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Policemen read out a list of cyclone affected villagers to receive relief materials at Gabtala village in Bagerhat district of Bangladesh. Bangladesh pledged to feed about 2 million people left destitute by cyclone Sidr. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)

Pakistani court dismisses final challenge to Musharraf re-election

The Supreme Court has dismissed the final legal challenge to Pres. Pervez Musharraf's re-election victory. Pakistanis are now waiting to see if he carries through with his promise to step down as army chief.

Voice of America

Pakistan begins prisoner release

Reuters

New York hunger levels 'rising'

Over 1.3 million people, one in six New Yorkers, cannot afford enough food, with lines at soup kitchens getting longer.

BBC

Mich. Governor guards transgender rights

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has issued an order that bars discrimination against state workers based on their gender identity.

Associated Press

Bangladesh faces 'second wave of death'

The Bangladesh government pledged to feed more than 2 million people left destitute by Cyclone Sidr amid warnings the country faces acute food shortages after the storm ravaged crops.

CBS News

Thousands of Bangladesh citizens fight for food

MSNBC

Cyclone survivors' agony

Reuters

18 Sunnis killed south of Baghdad

Suspected al-Qaida fighters killed two Iraqi soldiers, then used their Humvees to kill at least 18 rival Sunnis south of Baghdad, police said.

Associated Press

Earliest-ever N.H. primary set for Jan. 8

New Hampshire set its earliest-ever presidential primary, deciding on Jan. 8 and claiming its traditional spot as the nation's first in a nomination season pushed almost to New Year's Day.

MSNBC

Obama gaining on Clinton

Reuters

Tehran paper attacks Ahmadinejad

In a rare attack on Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a hardline newspaper has accused him of behaving immorally towards his political rivals.

BBC

Iran: Middle East security at risk

CNN

NATION

Backlog delays naturalizations

Immigrants who applied for citizenship after June 1 will have to wait more than a year to become Americans, immigration officials said, preventing many from voting in November's elections.

ABC News

3 charged in Natalee Holloway death

Authorities have arrested three men in connection with the death of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, prosecutors said.

CNN

Has new evidence been uncovered?

MSNBC

POLITICS

Bush makes twilight Mideast push

U.S. President George W. Bush's twilight effort to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians faces far more challenges than his predecessor Bill Clinton's failed attempt in 2000.

Reuters

Atlantic City's third mayor in 6 weeks

After more than a month of turmoil, ridicule and maneuvering, the newest mayor of Atlantic City promises the one thing the city needs more than anything: Stability.

Newsday

BUSINESS

Deere prospers on overseas strength

Heavy equipment maker Deere took a hit from the housing market in its fourth quarter as its construction and forestry sales fell, but was made up for by strong overseas sales spurred by a weak dollar.

Forbes

Activist group MoveOn.org takes on Facebook's 'Beacon' ads

Online activist group MoveOn.org is poised to announce a campaign targeting Facebook's "Beacon" advertisements, which post information about users' activity on partner sites onto friends' news feeds.

CNET News

SPORTS

Ex-wrestler convicted in sex slaves case

A federal jury on convicted a former pro wrestler known as “Hardbody Harrison” of charges that he kept eight women as sex slaves in his two north Georgia homes.

MSNBC

Radomski sentencing delay requested for third time

A request has been filed to delay sentencing for Kirk Radomski, the ex-New York Mets' clubhouse attendant who looms as a key figure in the MLB steroids investigation.

ESPN

HEALTH

Stem cells' holy grail

Simply by scraping a few skin cells off a patient's body, a physician then uses the material to generate personalized cells that can develop into any tissue needed to treat specific diseases or replace organs.

Houston Chronicle

Stem cells give baby's parents hope

CNN

Obesity affects prostate cancer test

Obese men may have prostate cancer despite relatively low values on a prostate cancer screening test called the PSA test, a new study suggests.

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Merit raises for Vatican employees

The Vatican has announced a new approach to salaries for lay employees, allowing for the first time for merit raises.

Catholic World News

'Full-blown schism' in church, Anglican bishop says

The Anglican Bishop of New Westminster says the division over homosexuality in the Canadian church is now "a full-blown schism."

Globeandmail.com

EDUCATION

Ivy league universities sued under loan shark law

Endowments at Harvard, Yale and Princeton Universities are being accused of backing a loan with 42 percent interest, twice the legal limit, in a lawsuit filed by a developer who borrowed the money.

International Herald Tribune

Let parents open own schools, say Tories

Parents will be able to open their own schools in England under a new Conservative plan to cut council red tape and reform planning rules.

Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Barking dog saved us, survivor says

Keith Celli was inside his West Babylon home when he was awakened by his barking Chihuahua and saw his fiancee convulsing, her eyes rolled back and fists clenched.

Newsday

Sixth Florida sextuplet goes home for Thanksgiving holiday

Charlie Byler, who weighed 2 pounds at birth, is home from the hospital in time to spend Thanksgiving with his siblings.

MSNBC

WORLD

Steep rise in Europe cocaine use

An annual report on drug use says around 4.5 million Europeans are likely to have used cocaine in the past year, which is a million more than in 2006.

BBC

West Africa now key cocaine hub for Europe

Christian Science Monitor

French strike winds down as workers return to jobs

France's longest public transport strike in more than a decade is winding down as workers vote to end the nine-day walkout after agreeing to negotiate pensions and wages with the government.

Bloomberg

Sudanese 'to disarm Darfur camp'

Aid agencies say they fear an outbreak of bloodshed in a Darfur refugee camp, after residents were warned they would be disarmed by the Sudanese army.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change can spark war

History may be bound to repeat itself as Earth’s climate continues to warm, causing food shortages that lead to wars and population declines, according to a new study that builds on earlier work.

LiveScience

River restoration poorly coordinated

The process of river restoration in the United States is uncoordinated at almost every level. Project scales are rarely linked to goals, and evaluation is rarely used to assess whether these goals are achieved.

Science Daily

Oil prices spark wood sales

More American households, faced with an 83 percent increase in heating-oil prices over the past year, are turning to an alternative as old as the Stone Age: wood.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Review: 'I'm Not There'

Todd Haynes is a visionary who puts the music and the myth of Bob Dylan before us in "I'm Not There" and dares us not to revel in the troubadour's poetic, contentious, ever-changing essence.

Rolling Stone

Interview: Filmmaker Todd Haynes explores the persona of Bob Dylan

San Jose Mercury News

Pop star in court on escort charge

Pop star Boy George was due to appear in court in London accused of falsely imprisoning a 28-year-old male escort by chaining him to a wall.

CNN

Battlestar fans get a glimpse of Caprica

The Vancouver-based Battlestar Galactica fan club, The 13th Colony, conducted "scouting missions" to locations around their hometown that served as backdrops for their favorite show.

Wired

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Making 'second life' more like real life

Technology from Japan could help make navigating online virtual worlds simpler by letting players use their own bodies or even brain waves to control their avatars.

ABC News

'Time-sharing' tropical birds key to evolutionary mystery

Whereas most birds are sole proprietors of their nests, some tropical species “time share” together, a discovery that helps clear up a 150-year-old evolutionary mystery, say researchers.

Science Daily

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