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This file photo released by the U.S. Navy shows pirates holding hostages aboard a hijacked Chinese fishing vessel, FV Tian Yu 8, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. (Photo by Jason Zalasky / AP)

UN backs raids against Somali pirates

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to authorize military raids on land and by air against pirates operating off the coast of Somalia.

Sydney Morning Herald

Somali pirates launch new attacks

BBC

China preparing to send navy ships to Gulf of Aden

International Herald Tribune

UN approves piracy land pursuit

BBC

Morgan Stanley lost $2.3 billion

Morgan Stanley reported a massive $2.3 billion loss for the fourth quarter, far worse than what analysts were expecting.

CNNMoney

Blagojevich: Want to 'tell my side of the story'

Gov. Rod Blagojevich, facing charges of political corruption and possible impeachment, said that he can't wait to "tell my side of the story" perhaps within the next two days.

USA Today

Illinois impeachment panel awaits Blagojevich attorney

Examiner

Pat Quinn: the man who would replace Blagojevich

TIME

Obama-Blagojevich connection

MSNBC

Bangladesh army ends emergency rule

The Bangladesh military ended almost two years of "emergency rule," vowing to step back into the shadows and hold long-promised elections later this month.

Guardian

Cold snap puts US in deep freeze

Students went home for a snow day, stranded travelers waited at airports and drivers slid across icy roads in the second day of a bitter cold wave.

CBS News

NATION

Time's person of the year: Barack Obama

Barack Obama overcame a lack of experience, a funny name, two candidates who are political institutions and the racial divide to become the 44th President of the United States.

TIME

Who are runners-up?

Reuters

And the winner is...

MSNBC

Nature's fury makes South most dangerous area in US

Americans worried about being caught up in a killer heat wave or deadly natural disaster might do well to avoid the South and the Great Plains states, according to a new U.S. "death map."

HealthDay

POLITICS

Obama picks Vilsack, Salazar for Cabinet

Barack Obama is on a pre-holiday roll to fill his Cabinet, with two more nominations in former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack for agriculture secretary and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to lead the Interior Department.

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama picks education secretary

CNN

Obama's e-mails raise cash, concerns

E-mails sent since Obama's victory has some subscribers pleading for a break from the solicitations and has raised questions about whether Obama has figured out how to use his broad online network.

Politico

ENVIRONMENT

EU finalizes deal to fight climate change

The European Union finalized plans to battle global warming and lead a broad alliance including other big polluters like China and the U.S.

Reuters

Spider as big as a plate among scores of new species found in Greater Mekong

At least 1,068 new species were identified in the Greater Mekong from 1997 to 2007 along with thousands of tiny invertebrates.

Telegraph.co.uk

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Bright future: LEDs revolutionize lighting

LED lighting has a bright future as companies switch for both environmental and money-saving reasons.

LiveScience

Apple pulls out of Macworld

Next month's Macworld Expo is the last one that Apple will be involved in, the company announced, saying it no longer relies on trade shows to reach out to its broad customer base.

San Francisco Chronicle

Why is Steve Jobs skipping MacWorld?

TIME

HEALTH

New test to predict breast cancer risk

A new test more accurately predicts a woman’s odds of getting breast cancer than the method doctors relied on for decades.

The Australian

Pushing more doctors to ditch the prescription pad

The push for paperless prescriptions is about to get a boost: Starting in January, doctors who e-prescribe can get bonus pay from Medicare.

International Herald Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column:

Top 10 health news stories of 2008

WebMD

Editorial:

Who's to blame for economy?

USA Today

Column (Thomas Sowell):

Postponing reality

Real Clear Politics

Editorial (Christopher Beam):

The green house

Slate

Editorial (Les Payne):

Shame on the addicts of Wall Street

Newsday

Editorial (Christopher Hitchens):

'Tis the season to be incredulous

Slate

Editorial (Paul Arfin):

Generation label bad for self-esteem

Newsday

Column (Jeffrey Wasserstrom):

Two big China stories you missed

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

The upside of the Blagojevich case

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

Cooperation helped Louisville clean up

For years, Louisville has been known for lousy air. But that began to change after a minister demanded government action to clean the toxic air.

USA Today

Toledo police to give traffic tickets to go buy toys for kids

Toledo police will waive minor moving violations — with the understanding that the offender buy a toy for a needy child.

The Blade

WORLD

Pakistan wants leads from India to help Mumbai attack probe

Pakistan is seeking leads from India investigating last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said.

Bloomberg

Indian police to question possible Mumbai 'scouts'