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Fighting flares outside Gaza City - BBC News
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Israeli troops have clashed with Palestinian militants on the edge of Gaza City on the third night of Israel's ground assault on Gaza.
Video: Notebook: Gaza
UN Security Council to meet on Gaza resolution
Obama Pitches Stimulus Package to House Republicans - Washington Post
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By Paul Kane, Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray President-elect Barack Obama arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday and immediately set to work reassuring skeptical Republicans about his massive economic stimulus package -- part of a campaign that earned ...
Video: Obama: Economy 'bad and Getting Worse'
On 1st workday back in DC, Pelosi nudges Obama to 'hit the ground ...
India Seeks Extraditions in Mumbai Siege - New York Times
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By SOMINI SENGUPTA and JEREMY KAHN NEW DELHI - Calling the Mumbai terrorist attacks a “conspiracy” hatched on Pakistani soil, India on Monday handed Pakistan what it said was the first comprehensive evidence linking them to Pakistan and demanded that ...
India hands over Mumbai ‘evidence’ to Pakistan
India hands Mumbai dossier to Pakistan to back extradition plea
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 world's largest foreign mission in Iraq
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 ...
Guns 'link several Greek attacks'
Gunmen in Greece Attack Policemen
Democrat Is Winner in Recount of Minnesota Senate Race - New York Times
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By KIRK JOHNSON ST. PAUL - Al Franken, the comedian who became a Democratic pundit and then a politician, won November’s election for the United States Senate by 225 votes out of 2.9 million cast, according to the finally completed recount results ...
Video: Franken: Senate Victory 'Incredibly Humbling'
Senate Democrats put off plans to seat Franken
So why did Obama pick Panetta as CIA chief? - San Francisco Chronicle
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(01-05) 19:53 PST -- Former US Rep. Leon Panetta of Monterey might face a mission impossible - or at least a mission very difficult - should he win Senate confirmation as the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency, a clandestine service battered ...
Video: Obama Fills Key Intelligence Positions
Panetta says his wife will run the Panetta Institute if he goes to ...
Credentials of Burris Are Rejected by Senate - 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 CARL HULSE WASHINGTON - Senate officials on Monday rejected credentials offered on behalf of Roland W. Burris, ...
Video: Burris Says Senate Appointment Is Legal
Burris: 'I am the legally-appointed senator'
Auto sales plunge again in December - CNNMoney.com
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Sales of cars, trucks and SUVs all plummeted, capping the worst year for industrywide auto sales since 1992. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.
Video: Chrysler, Toyota, Lead Declines in Auto Sales
Toyota, Honda US Slump Ends Gains Dating to Mid-90s
'Hormone imbalance' raises question of cancer - Los Angeles Times
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By Shari Roan Pancreatic cancer has a dismal survival rate, surely one reason the business world has been abuzz in recent weeks over the gaunt appearance of Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs.
Mac fans wish Steve Jobs well
Surgery May Have Spurred Steve Jobs’s Weight Loss
Gazprom Reduces Deliveries of Gas Through Ukraine - New York Times
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By ANDREW E. KRAMER MOSCOW - Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly, on Monday reduced deliveries of gas for transit through Ukraine to Western European customers, saying that it was seeking to make up for gas stolen by Ukraine.
Video: Europe to monitor Ukrainian gas transit?
Putin Orders Cut in Gas Sent Via Ukraine as Disruptions Spread
Hackers hijack Obama's, Britney's Twitter accounts - Computerworld
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By Gregg Keizer January 5, 2009 (Computerworld) Hackers hijacked the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities and organizations, including President-Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Fox News, early on Monday, the company confirmed today.
Twitter's veracity chewed up by Britney's four-foot vagina
Spears, Obama hit by Twitter tampering
HDTV and Mobile Gear to Steal CES 2009 Spotlight - PC World
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From multi-display laptops, HDTVs wired for broadband, to Blu-ray players that can deliver Web content, the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has it all.
Video: Loaded: Happy New Year!
In tough times, Vegas CES gets smaller
Warmer weather expected after day of freezing rain - Houston Chronicle
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AP Texas News By AP © 2009 The Associated Press - Frigid rain and near-freezing temperatures caused power outages and airport delays in North Texas and nearly 100 wrecks during the morning rush-hour in Lubbock on Monday, but meteorologists were ...
Winter Weather Advisory for Tuesday
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Scientologists clear up Travolta misconceptions - MSNBC
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By Courtney Hazlett Bahamian officials determined it was a seizure that caused Jett Travolta’s sudden death, but there have been a number of outspoken critics of Scientology claiming that the church’s practices might have played a part in how the ...
Death certificate: Travolta son killed by seizure
Autopsy performed in Bahamas on Travolta's son
Lindsay Lohan Denies Split With Samantha Ronson - People Magazine
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By Mike Fleeman In a MySpace Celebrity Blog posting under "RUMORS," the actress writes, "Little piece of TRUE information: We did NOT break up!
Updated: Lindsay Lohan Says She & Samantha Ronson Are Still Together
Lindsay Blogs About Not Breaking Up
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
Sooners’ Offense Is Like Something Gators’ Meyer Has Seen Before - New York Times
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By PETE THAMEL MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Florida Coach Urban Meyer has won a national title at Florida, directed an undefeated season at Utah and picked up two victories in the Southeastern Conference title game.
Florida's Spikes takes jab at Oklahoma
Florida Gators' Brandon Spikes says Big 12 defenses are 'a joke'
Nets hand Kings 11th straight road loss - Sports Network
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East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - Vince Carter scored 29 points, grabbed nine rebounds and doled out seven assists as the Nets beat the Kings, 98-90, at the IZOD Center to hand Sacramento its 11th consecutive road loss.
Carter has 29, Yi 22 to lead Nets over Kings 98-90
Nets Weardown Kings, 98-90
Pat Burrell Signs With Rays; Milton Bradley Expected to Join Cubs - New York Times
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By BEN SHPIGEL The logjam of free-agent outfielders finally showed signs of breaking Monday. Pat Burrell signed with the Tampa Bay Rays, and Milton Bradley has apparently decided to play for the Chicago Cubs.
Milton Bradley to sign with Cubs
Bradley to travel to Chicago
Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking Sites - Washington Post
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By Serena Gordon MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of teens who use the social networking site MySpace have posted information about sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence, new research shows.
Study: Teens on MySpace mention sex, violence
Kids reveal a lot about themselves online
CFS Linked to Childhood Trauma - WebMD
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By Salynn Boyles Jan. 5, 2009 -- Experiencing serious trauma during childhood may increase a person's risk for developing chronic fatigue syndrome later in life, a new study suggests.
Chronic fatigue, early trauma linked
Stress hormone 'a marker for ME'
Rise in health care spending slows down - Bizjournals.com
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Health care spending in the US grew 6.1 percent in 2007 to $2.2 trillion, or $7421 per person, the slowest rate of growth since 1998, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Spending on prescription drugs slows
New York Times Examines President Bush's Expansion of Community ...
Madoff Sons Told Prosecutors of Jewelry, Lawyer Says - Bloomberg
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By David Glovin Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The sons of Bernard Madoff, who is accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme, alerted prosecutors last week that their father mailed them jewelry, watches and other items in violation of an asset freeze, ...
Prosecutors Want Madoff’s Bail Revoked
Madoff sightings cause heads to turn
Bush to Protect Vast New Pacific Tracts - New York Times
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Saipan, part of the Northern Marianas, which are among the islands, reefs, waters and parts of the Pacific Ocean floor that President Bush will designate as marine national monuments.
Bush casts wide net for marine conservation
Bush to make Pacific's Mariana Trench a national monument
Richardson withdrawal disappoints Latinos - CNN International
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By Alexander Mooney (CNN) -- Bill Richardson's withdrawal from his commerce secretary nomination Sunday didn't just leave a major gap in the new administration, but it also sorely disappointed Latinos who view the New Mexico governor as their most ...
Video: Richardson Addresses Withdrawing Nomination
Richardson's Withdrawal Raises Questions About Severity of Federal ...
