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Palestinians walk in front of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Israeli forces pounded rocket-launching sites and smuggling tunnels in Gaza. (Photo by Hatem Moussa / AP)

Obama proposes ambitious economic plan

President-elect Barack Obama's economic team announced its goal for new jobs, increasing the target to 3.5 million new American jobs to help boost the nation's troubled economy.

ABC News

Obama says stimulus package creates four million jobs

Bloomberg

Obama pieces together economic plan

YouTube

Burris may return to demand seat

Roland Burris may return to Washington to demand that he be sworn into the Senate as the legitimate appointee to replace President-elect Barack Obama.

Politico

Roland Burris moves towards Obama's Senate seat

Guardian

Israel and Hamas vow to fight on in Gaza

Israel sent tanks deeper into Gaza and threatened to intensify its offensive against Hamas as both sides spurned international calls to end the conflict.

Reuters

Special section:

Gaza crisis: key maps and timeline

BBC

Israel tells Gazans to brace for war escalation

YouTube

Operation in Gaza

Financial Times

Democrats signal interrogators not responsible for harsh methods

There are growing hints from Democratic Senate allies that spy agency veterans will not be prosecuted for past harsh interrogation and detainee policies.

Newsweek

US rejected Israeli plea to raid Iran

President Bush rejected a plea from Israel last year to help it raid Iran's main nuclear complex, opting instead to authorize a new U.S. covert action aimed at sabotaging Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

MSNBC

Somali pirates drown with ransom

Six Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of the ransom when their boat capsized as it left the vessel, their leader said.

Times Online

NATION

USS George H.W. Bush commissioned

An aircraft carrier named after the first President Bush was commissioned in Virginia. "I wish I was sitting right out there with you," the carrier's 84-year-old namesake told sailors at a commissioning ceremony.

CNN

Biden arrives in Afghanistan for talks with leaders, troops

Vice President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Afghanistan to talk with the country's leaders. Surging Taliban violence claimed the lives of more American troops.

International Herald Tribune

Missions leave no child behind in Afghanistan

NPR

Man, grandson nab suspected killer in San Francisco

A 64-year-old Universal Anglican minister and his grandson defended themselves as a bloodied man came at them in California.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Bush to request second half of bailout

Bush administration officials, consulting with the Obama transition team, have prepared a plan to ask lawmakers for the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package.

MSNBC

Feinstein grabs committee reins

There's a new, yet familiar face of female political power in Washington. Calif. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the first woman to chair the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Examiner

Dems stew in botched Burris imbroglio

Democrats angry over the handling of the Roland Burris imbroglio are putting the blame on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President-elect Barack Obama.

Politico

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Ex-'Sopranos' actor gets 10 years for attempted burglary

A former actor on "The Sopranos" was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice killed an off-duty police officer.

USA Today

Godard's 'Made in U.S.A.' shows in USA

Four decades after its local premiere at the 1967 N.Y. Film Festival, the least-seen, quintessential movie of Jean-Luc Godard's great period gets an American distributor and even a limited run.

Village Voice

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft postpones Windows 7 public beta introduction

Microsoft postponed rolling out the Windows 7 beta, citing "very heavy traffic" on its Web site. The company did not offer a new schedule for delivering the beta of its newest operating system.

Computerworld

How did life begin? RNA that replicates itself indefinitely developed for first time

One of the most enduring questions is how life began on Earth. New findings clarify the biochemical side of life's origins.

Science Daily

HEALTH

1 plus 1 equals 3

Eating some foods in combination helps the body absorb more of the nutrients, says dietitian Wendy Bazilian.

Seattle Times

Salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated peanut butter

Minnesota health officials issued a product alert for peanut butter after finding a jar that was contaminated with a strain of salmonella linked to an outbreak across the U.S.

Reuters

Obese Americans now outweigh the merely overweight

The number of obese American adults outweighs the number of those who are merely overweight, according to the latest statistics from the federal government.

Reuters

Americans consuming more sugary beverages

HealthDay

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Spirituality, not religion, makes kids happy, say psychologists

To make children happier, we may need to encourage them to develop a strong sense of personal worth, research at the University of British Columbia suggests.

LiveScience

Cleveland clergy fail in bid to ditch domestic partner registry

A group of Cleveland pastors who tried to launch a referendum to overturn the city's domestic-partner registry came up short of the required signatures.

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

Comeback for Pooh after 80 years

The late A.A. Milne's beloved character Winnie the Pooh is set to return to bookshelves, 80 years on from his first literary appearance.

BBC

Winter cycling cool in Quebec

Avoiding packed public transit and rush hour gridlock, more and more people in this Canadian city are braving extreme cold to commute by bicycle.

Yahoo! News

WORLD

Accord signed in Russia gas conflict

Russia and E.U. officials signed a deal that could re-open gas supplies to Europe.

BBC

Russia signs deal opening flow of natural gas

YouTube

Ukraine to supply Bulgaria, Moldova with its own gas amid Russian cutoff

Star Tribune

5 Somali pirates drowned — with $3 million ransom in hand

Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and port town resident said.

TIME

BUSINESS

US lost 2.6M jobs in 2008

U.S. employers shed 2.6 million jobs in 2008, the worst year since 1945, the government reported, and a rapidly deteriorating economy promises more significant losses ahead.

International Herald Tribune

Rubin quits as Citi looks to sell brokerage to Morgan Stanley

Robert Rubin said he would leave Citigroup as it emerged that the company was in talks to cede control of its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley in return for about $2.5 billion in cash.

Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT

Taking a walk on the green side at CES

The electronics industry improved their gadgets' energy efficiency as showcased during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

NPR

China's electronic waste village

TIME

Mercury in gold mining is a third world toxic threat

Using mercury to mine gold is illegal in Indonesia because it is toxic to human health and the environment. But the price of gold has tripled since 2001, and mercury is the easiest way to extract it.

International Herald Tribune

Rare 'dinky' bird migrates to US

At five inches with beige and yellow markings, the pine flycatcher doesn't look like much, but birders from all over the country are excited about its unprecedented migration.

Yahoo! News

SPORTS

AP's NFL All-Pro Team includes 15 newcomers this year

A changing of the guard — and tackles and running backs and receivers — saw 15 first-timers make the Associated Press 2008 NFL All-Pro team.

Sporting News

Busy Red Sox add reliever Saito

Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein continued his post-holiday shopping spree, signing Takashi Saito, a highly successful reliever during his three years with the Dodgers, to a one-year contract.

MLB.com

EDUCATION

Bad behavior in school linked to difficulties throughout life

Teens who misbehave at school may be on their way to a lifetime of difficulties in work, relationships and mental health.

MedPage Today

English learning case hits high court

The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into Arizona's divisive legal battle about how much money public schools should spend teaching English to children who enter school unable to speak the language.

Arizona Republic

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