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A woman and dog walk up a plowed street in the borough of Brooklyn after the first major winter storm of the season hit New York. (Photo by Peter Morgan / AP)

Food banks seeing new face of hunger

Due to the economic downturn, an increasing number of meals are going to people who had good jobs, homes with mortgages and generally comfortable lives not long ago.

San Francisco Chronicle

Meals on wheels: A meal and more delivered to the door

San Jose Mercury News

Exxon Mobil purchase places big bet on natural gas

Exxon Mobil’s purchase of a Texas natural gas producer for $29 billion could reshape the U.S. energy landscape, setting the stage to help alleviate American dependence on foreign oil.

Spokesman-Review

East Coast storm heads north, leaving snowfall records in its wake

Much of the East Coast was digging out after a monster winter storm caused record snowfall in some areas, disrupting holiday travel and shopping and leaving at least four people dead.

CNN

Washington digs out from near-record snow

Yahoo! News

Blizzard-like storm cripples Mid-Atlantic travel plans

USA TODAY

Storm hits east coast

MSNBC

Prison population in America to have first drop since 1972

The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.

TIME

Poll: Americans oppose GITMO transfer

CBS News

Climate summit most chaotic show on earth, says UK climate change secretary

The U.K.'s climate change secretary has said the U.N. Copenhagen summit was the "most chaotic show on earth" and arguments "strangled" negotiations.

BBC

Moving beyond Copenhagen

Business Mirror

NATION

In Afghan war, officer flourishes outside the box

‘Maverick’ lieutenant colonel uses unconventional arsenal against militants while focusing on areas he believes are ripe for change.

MSNBC

The science of the Afghan insurgency

USA TODAY

12 Guantanamo detainees freed; captive count at 8-year low

The United States freed a dozen men from Guantanamo this week — including one of the last captives sent there by the Bush administration.

McClatchy

Spending, home sales probably climbed

American consumers probably spent more in November, giving retailers and real-estate agents reason to anticipate business will improve in 2010, economists said.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

Critical Pentagon budget bill passed

The 88-10 early morning vote on the $626 billion defense spending bill and other must-pass items cleared Congress' plate of a major item of unfinished business.

MSNBC

Wis. lawsuit tests a pioneering campaign finance law

Wisconsin Right to Life is challenging a law that provides public money to candidates for the state supreme court. The group says the campaign finance law will create a chilling effect on political speech.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Virgin's Branson helps lead climate charge after UN envoys fail

Billionaire Richard Branson wanted government legislation to reduce the carbon dioxide emitted into the air by his Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. aircraft. He didn’t get it so he suggests the industry go it alone.

Bloomberg

Geithner says TARP repayments don't hurt bank lending ability

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said U.S. banks aren't hurting their ability to lend as they back away from government assistance.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Warming climate chills Sonoran Desert's spring flowers

Global warming is giving a boost to Sonoran Desert plants that have an edge during cold weather, according to new research.

ScienceDaily

Impromptu moments shaped Copenhagen

President Barack Obama's marathon day at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen was a more than 13-hour whirlwind of intrigue and confusion that cut across political and scientific lines.

CBS News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hubble finds smallest Kuiper Belt object ever seen

The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in visible light in the Kuiper Belt, a vast ring of icy debris that is encircling the outer rim of the solar system just beyond Neptune.

ScienceDaily

Culture influences dance steps

Even the way people remember dance moves depends on their culture. Westerners think in terms of "step to the right," and nomadic hunter-gatherers think something more like "step to the east."

Medical News Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Poor Mexican Americans put their faith in the Virgin of Guadalupe

Along the U.S.-Mexican border, millions revere a Madonna who combines Christian and Aztec beliefs.

Guardian

Reclaiming Christmas from the malls

A church-based initiative that was born in Houston has spread to 5,000 churches across the nation, creating hope while leaving consumerism behind.

Houston Chronicle

Retailers rated on 'Christmas' cheer

Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Brooklyn boy given 6 months to live beats the odds, is cancer-free

In March, Teddy was diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer. Remarkably, with just a five percent chance of survival, Teddy beat the odds and is cancer-free.

NY Daily News

Annual Christmas dinner is a joy for volunteers also

Joan Gieson and 175 volunteers served several thousand people at their annual dinner, at John Calvin Presbyterian Church in Bridgeton.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WORLD

Iran 'withdraws' from disputed well

Iranian troops have withdrawn partially from a disputed oil well in the border region with Iraq, the Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh has said.

Al Jazeera

Iran's dissident Grand Ayatollah Montazeri dies