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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he speaks in Tehran. Iran has vowed to push forward with efforts to enrich uranium and to change its relations with the international nuclear watchdog after the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions designed to stop the country's disputed nuclear efforts. (Photo by Rouzbeh Jadidueslam / AP)

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Four soldiers die in Iraq bombing

A roadside bomb killed four American soldiers in Baghdad and a suicide bomber killed at least seven Iraqi policemen north of the capital, authorities said.

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Yahoo! News

Taliban leader killed after phone is tracked

The Taliban commander in charge of attacks on British and NATO forces in southern Afghanistan was reported to have been killed after an RAF spy plane intercepted his satellite telephone.

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Times

Denver airport operating near capacity

Officials at Denver's airport expected to have all six runways cleared after a two-day blizzard, but there was no telling when the backlog of holiday travelers would get out.

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Iran's leader: U.N. will regret nuclear sanctions

Iran vowed to push forward with efforts to enrich uranium after the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions designed to stop the country's disputed nuclear efforts.

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CNN

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Iran's nuclear network

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MSNBC

Israel releases Palestinian cash

The Israeli cabinet has approved the release of $100 million in frozen Palestinian funds. Israel has withheld $600 million in tax revenues this year.

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BBC

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Israel might free Palestinian leader in jail swap

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MSNBC

Ethiopia fights rival Somali Islamists

Ethiopian forces, committed to defending an interim Somali government, holed up in the town of Baidoa, and launched airstrikes against Islamist fighters across the country.

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Reuters

Condemned killer claims innocence 25 years later

Condemned killer Mumia Abu-Jamal isn't getting his hopes up. The former radio reporter who was convicted of murdering a Philadelphia policeman in 1981 is appealing his death sentence.

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Reuters

NATION

Spanish surgeon to treat Castro

A leading Spanish surgeon has flown to Havana to treat ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a Spanish newspaper reported.

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International Herald Tribune

British Foreign Office raps Archbishop of Canterbury

The Foreign Office rebuked the Archbishop of Canterbury for accusing the government of putting Christians across the Middle East at risk because of its 'ignorant' policy in Iraq.

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Guardian

Christmas back on as UK airport fog lifts

Tens of thousands of passengers headed home for their Christmas holidays after three days of chaos at British airports caused by fog.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Holiday sales may rise 5 percent on late shopping

U.S. retail sales may rise 5 percent this holiday season, boosted by consumers who put off buying gifts and took advantage of this year's extra shopping day before Christmas.

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Bloomberg

China to let 9 foreign banks incorporate

Nine foreign banks took a key step toward breaking into the Chinese retail banking industry, receiving permission to become the first international lenders to incorporate in China.

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Forbes

SPORTS

Knee injury to keep Yao out for 6 weeks

Yao Ming will miss at least six weeks after fracturing the bone under his right knee in Houston's game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

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ESPN

Knight ties Smith for basketball record with 879th win

Add this to the list of things you can say about Bob Knight: Nobody has ever won more Division I men's basketball games.

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ESPN

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Wiccans want recognition as a nature-based religion

With an estimated 400,000 members nationwide, and a high-profile fight with the federal government over veterans' grave markers, Wiccans are moving into a more prominent place.

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Houston Chronicle

Pope calls for overcoming prejudices ahead of Christmas

Pope Benedict XVI urged people everywhere to prepare for Christmas by overcoming prejudices as pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter's Square ahead of Christmas Eve celebrations.

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FOX News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Shuttle's landing ends big year for NASA

NASA began 2006 having flown only a single space shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster three years earlier. The U.S. space agency ends the year with three successful shuttle missions.

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Yahoo! News

NORAD keeps track of Santa

Despite being pounded by the Holiday Blizzard of 2006, North American Aerospace Defense Command remains on alert for the nation and ready to track Santa Claus.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Iran's Holocaust-denial conference: a community of hate

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Christian Science Monitor

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San Diego Union Tribune

Faces of Christmas

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USA Today

Biggest story of our time: Self-extinction

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Chicago Sun-Times

Christmas, now and then

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Los Angeles Times

Space basics

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Houston Chronicle

At gift-giving time, think of homeless

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Christian Science Monitor

Newt Gingrich's 'outsider' act

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Salon

God and man at Harvard

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Washington Times

Column (Marianne Means):

Bush has a lot of nerve comparing self to Truman

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Houston Chronicle

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Gay couples as parents

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Miami Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Web site grants holiday wishes for children with HIV/AIDS

Shimmy Mehta discovered the satisfaction that comes from helping others as a toddler when he visited an elderly neighbor. He helped out at an HIV/AIDS care center when he was in college.

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San Jose Mercury News

Hospital clowns boost sick kids' spirits

Stephen Ringold is a clown facing a tough audience - a sick child in a hospital room who needs holiday cheer. For a few minutes, Stephany Nieto suspiciously eyes the tall man.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

Wisconsin snowstorm knocks out power

A winter storm dumped 7 inches of wet, heavy snow on central Wisconsin, leaving thousands of people without electricity and disrupting holiday preparations.

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CNN

Boston's Big Dig tunnel reopens

The Big Dig's Interstate 90 westbound tunnel has reopened after federal inspectors approved repairs made in the wake of a driver's death.

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USA Today

New ruling puts freeze on FEMA payments

Just as federal housing money was to start flowing again to thousands of Texas-based hurricane evacuees, a federal appeals court put everything on hold.

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Houston Chronicle

EDUCATION

Congress likely to raise minimum wage

Imagine what it would be like to work without a pay raise for nearly 10 years. That's been the plight of some workers who for almost the past decade have been earning the federal minimum wage.

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AOL News

Schwarzenegger breaks leg while skiing

Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his leg while skiing with his family over the weekend. The California governor was taken to a hospital for X-rays and was discharged with a fracture to his right femur.

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ABC News

Former Vermont senator dies at 93

Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program, has died. He was 93.

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CBS

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

EPA OKs fuel-cell car production

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cleared the way for automakers to produce hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars to meet zero-emission vehicle requirements in California and 10 other states.

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Los Angeles Times

EDUCATION

Yale requiring MBA students to study abroad

For one group of graduate business students at Yale, next month's lessons will take place on pineapple, banana and coffee plantations in Costa Rica.

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Chicago Sun-Times

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Chocolate can do good things for heart, skin and brain

Listen to the ways people malign chocolate: Sinful! Decadent! To die for! Bite your tongue! Evidence is mounting that some kinds of chocolate are actually good for you.

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CNN

New clues on what causes aging

Ever wondered what causes aging? The answer may lie in DNA. DNA damage contributes to aging, especially in people whose genes aren't good at repairing damage, researchers report in "Nature."

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Web MD

ENVIRONMENT

Honorary knighthood for U2's Bono

U2 frontman Bono is being awarded an honorary knighthood by the Queen, the British Embassy in Dublin has said.

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BBC

Ex-Miss Nevada apologizes for photos, seeks second chance

The former Miss Nevada USA, dethroned over raunchy photos that were posted online, apologized as her attorney pleaded for the pageant queen to be given a second chance.

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Showbuzz

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Blog: Are BlackBerry users the new smokers?

The same compulsive behavior is blinding users of mobile gadgets — cellphones included — to their rude ways. It’s time to push back.

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