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Supporters of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wear yellow ribbons to show their solidarity in Beijing. Liu is on trial for subversion charges after he called for sweeping political reforms and an end to Communist Party dominance. (Photo by Andy Wong / AP)

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After 2 decades, he owns the role of Santa

Santa Claus lives in a rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side and takes the No. 2 or No. 3 train to work. 83-year-old Roger Franklin is Santa Claus.

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Special NORAD mission: Tracking down Santa

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San Jose Mercury News

Lower volume of loud TV commercials

Marketers want the loud commercials to grab viewers' attention. A Democratic representative from California, however — and her fellow politicians in the House — find them more annoying than effective.

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CNN

China dissident Liu Xiaobo on trial

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has gone on trial in Beijing on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." Liu, a prominent government critic, could be jailed for 15 years if convicted.

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Leading dissident tried for 'subversion'

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France24

Taxpayer burden eases to $8.2 trillion as Obama supplants Fed

Congress and the Obama administration are taking a bigger role in the rescue of the economy from the Federal Reserve, shifting the strategy to stimulus spending from central bank lending.

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Bloomberg

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Income, spending climb back

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CNBC

Blizzard forms in Midwest, Plains

For many, it will be a white Christmas. A blizzard is set to blanket the central United States, likely shutting roads, reducing visibility to near zero and causing power outages in its wake.

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Reuters

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Winter storm disrupts Midwest travel

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NATION

Plan to move Guantánamo detainees faces a new delay

Rebuffed by skeptical lawmakers when it sought finances to buy a prison in rural Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with the money to replace the Guantánamo Bay prison.

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Domestic terror incidents increased during 2009

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TIME

Sales of new homes unexpectedly drop to 7-month low in US

Purchases of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly fell, indicating a recovery from the worst housing slump since the Great Depression will be slow to develop.

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Bloomberg

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GDP down but housing building

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Yahoo! News

Pack light for your holiday trip

The days between Christmas and New Year's are the busiest travel days of the year. But if the airline industry's projections are correct, this will be the second holiday season in decreased travelers.

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NPR

Air travel Q-and-A

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POLITICS

Senate health bill clears hurdle

The Senate cleared the third and final procedural hurdle for a U.S. health care overhaul, putting the landmark legislation on the brink of passage just in time to meet the Democrats' Christmas deadline.

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Harry Reid proves the ultimate deal maker

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NPR

Senate supports Bernanke's confirmation

U.S. senators are backing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke for a second term by a 3-to-1 margin, based on a count of 77 lawmakers.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Diabetes may cause 'good' cholesterol to be less protective

Diabetes may lower the heart-protective benefits of high-density lipoprotein, the so-called "good" cholesterol, but giving diabetics niacin might restore the benefit, researchers said.

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Reuters

Low hormone levels in pregnancy linked to hard birth

Expectant moms who are low in a hormone made by the thyroid gland in the neck are more likely to struggle in labor, recent findings suggest.

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BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Bethlehem's 1st Christmas rock concert

A young musician who grew up near Jesus' traditional birthplace feels the old-fashioned way of marking the holiday is a little dull, so he organized a battle of the bands.

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ABC News

No mystery why so many have played Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes, the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has been the most portrayed fictional character in film history: 75 actors have played him in 211 movies.

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CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The mechanics of mind reading

The feat of scientific telepathy was largely unheard of a decade ago. But now, in various guises, it is taking over the field.

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Scientific American

The sex wars of ducks

Scientists have elucidated the mechanism by which female ducks thwart forced copulations, preventing unwanted sperm from being deposited far inside the oviduct.

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Nature

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican: Canonization of Pius XII not a hostile act against Jews

The Vatican said that moving Pope Pius XII closer to sainthood is not a hostile act against Jews, even though the wartime pontiff has been criticized for not speaking out enough against the Holocaust.

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Haaretz

It's a long way from Alaska to Miss. on religion, too

Mississippi is by far the most religious state in the country. According to a recent survey, 82 percent of Mississippians, compared to 37 percent of Alaskans, said religion was very important in their lives.

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McClatchy

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GOOD NEWS

Secret Santa gives strangers $10,000

Jim Ward and 99 other people at a Goodwill store were handed envelopes with $100 inside. In a matter of a few minutes, Portland's "secret Santa" gave away $10,000 to complete strangers.

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Portland Press Herald

Airlines help travelers on their way

Frontier Scouts helps elderly and disabled customers, unaccompanied minors and others needing assistance in their travels. Frontier is the only airline that uses its own employees to provide the services.

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Denver Post

WORLD

Plane overshoots runway in Jamaica

An American Airlines flight carrying 154 people skidded across a Jamaican runway, injuring more than 40 people before it stopped just short of the Caribbean Sea.

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American Airlines crash in Jamaica

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Toronto Sun

'Revenge killings' rattle Mexico

Armed men have killed family members of a Mexican special forces marine involved in a military raid that ended in the death of a powerful drug leader.

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Al Jazeera

Mexico's drug-fueled violence

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BBC

Special section:

Mexican drug cartels

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MSNBC

Bin Laden's family found in Iran

Osama bin Laden's closest relatives are living in a secret compound in Iran. They include a wife and children who disappeared from his Afghan camp.

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Times Online

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Report: Bin Laden's daughter escapes captors

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CBS News

BUSINESS

Geithner says there will be no 2nd crisis

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the Obama administration is confident it will prevent a repeat of last year's financial crisis.

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CNBC

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55 miss payment of TARP dividends

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Reuters

Treasury Secretary Geithner

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ABC News

AIG bonus return pledge unfulfilled

When word spread that AIG had paid more than $165 million in retention bonuses, outrage erupted. But as the final days of 2009 tick away, a majority of that money remains unpaid.

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Washington Post

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AIG changes payback strategy

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ENVIRONMENT

Nuclear plant spills tritium into lake

Workers at the Darlington nuclear station filled the wrong tank with a radioactive isotope, spilling more than 200,000 liters into Lake Ontario.

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Toronto Star

Amazon manatee migration solved

Only in recent years did scientists find that the secretive aquatic mammal migrates from shallow to deep water to avoid predators during seasonal changes.

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BBC

SPORTS

Ndamukong Suh is 1st defender named AP's player of year

Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh bulled past the glamour guys to prove you don't have to score touchdowns to be the player of the year.

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ESPN

Eagles vote humbled Vick courage award, PETA objects

His teammates have voted for Michael Vick to win the Ed Block Courage Award, after returning to the league following 18 months in a federal prison for his role in a dog-fighting ring.

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TCU's Gary Patterson named Coach of Year; Vick wins team award

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EDUCATION

Temple University to raise standards

An academic plan unveiled by president Ann Weaver Hart's administration in the spring calls for greater gains in student quality over the next five years.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Touchy proposal preceded firing of medical school president

Shortly before Karen Pletz was fired as president of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, she had been discussing a proposal that would have radically changed the school.

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Kansas City Star

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Navy to try allowing women submariners

Women should be allowed to serve aboard submarines and the Navy is "moving out aggressively" to make it happen, according to the service's top civilian.

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USA TODAY

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Indian vendors return home after selling snacks at Sangam in Allahabad, India. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

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