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Delta Air Line employees at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport react as Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein announces during a news conference that Delta is saying "no" to US Airways' hostile takeover bid. (Photo by Gene Blythe / AP)

Delta rejects US Airways bid

Delta Air Lines Inc. rejected a hostile $8.38 billion merger proposal from US Airways Group Inc. and said it plans to exit bankruptcy as an independent company with a value of as much as $12 billion.

Bloomberg

Palestinian groups call new truce

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced a new ceasefire deal between his Fatah faction and the Hamas group that aims to stop fighting in Gaza.

BBC

Abbas gets Israeli and UK backing

UK and Israeli leaders have reiterated their support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in his row with the governing Islamist party Hamas.

BBC

Second man arrested in prostitute murders

Police have arrested a second man on suspicion of murdering five prostitutes in one of Britain's most dramatic suspected serial killings.

Reuters

Bush: Military expansion needed to fight terrorism

President Bush says he plans to expand the size of the U.S. military to deal with the long-term fight against terrorism, days after the Army said it needed to grow, The Washington Post reported on its Web site.

Boston Globe

Iraq executes 13 prisoners, shows video

Iraq executed 13 men convicted of murder, kidnapping and other crimes. Video released by the government showed the men standing against a wall shortly before they were hanged.

Yahoo! News

Cheney to be defense witness in CIA case

Vice President Cheney will be called to testify on behalf of his former chief of staff in the CIA leak case, ending months of speculation over what would be historic testimony.

U.S. News & World Report

FDA wants tougher pain reliever warnings

Federal health officials proposed sterner warning labels for acetaminophen, aspirin and ibuprofen, cautioning Americans who take the pain relievers regularly of potentially serious side effects.

USA Today

Dead climber had 'obvious arm injury'

The search for two missing climbers on Oregon's highest peak continues as the body of a third climber was brought down the mountain, authorities say.

CNN

Libya sentences medics to death

A Libyan court has sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.

BBC

Russia signals hope for ending Iran nuclear impasse

Russia's foreign minister said a new draft U.N. resolution largely met his country's concerns over Iran's nuclear program and could become the basis of a consensus decision.

CBC

Former Fannie Mae execs face civil charges

Federal regulators have filed civil charges against former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines and two other former executives, accusing them of manipulating Fannie Mae's earnings to jack up their bonuses.

USA Today

Lawmakers: screen every airport worker

More of the nation's airport personnel are undergoing background checks, and some lawmakers want all of the nearly 1 million workers to be screened when they arrive on the job each day.

USA Today

Johnson conscious after brain surgery

Sen. Tim Johnson has been conscious at times since his emergency brain surgery last week, his spokeswoman said. But he is currently being sedated so he can rest.

Yahoo! News

Democrats promise interest relief for student loans

Alarmed by a rapid rise in student debt, Democratic leaders in the coming Congress are promising to lower payments on new college loans by cutting the interest rate in half.

McClatchy

SPORTS

Iverson traded, Nuggets strike gold

A day after losing one superstar for a month, the Denver Nuggets got an even bigger one: four-time scoring champ Allen Iverson, who was traded away by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Rocky Mountain News

ESPN acquires AFL stake plus TV rights

ESPN acquired national TV rights to the Arena Football League and also will have a minority stake in the 19-team indoor league.

Yahoo! News

RELIGION

British children unaware Jesus born on Christmas day

Less than half of British children between the ages of seven and 11 are aware that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus, according to a BBC poll.

Khaleej Times

Second Colorado pastor quits over ‘sexual misconduct’

A pastor who worked with young adults at New Life Church has admitted sexual misconduct and resigned just weeks after former church leader Ted Haggard stepped down.

MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

Top 10 positive stories of 2006

The Christmas season is a time of tradition. Trees go up, families gather for meals, stockings are hung, and media companies invariably indulge in their time-honored reflection, the Top 10 List.

Happy News

Gates donates $40 million to improve education in poor countries

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it will give the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation at least $40 million over the next few years in a joint effort to improve the quality of learning in poor countries.

Seattle Times

Overseas Shipholding fined a record $37M for dumping waste oil

Oil tanker and bulk shipping company Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. will pay a record fine of $37 million after agreeing to plead guilty to illegally dumping waste oil and falsifying pollution logs.

Boston Globe

Miami sued over restrained teen's coma

Miami police disputed the use of a controversial restraint on a teen as the man's parents filed a lawsuit, which says the restraint caused 'irreparable brain damage.'

Miami Herald

Carbon monoxide deaths raise storm toll

Four family members were found dead in their home, apparently of carbon monoxide poisoning, bringing the death toll to 14.

Yahoo! News

Thirteen states, D.C., sue EPA over air quality

More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the states say would save thousands of lives.

MSNBC

EU chief seeks 30 percent emissions cut

The European Union's environment chief says he will seek a 30 percent cut in EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to set an example for the world on how to fight global warming.

Reuters

Does suburban sprawl create heavier kids?

U.S. children who live in expansive suburbs may start to pay for it with expansive waistlines, new research suggests.

Reuters

Humans can follow scent trail

Humans can track a scent trail across a field, with all their other senses blocked, a new study shows.

WebMD

ENTERTAINMENT

Joseph Barbera of Hanna-Barbera dies

Joseph Barbera, co-founder of Hanna- Barbera Studios and creator of Oscar-winning characters Tom and Jerry as well as Huckleberry Hound and the Flintstones, died of natural causes at 95.

Bloomberg

Miss USA gets to keep her crown

Miss USA Tara Conner, who had come under criticism amid rumors she had been frequenting bars while underage, will be allowed to keep her title.

Chicago Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA to collaborate with Google

NASA Ames Research Center said it is teaming with Google Inc. to address a variety of technical problems including large-scale data management and human-computer interfaces.

Houston Chronicle

Skype sets its sights on TV service

The Skype guys are at it again. The entrepreneurs arguably at the forefront at the VoIP revolution are hoping to work their magic for IPTV, or TV on demand.

Pocket-lint

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