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A pedestrian makes his way across a snow covered street, in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Snow and ice plastered a wide area of the Midwest, disrupting campaigning by presidential hopefuls, making highways hazardous and closing Des Moines' airport. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall / AP)

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Reason for Turkish crash baffles investigators

Investigators have found the two "black box" recorders as they try to determine the cause of a crash that killed 57 people at the end of a flight from Istanbul.

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BBC

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Turkish jet crash

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MSNBC

Chavez threatens to cut oil if U.S. questions vote

President Hugo Chavez finished his campaign to push through broad constitutional changes with an attack against adversaries — including a threat to cut off oil exports to the U.S.

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CNN

Pakistan's Khan critical of Bhutto

Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is betraying Pakistan by not joining an election boycott, says cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.

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Reuters

Storm covers 7 states with snow and ice

Snow and ice plastered a wide area of the Midwest, disrupting campaigning by presidential hopefuls, making highways hazardous and closing Des Moines' airport.

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CBS News

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Winter storm Dec. 1

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Des Moines Register

3 of 4 Taylor slaying suspects charged

Three of the four suspects held in the shooting death of football star Sean Taylor were charged with unpremeditated murder.

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Yahoo! News

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The life and times of Sean Taylor

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ABC News

White House wants to slash counterterrorism funds

The Bush administration intends to slash counterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescue departments across the country by more than half next year.

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Bush says funding Iraq, Afghan wars is Congress's top priority

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Bloomberg

Abbas: U.S. is serious on Mideast peace

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he was encouraged by what he called a serious U.S. effort to help forge a deal to establish a Palestinian state.

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Reuters

NATION

'Baby Grace' positively identified

DNA tests have confirmed that a toddler whose body was found in the West Bay earlier this month was Riley Ann Sawyers, the Galveston County, Texas, Sheriff's Department said.

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CNN

Traffic-stop taser cop acted 'reasonably'

A Utah trooper who used a Taser to subdue a stubborn motorist who was walking away from him during a traffic stop felt threatened and acted reasonably, state officials said.

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CBS News

POLITICS

Bush wants $30 billion more to fight AIDS

President Bush urged Congress to approve an additional $30 billion for the fight against AIDS worldwide over the next five years and said he would visit Africa early next year to highlight the issue.

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USA Today

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HIV/AIDS

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Yahoo! News

Immigration heats up GOP race

The Bible, abortion and taxes took a backseat in the CNN/YouTube Republican presidential debate as candidates were bombarded with questions about illegal immigration from the beginning.

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New York Daily News

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'Sanctuary' a fighting word in presidential campaign

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Clinton resumes campaign after ordeal

Sen. Hillary Clinton was set to resume her presidential pursuit in Iowa after a hostage standoff at her campaign office in Rochester, N.H., was peacefully resolved.

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Hillary offers thanks in New Hampshire

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BUSINESS

Motorola: the end of the Zander era

Ed Zander's exit from Motorola was hastened by a failure to anticipate demand for 3G phones. Can Greg Brown help Motorola regain market share?

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BusinessWeek

Stocks rise on rate and subprime hopes

Wall Street stocks rose as hopes for more interest rate cuts and reports of a plan to help subprime borrowers provided a boost to financial and homebuilder stocks.

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Financial Times

SPORTS

Penn State heading to San Antonio for Alamo Bowl

Penn State accepted a bid to play in the Dec. 29 bowl game in San Antonio against a Big 12 team — likely either Texas Tech or Texas A&M.

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USA Today

Yankees ready to make new offer

A pivotal sticking point in the Yankees' trade talks with Minnesota about Johan Santana is the question of whether New York will include talented right-hander Phil Hughes in their offer.

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ESPN

HEALTH

Hip replacements are long-lasting

Hip replacement may have long-term benefits, according to new British and Dutch hip replacement studies.

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WebMD

Amid debate, grocery chain bans high-fructose corn syrup

After years of winnowing out high-fructose corn syrup, eight stores announced that the rout was complete. While the science behind the move is still the subject of hot debate, the scope is unquestioned.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bringing Buddhism to a wired Seattle

Thin and younger-looking than his 42 years, tech savvy and gently ironic, Rinpoche (rhymes with "ricochet") delights in his quest to blend the ancient and Asian with a hurried, varied, scattered nation.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ruling warns of mixing religion, rehab

In a recent decision, a federal judge in Detroit put faith-based drug and alcohol treatment programs on notice that mixing religion and rehabilitation can be a recipe for violating the U.S. Constitution.

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Detroit Free Press

Maryland church basks in spotlight

The scheduled visit of President Bush has turned the spotlight on a Carroll County church, that has helped a ministry for Namibian orphans, many of whom have lost their families to AIDS.

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GOOD NEWS

Baking soda could help save planet

A company called Skyonic announced a novel new system, Skymine, which uses the carbon dioxide emitted from smokestacks to make baking soda.

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CNN

Africa bans plastic bags

In a move more drastic than seen in most Western countries, several African nations are tackling the litter problem by banning or restricting use of plastic bags.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

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Militants kill 14 Iraqi villagers

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BBC

Russian liberal party accuses Putin over pre-poll speech

A Russian liberal party accused President Vladimir Putin of abusing his authority in the parliamentary election that is expected to consolidate his grip on power.

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Reuters

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President Putin's party ahead in the polls

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Deep concern over Three Gorges Dam

There are fears that China's Three Gorges Dam is causing serious environmental problems, despite official claims to the contrary.

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BBC

Exploring energy conservation through shark research

Sharks have recently become the subject of a University of Alabama engineering research project exploring energy conservation and boundary layer control.

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Delivery companies switch to hybrid

Coca-Cola Enterprises started using hybrid delivery trucks, which operate just like the cars. When the trucks are unloading, there will be no fumes from idling diesel engines.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Fuel efficiency and the American driver

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Evel Knievel dies at 69

Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, has died at age 69.

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Yahoo! News

The joke's on Jay Leno staff

NBC stopped paying all nonstriking "Tonight Show" staffers -- just under 100 of them -- who have not been able to work since Nov. 5, when the Writers Guild of America went on strike.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Israeli says elusive Biblical wall found

A wall mentioned in the Bible's Book of Nehemiah and long sought by archaeologists apparently has been found, an Israeli archaeologist says.

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LiveScience

50 years later: The Keeling Curve legacy

Fifty years ago, Charles David Keeling started tracking CO2 emissions, developing the Keeling Curve, a scientific icon which some claim belongs alongside E=mc2 and the double helix.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Brazil to dispense condoms in schools

Brazil's government announced plans to put condom-dispensing machines in public schools to help teenagers reduce the spread of AIDS.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Barely-literate Australian teen sues education department

Beau Abela, 14, claims he lacks basic skills such as using a bus timetable, reading a menu or counting money, and he wants $300,000 in compensation.

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Daily Telegraph

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

10 'most polluted places' named

A list of the world's most polluted places has been published by a U.S.-based independent environmental group.

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BBC

Photo of the Day

Theaters are seen in New York, the day after a tentative agreement between the League of American Theatres Producers and stagehands union ended a strike that had kept most of Broadway in the dark since Nov. 10. (Photo by Diane Bondareff / AP)

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