 2 men charged in Kentucky triple slaying
  Two suspects charged in the killings of three men whose decomposed bodies were found by hunters have implicated themselves in statements to police, a prosecutor said Monday.
  
• Holiday gift: Amazon-Wal-Mart price war
  But the battle for the fast-growing e-commerce market isn't about Christmas. It's about the future.
  
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 842
  As of Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EST.
  
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,365
  As of Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at least 4,365 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
  
• Officials: NYC cops did right thing in subway stab
  Drifter Dwight Johnson was on the subway with his bag on the seat next to him when another passenger demanded it be moved because he wanted the spot, even though there were plenty of empty seats on the late-night train.
  
• Mass. woman seeks funds for turkey's eye surgery
  A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry and another turkey from a Rhode Island farm last week. But Jerry has cataracts, and the eye problems mean he can't eat independently or join his female companion, Penelope, in flying.
  
• Me-OW! Cat survives Illinois outage-causing run-in
  A cat went from meow to ow when officials say it accidentally made contact with a substation's fuse, causing an outage to about 1,500 homes and businesses in southwestern Illinois. The feline apparently survived the encounter early Monday in the Greene County city of Carrollton.
  

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