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Prosecutors filed charges Friday against the younger brother of a man shot by a sheriff's deputy at a Salt Lake City tavern.

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Stuart Hoffman, chief economist with PNC Financial Services Group, talks with Bloomberg Television about the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy and the U.S. economy. (This report is an excerpt. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Benjamin Stretch, an analyst at Macquarie Capital USA Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about the likelihood of a joint venture between General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp. that would combine NBC Universal assets with Comcast’s. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Nick Calamos, chief investment officer of Calamos Asset Management who helps run the Calamos Convertible Fund, and Dan Brady, options trader at Entropy Capital LLC, talk with Bloomberg's Matt Miller about U.S. stock and bond markets and the economy. (Source: Bloomberg)

during the holidays -- putting your house up for sale is probably not at the top of your to-do-list. but one agent says if you're trying to sell your home, the holidays are the perfect time to have it on the market. "i think what we're finding is hopefully the bottom is there and we're going to find a great opportunity for buyers right now." linda devlieg says home sales have continued to rise for four months now. to keep the momentum going-- she wrote this blog-- 13 reasons to list during the holidays. "i hear sellers and their brokers telling me, i'm going to take my house off the market for the holidays and my action is always, why?" there's less competition during the holidays, so that could equal a higher selling price. "it's only going to take one buyer to sell your house and you might miss them." devlieg also says that january is traditionally the biggest month for job transfers-- so it's important to have your home on the market now for those people. she's motivating sellers-- like the ruhl family. "it's a beautiful home, we've enjoyed living here. in fact, i thought, gosh, it'd be nice just to be able to movthis house back to oklahoma." "i think we've had four or five showings in that time frame, and i think that's asonably good." devleig says bottom line-- if you don't try-- you don't sell. "if your house isn't out there on the market, you miss that chance."

The European Union is heading into a new era with unknowns named to the bloc's new presidency and foreign policy post. Early reaction Friday seems to show EU residents taking the selection in their stride. (20 November 2009)

Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists. (Nov. 20)

Italian prosecutors have begun their closing arguments in the trial of American exchange student Amanda Knox, who is accused of killing her British roommate more than two years ago. (Nov. 20)

Here's the latest news for Friday November 20: Oprah ending her show in 2011; New guidelines say women in their 20s can have fewer pap smears; Alleged Ft. Hood shooter has court date Saturday and Macy's unveils new parade balloons.

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Michele Steele reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks fell, joining a global retreat, as earnings at Dell Inc. and D.R. Horton Inc. trailed analysts’ estimates and concern grew that European Central Bank policy makers will phase out economic stimulus measures. The dollar rose and two-year Treasury note yields fell to the lowest level of the year as investors sought safer assets. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Eduardo Martinez, senior economist at Moody's Economy.com, talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller about the California labor market. California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October as weakness in the labor market stretches from coast to coast and limits the economic recovery.(Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Vincent Reinhart, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about the outlook for the U.S. labor market. Reinhart, a former director of the Federal Reserve's Division of Monetary Affairs, also discusses Fed policy. (Source: Bloomberg)

A nude photograph of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy taken by Michel Comte during her modelling days goes under the hammer on Friday at a Paris auction house. A similar nude shot of the wife of the French president went for 91,000 dollars -- three times more than its estimated bidding price -- in a New York sale last year. Still images.Duration: 00:24

A police officer who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission has been suspended. (Nov. 19)

The Tech Awards is an international program honoring innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners were announced Thursday in San Jose, CA. (Nov. 19)

City park board finds it's far more expensive to treat the trees than to remove

Jeff Kidder, Marathon Expo

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