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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, center in the balcony, gives a speech to his supporters after winning the re- election from a balcony at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, (Photo by Howard Yanes / AP)

Bolton resignation ends era of U.S. diplomacy

The resignation of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations ends an era when the focus of U.S. diplomacy often rested, for better or for worse, on the man himself.

Reuters

Truck driver convicted in smuggling deaths case

A federal jury convicted truck driver Tyrone Williams on all 58 counts for his role in a bungled smuggling attempt that resulted in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants in 2003.

Houston Chronicle

WORLD

Egypt arrests American, others in terror plot

Police have arrested an American, 11 Europeans and several others from Arab countries for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in Middle Eastern countries including Iraq, the Interior Ministry said.

MSNBC

Bush meets with Shiite leader amid calls for change

CNN

U.N.'s Annan: Average Iraqi's life is 'worse'

Yahoo! News

Bush aide: Changes needed, but Iraq policy is not a failure

US News & World Report

Deadly weekend for U.S. troops in Iraq

CBS

Venezuela's Chávez easily wins new term

Venezuelans overwhelmingly re-elected President Hugo Chávez, further extending a presidency that began when he was swept into power eight years ago.

Seattle Times

Pelosi to fast-track minimum wage bill

Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to fast-track efforts to boost the federal minimum wage and could seek to bring a bill directly to the House floor in January.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Report: U.S.-trained Afghan police force is failing

Five years after the fall of the Taliban, a U.S. report has found that the American-trained police force in Afghanistan is incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement work.

IHT

Hope for finding typhoon survivors fades

Officials and rescuers all but gave up hope of finding survivors in mudslide-swamped villages on the slopes of the Mayon volcano, five days after a typhoon killed an estimated 1,000 people.

CNN

Russia warns Britain over ex-spy inquiry

The Russian foreign minister has warned that speculation over the death of Alexander Litvinenko is harming relations between Russia and Britain.

BBC

Friend says he knows who poisoned former Soviet spy

CNN

U.S. Marine convicted of rape, gets life sentence

A Philippine court convicted a U.S. Marine on rape charges and sentenced him to life in prison, ending an emotional year-long case that tested Philippine-American relations.

International Herald Tribune

Oil prices fall despite OPEC worries

Oil prices dropped by more than $1, reversing some of last week's increases, as traders focused on a halt in the dollar's decline, while shrugging off next week's OPEC meeting.

Business Week

Kentucky congressman raises concerns about Delta merger

Kentucky congressman Geoff Davis is encouraging the U.S. Attorney General and Transportation Secretary to conduct a "full and careful review" of US Airways' efforts to merge with Delta Air Lines.

Business First

Supreme Court weighs question of race and school segregation

The Supreme Court wrestled with voluntary integration plans in public schools, asking whether programs in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle are acceptable moves toward student diversity or racial quotas.

MSNBC

Hillary Clinton dogged by questions of 'electability'

While Hillary Rodham Clinton tops national polls of likely 2008 Democratic presidential contenders, she is dogged by questions of “electability” — political code for whether she can prevail in a general election.

MSNBC

RELIGION

After Buddhist dies, legal battle continues

The family of 72-year-old Cho Fook Cheng of Brookline knew there was no chance that he would ever wake up again.

Boston Globe

Poll: America wants more religion and values

A recent survey commissioned by the American Bible Society and carried out by pollster Zogby International shows that 85 percent of American viewers want more religious values.

Epoch Times

RELIGION

Pope says trip to Turkey was 'unforgettable'

Pope Benedict XVI said his recent trip to Turkey was an "unforgettable" experience that he hoped will lead to dialogue with Muslims.

Yahoo!News

HEALTH

Effort to cut no.1 killer of teens

In an effort to reduce the number of deaths of teens, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new guidelines for teenage drivers.

WebMD

Overly thin women more likely to miscarry

If you are very underweight and become pregnant your chances of having a miscarriage are much higher during the first three months of pregnancy, say researchers.

Medical News Today

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GOOD NEWS

Pilot who lost legs hopes to fly again

Tammy Duckworth‘s last thoughts when a rocket-propelled grenade tore into the cockpit of her Black Hawk helicopter were 1. stay awake, and 2. fight like hell to get the crew on the ground.

San Jose Mercury News

Secret Santa gives $24M anonymous gift

An anonymous benefactor has made a $24 million donation to the Foundation of Greater Montreal, which will be used for arts and culture, education, social and humanitarian causes.

CNEWS

U.S. sailor pleads guilty to espionage

A sailor accused of stealing a Navy laptop and peddling its classified contents to an undisclosed foreign government pleaded guilty to espionage, desertion and other charges.

CBS News

Suspect in PlayStation 3 robbery killed

A teenager accused of robbing a student of two new Playstation 3s on the day the popular game consoles were introduced was killed by police who had been sent to arrest him.

AOL

Wind-whipped wildfire destroys California homes

Powerful, erratic winds hampered crews fighting a wildfire that destroyed at least five homes and threatened hundreds more in Southern California.

San Jose Mercury News

Painter of abstract works wins Turner Prize

German abstract painter Tomma Abts has captured the Turner Prize, the controversial British art honor previously won by some of the U.K.'s most audacious contemporary artists.

CBC

Dolly Parton, Steven Spielberg among Kennedy Center honorees

From Hollywood to Dollywood, Motown to Broadway, a select group of stars from the film, stage and music worlds received recognition for a lifetime of achievement in the performing arts.

Newsday

SPORTS

Kicker nails 60-yard FG to help Titans surprise Colts

Magic is in the air around the Tennessee Titans. Just ask Rob Bironas. He kicked a 60-yard field goal -- the franchise's longest ever -- with 7 seconds left

Sports Illustrated

Thornton leads Florida State past No. 4 Florida

Al Thornton scored 28 points, including two free throws with four seconds left, and host Florida State upset No. 4 Florida 70-66.

Indianapolis Star

TECHNOLOGY

Novell to support Microsoft Office documents

Novell said it is participating in an open-source project designed to bridge rival document formats and thus enable its OpenOffice.org customers to work with Microsoft Office documents.

ZDNet

The future of robots

Futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how the boundary between man and machine is quickly disappearing.

Popular Science

EDUCATION

R.I. education officials approve abstinence education program

Leaders of an abstinence-only sex education program that was banned from Rhode Island schools say they are now in talks to present their curriculum to students in Woonsocket and Warwick.

Boston Globe

EDUCATION

NGOs in Singapore call for change in way sex education is taught to students

Non-government organizations are calling for a change in the way sex education is taught in schools as a way to tackle the AIDS epidemic.

Channel News Asia

ENVIRONMENT

Rainforest gets protected status

Vast tracts of rainforest in Brazil are to get a new protected status. Thousands of wildlife species inhabit the pristine forest, including jaguars, anteaters and colourful macaws.

BBC

German high-tech sky sail may cut costs, emissions

Putting a harness on ocean winds, a German shipping company plans to unfurl a giant high-tech kite over a cargo ship next year to boost the vessel's propulsion and to conserve fuel.

Reuters

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