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• . ADMINISTRATION SAYS WORST GLITCHES GONE FROM HEALTH CARE WEBSITE
• The online portal will face a new test on Dec. 23 when consumers rush to meet deadline for Jan.
1 coverage.
• . WHICH DILEMMA RETAILERS ARE FACING AFTER BLACK FRIDAY
• Despite rising numbers of people who went to stores this weekend, shoppers spent almost 3% less than last year.
• . THAI PRIME MINISTER SAYS SHE WON'T RESIGN
• Violence continues in Bangkok as government leader rejects demonstrators' demands.
• . WHAT JESSE OWENS' OLYMPIC MEDAL REVEALS
• The black athlete's gold trophy from the Berlin Olympics, up for auction this week, recalls American segregation and Nazi propaganda about Aryan supremacism.
• . WHY VENEZUELA'S INFLUENCE IS WANING
• Faced with an economic crisis, Hugo Chavez's successor is unable to be as generous with foreign aid.
• . A PRICE JUMP FOR '12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS' GIFT TROVE
• You would shell out over $114,000 to buy all 364 items in the traditional holiday carol--6.9% more than last year.
• . ALOHA STATE'S GAY WEDDINGS BEGIN
• Mass ceremonies in Waikiki are among the planned nuptials on the first day gays could get married in Hawaii.
• . TRAGIC END FOR HOLLYWOOD RACING HERO
• Investigators say speed was a factor in the death of 'Fast & Furious' star Paul Walker, killed in a fiery one-car crash in L.A.
• . SHAKEUP IN AP'S TOP 25 POLL
• Auburn jumps to the third slot in the college football rankings after the Tigers upset Alabama; Florida State claims the top spot, Ohio State takes second.

AP News in Brief
Investigators seek reasons why NYC train crashed, killing 4 and injuring more than 60 others

• NEW YORK (AP) -- Metro-North officials say the locomotive of the commuter train that derailed in New York City, killing four people, has been righted.
• Spokesman Aaron Donovan says cranes re-railed the engine at 4:20 a.m. Mon

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