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For businesses, Black Friday sales suggest longer stay in red

Black Friday, historically the day when retailers begin to turn a profit for the year, is usually one of the busiest shopping days. But it's been different this year.

Financial Times

Clinton agrees to release donor's names

Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to make public the names of donors to his foundation to clear the way for Sen. Hillary Clinton to become secretary of state, New York Times reports.

Reuters

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Bill Clinton's new rules

ABC News

Indian security chief resigns over attacks

The fallout from a rampage that killed nearly 200 people in Mumbai threatened to unravel India's improving ties with nuclear rival Pakistan and prompted the resignation of the top security minister.

Reuters

Question of foreign role fills air as gunfire quiets in Mumbai

ABC News

Mumbai violence ends

CBS News

‘In with a bang’ Obama dismays some loyal supporters

The speed with which the president-elect has taken charge has stunned the U.S., but some Democrats are unhappy.

Times Online

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Obama's confidence-rating: high, steady

Swamp

Will GM's cuts be enough as Congress reconsiders aid?

General Motors Corp. pledges billions of dollars in cuts across its North American business, from reworking its debt to shedding up to four U.S. brands, as part of a plea to Congress for $25 billion in aid.

Detroit Free Press

NATION

Prosecutor offers plea deal to 8-year-old murder suspect

Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their eastern Arizona home, court records show.

Newsweek

Plea deal for 8 year old murder suspect

YouTube

Land rush in Wyoming spurred by prospect of wind power

A quiet land rush is under way in southeastern Wyoming, and it is changing the local rancher culture.

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Labor Department seeks regulation of toxic substances in workplace

The Labor Department is racing to complete a rule that would make it harder for the government to regulate toxic substances and hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed on the job.

MSNBC

Daschle's lobby ties vs. Obama's vow

President-elect Barack Obama’s expected pick of former senator Tom Daschle to be secretary of health and human services bumps up against Obama's pledge to rid the White House of special interests.

Politico

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Obama's national security team to be officially named

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

UN, aid groups urge climate cash boost for poorest countries

The United Nations and aid groups are pushing for an urgent increase in international funding to help the world's poorest countries cope with climate change.

Reuters

New rifts form on Antarctic ice shelf

Scientists have identified new rifts on an Antarctic ice shelf that could lead to it breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula, the European Space Agency said.

CNN

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Here we go again? Winona Ryder accused of stealing Bulgari jewels

The actress has been accused of swiping more than $124,000 worth of Bulgari jewels she borrowed for an event sponsored by Marie Claire magazine in Madrid.

NY Daily News

Holiday music in heavy radio rotation

Although Thanksgiving may seem like an early start for constant holiday cheer, stations nationwide are launching the format earlier each year.

Houston Chronicle

HEALTH

The other credit crunch

The mortgage crisis may have dominated the front pages lately, but people strapped for cash are likely to stop paying their medical bills long before their homes go into foreclosure.

Newsweek

Women smokers' longevity cut by 14.5 years due to smoking

One in every five adult women in the United States still smokes, even though smoking takes an average of 14.5 years off their lives, says the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Medical News Today

EDUCATION

$6 million Illinois tutoring center assists only athletes

At the University of Illinois, being an athlete gets you access to a $6 million facility with oversized leather chairs and Oriental rugs. But it's not a fancy country club — it's a tutoring center.

ABC News

Does my child really have ADHD?

EEG studies are beginning to differentiate between different types of ADHD.

EducationNews.org

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Christopher Caldwell):

The problem with Hillary

Financial Times

Column (Greg Sheridan):

Terrorists join forces

The Australian

Column (David Ignatius):

Negotiations won't stop Iran

Real Clear Politics

Column (William Kristol):

Before President Bush goes

Weekly Standard

Column (David Sirota):

In Barack we trust?

Salon.com

Editorial:

Mumbai counts the cost

Economist

Column (Hendrik Hertzberg):

Looking back on Prop 8

New Yorker

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Trains vs. planes vs. automobiles

Slate

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US faces cyber threat from China

San Francisco Chronicle

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So far, so good on Obama transition

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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American Muslims mourn Mumbai

The Nation

Column (Tom Engelhardt):

Obama's 'new' team is not very new

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

Company surprises former employees with bonuses and Thanksgiving turkey

Even though employees at the Peer Bearing Co. no longer work for the Spungen family that recently sold the Waukegan-based ball bearings maker, they received $6.6 million in year-end bonuses.

MSNBC

Theater for an unlikely audience

A Minnesota troupe brings the timeless humor and complexities of Shakespeare to prisoners and the homeless.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

A prodigy playing for a cure

Jourdan Urbach, a 17-year-old violin prodigy, has raised more than $1.4 million for medical research.

CBS News

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Tension in Thailand

CBS News

More flood victims found in Brazil

Search and rescue officials found nine bodies, bringing the death toll from flooding in southern Brazil to 109, the state news agency says.

CNN

BUSINESS

Microsoft in $20 billion Yahoo deal

The proposal forms the centerpiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of Yahoo.

Times Online

Boeing engineers to decide on contract

The second-largest Boeing Co. union will count votes on the latest contract offer. The vote will also determine whether Boeing will suffer another strike.

Reuters

SPORTS

Hixon multipurpose for Giants

Charlie Frye might not have much relevance in the NFL as the backup quarterback for the Seahawks, but the Giants can thank him for one of their starting wide receivers this week.

Newsday

Giants' Burress accidentally shot in thigh, treated at hospital

New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress suffered an accidental gunshot wound in a club, according to multiple sources.

ESPN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists find metabolism genes

Four genetic variations appear to determine the speed at which people burn up food, researchers said, a finding that could one day affect patient care.

Reuters

'Star Wars' on iPhone: The force isn't so strong with this one

"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" demonstrates the potential of the iPhone as a gaming platform, but it leaves much to be desired in execution.

TechNewsWorld

10 cool iPhone applications

Electronic House

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Abraham's children: an unquiet grave in the West Bank

With its dueling street names, barbed wire barricades and the tomb of a shared patriarch split between two religions, the city of Abraham takes the feud between Israelis and Palestinians to its outer limits.

USA Today

Jewish leaders won't attend Vatican interfaith event

Italian Jewish leaders say they will not participate in a planned day of interfaith activities with Catholic leaders in protest of a reinstated Catholic prayer that calls for Jewish conversion to Christianity.

Christian Post

Photo of the Day

Tens of thousands of people gather around a just lit Christmas tree at the start of the advent at the Old Town square in Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo by Petr David Josek / AP)

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