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A snow plow clears the driveway of the White House during a snowstorm that is blanketing the East Coast. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Hundreds stranded as storm hits east coast

Foul weather prompted an emergency declaration in the nation's capital, stranded hundreds of motorists, brought havoc at airports, and threatened to keep hordes of Christmas shoppers indoors.

CNN

Monster snow storm descends on East Coast

MSNBC

People preparing as snow storm looms for Washington

USA TODAY

Attack on Twitter is third assault this year

An online attack on Twitter underscores the continuing weakness of the company's systems as it becomes more important to business and even global politics.

New York Times

Dems secure crucial 60th Senate vote for bill

Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation, putting it on a path for Christmas Eve passage.

Star Tribune

US Democrats gain 60th vote on health bill

Reuters

Obama: Time to make reform a reality

YouTube

UN welcomes climate summit deal

Delegates in Copenhagen passed a motion recognizing an agreement which the U.S. brokered with key nations, including China. The U.N. Secretary General has welcomed the deal as an "essential beginning."

BBC

Obama: Consensus 'a 1st step'

BBC

7 US banks seized, failure toll up to 140

Seven U.S. banks were seized by regulators, bringing this year's total of failed lenders to 140 as financial companies are tested by the recession and more shutdowns are expected.

MarketWatch

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Suzannah Landinghan makes a snow angel after finishing a snowman in downtown Asheville, N.C. (Photo by Mike Belleme / AP)	Indonesian performers dance during the Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo by Wong Maye-E / AP)	A rainbow is reflected in the waters of Lake Down in Windermere, Fla. (Photo by John Raoux / AP)

NATION

Struggling to find enough Toys for Tots

Nationally, corporate cash donations are down significantly, about $1.5 million below where they were this time last year, according to Bill Grein, senior vice president of marketing for Toys for Tots.

CNN

Pregnant soldiers could face court-martial due to new policy

A new policy would apply to both female soldiers who become pregnant on the battlefield and the male soldiers who impregnate them.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

D.C. mayor signs same-sex marriage bill

District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty signed a measure recognizing same-sex marriages as legal.

CNN

D.C. Council approves same-sex marriage

YouTube

New funds prompt new hope in fight against human trafficking

America's war on human trafficking got its biggest-ever one-year boost in federal funding following President Barack Obama's signing of an appropriations bill.

Kansas City Star

BUSINESS

US companies shut out as Iraq auctions its oil fields

Not a single U.S. company secured a deal in the auction of contracts that will shape the Iraqi oil industry for the next couple of decades.

TIME

GM to shut down Saab

General Motors Corp. said it would begin shutting down its money-losing Saab brand after last-ditch talks to sell it to a small Dutch sports car builder collapsed.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

National science group to study delta water

The National Research Council has decided to wade into the controversial issues plaguing the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

San Francisco Chronicle

Amazon losing ability to curb warming

The Amazon Rain Forest's "flying rivers" — humid air currents that deliver water to the vast rain forest — may be ebbing, which could have dire consequences for the region's ability to curb global warming.

National Geographic

Leaked document: World will warm

Sydney Morning Herald

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA reveals 1st-ever photo of liquid on another world

NASA scientists revealed a first-of-its-kind image from space showing reflecting sunlight from a lake on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

CNN

Privacy groups take their Facebook quarrel to the Feds

If you have a Facebook account but haven't used it in a while, a lot more of your personal information may recently have become available to the public.

TechNewsWorld

Blog:

Netflix spilled your 'Brokeback Mountain' secret, lawsuit claims

Wired

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Book finds that religious toys are more than child's play

It may be a niche market, but it's big business nonetheless: MarketResearch estimated a $6 billion-plus market for religious publishing and products in the U.S.

Religion News Service

Carols from King's: Cambridge prepares for Christmas

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in King's College Chapel was introduced in 1918 to bring a more imaginative approach to worship.

Telegraph.co.uk

Interview:

Festival of lessons and carols

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Survey: 2/3 of Protestant pastors consider Islam 'dangerous'

Two out of three Protestant pastors believe Islam is a "dangerous" religion, according to a new survey from a Southern Baptist-affiliated research group.

Beliefnet

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The Daily Quote

“One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts — just mere thoughts — are as powerful as electric batteries — as good for one as sunlight is or as bad for one as poison.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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GOOD NEWS

9/11 hero cop wins $1 million in poker

After he was severely injured on 9/11, city cop Mike Kosowski started playing online poker. All those hours in front of a computer paid off — Kosowski just won $1 million on a TV poker show.

NY Daily News

Pepsi turns to community projects

The $23 million that Pepsi spent on Super Bowl advertising is going into the Pepsi Refresh Project, where Internet users can suggest community projects for companies to fund.

NBCBayArea.com

WORLD

Arrests connect al-Qaida, drug traffickers

Three accused al-Qaida associates taken to New York are charged with plotting to ferry drugs through the Sahara desert to raise money for terror attacks.

Boston.com

North Korean hackers may have stolen US war plans