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An unidentified person is loaded into an ambulance outside a commuter train station in Chicago where police said four people were shot. The incident, in a downtown building that also houses a commuter station, sent people running and stranded commuters. (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo)

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Gunman, 3 others killed in Chicago tower

Carrying a cache of weapons into a downtown office, a gunman chained a law firm's doors closed and killed three people before a police sniper killed him.

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Yahoo!News

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Demonstrators storm Gaza parliament

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Reuters

U.S. approves Indian nuclear deal

The U.S. Congress has voted in favour of allowing the export of civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India.

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BBC

U.S. pilots charged in Brazil plane crash

Brazilian police charged two U.S. pilots with endangering air safety in the crash of a Brazilian airliner over the Amazon rain forest in which all 154 people on board were killed.

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Reuters

Blair: Paying religious groups is a mistake

Tony Blair formally declared Britain's multiculturalist experiment over as he told immigrants they had "a duty" to integrate with the mainstream of society.

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Daily Telegraph

Investigators say former KGB spy was poisoned in hotel

As Alexander Litvinenko was buried, investigators revealed they now suspect that the former Kremlin spy was poisoned in the bar of a luxury London hotel when he met two Russian businessmen.

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London Times

BUSINESS

China suppliers to Wal-Mart accused of abuse

Several Chinese suppliers of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fail to pay legally required wages or provide health insurance and allow poor working conditions, a Hong Kong-based labor group says.

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Number of jobs rise, but so does unemployment

Employers boosted payrolls by 132,000 in November, but the unemployment rate edged up to 4.5 percent.

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Forbes

Speculation builds that Bank of America will buy Barclays

Bank of America is about to buy Barclays in a $100 billion deal that will be the largest financial services acquisition ever. Or, maybe not.

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International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Gateway lands Illinois education work

Sixth-graders and teachers in several Illinois school districts will get Gateway notebook PC’s as part of a pilot project using technology to improve education.

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Washington Technology

Native Canadians in British Columbia to get control over K-12 education

B.C. First Nations will soon have jurisdiction over the K-12 curriculum at band-operated schools following a unanimous vote Tuesday by federal MPs in Ottawa.

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Chilliwack Progress

SPORTS

Ex-Giants SS Uribe killed in car crash

Former San Francisco Giants shortstop Jose Uribe was killed in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic.

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Sports Illustrated

Staying put: Bonds to re-up with Giants for $16 million

The San Francisco Giants and Barry Bonds reached agreement on a $16 million, one-year contract that will keep the controversial slugger in the Bay Area to take aim at baseball's home run record.

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ESPN

West Virginia football coach turns down offer from Alabama

West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez turned down Alabama, telling his players he'll be back for his sixth season with the Mountaineers.

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ABC News

RELIGION

Santa 'teaching false message'

Pastor Steve McNeilly of the New Life Christian Church has accused Santa of being a blasphemous stand-in for God who makes liars of parents and confuses children.

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Herald Sun

'Tis the season of melding secular and spiritual

As the song says, in the air there's a feeling of Christmas. But not in Brooksville, Florida's square, which is decorated with a 15-foot "holiday" tree.

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GOOD NEWS

Formerly conjoined twins going home

Angie Benzschawel and Ryan Shaw held their surgically separated twin boys in their laps and prepared to return home to Wisconsin as more than 30 doctors, nurses and other medical staff bid them farewell.

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Happy News

U.S. baby boomers seen donating $100 billion this year

U.S. baby boomers are expected to give roughly $100 billion to charity this year, marking a 25 percent increase from 2005, a study shows.

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Reuters

NATION

Former U.N. envoy Kirkpatrick dies

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, an unabashed apostle of Reagan era conservatism and the first woman U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died. She was 80.

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Newsday

Man arrested for alleged holiday bomb plot in Illinois

A Muslim convert was charged in a plot to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall during the Christmas rush. Investigators said Derrick Shareef, 22, was acting alone and never obtained any grenades.

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MSNBC

E. coli outbreak now in seven states; agencies zero in on Taco Bell

As many as 84 people in seven states have been confirmed as having the strain of E. coli bacteria involved in an outbreak that may be linked to Taco Bell restaurants.

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CNN

POLITICS

Last gasp of a smoke-filled room?

When the District goes smoke-free Jan. 2, at least one nicotine haven will remain: the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers, several of whom enjoy a good cigar, have exempted themselves from the city's smoking ban.

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MSNBC

POLITICS

Senate to hold closed joint caucus

The first thing the new, Democratic-led Senate will do next year is meet in a closed "bipartisan caucus" to help set what leaders call a more pleasant tone.

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Yahoo!News

HEALTH

'Pro-anorexia' Web sites draw fire

Proponents say they offer 'support,' but a Stanford study finds that patients who visited pro-anorexia Web sites were sicker longer.

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Newsweek

HEALTH

Why McDonald's isn't free of trans fat

Public opinion is swinging against the use of the artery-clogging fat. But it's hard for some companies to give up the habit.

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BusinessWeek

Malaria could fuel spread of HIV

Malaria infections could be fuelling the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, scientists have warned.

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Guardian

Nintendo owns the new generation

In the real-life video-game console shoot-'em-up contest, Nintendo is racking up the points, Microsoft has a respectable score, and Sony keeps dropping the joystick.

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Forbes

Nintendo game controller sparks patent lawsuit

A U.S. electronics device maker has filed a lawsuit against Nintendo of America Inc., alleging the motion-sensitive controller for the video game company's new console infringes on its patent.

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CBC

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists: Plastic may be poisoning oceans

Microscopic particles of plastic are not biodegradable and may be poisoning oceans, British scientists fear.

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Daily India

Yoko Ono not ready to forgive Lennon's killer

Yoko Ono has called for the anniversary of John Lennon's death to become a worldwide day of forgiveness, but she says she cannot yet absolve her husband's killer.

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Reuters

Wesley Snipes surrenders to Feds on tax charges

Wesley Snipes, the Hollywood action star, is free on bail, and will be allowed to go back to Namibia to finish filming a motion picture, but must return by Jan. 10 to face charges of failing to pay taxes.

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Los Angeles Times

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

In emissions battle, U.S. cities vie to be 'greenest'

More than 300 mayors pledge to reduce greenhouse gases.

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Christian Science Monitor

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