US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,364 Friday, according to Associated Press count. As of Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at least 4,364 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Today in History - Nov. 21. Today is Saturday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2009. There are 40 days left in the year.

Fort Benning officials investigate suspicious note, package found at Ga. Army post. A Fort Benning spokesman says Army officials are investigating whether a suspicious note and package found at the west Georgia post is a viable threat.

Advocates, lawmakers to push for Mass. immigrant tuition bill nearly 3 years after it failed. It seemed like a given that Mario Rodas would go to college.

Federal funding bill contains $5.5 million for Georgia land conservation. Georgia land conservation projects will receive $5.5 million from a massive federal funding bill.

Carter says attacking Iran to end embassy hostage crisis would have killed 20,000 Iranians. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday he was pressed by his advisers to attack Iran during the hostage crisis there more than 30 years ago but resisted because he feared 20,000 Iranians could have died.

Travel briefs. Survey: 45 percent of Americans will travel Thanksgiving-March

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A U.S. grand jury indicted a Kuwaiti company on Monday on charges of fraud and conspiracy alleging that it overcharged the U.S. Army on $8.5 billion worth of contracts to provide food to soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan.

Airgas acquires Tri-Tech, Fla.-based gas supplier; terms not disclosed. Specialty gas distributor Airgas Inc. said Monday it acquired Tri-Tech, a gas supplier based in Tampa, Fla.

A US federal grand jury indicted a Kuwaiti company Monday for overcharging the Pentagon on multi-billion-dollar contracts to supply food to troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan.

El Salvador awards highest honor to 6 Jesuit priests killed by army 20 years ago. Six Jesuit priests killed by the army during El Salvador's civil war two decades ago were decorated with the country's highest honor Monday.

3 brothers file suit in San Francisco against Mormons, Boy Scouts claiming childhood sex abuse. Three brothers who claim they were sexually molested by their Boy Scout and Mormon youth leader in the 1970s and 1980s have sued both organizations.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co <KO.N> unveiled goals on Monday that call for the revenue generated by the company and its bottlers to double to roughly $200 billion by 2020, with profit margins increasing.

Mormons, Boy Scouts named in lawsuits claiming childhood sex abuse by youth leaders. The Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America were named as defendants in lawsuits Monday claiming childhood sexual abuse by youth leaders decades ago.

Single mom who is US Army cook refuses Afghanistan deployment to take care of 10-month-old son. An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas.

LOWELL - Izabel Gonsalves wanted her niece in Brazil to have the wedding of her dreams. Gonsalves knew that Silvia could not afford even a modest affair, so she hired a company to ship a giant box filled with invitations, rhinestone-adorned shoes, and finally, Gonsalves's own wedding dress, with the beaded top and flowing skirt. Except the box never arrived. As the wedding day approached in April, Gonsalves's telephone calls to the Leicester delivery company, Manaim Express, grew more frantic until finally, the number was disconnected, the church wedding was cancelled, and Gonsalves was in tears. Nearly one year after Gonsalves packed it, the box is still missing and the company has disappeared. ``It makes me angry,'' said Gonsalves, 39, who worked her way up from a struggling single mother to become a US citizen with a spacious home in Lowell. ``I was supposed to go to her wedding. It was my wedding dress. I was devastated.'' She is among scores of Massachusetts immigrants who say the

Kia Motors, South Korea's second-largest automaker, said Tuesday it had begun production at its first plant in the United States.

Atlanta officials prevail in contract dispute over airport advertising. A federal appeals panel has ruled in favor of the city of Atlanta in a dispute over an airport advertising contract.

In Dubai, Perdue sends home good economic news for Georgia. Gov. Sonny Perdue sent some good economic news home to Georgia from the Dubai Airshow.

Some countries have already been successful in the fight against hunger which affects more than one billion people worldwide, the UN food agency said Tuesday.