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France has sent 3,500 troops to Afghanistan as part of the 100,000-strong U.S. led coalition battling the insurgency, making it the fourth-largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition battling the insurgency. (Photo by Alfred de Montesquiou / AP)

UN: climate finale may have happy ending

The world is entering talks on a new climate pact with unprecedented unity and leaders must create a turning point in the battle against global warming, the U.N.'s top climate official said.

Houston Chronicle

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Copenhagen conference

Telegraph.co.uk

Violence erupts during Athens march

Police and protesters have clashed in Athens as the city marked the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy which led to Greece's worst unrest in decades.

Al Jazeera

Protesters clash with police in Athens

Guardian

Gates: 2-4 year US role in Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Americans should expect a significant U.S. military presence in Afghanistan for two years to four years more.

New York Times

Afghan War may be politically precarious

Christian Science Monitor

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Fight for Afghanistan

ABC News

Gates: No US intelligence on bin Laden whereabouts for ‘years’

The United States does not know where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is hiding and has not had any good intelligence on his whereabouts in “years,” says Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

MSNBC

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Timeline: the search for Bin Laden

BBC

Cox to file lawsuit to block carp

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox plans to file a federal lawsuit to try to shut down canal locks leading to Lake Michigan, through which Asian carp could escape into the Great Lakes.

Detroit Free Press

Clean up continues on the canal

Chicago Public Radio

NATION

Obama to accept Nobel Peace Prize

When President Barack Obama leaves for Oslo, Norway, he goes knowing that the American people are more concerned about something else: peace of mind.

Denver Post

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Nobel Laureates 2009

Nobelprize.org

Texas escapee who faked paralysis joins most-wanted list

A Texas inmate in a wheelchair, who escaped on foot from two armed guards as he was being transferred between prisons, is now on the U.S. Marshals' list of the 15 most-wanted fugitives.

CNN

Gun control: Thanksgiving Day massacre points out holes in system

Days after the horrific Thanksgiving Day attack, Carole Merhige had many questions. Among the biggest: Why was her mentally troubled son able to buy a firearm?

Palm Beach Post

POLITICS

Dems weigh new public option deal

President Barack Obama will meet Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill as a group of moderate and liberal senators weigh a new public option compromise in hopes of striking a deal.

Politico

How health care bills compare to lawmakers' plan

ABC News

For Calif. politicians, drought is big issue

The California drought is a dangerous opportunity for politicians. Water cutbacks in the state's Central Valley give office-seekers a chance to favor farmers and denounce the status quo.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Many do without banking

A recent FDIC survey found that 25.6 percent of all households in the U.S. are unbanked or underbanked and that those households are disproportionately low-income and/or minority.

Charleston Gazette

Millions in US do their banking without using traditional banks

NPR

Wal-Mart warms up to Facebook

Sure, Wal-Mart has no trouble attracting droves of customers to its stores these days. When it comes to Facebook, however, Wal-Mart (WMT) has struggled to gain traction relative to its rivals.

ABC News

Safeway slashes prices in an attempt to boost sales

Safeway is firing a new pricing salvo in a war for grocery market share. The grocer unveiled a campaign of lowering everyday prices by 10 percent to 44 percent on what it described as "thousands" of store items.

Denver Post

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

'Killer petunias' should join the ranks of carnivorous plants, scientists propose

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Natural History Museum believe that carnivorous behaviour in plants is far more widespread than previously thought.

ScienceDaily

MIT wins DARPA's Great Red Balloon Hunt

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that the MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team won the $40,000 cash prize in the DARPA Network Challenge.

networkworld.com

SPORTS

Minor hockey referees fear for game and their own safety

The Star gained exclusive access to 122 reports into the GTHL's most serious on-ice incidents in 2008. They revealed a disturbing pattern of growing racism, hits to the head and referee abuse.

Toronto Star

No. 2 Ala. turns tide on No. 1 Fla.

Heisman Trophy candidate Mark Ingram ran for three touchdowns to seal the Tide's win over No. 1 and previously undefeated Florida in the SEC title game.

Baltimore Sun

Top 25 action

NBC Sports

EDUCATION

College loans as development aid

Vittana, which is pioneering student loans in the developing world, is building a student loan business for microfinance institutions that cater to people in the developing world.

New York Times

Non-traditional teachers in Mich.'s future

The promise of federal funds is pressuring Michigan to loosen rules that require teachers to have a degree from a traditional teaching college, and allow for teachers with alternative certification.

NPR

Conn. considers shifting charter-school tuition costs to local school systems

The State Board of Education of Connecticut is considering four proposals that would overhaul the law governing charter schools, including one that would shift the cost of tuition to local schools.

Hartford Courant

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GOOD NEWS

The world is winning the landmine war

Square foot by square foot, the world is winning one of its few good wars: the one against landmines.

The Independent

Troops finding new service as teachers

Troops to Teachers is a federal program that, for over 15 years, has helped about 12,000 former service members transition into second careers in the classroom.

New York Times

WORLD

Sudan arrests men over Darfur peacekeeper killing

Sudan said it had arrested a number of men suspected of killing three Rwandan peacekeepers in an ambush in Darfur, the first of two deadly attacks on the mission.

Reuters

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