Wednesday,  November 28, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 133 • 27 of 35 •  Other Editions

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• 8. WHO MADE WINNING THE MIRROR-BALL TROPHY A REALITY
• Melissa Rycroft didn't win on "The Bachelor" or her first stint on "Dancing With the Stars" but she won the dance show's 'All Stars' competition.

• 9. U.N. ON VERGE OF RECOGNIZING PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD
• The U.S. and Israel strongly oppose the resolution, which would add weight to Palestinian claims for a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.

• 10. HOW STEROID ALLEGATIONS WILL PLAY IN HALL OF FAME VOTING
• Baseball greats Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa will appear on Wednesday's ballot for the first time.


World Briefs
AP Exclusive: Accounts, clothing show Disney, Wal-Mart, Sears used Bangladesh factory in fire

• DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Amid the ash, broken glass and melted sewing machines at what is left of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, there are piles of blue, red and off-white children's shorts bearing Wal-Mart's Faded Glory brand. Shorts from hip-hop star Sean Combs' ENYCE label lay on the floor and are stacked in cartons.
• An Associated Press reporter searching the factory Wednesday found these and other clothes, including sweaters from the French company Teddy Smith, among the equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 workers Saturday. He also found entries in account books indicating that the factory took orders to produce clothes for Disney, Sears and other Western brands.
• Garments and documents left behind in the factory show it was used by a host of major American and European retailers, though at least one of them -- Wal-Mart -- had been aware of safety problems. Wal-Mart blames a supplier for using Tazreen Fashions without its knowledge.
• The fire has elevated awareness of something labor groups, retailers and governments have known for years: Bangladesh's fast-growing garment industry -- second only to China's in exports -- is rife with dangerous workplaces. More than 300 workers there have died in fires since 2006.
• Police on Wednesday arrested three factory officials suspected of locking in the

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