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An Iraqi man injured in an explosion is treated at a hospital in Baghdad. A triple car bombing struck a food market in a predominantly Shiite area in central Baghdad, killing at least 51 people a day after a U.S.-Iraqi raid against Sunni insurgents in a nearby neighborhood. (Photo by Karim Kadim / AP)

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Dozens killed in triple car bombing in Baghdad

Three powerful car bombs exploded, one right after the other, in central Baghdad, killing at least 51 people, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

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CNN

Rumsfeld urged major changes in Iraq

Donald H. Rumsfeld called for major changes in tactics two days before he resigned as defense secretary.

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Yahoo

Poisoned spy case may have another victim

A man who met former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko shortly before he fell fatally ill with radiation poisoning was himself admitted to a London hospital.

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Houston Chronicle

WORLD

Red Cross: Asia typhoon death toll may pass 1,000

The top Red Cross official in the Philippines said 1,000 people or more have been killed by Typhoon Durian.

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MSNBC

Big storm blamed for 11 deaths in the Midwest

Thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity after the Midwest’s first big snowstorm of the season, which is blamed for at least 11 deaths from Texas to Michigan.

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MSNBC

Hezbollah supporters paralyze Beirut

Thousands of supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition paralyzed parts of central Beirut as defiant Prime Minister Fouad Siniora won fresh international backing.

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Reuters

Toyota passes Ford again

Toyota outsold Ford to rank second in U.S. sales of cars and light trucks for November, as gains for Japanese and South Korean automakers cut market share for U.S. competitors to record lows.

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Bloomberg

WORLD

Saudis arrest 139 'sleeper cell' suspects

Saudi security officials said they foiled a planned terrorist suicide attack and arrested 139 suspected Islamist militants who were in "sleeper cells" believed to be affiliated with al Qaeda.

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CNN

Castro is no-show for parade in his honor

Tanks rolled through the streets and jets roared overhead in Havana's first military parade in a decade, but ailing leader Fidel Castro did not show up.

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CNN

Corruption: the 'second insurgency' costs $4 billion a year

Iraq's government is in danger of being brought down by the wholesale smuggling of the oil and other forms of corruption that together represent a "second insurgency," a senior U.S. official said.

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Guardian

Airbus gets green light for mid-size jet

Airbus parent EADS decided to go ahead with development of a new mid-size jetliner to strike back at Boeing Co. in their fight for market share.

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Times

Lucent deal done, with U.S. condition

Alcatel SA has completed its $11.6 billion purchase of Lucent Technologies Inc. to create the world's largest supplier of telephone networks.

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Chicago Tribune

POLITICS

Vilsack: Iowa celebrity, national unknown

The midwest governor is self-described as a "long shot" for President.

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CBS

Delay on tax break plan affects many

Millions of entrepreneurs, teachers and parents with kids in college have a financial stake in whether Congress, in the dying hours of Republican rule, revives tax breaks that expired 11 months ago.

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AOL

U.S. Democrats mull climate change

The issue of climate change and global warming hardly registered on the political radar in the United States during the recent Congressional elections.

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BBC

Diocese nears break with Episcopal Church

In a public rebuke of the Episcopal Church, a conservative diocese voted to affirm its membership in the worldwide Anglican Communion after distancing itself over sexuality and the ordination of women.

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CNN

Russian Orthodox bishop discusses Orthodox-Catholic reconciliation

Jeffrey Donovan spoke to Bishop Illarion Alfeyev about why the Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches want to move closer, and about what keeps them apart.

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Radio Free Europe

Controversial clinic opens in Vancouver

A deal that allows a controversial private clinic in Vancouver to operate without charging patients is a "win-win" for patients, a clinic spokeswoman said.

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CTV

Health and environment among key trends for 2007

Local sourcing of ingredients, fresh food, and health are some of the major trends expected to gain increasing importance in the food and beverage market next year, according to a recent study.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Soldier's death prompts old friend to offer truck for charity

Christy Abrams won a truck through a radio promotion, and after learning her friend had died in Iraq, decided to give it away to help others who have lost loved ones.

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Houston Chronicle

Community program bites back against malaria

Fifteen thousand children die from malaria every year in Burkina Faso. A three-year program offers an alternative to treat chloroquine-resistant malaria.

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Happy News

L.A. archdiocese to pay $60 million to settle sex abuse lawsuits

The nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese has agreed to pay $60 million to settle 45 lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests.

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CBS

Hundreds mourn bridegroom's death

As a man killed in a hail of police bullets was buried, several hundred people observed a moment of silence near the strip club where he and two friends were shot after leaving a bachelor party.

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CNN

On spending bills, GOP punts to Dems

"Use it or lose it" might seem to be the game plan for the Republicans who are about to cede control of Congress.

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McClathcy

Lindsay Lohan in Alcoholics Anonymous

Lindsay Lohan has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, her publicist said.

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People

Trojans' BCS title hopes in ruins after stunning loss to UCLA

Step aside, Trojans. Your chase for the national championship is over.

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ESPN

Two seconds might have saved Bode Miller's life

Two seconds kept Bode Miller out of danger as he won his 22nd World Cup downhill race, because he kept his cool when a Slovenian coach went skidding across his path.

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Forbes

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

NASA has clue to life's question

A meteorite that fell in Canada nearly seven years ago has tiny globules that formed before the solar system appeared 4.5 billion years ago, according to NASA scientists.

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Houston Chronicle

Hurricane season goes out with a whimper

The mild 2006 Atlantic hurricane season drew to a close without a single hurricane striking the United States.

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CBSNews

EDUCATION

Report: Race and class achievement gaps fail to narrow

A report by Policy Analysis for California Education concludes that the No Child Left Behind Act and the state's accountability system have not narrowed race and class achievement gaps in the state.

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North County Times

Students with good attendance can win a new car, truck

Sixteen-year-old Kaytie Christopherson was preparing to do homework when she got the call: She had won a brand-new pickup truck for near-perfect school attendance.

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CNN

Drilling might resume in Alaska bay

President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's largest sockeye salmon run.

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CNN

In Britain, wind turbines offer homespun electricity

Amid the rooftops and chimneys of Brighton, a seaside town south of London, spins a solitary symbol of Britain's growing devotion to green energy: wind turbines.

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Christian Science Monitor

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Inmates smuggle in cell phones with ease

Hundreds, and perhaps even thousands, of inmates inside U.S. prisons have gotten a hold of cell phones.

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NPR

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