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An environmental activist and a Pacific Islander pose for a photo on Kuta Beach after the end of the U.N. Climate Conference in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. (Photo by Ed Wray / AP)

Public greets Mitchell Report with little to no surprise

Fans are almost numb to news that yet another player took a pharmaceutical short cut. The Mitchell Report might have been bigger and more noteworthy, but its shock value wore off a long time ago.

U.S. News & World Report

Residents brace for more snow

With crews still trying to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses that were blacked out during a winter storm, Midwest residents brace for a second wintry blast that is expected to hit the region.

ABC News

Walloped by wintry weather

MSNBC

Deal agreed in Bali climate talks

A deal for a new international climate change agenda was agreed at the U.N. summit in Bali, Indonesia. Consensus for the road map followed a dramatic U-turn by the United States.

Guardian

Special section:

Climate deal sealed by US U-turn

BBC

New Arizona law targeting immigrants creates division

A new Arizona law against employing illegal immigrants has shaken businesses, scared workers and delighted advocates of stricter immigration controls in a state split over who belongs here and who does not.

International Herald Tribune

GOP candidates take a hard line on immigration

NPR

A day of minor airline mishaps

A Continental flight from North Carolina to New Jersey made an unexpected landing at Dulles International Airport because of a strange smell in the cockpit.

CBS News

NATION

Bill to help homeowners in peril OK'd

Hundreds of thousands of Americans facing foreclosure because of the ballooning interest rates on their subprime mortgages can get help from the federal government.

CBS News

Attorney general won't share destroyed CIA tapes information

Attorney General Michael Mukasey rejected lawmakers' demands for information as the Justice Department investigates the destruction of tapes showing CIA interrogations of two al Qaida suspects.

CNN

'Baseline Killer' suspect gets 438 years

An Arizona man accused of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer was sentenced to 438 years in prison for the sexual assaults of two sisters.

CBS News

POLITICS

Senate passes Iraq funds bill

The U.S. Senate has authorized more spending for the Iraq war, without tying the bill to a timetable for troop withdrawal, which is a key Democratic demand.

BBC

Clinton rejects official's Obama comment

Sen. Hillary Clinton denounced the comments of an official in her campaign who resigned after raising questions about drug use by Sen. Barack Obama.

Yahoo! News

Countdown to Iowa's Caucuses

NPR

Rollins to serve as Mike Huckabee’s national chairman

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee scored a major victory when he secured the support of prominent GOP insider Ed Rollins, who will serve as national chairman of Huckabee’s campaign.

The Hill

Huckabee no threat, Romney says

Dallas Morning News

BUSINESS

German airline buys part of JetBlue

Germany's largest airline, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said it is paying $300 million for a 19 percent stake in JetBlue Airways Corp. in its first foray into the U.S. airline market.

ABC News

New billionaires turn to philanthropy

The global wealth boom has created a new breed of billionaire in countries like Turkey, India, Mexico and Russia. Now, a number of them are using their wealth to bolster their standing and push for social changes.

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

NHL: steroids no problem for us

With baseball still buzzing about the Mitchell Report, the NHL asserted that widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs is not an issue among hockey players.

Sports Illustrated

Michael Vick says he's an animal lover

Disgraced former NFL star Michael Vick declared that "I am not the bad person or the beast I've been made out to be" in a letter to a judge asking for leniency.

CNN

HEALTH

Flu shots mandatory for N.J. preschoolers

New Jersey became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.

CNN

Scientists overcome major obstacles to stem cell heart repair

Scientists at Imperial College London have overcome two significant obstacles on the road to harnessing stem cells to build patches for damaged hearts.

Science Daily

AIDS researchers find protein that greatly boosts HIV infection

German AIDS researchers have discovered a protein common in semen that boosts the infectious potential of HIV 100,000-fold. The finding may also suggests new strategies to stop the epidemic.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION

Williams: no Anglican consensus on Episcopal Church

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said the Anglican Communion he heads cannot agree if the U.S. Episcopal Church has stepped back from its liberal stands on gay bishops and scriptural authority.

Reuters

Devout worshipper

Malian striker Kanoute has splashed out more than $700,000 to buy his own mosque in Spain. The mosque is located in the Spanish city of Seville, where Kaounte plays his club football.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

This Santa is real, but very secret

Secret Santa's plan is to cross the country and to go into dozens of thrift stores, laundromats and bus stations. He will give up to hundreds of strangers, who seem like they could use it, a Franklin or two.

CBS News

Scientists seek to help 'locked-in' syndrome man speak

Erik Ramsey suffered a brain stem stroke that left his body completely paralyzed, except for controlled movement of the eyes. Now new research may provide the miracle he has been waiting for.

CNN

WORLD

Emergency rule lifted in Pakistan

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf lifted a national state of emergency after making last-minute changes to the constitution to strengthen his hand against the courts.

Khaleej Times

Emergency rule lifted in Pakistan

Reuters

Asian outcry over Dutch adoption

A Dutch diplomat has denied trying to "get rid" of a seven-year-old South Korean daughter he adopted as a baby, amid public outcry over the case.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Australians do whale count as Japanese hunt nears

Australian researchers have begun an aerial count of whales in the Antarctic ahead of the yearly Japanese hunt as Australia's government mulls a legal challenge to halt the yearly slaughter.

Reuters

Top 11 warmest years on record have all been in last 13 years

The decade of 1998 to 2007 is the warmest on record, according to recent data sources obtained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Science Daily

Global warming impact evident, say Americans

Angus Reid

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Writers guild files unfair labor complaint

Union officials representing striking Hollywood writers said they have filed an unfair labor practices complaint claiming studios violated a federal law.

Showbuzz

Who ate all the pies? Hungry pooch did

Organizers of the world pie-eating championships were thrown into panic when a dog ate all the pies.

NEWS.com.au

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ancient industrial complex revealed

Ancient Egyptians were even more inventive than scholars have thought, according to new findings that depict surprisingly advanced glass-making abilities alongside an industrial complex.

LiveScience

Ancient meat-eating fungus found trapped in amber

An ancient flesh-eating fungus that preyed on tiny animals has been found preserved inside a hundred-million-year-old lump of amber, scientists report.

National Geographic

Captain Kidd ship found

The wreckage of a pirate ship abandoned by Captain Kidd in the 17th century has been found by divers in shallow waters off the Dominican Republic.

LiveScience

EDUCATION

2 LSU students found dead

Two students were found shot to death in an apparent home invasion at a Louisiana State University apartment, and officials decided to keep the campus open while police searched for three suspects.

CBS News

Campus messaging system failed

MSNBC

All-nighters may not improve grades

Students who rely on all-nighters to bring up their grades might want to sleep on that strategy: A new survey says those who never study all night have slightly higher GPAs than those who do.

San Jose Mercury News

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