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In this April 1998 file photo, exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden was within reach of U.S. troops in Tora Bora when military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says. (Photo by Anonymous / AP )

Iran planning to build '10 new uranium enrichment sites'

The Iranian nuclear agency will begin work on five sites, with five more over the next two months. It comes days after the UN nuclear watchdog rebuked Iran for covering up a uranium enrichment plant.

BBC

Iran: IAEA resolution mistake, hidden agenda

YouTube

Phasing out pennies in a bid for change

The future of America's one-cent coin has been the subject of much debate, and one store owner in Berkeley, California, has decided to take a personal stand.

NPR

Osama bin Laden 'within grasp' in 2001

The U.S. military missed an opportunity to capture or kill Osama bin Laden when he was "within grasp" in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan in 2001.

Al Jazeera

Rumsfeld decision let Bin Laden escape

Google News

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Report: bin Laden 'expected to die'

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Al-Qaida's reach

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Swiss ban on minarets approved by 57 percent of voters

To the great surprise of pollsters and the regret of the government, the Swiss said yes to a ban on the construction of minarets. According to final results, 57.5 percent of voters backed the initiative.

SwissInfo

Swiss vote on banning minarets

YouTube

Release of secret reports delayed

President Barack Obama will maintain a lid of secrecy on millions of pages of military and intelligence documents scheduled to be declassified by the end of 2009, according to administration officials.

Boston Globe

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Animal rights activists from the International Organization Animal Protection group stage an anti-fur protest in downtown Milan, Italy. (Photo by Luca Bruno / AP)	Angeli VanLaanen performs during a final run of the ladies freestyle World Cup ski halfpipe competition in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Douglas C. Pizac / AP)	A gray Long-Tailed Macaque Monkey peers into the camera at the Lopburi, Thailand, Monkey Festival. (Photo by David Longstreath / AP)

NATION

Gays seek renewed focus on civil unions

In the weeks since Maine voters handed the gay marriage movement its 27th electoral defeat in five years, other activists have voiced similar qualms about making marriage their main goal.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ft. Hood rampage raises questions about gun control

Anything involving guns in the U.S. is sure to stir up the debate over government gun control. And the recent rampage at Ft. Hood, Texas, where 13 people were killed and 38 wounded, is no exception.

Christian Science Monitor

Proposal to allow 'mentally defective' veterans buy guns triggers debate

Kansas City Star

Federal judges argue for reduced sentences for child-porn convicts

In a nationwide series of hearings, the U.S. Sentencing Commission has heard from federal judges seeking reduced sentences for possessors of child pornography.

Denver Post

POLITICS

Obama's challenge: keep Latino support

While the latest Associated Press-GfK poll showed a 68 percent approval rate for President Barack Obama among Hispanics, maintaining such support is far from certain.

Houston Chronicle

Racial chasm in Obama approval rates

Gallup

Afghanistan action could test alliance between Obama, Pelosi

Conflicting views concerning Obama's change in military strategy could test the strong alliance between Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The Hill

Political parties both struggle with ideological infighting

The focus of many Republicans and Democrats is not on within their own party who have strayed from the party base on hot-button issues.

Fort Worth Star Telegram

SC rift highlights debate over GOP's future

Barre Montpelier Times Argus

BUSINESS

US Treasury to push lenders to finish more home modifications

The U.S. Treasury Department will step up public pressure on lenders to finish modifying more home loans to troubled borrowers under a new campaign.

Bloomberg

An empire at risk

If the U.S. succumbs to a fiscal crisis, as an increasing number of economic experts fear it may, then the entire balance of global economic power could shift.

Newsweek

Leggo our Eggo

Eggos, the frozen waffle made by Kellogg, will be in short supply until the middle of 2010, it says.

Toronto Star

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Prices of supercomputers dropping

For decades, the world's supercomputers have been the tightly guarded property of universities and governments. But what would happen if regular folks could get their hands on one?

San Jose Mercury News

Science of memory: researchers to study pieces of unique brain

Molaison lost the ability to form new memories after surgery removed part of his brain and, by agreeing to be studied over several decades, transformed the way we understand memory.

Hartford Courant

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Feuding sons, questionable finances threaten Unification Church

Church officials say it's unclear how Unificationism will fare when the Rev. Sun Myung Moon dies. Followers of the church believe that Moon is a messiah sent to complete Jesus' unfinished work.

Kansas City Star

Parishioners can wear collars too

Services offered at Covenant Presbyterian Church are part of a growing interest among those whose pets are central to their lives.

NPR

SPORTS

Head trauma remains a danger in high school football

Football remains the most dangerous high school sport, with an average of 25.5 injuries per 100 players a season, and 12 percent of all injuries involve head trauma.

San Jose Mercury News

Steelers officially rule Roethlisberger out

Sports Network

Super Molinari brothers win World Cup of Golf for Italy

Francesco and Edoardo Molinari edged a dramatic three-way final round tussle with Sweden and Ireland to claim a first World Cup of Golf for Italy by one stroke.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Rescue Mission helps families in need

With a budget of nearly $22 million a year, the 117-year-old Rescue Mission supports at least a half-dozen programs and facilities for the needy in metro Denver.

Denver Post

Climbing to success, and helping others along the way

Patrick Alvarez, 19, founded a nonprofit group that provided Thanksgiving dinners for 200 people.

New York Times

WORLD

Hondurans to elect new president

Hondurans will vote for a new president in the latest chapter of a months-long political standoff triggered by a coup that has divided the United States from Latin American powers Brazil and Argentina.

Reuters