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Israel looks to drive out Hamas - guardian.co.uk
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Israeli intelligence and military officials are increasingly pushing for the assault on Gaza to continue until it assures the eventual downfall of Hamas amid assertions that the 10 days of military bombardment have crippled the Islamist party's ability ...
Video: Notebook: Gaza
UN contradicts Israel over depth of crisis in Gaza
Leon E. Panetta - New York Times
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As he prepares to take office, President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a small team of advisers who will lead his transition operation and help choose the members of his administration.
Video: Obama Fills Key Intelligence Positions
Obama picks former Clinton aide Panetta for CIA
US Embassy in Iraq Largest, Most Expensive Ever - FOXNews
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AP Jan. 5: US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, right, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani look on during a ceremony marking the opening of the new US Embassy in Baghdad.
Video: Raw Video: US Baghdad Embassy Opens
US Opens New Embassy Comound In Baghdad
India hands Mumbai dossier to Pakistan to back extradition plea - guardian.co.uk
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India handed a dossier to Islamabad yesterday giving evidence of alleged Pakistani links to the gunmen who led the bloody rampage through Mumbai in November, asking for those responsible to be extradited to face "Indian justice".
Mumbai ‘evidence’ now with Pakistan: India
India turns over Mumbai info to Pakistan
Extremist group in Greece attacks police - Christian Science Monitor
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By Nicole Itano | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor ATHENS - The shooting of a Greek policeman Monday escalates a simmering conflict between police and leftist groups - and raises new concern over a resurgence of the militant left in a ...
Greek riot policeman shot; extremist group suspected
Gunmen wound police officer in Athens
Congress Demands SEC Speed Madoff Inquiry to Improve Oversight - Bloomberg
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By Jesse Westbrook and David Scheer Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- US lawmakers, critical of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s failure to uncover Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion fraud, demanded the agency speed up an internal investigation of its ...
Madoff sightings cause heads to turn in New York
Feds: Jail Madoff without bail
Franken Reacts to Canvassing Board Decision - New York Times
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Following is Al Franken's statement on the Minnesota state Canvassing Board's decision to certify Senate recount. The latest on the presidential transition and other political news from Washington and around the nation.
Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race
Franken declares Senate race win after state ruling
Defiant Burris Says Senate Seat Is His - New York Times
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Roland W. Burris talked to reporters at news conference at Midway Airport in Chicago on Monday before leaving for Washington. By KAREN ANN CULLOTTA and MONICA DAVEY CHICAGO - Even as Senate leaders continued to challenge his appointment to the seat ...
Video: Burris Says Senate Appointment Is Legal
Senate to open with two headaches wanting in
For Car Companies, It Was a Year to Forget - BusinessWeek
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A dismal December caps off the auto industry's worst year since 1992. Cars outsold trucks and SUVs for the first time since 2000 By David Kiley and David Welch General Motors (GM) closed out its centennial year having to ask the US taxpayers for loans ...
Toyota, Honda US Slump Ends Annual Growth Dating to Mid-1990s
Bleak Sales in December Cap a Grim Year for Automakers
INSTANT VIEW - Apple CEO begins treatment for hormone imbalance - Reuters
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) Chief Executive Steve Jobs said on Monday he had been losing weight in 2008 due to a hormone imbalance, but he has begun treatment and expects to regain his body mass by late spring.
Surgery May Have Spurred Steve Jobs’s Weight Loss
Apple CEO's Health Update Raises Stock, More Questions
Hyundai: Can't make car payments? Just return it - BusinessWeek
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By DAN STRUMPF Can't make the payments on that new car you just bought? No problem -- just return it free of charge. At least that's the deal being offered by Hyundai Motor America.
Hyundai rolls out no-cost car return program
December Auto Sales: Hyundai
China cracks down on internet content - Financial Times
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By Kathrin Hille in Beijing China’s government has accused the country’s leading internet search engines and web portals, including Google, of threatening public morals by carrying pornographic and vulgar content.
China targets Internet sites
China Goes After Baidu, Google in Web Porn Crackdown
Twitter blames celebrity hack on 'individual' - CNET News
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CNN anchor Rick Sanchez wasn't really high on crack this morning, and the reason his Twitter feed said so wasn't the phishing scam that's been going around--it was a lone hacker, the microblogging service said later on Monday.
Twitter Hack: How It Happened and What's Being Done
Twitter accounts of Obama, Britney Spears hacked
Netflix bypasses US mail, set-top box with new HDTVs from LG - Ars Technica
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By Jacqui Cheng | Published: January 05, 2009 - 11:03AM CT Forget the set-top box—Netflix is going straight to the TV, no Roku or Xbox 360 required.
LG to unveil netflixed HDTVs
Netflix streaming comes to LG HDTVs
Autopsy performed in Bahamas on Travolta's son - Washington Post
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By John Marquis NASSAU (Reuters) - Two pathologists appointed by Bahamian authorities performed an autopsy on Monday on the body of actor John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, who died last week after suffering a seizure at the family's holiday home.
Jett Travolta's Death Caused by 'Seizure Disorder'
Autopsy of John Travolta's son, Jett, performed in front of family ...
Producers Guild nominations announced - Entertainment Weekly
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The Producers Guild listed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Milk, and Slumdog Millionaire as their five nominees today, further sharpening this year's Oscar race.
Producers Guild of America nominations = Oscars' front-runners
Hollywood producers unveil best film nominees
Are Lindsay Lohan & Samantha Ronson Dunzo? - E! Online
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Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson reportedly welcomed in the New Year with a back alley fight show followed by a boxing match in their hotel hallway, so it only makes sense that a report (by way of Access Hollywood) would soon follow announcing their ...
Lohan, Ronson may have split after public spats
Lindsay and Sam Calling It Quits?
Fiesta Bowl preview: Texas vs. Ohio State - Dallas Morning News
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By CHUCK CARLTON / The Dallas Morning News When Ohio State runs: Starting left guard Jim Cordle is just back from a late-season knee injury, meaning Ben Person will get the start in the mountainous offensive line.
Fiesta Bowl at-a-glance
Ohio State football: Free tickets outside the Fiesta Bowl
Bradley to travel to Chicago - MLB.com
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By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com CHICAGO -- The Cubs have apparently found their left-handed bat for the middle of the order. Switch-hitter Milton Bradley is expected in Chicago later this week to undergo a physical, and if all goes well, ...
Hendry rolls dice with talented, troubled Bradley
Sources: Cubs, Bradley agree to 3-year, $30M deal
10 reasons Florida will beat Oklahoma - FOXSports.com
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by Pete Fiutak There's a long, long, looooong time between the end of the regular season and the BCS Championship Game. It's been over a month since Florida and Oklahoma each won their respective conference title games, and while that allows time for ...
Game Plan: The Florida Offense
Gators finally feature the lethal rushing attack they envisioned
Kids reveal a lot about themselves online - USA Today
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By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY A new study shows that more than half of teenagers mention drugs, alcohol, sex or violence on their MySpace pages.
Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking Sites
Study: Teens on MySpace mention sex, violence
Health care: Still on the critical list - CNNMoney.com
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Last year: The cost of providing health insurance to employees continued to skyrocket, jumping by an average of 5.7% per employee after a 6.1% hike in 2007, according to a study by consulting firm Mercer.
Obama’s Health Care Resolutions Can’t Be Kept
Obama's Plan for American Healthcare
Dangers of Third Hand Smoke - KARK
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You've heard of the dangers of smoking and of second hand smoke, but have you heard of third hand smoke? It's a newly discovered danger that doctors are now warning of.
Have You Heard of Third Hand Smoke?
Toxic Dangers to Children from Third-Hand Smoke
Obama seeks swift passage of US fiscal package - Reuters
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By David Alexander and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - With the economic outlook darkening, US president-elect Democrat Barack Obama went to Congress two weeks before taking office to try to entice Republican support for a massive stimulus ...
Video: Obama: Economy 'bad and Getting Worse'
Obama, congressional leaders move to support sinking economy
Richardson's Withdrawal Raises Questions About Severity of Federal ... - FOXNews
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson insists he will be cleared of wrongdoing in a federal investigation, after withdrawing his nomination for commerce secretary in Barack Obama's administration.
Video: Richardson Addresses Withdrawing Nomination
NM gov. backed down over pay-to-play probe
Bush to declare Pacific areas protected monuments - Reuters
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush will designate nearly 200000 square miles (518000 sq km) of the Pacific ocean on Tuesday as a protected region, White House officials said, making the areas hands-off for oil ...
Bush moves to protect large areas of the Pacific
Bush to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific
