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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former U.N. head Kofi Annan and Graca Machel, wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, during a news conference in Johannesburg. Carter says he has been refused entry to Zimbabwe for a humanitarian mission. (Photo by Denis Farrell / AP)

Zimbabwe thwarts Jimmy Carter's humanitarian visit

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who, at 84, clings to power after 28 years in office, barred another famed 84-year-old, former President Jimmy Carter, from entering the country.

International Herald Tribune

Mugabe tries to hide cholera death toll

Times Online

Annan refused Zimbabwe visa

BBC

UK militant 'killed in Pakistan'

A fugitive British militant linked to an alleged U.K. plot to use liquid bombs to blow up transatlantic airliners has been killed in Pakistan, reports say.

BBC

Obama drafts bold economic stimulus

President-elect Obama is crafting an aggressive two-year plan to revive the troubled economy, warning that swift action is needed to prevent a deep slump.

Forbes

Obama: 'Millions of jobs' in danger next year

MSNBC

GM board weighs bankruptcy option

Reuters

Obama's YouTube address

YouTube

Mexico detains former top drug cop in corruption scandal

Mexico's former anti-drug czar has been detained in a widening corruption scandal that suggests many top agents assigned to fight the drug trade have been cooperating with cocaine cartels.

Wall Street Journal

The war next door

Rolling Stone

Neb. safe-haven age limit becomes law

Gov. Dave Heineman has signed into law a bill adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that allowed 35 children — including teenagers as old as 17 — to be abandoned at state hospitals.

TIME

NATION

Bush extends jobless benefits

With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.

TIME

US judge orders 5 Guantánamo detainees freed for lack of evidence

In a sharp blow to the White House, a federal judge ordered the release of five men who have been held as enemy combatants for more than eight years at the U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Obama to tap Geithner for Treasury

New York Federal Reserve President Timothy F. Geithner played a central role in the government's efforts to wrangle the credit crisis, which has damaged markets and economies worldwide.

CNNMoney

Richardson considered for Commerce

UPI

Hillary Will Get SOS Nom Soon

CBS News

Rural America to Obama: Remember us

Some people wonder whether President-elect Barack Obama will pay much attention to rural issues.

NPR

SPORTS

OSU routs Michigan 42-7, Buckeyes get Big 10 share

It took five big plays to give Ohio State a fifth straight win over rival Michigan. The 10th-ranked Buckeyes beat their archrivals 42-7, the first time in 105 meetings that they've strung together five wins.

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette

Game highlights

ESPN

D'Antoni offers playing time; Marbury refuses, but their stories differ

With two moves, the New York Knicks created salary space for a premier free agent down the line and playing time for Stephon Marbury, except that Marbury declined the offfer.

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Is Obama's energy plan enough? No, many environmentalists say

As ambitious as Obama's campaign promises were, the future state of global energy will demand government policies with a much longer reach, according to alternative-energy leaders.

TIME

New EPA rules imperil parks, critics say

NPR

Business groups, community activists blast California's cap-and-trade plans

One day after being applauded at a climate change summit in Beverly Hills, California officials faced a different kind of reception during a Sacramento public hearing on the state's greenhouse gas reduction plan.

Grist

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The 'good enough' marriage

Experts and couples discuss whether settling for "Mr. Good Enough" is better than waiting for the perfect soul mate. Their findings just may surprise you.

WebMD

Roger Ebert reviews ‘Twilight’

“If you’re a vampire, it’s all about you. Why is Edward Cullen obsessed to the point of erotomania by Bella Swan? Because she smells so yummy, but he doesn’t want to kill her.”

Chicago Sun-Times

'Twilight' madness hits theaters

MSNBC

HEALTH

Autumn babies more prone to asthma

The season of a baby's birth may help predict that child's risk of asthma, new research suggests.

U.S. News & World Report

New cancer pill as good as chemotherapy for some patients

A cancer treatment that comes in a pill is as effective as the standard chemotherapy for lung patients who had previously been treated for their cancer, according to a recent study.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Even during an economic crisis, Americans in a giving mood

Amid worsening economic gloom, operators of food banks and other aid groups are finding that even when times are tough, people still give.

CBS News

Paul Newman leaves assets to wife and Newman's Own Foundation

Actor Paul Newman, who died in September, left his assets to his wife, actress Joanne Woodward, and to his Newman's Own Foundation.

Forbes

WORLD

Shia protest Iraq-US troop agreement

Iraqi Shia protesters burned an effigy of President Bush in a show of contempt for a deal struck between the U.S. and the Iraqi government which will keep U.S. troops in Iraq for another three years.

Guardian

Congo rebels to withdraw troops

Rebels loyal to Laurent Nkunda in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they are withdrawing from two fronts to create humanitarian corridors.

BBC

UN Envoy in Congo for Talks Amid New Fighting

YouTube

BUSINESS

GM doesn't see bankruptcy as option

General Motors Corp.'s board of directors does not consider bankruptcy a viable option to solve the company's financial troubles, but it has discussed Chapter 11 because it has a legal duty to do so.

Forbes

Billions didn't do much to restore faith in American banks

Some four weeks after the U.S. Treasury Department invested $125 billion into nine major U.S. banks, stocks for some have seen breathtaking declines.

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Report: Kids gain skills from time online

Rather than wasting their time, children who gab on Facebook or play online games are gaining valuable social skills, according to a study to be released.

San Francisco Chronicle

Material slicker than Teflon discovered

A superhard substance that is more slippery than Teflon could protect mechanical parts and reduce friction.

New Scientist

EDUCATION

Financial crisis drives up student interest in economics

The financial crisis has made "the dismal science" more relevant and immediate to many high school and college students, who suddenly pay closer attention in class.

CBS News

Engineering jobs turning sexy for college grads

As the financial crisis deepens, science and math grads who once flocked to investment banking are now considering jobs in engineering.

BusinessWeek

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Germany drops Scientology ban

Germany is dropping its attempt to ban Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity.

USA Today

Nepal 'Buddha boy' returns to jungle

A young man believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to Nepal's jungles to meditate alone, police said, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters' claims.

Yahoo! News

Photo of the Day

A view of the fireworks at the Atlantis resort in Dubai, which is celebrating a new $1.5 billion resort built off the Gulf coast on an artificial island shaped like a palm tree. (Photo by Joel Ryan / AP)

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