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A Filipino shoe repairman carries his bicycle out of a boat as it crosses a small river at a flood-prone area in Malabon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Typhoon Mitag slightly weakened but maintained its deadly strength as it blew toward northeastern Philippines, where many residents stayed indoors and disaster agencies braced for the worst. (Photo by Aaron Favila / AP)

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Firefighters make progress against blaze near Malibu

A "dangerous and dynamic" wildfire in southern California that left six firefighters hurt and destroyed dozens of homes grew to 4,650 acres, officials said.

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CNN

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Fast-moving Calif. wildfire

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Yahoo! News

Pakistan tightens security ahead of PM Sharif's return

Pakistan tightened security and detained political workers ahead of the arrival of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

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Bloomberg

Deadly storms threaten Southeast Asia

Typhoon Mitag reached the northeastern Philippines causing floods that killed at least six people, while a deadly storm that flared up earlier headed back, complicating emergency preparations.

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Twin storms batter south Asia

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Al Jazeera

Taking the second amendment to court

For the first time in 70 years, the Supreme Court will examine the right to bear arms, centering on a Washington, D.C. ban on handguns.

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CBS News

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Court case has big implications

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Detroit Free Press

Indian protest rocks Malaysia

Malaysia's ethnic Indian community staged its biggest anti-government street protest when more than 10,000 protesters defied tear gas and water cannons to voice complaints of racial discrimination.

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Reuters

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Malaysia protests

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BBC

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Malaysia wanted delay in Pakistan suspension

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Reuters

NATION

Company recalls 96,000 pounds of beef

A company recalled nearly 96,000 pounds of ground beef after two people were sickened, possibly by the E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said.

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CNN

Biloxi's recovery shows post-Katrina divide along Mississippi coast

The rebound from Hurricane Katrina is gaudier along Mississippi's casino-studded coast. Two years after the storm, the recovery of the Mississippi coast remains a starkly divided phenomenon.

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MSNBC

Retired commander speaks out for Dems

The general who led U.S. forces in Iraq after the invasion launched by Republican President George W. Bush spoke out for Democrats, backing legislation aimed at withdrawing American troops.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney take gloves off as N.H. race heats up

Rudy Giuliani attacked Republican rival Mitt Romney as weak on crime as both tried to rally support for the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary on Jan. 8.

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First Lady or World Man?

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Slate

Political capital spent, Bush focuses on the small stuff

As President George W. Bush looks toward his final year in office, with Democrats controlling Congress and his major domestic initiatives dead on Capitol Hill, he is shifting his agenda to "kitchen-table issues."

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International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Black Friday: U.S. sales rose 8.3 percent from last year

U.S. consumers spent $10.3 billion on holiday purchases, an 8.3 percent increase from last year, after retailers promoted electronics and toys to woo shoppers.

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Bloomberg

Europe faults Apple for 'anticompetitive' iPhone deals

Apple's iPhone marketing has been a success at home, but it is running into stumbling blocks in Europe, where the touch-screen handset and music player is making its debut this month.

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Christian Science Monitor

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The insatiable consumer

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Slate

Topps Meat files bankruptcy after recall

Topps Meat Co. filed for bankruptcy protection two months after beginning the second-biggest beef recall in U.S. history.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

A-Rod, Yanks agree to deal based on home run achievements

Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have agreed on a $30 million marketing package based on home-run achievements that could raise the total value of his new contract to $305 million over 10 years.

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ESPN

Reds, Cordero have preliminary agreement

The Cincinnati Reds have reached preliminary agreement on a four-year, $46 million contract with closer Francisco Cordero, a baseball source confirmed.

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ESPN

HEALTH

Clinton would boost autism funding

Democrat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged to help autistic families by boosting funding for research and education to $700 million a year. About 25,000 children are diagnosed with autism each year.

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Yahoo! News

FDA staff: Asthma drug safety review needed in children

U.S. Food and Drug Administration drug-safety reviewers are recommending an additional safety review of three asthma drugs in children.

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MarketWatch

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope names 23 new Cardinals

Pope Benedict XVI elevated 23 new cardinals, including the Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad as an expression of solidarity with Iraqi Christians.

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CBS News

Church's mission: cement Africa ties

A Bel Air church's willingness to build a medical clinic in an impoverished and remote area of southern Africa has set off a frenzy of brick-making among the local populace in Zimbabwe.

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GOOD NEWS

Illegal immigrant is boy's guardian angel

A 9-year-old boy looking for help after his mother crashed their van in the Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who stayed with him until help arrived the next day, an official said.

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WORLD

Boat sinks in the Bay of Bengal

A boat carrying about 100 people sank in the Bay of Bengal off a southern Bangladeshi island bordering Myanmar waters, a police official said.

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MSNBC

Russian riot police arrest dozens

Dozens of Russian opposition activists have reportedly been detained by police ahead of a rally in St. Petersburg.

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BBC

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The Kasparov revolution

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CBS News

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Moscow gas masks

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ABC News

Antartic cruise ship survivors to be flown to Chile

The 154 passengers and crew rescued from Friday's sinking of the cruise ship M/S Explorer are awaiting flights to Chile from King George Island, where they were taken after being fished from lifeboats.

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Bloomberg

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Rescued tourists recount panic

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ENVIRONMENT

'Noah's flood' may have triggered European farming

The flood that is said to have inspired the story of Noah's Ark may also have sparked the rapid rise of agriculture in Europe, a new study says.

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National Geographic

Rudd makes global warming a priority

Newly elected leader Kevin Rudd moved quickly to bring Australia into international talks on fighting global warming, and to head off potentially thorny relations with the United States and key Asian neighbors.

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ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Need a baby name? Consultants are standing by

Jennifer Moss, of Los Angeles, receives dozens of requests each week for her advice in naming children that have not yet been born on her Web site, babynaming.com.

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ABC News

Couples take small steps to 'I Do'

Through a federally funded city program, young, unmarried families with children are armed with the tools to stay together.

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Dog's best friend: Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson is looking to become dog's best friend. The country music star has filmed a television spot supporting an anti-dogfighting bill that is moving through the Georgia Legislature.

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ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New Japanese lightweight robot on wheels can talk

Japanese engineering giant Hitachi Ltd. unveiled a new lightweight robot, the "EMIEW 2," that can converse while easily scooting around people.

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Yahoo! News

An e-book reader that just may catch on

An e-reader lets you carry hundreds of books, search, or jump to any spot in the text and bump up the type size when your eyes get tired. But the counterarguments are equally persuasive.

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CNET News

Stem-cell science outruns politics

Researchers at two universities announced a feat of biological alchemy this week: They've turned ordinary human cells into cells with all the characteristics and promise of embryonic stem cells.

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San Jose Mercury News

EDUCATION

Ontario Catholic school board pulls fantasy book

The award-winning fantasy novel "The Golden Compass" was pulled from an Ontario Catholic school district's library shelves over a complaint about the author referring to himself as an atheist.

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International Herald Tribune

Embattled Oral Roberts president resigns

Oral Roberts University's embattled president, Richard Roberts, facing accusations in the lawsuit that he misspent school funds to support a lavish lifestyle, resigned.

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U.S. News & World Report

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Women feed jump in college enrollment

Colleges and universities these days are seeing a surge in enrollment -- and it's increasingly driven by young women, according to U.S. Census data.

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Snowball fights break out as children play on a pile of 101 tons of snow trucked in for the annual "Let It Snow" holiday festival in Hallandale Beach, Fla. (Photo by Wilfredo Lee / AP)

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