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In this file photo, Yemeni soldiers on top of a truck patrol the road in front of the main entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. A statement posted on the embassy Web site said it had closed. (Photo by Nasser Nasser / AP)

Can megachurches bridge the racial divide?

The racial divide is beginning to erode, and it is fading fastest in one of American religion's most conservative precincts. Desegregation of the megachurches may be a pivotal moment in the nation's faith.

TIME

How we worship: Christianity

MSNBC

Dubai to open world's highest tower

Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building amid tight security, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state's reportedly shaky financial footing.

CBS News

MSNBC talks with architect, Scott Glass

MSNBC

Al-Qaida plans Yemen attack

The U.S. has indications that al-Qaida is planning an attack in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser has said.

BBC

Britain sends counter-terrorist forces to Yemen

Telegraph.co.uk

Yemen: New frontline for US wars?

Al Jazeera

NY considers list of 85 chemicals for state to avoid buying

New York is poised to create a list of 85 chemicals for state agencies to avoid buying.

Staten Island Today

Enviro groups have modest legislative agenda

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bernanke defends Fed. record

Stronger regulation is the best way to prevent financial speculation from getting out of hand and throwing the economy into a new crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says.

MSNBC

Treasury’s Krueger says economy is ‘weak,’ may be recovering

BusinessWeek

NATION

More Americans report no income except food stamps

About six million Americans receiving food stamps report they have no other income, according to an analysis of state data collected by "The New York Times."

Denver Post

TSA turbulence grips Logan, nation

A recent data breach at Logan International Airport involving a TSA contract worker, coming amid other high-profile TSA lapses, casts another cloud over a federal agency engulfed in turmoil.

Boston Herald

Airport puffers booted by TSA

Detroit Free Press

Paul Merhige arrested in slaying

Paul Michael Merhige became the subject of one of the nation's biggest manhunts. But the fugitive is now in the custody of police, according to authorities.

Palm Beach Post

Palm Beach County homicides less than 100 for 1st time since 2005

Sun-Sentinel

Paul Michael Merhige caught

WPTV

POLITICS

GOP cash woes threaten House bids

With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains in the House — and with the dream of retaking the House a real, if improbable, possibility — one major obstacle remains: tightfisted Republican incumbents.

Politico

Counterterrorism competes with jobs in Obama agenda

Job creation will take a backseat to counterterrorism on President Obama's agenda after an al-Qaida-linked man's failed attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound plane forced the White House to shift its focus.

Reuters

Low favorables: Dems rip Rasmussen

Democrats are turning their fire on Scott Rasmussen, the prolific independent pollster whose surveys are surfacing in the media with increasing frequency.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Smart phone apps find you, follow you

After a long detour, the Internet has arrived in our everyday reality, bringing its transformative power to the physical world in which we spend most of our time.

San Francisco Chronicle

Researchers find remains of early 1900s plane in Antarctica

Remains of the first airplane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change far worse than predicted

Since the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), many of the IPCC scientists have found climate change is progressing faster than the worst-case scenario they had predicted.

Times of India

Fin whales, once rare, crowd Calif. coast

Sightings of the fin whale — part of the family that includes the humpback and big blue whales — used to be a rarity in the Santa Monica Bay, but not anymore. They're everywhere.

CBS News

Missing San Francisco sea lions 'off Ore.'

The city's famous colony of sea lions all but disappeared, baffling experts. But now large numbers of the animals have been spotted further north, off the coast of Oregon.

BBC

EDUCATION

Mich. school tries something new

America's teachers' colleges are facing some pressure to reinvent themselves. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has been leading the assault, with a series of speeches calling for better teacher training.

NPR

The skinny on 'Lean' education

Educators should learn a thing or two from the Just-In-Time and Lean production techniques used by the automotive industry if they are to add value to the student experience, according to a new report.

ScienceDaily

Education that makes a difference

Dr. Helene Gayle, who heads CARE USA, believes her Atlanta agency has one answer: build schools in the world's troubled regions, including Afghanistan.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Atheists in Ireland dispute blasphemy law

Atheists in Ireland are risking possible prosecution with an online challenge to the country's new blasphemy law.

MSNBC

Chinese afterlife: restless spirits

In China, ancient human sacrifice has given way to modern tomb-tending ceremonies, but the dead still make demands.

National Geographic

Presbyterian church breaks away from status quo, grows vibrant congregation

One woman found a new way of experiencing life and faith at North Presbyterian Church — a congregation that has found a new way to share religious life and cultivate faith.

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Spreading the word on good deeds

Dafna Michelson is traveling America putting together a most unusual collection — not of objects, but of ordinary people who do extraordinary deeds.

CBS News

Going organic helps dairy farm endure

It's awfully tough to make money selling milk. But after a couple of years with an empty barn, a Vermont dairy farm gave it another go — this time, as part of an organic co-op.

NPR

Tragedy propels Sunnyvale engineer to assist the homeless

Propelled by his own tragedy, Rafi Litmanovitz brings blankets and clothing once a week to the about three dozen denizens who make Columbus Park near the Guadalupe River their living room.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Iceland president weighs anti-Icesave petition, delays decision

Iceland's President Olafur R. Grimsson is delaying his decision on an accord that lawmakers passed, as he weighs voter opposition to the bill against the prospect of souring international relations.

BusinessWeek

Iceland votes to repay billions

Reuters

Relations between US and China to face strains, experts say

The U.S. and China are headed for a rough patch in the new year as the White House appears set to sell a package of weapons to Taiwan and as President Obama plans to meet the Dalai Lama.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

History will judge

As the second decade of a broken century limps into view, some in the United States and abroad are doing the math and demanding an accounting.

Toronto Star

Can microfinance make it in America?

Microfinance has become a financial staple of the developing world, but by coming to the U.S. it is taking on a different sort of challenge: one of the planet's richest countries.

TIME

Economic crisis abated; effects linger

Economic recovery has been anemic in many countries and the global recession has had repercussions that are likely to be felt for a long time.

NPR

Americans doing more, buying less

New York Times

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

As spiritual films bring in the bucks, Hollywood gets more religious

It's everywhere at the multiplex these days: religion. Or if that word makes you uncomfortable, you can go with the more general "spirituality."

Washington Post

Soundgarden reunion planned for 2010

Soundgarden will reunite for concerts in 2010, according to a Twitter message from frontman Chris Cornell which directs fans to a new Web site, Soundgardenworld.com.

Billboard

SPORTS

Lake Tahoe wants 2022 Winter Olympics

With the XXI Winter Games about to open, the head of the Squaw Valley Ski Corp. is among those plotting to make sure that the next time the Games come West, they return to Lake Tahoe.

San Francisco Chronicle

Tough coaching style getting blitzed

Mike Leach is branded by many as a "goofy guy," but his treatment of a player has ignited a national debate.

Denver Post

HEALTH

Human trials of artificial artery

An artificial artery is set to be tested in human trials. London's Royal Free Hospital used nanotechnology to develop the small bypass graft from a polymer material.

BBC

How medicines affect pregnant women

The FDA and a consortium of HMOs have launched a huge set of studies to find out how medications affect women during pregnancy.

Times of India

UK drinking culture puts strain on health care system

The cash-strapped National Health Service now spends $4.4 billion a year treating patients for drink-related problems, double the amount of five years ago.

USA TODAY

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