AP 2010-11-26

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1. The White House is strongly condemning¹ North Korea's artillery² attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called on the North to halt its belligerent³ action. North Korea fired barrages⁴ of artillery Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze⁵ and killing⁶ at least two marines.

2. The death toll⁷ from a stampede at a Cambodian festival continues to rise. It now stands at 378 with hundreds more injured. Many people were crushed or fell off a bridge when a panic-stricken crowd tried to flee from the festival. The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign⁸ of the Khmer Rouge⁹.

3. Alaska's bitterly contested Senate election is headed to state court. Republican Joe Miller¹⁰ filed suit against the state Monday, trying to stop the state from using discretion¹¹ in determining voter intent on write-in ballots¹² cast for Senator Lisa Murkowski. She holds a 10,000 vote edge.

4. Qantas says it will return its grounded superjumbo fleet to the skies. The airline says it has performed engine safety checks on its fleet of Airbus A380s and is comfortable with the operation of the aircraft. Qantas took the planes out of service after an engine failure over Indonesia forced an emergency landing.