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In this file photo, Alireza Beheshti, center, who is close assistant of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, unseen, speaks during a gathering in Ghoba Mosque in Tehran. (Photo by file / AP)

Aides to Iran’s opposition leaders said to be arrested

Iranian authorities arrested at least a dozen opposition figures, including former Foreign Minister Ibrahim Yazdi, human rights activist Emad Baghi and aides to the former presidential candidate Mir Hussein Moussavi.

New York Times

After clashes in Iran, 'Green Movement' supporters take stock

Christian Science Monitor

Police fire tear gas at protesters in Iran

BBC

GOP senator blocking nominee for top transportation security post

An attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day would be all-consuming for the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration — if there was one.

Kansas City Star

Al-Qaida: We planned Flight 253 bombing

Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner that resulted in the arrest of 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

CBS News

US official admits air security failed

Reuters

Red flags missed?

ABC News

US economy is expected to surge as spending increases

The U.S. economy next year is expected to perk up as spending rises and companies increase investment and hiring, says Dean Maki, the most-accurate forecaster in a Bloomberg News survey.

Bloomberg

The 50 best careers of 2010

U.S. News & World Report

Fannie, Freddie receive blank check that sends stocks soaring

Shares of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac soared after the Treasury Department announced what essentially amounts to a blank check for their bailouts.

CNNMoney

Executive pay suggests stock worth nothing

MarketWatch

NATION

US cities neighboring Mexico see drop in crime and violence

Even as rampant drug-related killings continue in Mexico, intensified U.S. efforts to prevent the violence from spilling across the border are succeeding, according to federal data and law enforcement officials.

USA TODAY

Percy Sutton, Harlem political pioneer, dies at 89

Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89.

ABC News

Reflections on the life of Percy Sutton

New York Times

POLITICS

Democrats revive 'party of no' attack

Democrats are retooling and reprising their “party of no” attack on Republicans in Congress after they unanimously rejected financial reform and health care bills in votes this month.

Politico

How will health care bill affect seniors?

CNN

Obama’s 'team of rivals' Cabinet following his 'no drama' mantra

Despite some memorable slip-ups, Barack Obama's Cabinet has dodged controversy in 2009, continuing the president's campaign theme of "no drama Obama."

The Hill

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tyra Banks says goodbye to talk show

Wrapping at the end of its fifth season in the spring of 2010, it will be lights out for the show that brought viewers memorable weave-exposing, cellulite-revealing and tear-jerking moments.

People

New adoptive parents for 23-year-old man

Like the 20,000 foster children who "age-out" of the system each year, John left California's foster care system six years ago believing he had missed his chance to be part of a family.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Ecosystems strain to maintain pace with global climate

Earth's various ecosystems, with all their plants and animals, will need to shift about a quarter-mile per year on average to keep pace with global climate change.

Environmental News Network

How plants breathe may help save water

New information on how plants breathe may help scientists engineer plants that require less water, according to a report published in Nature Cell Biology.

New York Times

SPORTS

Colts blow shot at perfect season

Little did Jets' head coach Rex Ryan know that when he joked about wanting the Indianapolis Colts to rest their starters for this game, that he'd get his wish.

San Jose Mercury News

Colts face great debate over pulling starters

Sporting News

Finding meaning in Favre-Childress spat

The theater was entertaining. But ultimately, it was a sideshow. Many of us enjoyed suggestions of a conflict between Minnesota coach Brad Childress and quarterback Brett Favre.

ESPN

Week 17 NFL playoff scenarios

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Disinfectants 'train' superbug bacteria to resist antibiotics

Disinfectants could effectively train bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics, research suggests.

BBC

Keeping youngsters squeaky clean could be bad for their heart

Parents obsessed with cleanliness could be actually harming their children's hearts, claim scientists.

Telegraph.co.uk

Health experts call for heart checkups for kids

NPR

Getting dirty and healthly

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Students learn law, aid jobless

Eight law school classmates sharpened their litigation skills in a course encouraging them to join in the fight for unemployment pay — an area with no shortage of cases these days.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

From homeless to hero

Once homeless for over 10 years, a sophomore at Albright College in Reading, Pa., now leads as a shining example of perseverance, being the first in her family to go beyond high school.

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Netanyahu wants Israeli force on Palestinian border

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised publicly for the first time the prospect of maintaining Israeli forces along the eastern border of a future Palestinian state to prevent arms smuggling.

Reuters

Israel plans settlement expansion

Al Jazeera

Bomb attack on Shia march in Pakistani city of Karachi

At least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing on a Shia Muslim march in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say.

BBC

BUSINESS

Fed to offer term deposits to banks

The U.S. Federal Reserve plans to offer term deposits to banks as part of its “exit strategy” from the loose monetary policy used to fight the recession.

Financial Times

Airline stocks down on terror concerns

Delta Air Lines Inc., American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and UAL Corp. fell in New York trading as a terrorism attempt on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit highlighted potential aviation risks.

Bloomberg

Oil hits 4-week high above $78 on colder US weather

Oil hit a four-week high above $78 a barrel as colder weather across the United States and signs of economic recovery helped boost the outlook for fuel demand.

Reuters

Recession as year's top business story

canada.com

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

'Geosoftware' for siting ski resorts

Smart location analysis software can predict the problems likely to befall winter sports resorts before they are built. New software identifies the best candidate locations for winter sports resorts.

New Scientist

Code that protects most cell phone calls has been deciphered

A German computer engineer said that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world's digital mobile phone calls, exposing weaknesses in wireless systems.

New York Times

EDUCATION

School takeover is crucial to Mich. education reform

Michigan's aggressive plan to turn around and perhaps take over the worst of its public schools will be a key piece of the state's effort to win up to $400 million in federal stimulus money for education.

Education Week

As college costs rise, loans become harder to get

The upheaval in financial markets did not just eliminate generous lending for home buyers; it also ended an era of easy credit for students and their families facing the soaring cost of a college degree.

Washington Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

French mosque's symbolism varies individually in beholder

The large new mosque, which its builders call "the symbol of Marseillais Islam," is a source of pride in France's second-largest city, which is at least 25 percent Muslim, but also of xenophobic anxiety.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Economy produces new seminarians

As theological schools cope with intense financial stress, they’re getting a much- needed boost from unconventional students: people only interested in seminary training as a career enhancer.

Religion News Service

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