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Rescue workers stand next to the wreckage of the crashed Atlasjet plane near the town of Keciborlu, in Isparta Province, Turkey. The Atlasjet plane crashed shortly before landing in the mountainous region, killing all people on board. (Photo by Emin Demir / AP)

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Videotapes of American and Colombian hostages seized

Colombian officials revealed recently seized videotapes of rebel-held hostages, among them three U.S. defense contractors and a former presidential candidate.

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ABC News

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Quick guide: Colombian conflict

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BBC

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CBS News

U.S. security firm Blackwater runs into new trouble closer to home

While Congress has authorized increased recruitment for the federal agency Border Patrol, many have asked how it is going to be paid for and who is going to do the training. Enter Blackwater West.

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Guardian

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Americans split on the future of illegal immigrants

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Angus Reid

Company that made toxic toy beads apologizes publicly

The Chinese company that manufactured millions of poisonous toy beads issued a public apology. The chairman said it hadn't occurred to them to check whether a glue ingredient would be dangerous for children.

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International Herald Tribune

Turkish budget airliner crashes in clear weather

A budget airliner has crashed during an internal flight in Turkey, killing all 56 people on board shortly before it was due to land. The cause of the disaster initially baffled investigators.

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Times Online

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No survivors in Turkish air crash

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Reuters

GOP YouTube debates: Good marks for new views of candidates

Now that both political parties have held debates featuring citizen-generated videos, observers of the Internet and politics have concluded that the format is here to stay and that it's beneficial to voters.

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Christian Science Monitor

Experts divided over Iranian missiles

As international concern spreads over the American-Iranian game of brinkmanship, it remains difficult to say with any certainty what weapons Iran possesses or how well they would perform.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Hollywood sends writers new offer

Hollywood studios presented a new contract offer to striking film and TV writers that the studios said would pay writers millions of dollars extra for shows created for the Internet.

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TIME

Russia suspends Cold War arms treaty

President Putin signed a law suspending his nation's participation in a key Cold War treaty, a move that would allow Moscow to deploy more troops near European borders.

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NPR

NATION

Missing student's body apparently found

The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn star turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found, said investigators.

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Associated Press

Husband of Atlanta officer arrested on child porn charges

Federal agents say a man has been charged with several cases of child pornography and he is married to an Atlanta police officer.

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Tainted pet food killed 200 dogs and cats

U.S. health officials received thousands of complaints earlier this year about pets killed by contaminated pet food, but veterinarians said they had been able to confirm just 224 deaths.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Bush urges Congress to approve war funding before Christmas

President Bush called on Congress to approve billions of dollars in additional funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before lawmakers leave for their Christmas break.

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CNN

Henry Hyde, leader of Clinton impeachment, dies at 83

Former U.S. Representative Henry Hyde, who led the impeachment inquiry of former President Bill Clinton and helped block federal funding for abortions during 16 terms in office, is dead at 83.

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Bloomberg

Giuliani denies misuse of public funds

More questions emerged about a report that Rudy Giuliani misused public funds when he was mayor of New York to pay for secret trips to the Hamptons with his then-girlfriend and now wife, Judith Nathan.

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BUSINESS

Oil closes up as U.S.-Canadian pipelines are reopened

Crude futures pared most of their earlier gains and closed up slightly, after three of the four U.S.-Canadian pipelines shut down due to an explosion were restarted.

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MarketWatch

Google plans to bid on wireless spectrum

Google Inc. said it plans to enter a bid for wireless spectrum in an auction by the Federal Communications Commission to be held early next year.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

2 Vick co-defendants sentenced

Two of fallen NFL star Michael Vick's co-defendants were sentenced to 18 months and 21 months in prison on federal dogfighting conspiracy charges.

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Sports Illustrated

Iron man Favre dinged up by quiet Cowboy

The name is Jones. Nathan Jones. He is the man who has given the Green Bay Packers quite a scare by smashing and subsequently hurting one of the most indestructible athletes ever.

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CBS News

HEALTH

More young Americans are contracting HIV

In the 26 years since scientists first spotted AIDS in America, millions of dollars have been poured into outreach efforts aimed at keeping young people clear of HIV, the virus that causes the disease.

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Forbes

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World AIDS Day celebrated one day early

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Yahoo! News

More mental health records checked before gun sales

States have doubled the number of mental health records submitted to the FBI's background-check system in a stepped up effort to keep mentally disturbed individuals from purchasing firearms.

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ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope attacks 'cruel and unjust' atheism in his message of hope

The Pope launched an attack on atheism, saying that it had led to some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” known to mankind.

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Times Online

Teacher jailed for 15 days after court finds her guilty of insulting Islam

A British teacher accused of insulting Muslims after her class called a teddy bear Mohammed was found guilty and jailed for 15 days, a defense lawyer said.

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Daily Mail

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Teacher convicted in blasphemy case

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Safe toys: wrap those toxins

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The AIDS fight is far from over

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San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Naomi Klein):

Forget the green technology - the hot money is in guns

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Guardian

Olmert can't move peace forward if he insists on living in the past

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Daily Star

Spreading the misery

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International Herald Tribune

Column (Hendrik Hertzberg):

Huckabee?

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New Yorker

The panic about the dollar

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Economist

Rethinking environmentalism

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USA Today

The youth of Venezuela rise up

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

International charity, personal touch

The nonprofit organization Airline Ambassadors International has sent a group of six Americans to deliver humanitarian aid to the poorest in Bolivia's capital.

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Christian Science Monitor

Global effort to wipe out polio gets a shot in the arm

The global effort to eradicate polio received a massive financial boost with a $200 million donation, jointly from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rotary International.

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WORLD

Iraqi contractors frozen out of U.S.

Thousands of Iraqis, whose support for the U.S. war effort in Iraq has put them in grave danger, are being excluded from a new fast-track system aimed at speeding up refugee resettlement, officials said

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Yahoo! News

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Iraq pledge by Australia's prime minister-elect

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BBC

Philippine coup fails

The Philippine President Gloria Arroyo imposed a curfew last night after troops stormed a luxury hotel to quash a coup attempt by renegade soldiers.

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Guardian

Halt U.S. aid, Bin Laden urges Europe

Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, has called on Europeans to stop their political leaders from helping the United States in the Afghan war.

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Al Jazeera

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Bin Laden appeals to Europeans

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

More American bird species are in danger

Some 178 species are endangered or in decline, according to a new "2007 WatchList for U.S. Birds." That's up 11 percent from five years ago.

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Christian Science Monitor

Bush clings to anti-Kyoto stance ahead of climate talks

U.S. President George W. Bush, who rejected the Kyoto protocol, remains opposed to international constraints on curbing carbon emissions despite growing isolation ahead of a world climate summit.

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AFP

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Broadway stagehands' strike settled

After a work stoppage that left more than two dozen shows dark for 19 days, the League of American Theatres and Producers and Local One, the stagehands' union, have finally reached a settlement.

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Entertainment Weekly

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Deal reached in Broadway strike

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MSNBC

Keys keeps cruising atop Hot 100

Alicia Keys continues to cruise on the Billboard Hot 100 with "No One," which begins its second week atop the chart. The song is also No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a seventh consecutive frame.

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Hollywood Reporter

Vancouver 2010 Olympic mascots introduced to the world

Months of mystery and anticipation finally ended today as hundreds of local school children were the first to personally meet Miga, Quatchi and Sumi, the mascots for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.

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Forbes

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists map 'silenced genes'

Duke University scientists have identified "silenced genes," creating the first map of this unique group of about 200 genes believed to play a profound role in health.

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Star Tribune

Male topi antelope's sex burden

Choosy males and aggressive females -- a role reversal has been found in the sexual behavior of the topi antelope.

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BBC

EDUCATION

In U.S. classrooms, 'tech sherpas' assist teachers with computers

In a role reversal, students provide the tech support, creating a "culture of respect" between teachers and teens.

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Christian Science Monitor

Belgians brave cold and wet weather for school enrollment

Thousands of Belgian parents camped in cold, wet weather to enroll their children in French-speaking schools under a new first-come, first-served registration system.

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Reuters

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Study finds 5 types of alcoholics

New alcoholism research identifies five types of alcoholics and shows that young adults account for more than half of U.S. alcoholics.

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CBS News

Photo of the Day

Theaters are seen in New York, the day after a tentative agreement between the League of American Theatres Producers and stagehands union ended a strike that had kept most of Broadway in the dark since Nov. 10. (Photo by Diane Bondareff / AP)

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