http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/ News Elsewhere headlines from the Arizona Daily Star en-us 2009-11-22 60 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318566.php WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 60-39 Saturday to clear the way for consideration of historic legislation to overhaul the nation's health-care system, but reluctant Democratic moderates sent strong signals that the bill has an uncertain future. 0x09050900 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318570.php NIKISKI, Alaska — Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government. 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318521.php ANNAPOLIS, Md. — 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. 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318520.php AMES, Iowa — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist." 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318549.php WASHINGTON — President Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future. 0x09000900 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318553.php COLORADO 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318519.php VATICAN CITY — After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans. 0x09000700 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318517.php SRI LANKA 0x09000700 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318516.php PERUGIA, Italy — Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy." 0x09000700 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318533.php KONSTANTINOVKA, Ukraine — Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance. 0x09090700 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318515.php LONDON — Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate-change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change. 0x09000700 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318514.php CALIFORNIA 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318565.php ACHIN, Afghanistan — American and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts of Afghanistan, prompting hopes of a large-scale tribal rebellion against the Taliban. 0x09000700 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318564.php KABUL — A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding two people, the Interior Ministry said. 0x09000700 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318541.php WASHINGTON — The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. 0x09000900 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318556.php CHICAGO — Drivers are far more likely to encounter a horse than a streetlight on the secluded roads of Barrington Hills, Ill. But a controversial proposal could make it even darker in the village famed for its equestrians and sprawling houses. 0x09080300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318537.php CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday. 0x09080300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318545.php Guest lineup for the TV news shows today: 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318539.php HONOLULU — On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. This year, the long tradition may get a little more difficult to observe. 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318543.php Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the past week. 0x09000900 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318567.php TEXAS 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318546.php Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war. 0x09000700 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318560.php ATLANTA — Seventh-grade teacher Ruth Keenan has a Facebook page. So does Jennifer McGovern, who teaches kindergarten. And so do the school districts they work for. 0x09000300 2009-11-22 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/318571.php Vernon Parker understands that he's an enigma throughout much of the state. 0x09070200 2009-11-22