http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top Headlines At 4:21 p.m. EST &copy; 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <a href="http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Signaling he's decided on new troop levels for the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he intends to "finish the job" on his watch and destroy terrorist networks in the region.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:02:35 GMT By ANNE GEARAN and JENNIFER LOVEN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_LEGISLATION_INFLATION?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. They pile it high on desks, hoist it on a shoulder trussed in sturdy rope and tell people it's longer than "War and Peace," which it isn't.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:02:42 GMT By CALVIN WOODWARD and DOUGLASS K. DANIEL http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_LEGISLATION_INFLATION?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BELGIUM_COMA_RECOVERY?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BRUSSELS (AP) -- With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. A leading bioethicist, however, expressed skepticism that the man was truly communicating on his own.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:02:42 GMT By RAF CASERT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BELGIUM_COMA_RECOVERY?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_INDIA?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday that U.S. ties with India will be "one of the defining relationships" of the 21st century as he welcomed India's prime minister for the first state visit of his administration.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:02:46 GMT By FOSTER KLUG http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_INDIA?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CENSUS_WORKER_HANGED?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- A Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:22:51 GMT By BRUCE SCHREINER and ROGER ALFORD http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CENSUS_WORKER_HANGED?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ELUSIVE_TERRORIST?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that it is now offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:02:46 GMT By ADAM GOLDMAN and RANDY HERSCHAFT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ELUSIVE_TERRORIST?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PALIN_BOOK_TOUR?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) -- Sarah Palin, who says the 2012 presidential election isn't on her radar, took her "Going Rogue" book tour to the biggest of the battleground states Tuesday, including a stop in the retirement community where tens of thousands of people gave her star treatment in the 2008 presidential election.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:02:53 GMT By BRENDAN FARRINGTON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PALIN_BOOK_TOUR?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_LAMBERT?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Adam Lambert's racy American Music Awards performance cost him a gig on "Good Morning America," but he will perform live instead on ABC's morning rivals at CBS.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:34 GMT By DAVID BAUDER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_LAMBERT?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOUTH_AFRICA_BATTLING_BABOONS?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:37:49 GMT By COURTNEY BROOKS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOUTH_AFRICA_BATTLING_BABOONS?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBN_NL_MVP?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04. Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:09:34 GMT By RONALD BLUM http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBN_NL_MVP?SITE=CASTO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT