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Blagojevich: Was it a crime or just talk?

There is no evidence, at least none that has been disclosed, that the governor actually received anything of value — and the Senate appointment has yet to be made.

MSNBC

Blagojevich retains famed criminal lawyer

CBS News

Obama: Review shows no inappropriate contact

YouTube

Madoff brokerage firm liquidated

Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC will be liquidated to salvage money for the brokerage firm's customers, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation said.

MarketWatch

Fallout from Madoff

Bloomberg

Obama taps Duncan for education secretary

Arne Duncan ran the country's third-biggest school district in Chicago for the past seven years. He's now been tapped by Obama to be education secretary in his new administration.

MSNBC

Ed tech central to Obama's recovery plan

eSchool News

Sen. Salazar to be Obama’s choice for Interior position

Reuters

Iraqis rally for Bush shoe attacker

Thousands of Iraqis demanded the release of a local TV reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a Baghdad news conference.

BBC

Iraq shoe-thrower said to be in hospital with broken arm

International Herald Tribune

At least 24 killed as tour bus falls into ravine near Eilat

At least 24 people were killed and more than 20 injured when a private bus transporting Russian tourists from an airport near Eilat veered off the road and plummeted into a 60-meter ravine.

Jerusalem Post

NATION

Home buyers are stirring in some markets

"The buyers are returning in such a strong way that we are hearing in some cases there is multiple bidding," says Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors.

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

Housing poised to recover but still needs US help

CNBC

Report: US costs of Iraq, Afghan wars top $900 billion — so far

U.S. military operations, including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, have cost $904 billion since 2001 and could top $1.7 trillion by 2018, even with big cuts in overseas troop deployments, a report said.

Reuters

POLITICS

Paterson proposes $121B budget

New York Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget tries to make state government leaner while relying on new taxes and fees that will be passed down to businesses.

Business First

Feinstein to Senate intelligence chair

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein will chair the Senate Intelligence Committee, giving her immense clout over U.S. intelligence agencies and the power to shape policies on wiretapping and detainees.

San Francisco Chronicle

Cheney says Obama should be grateful to President Bush

Vice President Cheney predicts that Barack Obama will be grateful for the state of presidency he inherits from President Bush.

The Hill

Blog:

This just in … Barack Obama is the next President

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Pacific World War II ship wrecks pose risk of toxic leaks

Corrosion concern prompted increased investigation of roughly 3,700 World War II ships languishing in the Pacific from at least four countries.

National Geographic

More than 2 trillion tons of ice melted in Arctic since 2003

More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska melted since 2003, according to NASA satellite data showing the latest signs of global warming.

Examiner

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

BBC suspends coverage of Crufts dog show after four decades

The BBC will not be showing the Crufts dog show next year as it awaits the results of further investigations into the the health of pedigree dogs in the United Kingdom.

Guardian

Putin takes charge of local film industry

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is taking personal charge of progress in the development of Russia's film industry as chairman of the government council on the progress of domestic cinematography.

Variety

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Photo of liquid on extraterrestrial world

The Huygens probe has captured an image of what may be the first drop of liquid ever observed on an extraterrestrial surface.

Wired

Platinum-free fuel cell promises not only cheap, but green power

Lin Zhuang's team at Wuhan University in China, has designed a new membrane that is alkali, not acidic — making it possible to use a much cheaper, nickel, catalyst.

New Scientist

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Christmas looking cheerful again

After eight bleak years, Jesus' birthplace finally has a Christmas season to cheer about. Hotels are booked solid and bustling with tourists, and security forces are working to make things go smoothly.

International Herald Tribune

Hurricane Ike's effect on churches extends beyond walls in Galveston

Empty church buildings on Galveston's north side leave a void in the community that desperately needs to be filled, Galveston Councilman Tarris Woods said.

Houston Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

A noisy winter in Yellowstone

Denver Post

Column (Jim Salisbury):

Big spending in the Big Apple

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

Recipe for lasting marriage varies

Aberdeen American News

Editorial:

Rudd fails to match words and deeds on climate change

The Age

Column (Robert Dreyfuss):

Bush finds WMDs in Iraq, umm, or WMHs

The Nation

Editorial:

Could US board curtail health costs?

Star Tribune

Column (Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr):

India can’t play neighborhood sheriff

Daily News & Analysis

Column (Hamid Karzai):

Fighting the same terrorist disease

Times Online

Editorial:

Blame for Abu Ghraib reaches the top

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Researchers find gene in Amish that protects them from heart disease

A small group of Amish people have a gene mutation that may protect them from heart disease, a finding that holds promise for developing therapies targeting this gene, researchers said.

Washington Examiner

Fannie Mae gives renters a break

Fannie Mae, the battered mortgage giant, has agreed to act as an interim landlord for thousands of tenants living in foreclosed homes around the country.

CNNMoney

WORLD

Bombs found in Paris department store

French police found a package of dynamite in the men's room at the Printemps department store complex in central Paris. Police said they neutralized the explosives.

International Herald Tribune

Will Israel and Hamas renew Gaza truce?

Despite the escalation in rhetoric by its leaders, Israel's cabinet decided against changing the army's standing orders to respect the truce.

TIME

Livni: Israel can’t tolerate Hamas state in Gaza

Bloomberg

UAE seeks US Congress nod for nuclear cooperation pact

The UAE said that it is working to secure American lawmakers’ endorsement of a planned nuclear energy cooperation agreement with the United States.

Khaleej Times

BUSINESS

One boom market remains in China

In China, business is growing for Internet companies selling playing time and premium features for multiplayer online games.

Forbes

Company retools attitude

The ongoing expansion project and related renovations at the small, 87-year-old Akron manufacturer are aimed at helping the company perform better in an ever-more competitive world.

Akron Beacon Journal

SPORTS

Titans hit by double injury blow

The Tennessee Titans must do without both Albert Haynesworth and Kyle Vanden Bosch for the final two weeks of the NFL regular season. Both were hit by injuries this week.

Sky Sports

60-foot buzzer-beater stuns Syracuse

Cedric Jackson took an inbounds pass with 2.2 seconds left, turned and swished a two-handed, 60-foot shot at the buzzer, giving the Vikings a shocking 72-69 victory over No. 11 Syracuse.

MSNBC

HEALTH

Mystery behind the cancer cluster

Fourteen residents of an Illinois town, population of about 1,000 who live near a chemical plant developed rare brain tumors. The cause of the tumors and cancers are still under investigation.

CBS News

Supreme Court rules smokers can sue over 'light' cigarette claims

Smokers have won their bid to sue the tobacco company Altria Group for allegedly defrauding them into believing that "low tar" and "light" cigarettes were a healthier alternative to regular cigarettes.

Christian Science Monitor

Deaths from heart disease, stroke down 30% in US, still leading cause of death

HealthDay

EDUCATION

K-12 education threatened as state spending slumps

In a trend not seen since the early 1980s recession, state spending on government programs is declining this budget year — a bad sign for K-12 education.

Education Week

New grads tough out big-city job hunt

Never mind that it's only December. She is an optimist, an adventurer — one who picked up and moved to a city where she knew no one, with no job, in the middle of a recession.

USA Today

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