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Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., gestures as he speaks during an election-night party in Atlanta. Chambliss defeated Democrat Jim Martin in a run off. (Photo by John Bazemore / AP)

Rice arrives in India, calls for cooperation from Pakistan

Pakistan must act with “urgency and resolve” to help catch the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that bore the hallmarks of al Qaida, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

Bloomberg

Explosives defused at Mumbai's station

Reuters

Mumbai terror attacks caught on tape

CBS News

Auditors fault Treasury oversight of bailout funds in first review

The government must toughen its monitoring of the $700 billion financial bailout to ensure banking institutions limit their top executives' pay and comply with other restrictions, federal auditors said.

International Herald Tribune

Saxby Chambliss wins runoff election

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., resoundingly defeated Democrat Jim Martin in the Georgia Senate runoff, winning a second term and ending Democratic hopes of gaining a 60-seat Senate majority.

Politico

UN approves piracy crackdown

The U.N. Security Council has renewed its authorization for the use of military force against pirates operating off Somalia, enabling the European Union to begin an air and naval operation next week.

Al Jazeera

US carmakers head back to Congress

The state of the U.S. auto industry, a pillar of the country's manufacturing industry, is growing increasingly desperate.

International Herald Tribune

GM, Ford unveil rescue plan to get government aid

ABC News

GM, Chrysler sales fall more than 40 percent

MSNBC

EPA to gut mountaintop mining rule that protects streams

The Environmental Protection Agency approved a last-minute rule change by the Bush administration that will allow coal companies to bury streams under the rocks leftover from mining.

McClatchy Newspapers

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Shop assistant Sven Helmich prepares a Christmas tree for the market of a tree dealer in Dresden, Germany. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel / AP)	A Mark di Suvero sculpture "Olompali" will be shipped to its permanent home at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. (Photo by Wilfredo Lee / AP)	President George W. Bush returns to the Oval Office from the Roundtable on Mentoring Children of Prisoners. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

NATION

US builds cases on dangerous detainees

The U.S. military launched a massive review to build cases against at least 5,000 detainees considered dangerous to keep them behind bars when Iraq's government assumes legal authority.

USA Today

Bill Richardson will head Commerce

Richardson, 61, is a blend of East Coast establishment and Western individualism with a dash of Third World acumen.

CBS News

Free Internet for all? FCC to vote on plan wireless industry hates

Free broadband Internet service could become available across the country if the government okays a proposal to open up unused public airwaves to bidders.

Scientific American

POLITICS

Obama, governors confer on economy

The nation's governors met with President-elect Barack Obama to help craft an economic stimulus plan that would include money for transportation projects and programs for the poor.

Baltimore Sun

Biden addresses governors

CNN

Mel Martinez to retire from Senate in '10

Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., will announce his retirement from the Senate, creating another highly competitive open Senate seat for Republicans to defend in 2010.

ABC News

Nixon's tapes reveal his reservations

Nearly 200 hours of tapes and 90,000 pages released by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and the National Archives offer a glimpse into Nixon's views on the Vietnam War and his colleagues.

ABC News

Newly-released 1972 Nixon tapes

MSNBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Some brains are wired for change

People who welcome new experiences have stronger connections between their memory and reward brain centers than people who avoid anything new, research shows.

LiveScience

Making an old brain young

New ways to manipulate neural plasticity — the brain's ability to rewire itself — could make adult brains as facile as young ones, at least in part.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Antarctic penguin colonies to disappear?

Up to 75 percent of major Antarctic penguin colonies may disappear if climate change continues to heat up the continent, according to a recent report.

National Geographic

Brazil goes high-tech to protect vulnerable Amazon tribes

The Brazilian government's National Indian Foundation said it would conduct flyovers in Amazonia, where it suspects Indians might be in danger from encroaching farmers, loggers and miners.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Generic heart medicines found equal to brand-name counterparts

Generic heart drugs work just as well as brand-name treatments at a fraction of the cost, according to an analysis that challenges why people still have doubts about generics’ after almost 25 years.

Bloomberg

Patient photos help docs read CT scans

An intriguing Israeli study found that adding photos of patients' faces to their file made these doctors more meticulous when looking at the X-rays.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Ads on tests add up for teacher

"Tough times call for tough actions," says Tom Farber, a calculus teacher at Rancho Bernardo High School. So he started selling ads on his test papers: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, $30 for a semester final.

USA Today

Parent assignments required

An elementary school in Indianapolis treats parental involvement like homework. If a student's parents fail to meet strict expectations, their child can be shipped to another school.

Louisville Courier-Journal

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