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An unidentified person is loaded into an ambulance outside a commuter train station in Chicago where police said four people were shot. The incident, in a downtown building that also houses a commuter station, sent people running and stranded commuters. (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo)

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Gunman, 3 others killed in Chicago tower

Carrying a cache of weapons into a downtown office, a gunman chained a law firm's doors closed and killed three people before a police sniper killed him.

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Iraqis, U.S. dispute deadly raid in new friction

Iraqi and U.S. officials disputed each others' accounts of an overnight raid and air strike that killed up to 20 people in a new sign of friction over allegations of American troops killing civilians.

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Reuters

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Demonstrators storm Gaza parliament

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White House to develop new strategy for Iraq

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Olmert: I'm not ruling out military action against Iran

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Fire at Moscow drug treatment hospital kills at least 45 women

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Republicans push tax bill, protections for doctors through House

In its last hours of GOP control, Congress passed a raft of bills, including one reviving expired tax breaks, and protecting doctors from Medicare cuts.

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USA Today

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White House won't accept all Iraq Study Group proposals

The White House dismissed former Secretary of State James Baker's appeal that his Iraq recommendations be adopted as a whole.

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Reuters

U.S. approves Indian nuclear deal

The U.S. Congress has voted in favour of allowing the export of civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India.

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BBC

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Pigs make their way through a snowy landscape near the Alpine village of Schruns in the western Austrian province of Vorarlberg. (Photo by Dietmar Stiplovsek/AP)	Courtney Chapman, a waitress dressed as a nurse at the Heart Attack Grill, holds up a triple bypass burger in Tempe, Ariz. (Photo by Matt York/AP)	The USS Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum aircraft carrier passes the Statue of Liberty as it travels along the Hudson River in New York. (Photo by Bebeto Matthews/AP)

U.S. pilots charged in Brazil plane crash

Brazilian police charged two U.S. pilots with endangering air safety in the crash of a Brazilian airliner over the Amazon rain forest in which all 154 people on board were killed.

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Reuters

Blair: Paying religious groups is a mistake

Tony Blair formally declared Britain's multiculturalist experiment over as he told immigrants they had "a duty" to integrate with the mainstream of society.

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Daily Telegraph

HP spy scandal could have ramifications

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the spying scandal that rocked the Silicon Valley icon could set new standards for corporate behavior.

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Los Angeles Times

Speculation builds that Bank of America will buy Barclays

Bank of America is about to buy Barclays in a $100 billion deal that will be the largest financial services acquisition ever. Or, maybe not.

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International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Gateway lands Illinois education work

Sixth-graders and teachers in several Illinois school districts will get Gateway notebook PC’s as part of a pilot project using technology to improve education.

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Washington Technology

Native Canadians in British Columbia to get control over K-12 education

B.C. First Nations will soon have jurisdiction over the K-12 curriculum at band-operated schools following a unanimous vote Tuesday by federal MPs in Ottawa.

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Chilliwack Progress

SPORTS

Ex-Giants SS Uribe killed in car crash

Former San Francisco Giants shortstop Jose Uribe was killed in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic.

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Sports Illustrated

West Virginia football coach turns down offer from Alabama

West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez turned down Alabama, telling his players he'll be back for his sixth season with the Mountaineers.

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RELIGION

Santa 'teaching false message'

Pastor Steve McNeilly of the New Life Christian Church has accused Santa of being a blasphemous stand-in for God who makes liars of parents and confuses children.

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Herald Sun

'Tis the season of melding secular and spiritual

As the song says, in the air there's a feeling of Christmas. But not in Brooksville, Florida's square, which is decorated with a 15-foot "holiday" tree.

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Film examines the Virgin's following and a faith that transcends religion

Director Santiago Parra and screenwriter Tessie Gutiérrez de Picazo agree that their movie about the Lady of Guadalupe is a miracle. Maybe not the God kind, but the production kind.

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Houston Chronicle

Wesley Snipes surrenders to Feds on tax charges

Wesley Snipes, the Hollywood action star, is free on bail, and will be allowed to go back to Namibia to finish filming a motion picture, but must return by Jan. 10 to face charges of failing to pay taxes.

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GOOD NEWS

Donors give $475 million to fight bird flu

The International donor community pledged $475 million to fight bird flu after a senior United Nations official warned them that the virus remains a potent threat around the world.

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All Africa

Formerly conjoined twins going home

Angie Benzschawel and Ryan Shaw held their surgically separated twin boys in their laps and prepared to return home to Wisconsin as more than 30 doctors, nurses and other medical staff bid them farewell.

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No repercussions in Foley scandal

GOP lawmakers and aides failed to protect male pages from sexual come-ons by former Rep. Mark Foley but they broke no rules and should not be punished.

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USA Today

Man arrested for alleged holiday bomb plot in Illinois

A Muslim convert was charged in a plot to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall during the Christmas rush. Investigators said Derrick Shareef, 22, was acting alone and never obtained any grenades.

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MSNBC

POLITICS

Congress passes tax and trade bill

The Republican-led 109th Congress sent President Bush legislation to normalize trade with former enemy Vietnam, renew popular tax cuts and open the Gulf of Mexico to new oil and gas drilling.

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Reuters

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Senate to hold closed joint caucus

The first thing the new, Democratic-led Senate will do next year is meet in a closed "bipartisan caucus" to help set what leaders call a more pleasant tone.

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Yahoo!News

Study shows smokers risk osteoarthritis

Men who smoke have a higher risk of arthritis in the knee, showing faster loss of cartilage than non-smokers, a new study suggests.

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CBC

Unclear if poor health or stents increase complications

Most patients with drug-coated stents face an increased risk of heart attacks and death, but it's unclear whether their already poor health or the devices are to blame, federal health advisers said

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San Francisco Chronicle

Nintendo owns the new generation

In the real-life video-game console shoot-'em-up contest, Nintendo is racking up the points, Microsoft has a respectable score, and Sony keeps dropping the joystick.

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Forbes

Nintendo game controller sparks patent lawsuit

A U.S. electronics device maker has filed a lawsuit against Nintendo of America Inc., alleging the motion-sensitive controller for the video game company's new console infringes on its patent.

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CBC

ENVIRONMENT

Iraqi marshlands partially restored

Iraqi environmental officials said Thursday that part of their country's fabled marshlands have been restored with international help, but further effort is needed to revive the ecosystem.

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Environmental News Network

Bush relaxes environmental regulations

With little fanfare, the Bush administration recently announced that pesticide users would no longer have to get a federal Clean Water Act permit to spray toxic chemicals over rivers, lakes and streams.

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Detroit Free Press

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In emissions battle, U.S. cities vie to be 'greenest'

More than 300 mayors pledge to reduce greenhouse gases.

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Christian Science Monitor

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