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A sign at an unoccupied General Motors dealership is shown covered in Warren, Mich. GM announced it will temporarily close 20 factories across North America to adjust to dramatically weaker automobile demand. (Photo by Paul Sancya / AP)

GM to temporarily close 20 plants to slash output

General Motors Corp. says it will temporarily close 20 factories across North America and make sweeping cuts to its vehicle production as it tries to adjust to dramatically weaker automobile demand.

TIME

Special section:

U.S. auto industry broken down by state

CNN

How long can auto parts suppliers survive?

CBS News

Obama: transportation key to getting economy moving

Transportation will play a central role in Pres.-elect Barack Obama's first months in office as a road toward economic recovery, energy independence and environmental protection.

USA Today

Bay Area transportation chief atop short list for transportation secretary

San Jose Mercury News

'Endgame' for US mission in Iraq

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told U.S. troops in Iraq that their mission there is in its "endgame."

BBC

Gates issues public warning to terrorists

YouTube

NY housing commissioner appointed to head HUD

Pres.-elect Barack Obama has named New York housing official Shaun Donovan as his secretary of Housing and Urban Development in a move to help fight the impact of foreclosures in distressed cities.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

North Korea threatens to slow disablement of nuclear facility

North Korea threatened to slow down disablement of its main nuclear plant after Washington said energy aid to the state had been suspended due to failed talks on verifying the North's operations.

Reuters

Global child porn ring taken down

U.S. law enforcement agencies arrested 61 people and rescued 11 children as part of the larger takedown of a far-reaching child pornography ring.

ABC News

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, right, gestures as Sacramento Kings guard John Salmons looks on. (Photo by Mark J. Terrill / AP)	An activist listens to a leader calling to prevent terrorism, chauvinism and communalism in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Gurinder Osan / AP)	Joggers run on a snowy hill in the Olympic park in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Christof Stache / AP)

NATION

Charities hit hard by Madoff fraud case

It may be the largest fraud in the history of Wall Street, authorities said. Bernard Madoff is charged with stealing as much as $50 billion, even as he cultivated a reputation as a prominent philanthropist.

MSNBC

For the defrauded, little solace

International Herald Tribune

Utility crews fight cold, ice to restore power in Northeast

Falling temperatures were expected to send more people to shelters in the Northeast as an army of utility crews made only limited progress restoring power to more than one million homes and businesses.

NPR

POLITICS

In Illinois, an expectation of corruption

As much as politicians in Illinois have had a tradition of corruption, the people of Illinois have had a tradition of expecting it — long before Gov. Rod Blagojevich's scandal became public.

International Herald Tribune

Local contributors denounce Blagojevich

Springfield State Journal-Register

Blagojevich scandal: Rahm Emanuel and Jesse Jackson Jr face new revelations

Times Online

Blagojevich's removal sought

NPR

Coleman asks court to intervene in rejected absentee ballot count

Lawyers for Republican Sen. Norm Coleman asked the state Supreme Court to intervene in how rejected absentee ballots will count in the protracted U.S. Senate race with Democratic opponent Al Franken.

Minneapolis Star Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Global boiling could result from ocean methane release

Some geologists say rising temperatures will uncork vast deposits of undersea methane. If they're right, we're cooked.

Salon.com

What is 'peak oil theory'?

NPR

President Bush exempts farms from reporting toxic fumes

The nation's farms no longer have to report to authorities the toxic, smelly fumes released from manure.

San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Brad Pitt: the Rolling Stone interview

"I got lost in the wilderness of fame a bit," he says. "There are all of these opportunities you're supposed to be taking. And I got really discombobulated."

Rolling Stone

Prefab mobile homes for modern-day nomads seek foothold

Packing boxes will always be necessary when moving house, but there may come a time when the need to refurnish with every move is a thing of the past.

Monsters and Critics

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists find preserved, 2,000-year-old brain in Britain

British archaeologists have unearthed an ancient skull carrying a startling surprise - an unusually well-preserved brain. Scientists said that the mass of gray matter was more than 2,000 years old.

U.S. News & World Report

New service makes 'Tor' anonymized content available to all

Two veteran coders have teamed up to create a kind of Google for the anonymous underweb.

Wired

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Judge orders SC to end production of religious-themed license plates

A federal judge ordered South Carolina to freeze plans to produce a special "I Believe" license plate, refund motorists who have prepaid for the plates and direct them to make a different selection.

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Buddhist relic tour brings enlightenment to world

A rare collection of Buddhist relics are touring the world thanks to a nonprofit trying to raise enough donations to build a $250 million shrine where the relics can have a permanent home in northern India.

Modesto Bee

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GOOD NEWS

$1.4 million in grants will help ease food crisis in Pacific Northwest

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced $1.4 million in grants that will result in both immediate aid and long-term improvement of the region's food assistance infrastructure.

PNN

With many neighbors in need, more turn to charitable gifts

More professionals and middle-class families in San Diego are forsaking holiday gifts to their friends and loved ones in favor of donations to charity.

San Diego Union-Tribune

WORLD

Indian navy captures 23 pirates

The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, where dozens of ships have come under attack by gunmen in recent months.

MSNBC

Special section:

Global piracy 2008

International Chamber of Commerce

Ecuador won't pay foreign debt interest

Ecuadorian Pres. Rafael Correa says he will not pay interest on the nation's foreign debt and that he is prepared to accept any consequences.

CNN

BUSINESS

Enviro economics

First there was the dotcom bust of the late 1990s; then came the real-estate bubble that's deflating before our eyes. Next up: the green bubble.

Newsweek

Video game sales buck recession trend

Bolstering the theory that the industry may be recession-proof, the video game business posted a startlingly strong November, according to figures by the analyst firm NPD Group.

CNET News

SPORTS

Airing it out: Phillips calls meeting to address Dallas Cowboys' drama

To the casual observer, everything seemed normal at Valley Ranch. Dig deeper, though, and things are not normal for the Cowboys, and coach Wade Phillips was forced to address the situation.

Dallas Morning News

Cavs match franchise-record win streak

LeBron James scored 28 points and Anderson Varejao added 17 as the Cavaliers, despite missing two key components, matched a club record with their 11th straight win.

ESPN

HEALTH

FDA reconsiders advice on fish

Top consumer protection agencies are at odds on whether to encourage people to eat more fish to promote healthy hearts.

International Herald Tribune

Mercury in fish: how bad?

CBS News

Video game may sharpen older minds

Playing strategic video games may improve memory, reasoning, and other "executive" mental skills in older adults.

WebMD

EDUCATION

More colleges cater to transfers

With more students opting to start their higher education at affordable community colleges, campus administrators find that catering to transfers and other nontraditional students makes sense.

USA Today

Fair-use guide offers copyright shelter

Media and legal experts publish a guide to help teachers and students understand fair use of copyrighted materials.

E-School News

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Photo of the Day

Cherries coated in ice after an ice storm in East Greenbush, N.Y. The storm knocked out power to 1.25 million homes and businesses in New England and upstate New York. (Photo by Mike Groll / AP)