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Opposition members celebrate at the Altamira Square in Caracas, Venezuela, after learning that President Hugo Chavez lost the referendum on constitutional changes that would have let him impose a socialist system and run for re-election. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd / AP)

Monitors question Putin's victory

European election monitors called into question a victory by the party of Russia's President Vladimir Putin that would pave the way for him to remain the country's de facto leader even after he leaves office.

NPR

Interview:

Some voters speak out after casting their ballots

International Herald Tribune

Fraud claims in Russia poll

Reuters

Writers' strike: As reruns take over television, eyes shift to new media

As the Hollywood screenwriters' strike stretches into its fifth week, viewers, networks and content creators all look to alternative outlets for fresh entertainment.

Christian Science Monitor

President Chavez tastes defeat over reforms

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez conceded his first electoral defeat since winning Venezuela's presidency in 1998. His reforms were narrowly beaten back by a 51 percent to 49 percent margin.

TIME

Special section:

Chavez's defeat: reaction in quotes

BBC

Chavez loses 'president-for-life' vote

Reuters

National debt grows $1 million a minute

Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It's expanding by about $1.4 billion a day or nearly $1 million a minute.

ABC News

Fatal storm spreads ice, snow across Northeast; 11 dead

A storm system slid across the Northeast with snow, sleet and freezing rain, glazing roads and tying up air travel after blacking out thousands of customers in the Midwest.

MSNBC

Sudan president pardons British teacher

A British teacher who was jailed in Sudan for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad was released, the British government said.

USA Today

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Thousands of Basque citizens participate in a rally to protest against the decision of a Spanish court to order the detention of 46 members convicted of aiding the armed Basque separatist group ETA. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos / AP)	Spanish bullfighter Sebastian Palomo performs a pass during the Senor de los Milagros festival in Lima. (Photo by Martin Mejia / AP)	New York Giants' Kevin Dockery breaks up a pass from Chicago Bears quarterback Rex Grossman to Muhsin Muhammad in the end zone during the final seconds of an NFL football game in Chicago. (Photo by M. Spencer Green / AP)

NATION

'Jena 6' teen pleads guilty to battery

A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate led to one of the largest civil rights protests in years pleaded guilty to a battery charge.

St. Petersburg Times

Fourth suspect appears in court as Redskins pay Taylor tribute

A fourth man arrested in the shooting death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor appeared before a judge via video phone.

CNN

POLITICS

Congress is returning to a full agenda

Congress returns to Washington with a full slate of must-do legislation, just three weeks before the Christmas recess.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Clinton hits Obama on courage, character as he rises in polls

Sen. Hillary Clinton questioned the courage and character of her chief opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, in the wake of a new poll finding her campaign is losing ground in the crucial early-voting state of Iowa.

McClatchy Newspapers

Obama/Clinton advisers debate

CBS News

BUSINESS

Mortgage rescue plan no solution

If lenders temporarily freeze low introductory interest rates on home loans made to risky borrowers before they soar, it would be a modest fix for the country's fractured housing market.

Seattle Times

A great time to shop, for foreigners

Overseas shoppers whose countries have a stranglehold on the dollar are finding deals at U.S. stores and flying back to their homelands with their suitcases filled.

TIME

SPORTS

Pettitte is returning to Yankees

Andy Pettitte has decided to put off retirement and pitch for the New York Yankees in 2008.

ESPN

Ohio State, LSU to play for college football's title

Ohio State University and Louisiana State University will play for college football's national title after finishing atop the final Bowl Championship Series standings.

Bloomberg

Coaches poll

CBS SportsLine

Miles will remain LSU's football coach

Les Miles turned down a chance to return to University of Michigan, the school where he played and coached, telling his team he would remain at Louisiana State University.

Sporting News

HEALTH

Congress weighs national standards on food offered to schoolchildren

Congress is considering the broadest effort ever to limit what children eat: a national ban on selling candy, soda and salty, fatty food in school snack bars, vending machines and a la carte cafeteria lines.

San Jose Mercury News

Fruits, veggies a hard sell

Years after a concerted effort to boost consumption of healthful foods, Americans eat the same paltry amounts that they did in 1985.

Baltimore Sun

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Romney to give Mormon speech

Republican Mitt Romney, vying to become the first Mormon president, said he decided to give a speech focused on his faith and the role of religion in politics because the subject is of interest in early voting Iowa.

ABC News

Romney to address Mormon faith

NPR

Pope critical of atheism, Christianity

Pope Benedict criticized modern-day atheism in a major document, saying it had led to some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice" ever known.

London Free Press

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