Officials: Serbia's NATO ambassador leaps to death

By By SLOBODAN LEKIC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) - Serbia's ambassador to NATO was chatting and joking with colleagues in a multistory parking garage at Brussels Airport when he suddenly strolled to a barrier, climbed over and flung himself to the ground below, a diplomat said.

By the time his shocked

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Analysis: Obama could risk going over 'cliff'

Analysis: Obama could risk going over 'cliff'

By JULIE PACE
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - It may be just a bluff or a bargaining ploy, but the White House is signaling that President Barack Obama is willing to let the country go over the "fiscal cliff," a hard-line negotiating strategy aimed at winning concessions from Republicans on taxes.

If Washington really does fail to avert the

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Drenched Northern California gets more rain

By By TERRY COLLINS
Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A new storm system made its way Tuesday through already drenched Northern California, prompting renewed flood concerns in parts of the region.

Rain had been falling along the coast and inland areas, but the heaviest rain was expected early Wednesday. Coastal mountains could see as much as six

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Citigroup to eliminate more than 11,000 jobs

Citigroup to eliminate more than 11,000 jobs
Citigroup to eliminate more than 11,000 jobs
NEW YORK (AP) -

NEW YORK (AP) -- Citigroup says it will eliminate more than 11,000 jobs.
 
The bank says it's looking to cut expenses and improve efficiency.
 
The company said Wednesday that the cuts will result in about $1 billion in charges in the fourth quarter and about $100 million in charges during the first half of next year.
 
It

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Woman, 116, listed as 'world's oldest' dies in Ga.

Woman, 116, listed as 'world's oldest' dies in Ga.

MONROE, Ga. (AP) - The woman who was listed as the world's oldest person died Tuesday in a Georgia nursing home at age 116.

Besse Cooper died peacefully Tuesday afternoon in Monroe, according to her son Sidney Cooper. Monroe is about 45 miles east of Atlanta.

Cooper said his mother had been ill recently with a stomach virus, then felt better on

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