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Republicans fail to block spending bill

The Democratic-controlled Senate turned back a Republican effort to block a final vote on a huge end-of-year spending bill that rewards most federal agencies with generous budget boosts.

MSNBC

Doubts over Senate's Christmas deadline

The Hill

Google Inc. demonstrates quantum computer image search

Search giant Google Inc. has revealed it is investigating the use of quantum computers to run its next generation of faster applications.

New Scientist

Obama outlines vision of might and right

Eleven months into his presidency, a set of Obama principles, if not quite a doctrine, is beginning to emerge — a philosophy about when to use American military force.

New York Times

Al Qaeda offers 'condolences' for innocent victims of its attacks

CNN

Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, scientists find

The gases which formed the Earth's atmosphere did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a study by University of Manchester and University of Houston scientists.

ScienceDaily

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Our alien atmosphere?

Discover Magazine

Asteroids and comets

National Geographic

Coffee and prostate cancer

Scientists said that they had found a link between increased coffee intake and decreased prostate cancer risk in men.

Science Friday

NATION

47 laws loosen gun restrictions in 24 states

A review by The Associated Press found that over the last two years, 24 states, mostly in the South and West, have passed 47 new laws loosening gun restrictions.

Google News

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Legislatures loosen gun laws

New Haven Register

Bearing arms

MSNBC

Judge: ACORN funding restored

A New York judge ordered that ACORN's federal funding be restored, rolling back a slew of Congressional actions that sought to stop taxpayer money from flowing to the community group.

Politico

ACORN report says group needs reforms

CNN

Immigration agents arrest 280 with criminal convictions in massive sweep

In the largest such operation in its six-year history, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency arrested 280 foreign nationals in California with criminal records in a three-day enforcement surge.

San Jose Mercury News

POLITICS

White House working to close benefit caps

After hearing concerns from patient advocates, the White House said it is looking to close a loophole in the Senate health care bill that would allow caps on annual insurance benefits.

CNN

House approves tougher rules on banks

The House approved a Democratic plan to tighten federal regulation of Wall Street and banks, advancing a far-reaching Congressional response to the financial crisis that rocked the economy.

New York Times

Sweeping bank reform bill clears House

The House passed legislation aimed at preventing the next big financial crisis, ushering in the most sweeping set of changes to the banking regulatory system since the New Deal.

CNNMoney

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Roll call: Regulatory overhaul

New York Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Turtles act like chameleons

Freshwater turtles' skin and shells often match the color of their habitat's substrate, which may help them deceive predators and prey alike.

LiveScience

Centuries-old planetary mystery solved

Researchers have solved what may be the oldest mystery in planetary science using images and data from instruments aboard the spacecraft named for Cassini.

New York Times

SPORTS

Tiger Woods to take leave from golf

Tiger Woods said he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word "infidelity" for the first time in a statement on his Web site.

CBS News

Terry Fox Award to recognize courageous Olympic athlete

A new award named after Terry Fox has been created to honor the Olympic athlete who displays the most courage, humility and extraordinary athletic ability.

CBC News

Kelly introduced as Irish coach

Former Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly was introduced as the new coach of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish, a storied program that hasn't won a title in 21 years.

Sports Illustrated

ENVIRONMENT

Sea level is rising along US Atlantic Coast

An international team of environmental scientists has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century than at any time in the past 4,000 years.

ScienceDaily

Will essential ocean currents be altered by climate change?

Scientific American

Grand Canyon sandbar restoration planned with high water flows

The Department of the Interior will undertake an initiative to improve the management of the Colorado River as it flows through Grand Canyon.

Environment News Service

EU climate cash pledge 'not enough,' say small nations

Developing countries and aid agencies have derided the latest pledges by richer states to tackle global warming.

BBC

EDUCATION

Long path to a college degree

Catherine McNamara is graduating with a 3.98 GPA. Her path took her to five institutions in three states over 17 years before graduating from North Carolina Central University. Her story isn't unique.

San Francisco Chronicle

Plans set for certification of principals

After years of talk and stalled efforts, the creation of a national certification program for principals is finally under way, with plans to launch the initiative in 2011.

Education Week

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GOOD NEWS

Elton John sells contents of his wardrobe for charity

Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have opened a ''pop up shop'' which will sell items from their flamboyant clothing collection for charity.

The Telegraph

3 siblings get gift of hearing

Crooning a lullaby to a tired child is one of the most basic joys of motherhood. But it was something that Jennifer Root was unable to do for her three children because they all were born deaf.

MSNBC

WORLD

Pakistan: South Waziristan offensive over

Pakistan wrapped up its army offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan, but now may send its soldiers after militants in another part of the tribal belt along the Afghan border.

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