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New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler, left, uses a bullhorn as he speaks to auto dealership workers, who held a rally to show their support for a federal aid package for failing car manufacturers, outside Potamkin dealership in New York. (Photo by Bebeto Matthews / AP)

Alleged 9/11 mastermind delays plea offer

The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks asked to postpone an earlier offer to plead guilty to murder and said he might not be sentenced to death if he and his co-defendants plead guilty.

ABC News

Sept. 11 terrorists to plead guilty

BBC

Mumbai suspect captured in Pakistani raid

Pakistani troops swooped down on the Shawai camp outside Muzaffarabad. While the operation was confirmed by Pakistan army officials, there has been no official reaction from India.

Times of India

Detroit could see cash within a week

GM and Chrysler could get up to $15 billion by Dec. 15 as part of a proposed bailout, according to a senior Democratic congressional aide.

CNNMoney

Mexico braces for Detroit fallout

Christian Science Monitor

Poll: Americans split on automaker bailout

CBS News

GM President on auto aid

FOX Business

Blackwater guard in secret deal to testify in massacre case

In a stunning admission of wrongdoing, Jeremy Ridgeway, 35, agreed to plead guilty to manslaughter, attempt to commit murder and aiding and abetting.

ABC News

Security guards charged in Iraq deaths

MSNBC

Dow flirts with 9000 as stocks soar

Stocks rallied to session highs in the final hour of trading as hopes for an auto bailout and action by world governments helped a fresh wave of layoffs.

CNBC

NATION

3 dead, 2 missing in San Diego house hit when military jet crashes

A mother and child are reported dead in a San Diego neighborhood after a Marine jet crashed during a training mission.

USA Today

Family escaped as yard ignited

San Diego Union Tribune

F-18 crashes in San Diego

ABC News

Report: US military leaders knew of roadside bomb threat

Military leaders knew the dangers posed by roadside bombs before the start of the Iraq war but did little to develop vehicles that were known to better protect forces.

USA Today

POLITICS

Calling in 'gay' to work

Same-sex marriage supporters are urging people to "call in gay" to show how much the country relies on gays and lesbians. Others feel, given the economy, now is a poor time for such protests.

ABC News

Franken retracts more ballot challenges

Democrat Al Franken is pulling back another 425 of the ballots he's challenging in the Minnesota Senate recount, bringing the total he's retracted to more than 1,000.

USA Today

Obama still must fill key positions, possibly with Republicans

President-elect Barack Obama's team has pledged to appoint Republicans to his administration, but he has nominated just one Republican for a leading Cabinet post.

CNN

Obama warns of worsening economy

Baltimore Sun

Obama outlines centerpiece of recovery plan

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Bush pushes for marine reserves

In its waning weeks, the Bush administration is sorting through options that could lead to the largest marine conservation reserves in United States history.

Christian Science Monitor

IBM, Harvard want access to your PC for solar power study

Scientists at Harvard University and IBM are hoping to harness the power of a million idle computers to develop a new, cheaper form of solar power that could revolutionize the green energy world.

Environmental News Network

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Nico crowned Canada's favorite dancer

Nico Archambault, 24 and a contemporary and hip-hop dancer from Montreal, was crowned Canada's very first favorite dancer.

CTV

Canada's favorite dancer

Globeandmail.com

‘A Christmas Story’ still hits people where they live after 25 years

Fans of the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” are celebrating the film’s 25th anniversary with a convention and trips to the house where the movie was made.

Kansas City Star

Where are they now: 'A Christmas Story'

NY Daily News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wal-Mart to sell iPhone

Wal-Mart Stores will begin selling Apple's iPhone, employees at several stores in the discount retail chain said.

Computerworld

Modern humans 80,000 years older than previously thought?

Modern humans may have evolved more than 80,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study of sophisticated stone tools found in Ethiopia.

National Geographic

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Our growing education gap

San Francisco Chronicle

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Western governors for Cabinet

Denver Post

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The economy: Now it's the jobs

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Francesca Flug):

Civil liberties yet to ease world's misery

Guardian

Column (John Nicholas):

Sitdown strike in Chicago

The Nation

Column (Chris Hedges):

Best and brightest led America off a cliff

Truthdig

Editorial:

Obama's dependence on China

Christian Science Monitor

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The top 10 everything of 2008

TIME

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Foods that fight stress

WebMD

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The religious case for gay marriage

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Hope for malaria vaccine within 5 years

A vaccine against malaria could be available within five years after extensive trials have shown that it provides protection for infants and young children.

London Independent

Farmer leaves $2 millions to his church

A tiny church in western Pennsylvania inherited more than $2 million from a farmer who lived in a mobile home.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

WORLD

Vets reattach cat's face after incident

Veterinarians in Boston performed an unusual surgery to reattach the face of a cat they believe was injured by a car's fan belt, probably because she tried to stay warm under the hood.

Arizona Daily Star

Riots in Greece enter third day

Rioting triggered by police killing a teenager eased in Athens but intensified in the second-largest Greek city, Thessaloniki.

International Herald Tribune

Why Greece is wracked by riots

TIME

EU begins anti-piracy mission

The European Union is to take over anti-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa from NATO vessels, deploying six warships and three surveillance aircraft in the region in its first-ever naval mission.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Tribune files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The Tribune Co., founded in 1847, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its nearly $13 billion debt load, dramatically underscoring the dire near-term future of the newspaper industry.

MarketWatch

Is Sam Zell just bluffing?

Forbes

Dow Chemical to cut 5,000 jobs

The chemical maker said it expects to save $700 million a year as a result of the restructuring.

CNNMoney

SPORTS

Florida, Oklahoma secure spots in BCS national title game

The Sooners put up 54 points a game and became the highest-scoring team in major-college football history, scoring at least 60 in their last five games.

USA Today

Celtics have will and Ray

After winning the NBA championship last season, the Celtics felt they needed to repeat in order to be regarded among the franchise's best teams.

Boston Herald

HEALTH

Deadliest heart attack takes toll on women more than men

Women hospitalized for the most serious type of heart attack are more than twice as likely as men to die, a new study shows.

WebMD

Gender gap in hear health awareness

MSNBC

Cold sores 'an Alzheimer's risk'

Catching a cold sore puts you at higher risk of getting Alzheimer's disease, mounting evidence suggests.

BBC

EDUCATION

Obama education pick sparks conflict

President-elect Barack Obama has not signaled what he will do to fix the country's failing schools, but his choice of education secretary will say a lot about the policies he may pursue.

Yahoo! News

Online workspaces push learning beyond the classroom

Building Schools for the Future isn't just about reshaping the physical environment in which children learn; it's also about rethinking the ways in which they learn.

Guardian

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Religious 'shun nanotechnology'

Attitudes to nanotechnology may be determined by religious and cultural beliefs, suggest researchers writing in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

BBC

Crowd of 500 turns out to rally against atheists' sign

More than 500 people from throughout Western Washington turned out at the Capitol steps to protest a sign a group of atheists erected as part of the holiday display inside the building.

The Olympian

Photo of the Day

People hold candles at Simon Bolivar park during the Day of the Candles, the unofficial start of the holiday season, in Bogota, Colombia. (Photo by William Fernando Martinez / AP)

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