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Pakistani human rights activists chant slogans during a candle lit ceremony in memory of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo by AP Photo / K M Chaudary)

American diplomat dies in Sudan attack

A U.S. diplomat in Sudan has died of his injuries following a shooting in the capital, Khartoum, U.S. officials say.

BBC

North Korea quiet on nuclear deadline

North Korea stressed economic issues, but failed to mention a missed deadline for disclosing details of its nuclear program in a New Year editorial.

BBC

Disabling N. Korea's nukes

ABC News

A medicine hunter on a path to cures

Thirty-six percent of adults in the United States use some form of complementary or alternative medicine, according to a study. What used to be considered alternative medicines have moved into the mainstream.

International Herald Tribune

Musharraf government delays Pakistani parliamentary election

International Herald Tribune

State Department denies it ignored danger to Bhutto

CNN

Bhutto's chosen successor

CBS News

World welcomes New Year

A million revelers cheered fireworks in Sydney. Summer Olympics organizers hosted dance and music in Beijing. Across the globe, people held out hopes for a peaceful and prosperous 2008.

ABC News

Aussie breaks motorcycle jump record

Robbie Maddison broke the world motorcycle jumping record, soaring 322 feet, 7 and a half inches at the Rio All-Suite Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev.

MSNBC

Record-setting jump

Yahoo! News

Clinton tops $100 million for year

With the books about to close on fourth-quarter fundraising, Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is reporting that she raised "over $100 million" in 2007.

USA Today

NATION

Report containing thousands of pilot complaints is released

Under pressure from Congress, NASA released thousands of pages of complaints from pilots about crew fatigue, air traffic congestion and communications.

CNN

Illinois gets rid of illegal waste dumps

Over the course of the past year, 120 illegal dump sites across Illinois have been cleaned up as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's I-RID program.

Environment News Service

POLITICS

Poll shows Obama, Huckabee lead in Iowa

Presidential contenders rang in the 2008 election year with near-constant campaigning as a poll showed Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee leading their rivals.

CBS News

Iowa rivals battle for votes

Would-be U.S. presidential nominees have been seeing in election year on the stump in Iowa, two days before it hosts the important first party caucuses.

BBC

Iowa caucus 2008 (R): Huckabee 29.9 percent, Romney 29.4 percent

Angus Reid

Presidential candidates spar before voting

Presidential contenders squeezed a final few hours of campaigning out of the old year in a race marked by exhausting personal appeals, anonymous phone calls and a negative campaign commercial.

Yahoo! News

2008 Candidate Resolutions

ABC News

BUSINESS

As Detroit automakers buckle down, Asian carmakers hit the gas

The way that auto executives here have been talking, 2008 will be a bad year to sell cars and trucks in the United States.

International Herald Tribune

BP to pay $379 million after settling Alaska tax dispute

BP Plc., Europe's second-largest oil company, agreed to pay $379 million in back taxes after settling a dispute with the state of Alaska, Governor Sarah Palin said.

Bloomberg

Chavez revives historic coin in campaign to reduce inflation

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's latest effort to reduce Latin America's highest inflation rate revives a coin rooted in Venezuela's colonial past: the "locha," based on the old Spanish "piece of eight."

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Return of the Trojans

Back in September, Pasadena was the last place USC thought it would be spending New Year's Day — and it's most certainly not where Illinois thought its season would come to a close.

Sports Illustrated

Ravens fire Billick as head coach

Brian Billick never came close to duplicating the success he enjoyed early in his career as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, and it finally cost him his job.

MSNBC

HEALTH

Fast-acting cyanide antidote discovered

A newly discovered antidote has potential to save lives of those who are exposed to the chemical — namely firefighters, industrial workers and victims of terrorist attacks.

Science Daily

Researchers work on cocaine vaccine

Two Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston, Texas, are working on a cocaine vaccine they hope will become the first-ever medication to treat people hooked on the drug.

Associated Press

Battling germs by busting up their gangs

Think of germs as gangsters. One thug lurking on a corner you might outrun, but a dozen swaggering down the street? Yikes.

MSNBC

RELIGION

LDS Church silent ahead of Iowa caucus

Before an election, LDS Church leaders have traditionally read a statement over the pulpit asserting the faith's political neutrality while encouraging members to be active voters — not this year.

Salt Lake Tribune

US Anglican head in sexuality row

The head of the Anglicans in the United States has accused other churches, including the Church of England, of double standards over sexuality.

BBC

Pope Benedict XVI criticizes lack of hope in Western society

Pope Benedict XVI has criticized Western society for what he called its lack of hope, which he said leads many people to seek sexual gratification instead of practicing faith and family values.

Voice of America

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GOOD NEWS

Diners find rare pearl in plate of clams

A Florida man was about halfway through a plate of steamed clams when he chomped down on something hard — a rare, iridescent purple pearl.

Yahoo! News

Woman loses ring in fudge, gets it back

An Indiana woman has recovered a diamond ring she accidentally sold in a batch of fudge. The diamond ring her mother left her 15 years ago was sold at a bake sale inside her donated fudge.

Good News Network

WORLD

Israeli-Palestinian fatalities drop, but other issues persist

Leading Israeli human rights groups say the numbers of Palestinians and Israelis killed in clashes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has dropped dramatically, but that other human rights abuses persist.

Christian Science Monitor

Paris and Berlin ban cafe smoking

Smoking has been banned in bars in the capitals of France and Germany, but the laws will not be enforced immediately.

BBC

Dozens die as mob burns church in Kenya

Dozens of people seeking refuge in a church in Kenya were burned to death by a mob, according to witnesses and Red Cross officials.

International Herald Tribune

More than 120 killed in Kenya violence

CNN

Special section:

Facts about Kenyan tribes

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Declining water levels in the Great Lakes may signal global warming

Researchers in Michigan report new evidence that water levels in the Great Lakes, which are near record low levels, may be shrinking due to global warming.

Science Daily

Greasy solution to rising gas prices

Move over gas-guzzlers. Make way for grease cars, the latest do-it-yourself auto trend for eco-conscious drivers.

LiveScience

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Broadcasters get leeway on digital switch

The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules giving broadcasters more flexibility in making the switch to digital television from traditional analog signals.

Reuters

Robots taking over the job on offshore oil drilling platforms

In the future, offshore platforms could be run by robots alone, with human beings staying on land.

Science Daily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Reno: prosecutor to record producer

Former Attorney General Janet Reno's somewhat surprising interest in music is well documented, but perhaps most surprising is her recent turn from tough prosecutor to record producer.

ABC News

Strike may boost Letterman

The late-night landscape is about to change, and no one — not the hosts, not the viewers — knows how it will look.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Ties to Spain make school numero uno

Kindergartners of West Liberty school district, Iowa, in Laura Bradfield's class speak Spanish when she wears a string of beads around her neck, English when she does not.

Des Moines Register

Photos used to expel Mexicans from California schools

Mexican children attending California public schools are being photographed as they cross the border, but in El Paso, local officials deem that policy unnecessary and even "unfortunate."

El Paso Times

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