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An Iranian demonstrator holds a banner, showing the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a red cross through the image, during a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus. (Photo by Petros Karadjias / AP)

Yemen says West 'not helping enough'

Yemen has said it is not getting enough support from the West to tackle al-Qaeda, as details emerge of the suspected U.S. jet bomber's time there.

BBC

Blast could have blown hole in plane

MSNBC

The powder at the center of Xmas Day terror alert

CNN

Environment preview of 2010

After the debacle at Copenhagen, the world will be hoping that global leaders can make up for lost time this year.

Telegraph.co.uk

Iran lashes out at West over protest support

Iran summoned the British ambassador in Tehran to the Foreign Ministry as the government accused Western countries of supporting protesters after violent demonstrations rocked cities across Iran.

New York Times

Iran MPs demand protesters punished

Al Jazeera

Iran in chaos

Daily Mail

US Education Secretary faces questions over his legacy

After Arne Duncan left his job as Chicago schools chief to become U.S. Secretary of Education, his former students sat for federal achievement tests. Reports showed Chicago made little progress.

Washington Post

Free TV may go way of the VHS

For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. But that might not work much longer.

MSNBC

Wireless boom may end free TV

Channel3000

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A Minnesota Vikings fan watches warmups before an NFL game between the Vikings and the Chicago Bears in Chicago. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh / AP)	Children have some sledding fun in Springfield, Ill. (Photo by Seth Perlman / AP)	A frozen Vladimir Lenin is seen as the temperature is minus 22 F in Yakutsk, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Li / Yakutsk Vecherny / AP)

NATION

Daniels speeds up timetable for K-12 funding cuts

The cuts will be spread among all school districts to about 3.5 percent. The initial announcement indicated they would occur over 18 months, but they now will take place over 12.

Indianapolis Star

Activists decry wild-horse roundups

Federal officials have begun rounding up at least 2,500 wild horses from Nevada rangeland, triggering protests from animal advocates.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

GOP seizes on terror issue

Republicans have wasted no time in attacking Democrats on intelligence and screening failures leading up to the failed Christmas Day bombing of Flight 253.

Politico

Can Charles Crist survive a right-wing uprising?

TIME

Obama’s 'team of rivals' Cabinet following his 'no drama' mantra

Despite some memorable slip-ups, Barack Obama's Cabinet has dodged controversy in 2009, continuing the president's campaign theme of "no drama Obama."

The Hill

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Travel business likely to remain weak in 2010, new poll finds

Americans say they aren't likely to travel much more in 2010 than they have this year, despite optimism that they will from many Wall Street and travel industry analysts and industry leaders.

USA TODAY

Tighter security could slow business travel

Marketplace

Demise of the recording studio

Major recording centers such as London and New York are losing studios due to shrinking budgets and the growing sophistication of home recording technology.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Joy for the whale rescuers after birth of stranded calf

Hundreds of vacationers witnessed the birth of a long-finned pilot whale as they struggled to rescue an entire pod stranded on a treacherous beach in New Zealand.

Times Online

The lawyers win in global warming

After a year that saw billions of dollars spent around a variety of carbon capture and storage pilot projects, the focus in 2010 will shift from press conferences and engineering discussion to court cases.

Environmental News Network

SPORTS

TTU suspends Leach indefinitely

Texas Tech suspended Mike Leach while the school investigated complaints from receiver Adam James and his family about how the coach treated the player after a concussion.

Sports Illustrated

Colts toss away perfect record

Standing on the precipice of NFL history, the Indianapolis Colts' brain trust arrogantly, foolishly, treated the second half like a preseason game.

USA TODAY

Finding meaning in Favre-Childress spat

The theater was entertaining. But ultimately, it was a sideshow. Many of us enjoyed suggestions of a conflict between Minnesota coach Brad Childress and quarterback Brett Favre.

ESPN

Week 17 NFL playoff scenarios

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

EPA seeking comment on pesticide labels

Public-safety advocates have long been concerned about the so-called inert ingredients of pesticides — which their manufacturers aren't required to disclose.

E Magazine

Bedside exam trumps scan for post-brain surgery monitoring

It might be assumed that the results of a CT scan to check for post-brain surgery complications would be more reliable than the findings of a doctor's bedside exam, but a new study suggests otherwise.

HealthDay

Company recalls Tylenol for arthritis

All available lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplet 100-count bottles, packaged with a distinctive red cap, are being recalled, the drug's maker said.

MedPage Today

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American poet, lecturer & essayist

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GOOD NEWS

Students learn law, aid jobless

Eight law school classmates sharpened their litigation skills in a course encouraging them to join in the fight for unemployment pay — an area with no shortage of cases these days.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Donations for man whose home burned reach $2,600

Moore Lane Veterinary Hospital presented Jack Filby, whose uninsured home was gutted by a fire, with a check for $2,600 just before Christmas.

Billings Gazette

WORLD

Argentine gay couple becomes 1st in region to marry

Gay marriage is illegal in Argentina. However, the Tierra del Fuego governor issued a special decree allowing the couple to wed.

BBC

Malawi men risk arrest to become 1st homosexual couple to wed