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Zeboraqh Ball-Paul listens to President-Elect Barack Obama at the Democratic election night victory party in Chicago. (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP)

4 children found alive in Haiti school rubble

Rescuers pulled four children alive from the rubble of a three-story Haitian school that collapsed on classrooms filled with students and teachers, killing at least 84 people.

ABC News

High school collapse toll rises

BBC

Zimbabwe in 'make or break' talks

Southern African leaders are gathering in Johannesburg for talks aimed at breaking Zimbabwe's political deadlock.

BBC

Bush, Obama focus on US economy

President Bush pledges to make a smooth transition to an Obama administration a top priority for the rest of his days in office.

ABC News

Obama urges Bush, Congress to pass a stimulus package

Christian Science Monitor

Emanuel pick gets mixed reaction

CNN

Special section:

Transition timetable for Obama

BBC

The Obama uprising

The way he won is as significant as his victory itself. Can he keep the grassroots excitement going?

Newsweek

Barack Obama: Orator in the mold of history’s best

Times Online

Hamas leader: ready to talk to Obama

Hamas is ready to talk with President-elect Barack Obama, who must deal with the Palestinian militant group to address the wider conflict in the Middle East.

USA Today

NATION

Gay-marriage ban protesters target Mormon church

More than 2,000 people marched and chanted in front of the West Los Angeles Mormon temple in California, criticizing the church for what they see as its relentless support of discrimination.

NPR

Democrats' victory triggers gun sales

Gun enthusiasts nationwide are stocking up on firearms out of fears that the combination of an Obama administration and a Democrat-dominated Congress will result in tough new gun laws.

MSNBC

With Obama's win, gun sales go way up

YouTube

POLITICS

Obama team prioritizes issues

President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers are trying to figure out which of his expansive campaign promises to push in the opening months of his tenure and which to put on a slower track.

MSNBC

Some Senate, House races still up in the air

YouTube

Obama adviser: no commitment on defense shield

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has made no commitment to plans for a missile defense program in eastern Europe, despite a report on the Internet.

CNN

A passing of house keys

As the new White House administration takes shape, President-elect Obama plans a transition meeting with President Bush.

CBS News

MORE POLITICS

Franken is closing in

The tight Minnesota Senate race got tighter as Republican Norm Coleman's lead over comedian Al Franken, the Democratic candidate, shrank to 239 votes.

New York Post

Dems urge Paulson to aid automakers

The top congressional Democrats urge Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to provide aid to troubled automakers as part of the Bush administration's corporate bailout efforts.

Reuters

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Lights out: Activists are showing the darker side of Paris

Meet Le Clan du Néon, a popular environmental movement that wants to make the City of Lights a little darker.

Times Online

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Court blocks new Apple exec from going to work

A federal court judge granted a preliminary injunction requested by IBM that ordered Mark Papermaster to cease working for Apple until further notice.

San Jose Mercury News

Are we hardwired with a sense of irony?

Ironic sensibility appears to be hardwired into neurons, although using and understanding irony also require social intelligence, according to a recent study.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

Experts recommend strengthening students' critical thinking skills

Experts recommend that Texas schools retain controversial language calling on students to examine the "strengths and weaknesses" of scientific theories to strengthen their critical thinking skills.

MarketWatch

Orleans Parish School Board approves $2 billion schools plan

The Orleans Parish School Board voted to approve a public school facilities master plan, pushing ahead on the largest school-building effort in New Orleans history.

Nola.com

ENVIRONMENT

The 65 mpg Ford the US can't have

Ford's Fiesta ECOnetic goes on sale soon. But despite the car's potential to transform Ford's image, the company will sell the little fuel sipper only in Europe.

BusinessWeek

Fuzzy numbers on US fuel economy

The EPA's new tests account for faster driving, acceleration and air-conditioning use, but the government's standards for improving gas mileage still rely on tests from the 1970s.

TIME

Ghanians hail European Union pact to end illegal logging

Up to 80 percent of Ghana's forests have been destroyed by illegal logging, according to the World Bank.

allAfrica.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Obama could restore US image abroad

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Fred Barnes):

The Republican challenge going forward

Weekly Standard

Column (Robert Novak):

Gingrich 2012?

Real Clear Politics

Column (Mark Steyn):

'Center-right' America lurches further left

OC Register

Column (Jonathan Chait):

Slow-learning Republicans

New Republic

Blog (Clive Cook):

What FDR can teach Obama

Atlantic Online

Blog (George Packer):

How Obama should handle the press

New Yorker

Column (Keith Naughton):

Detroit: begging for help

Newsweek

Column (Nate Rawlings):

Evaluating the election from Baghdad

NPR

Column (Paul Krugman):

The Obama agenda

International Herald Tribune

Column (Bob Herbert):

Take a bow, America

New York Times

Column (Robert Robinson):

How far we have come

USA Today

Column:

Brains are back!

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Cave yields clues to Chinese history

Slowly built from the minerals in dripping water over 1,810 years, chemicals in the stone tell a tale of the cycles of the monsoon, the life-giving rains that water crops to feed millions of people.

LiveScience

Hello Kitty gamers raise food for charity

Sanrio Digital, maker of the "Hello Kitty Online" game, announced the conclusion of the first "Hello Kitty Online" charity event called "Food for Friends."

CNET News

WORLD

Hurricane Paloma strengthens, bears down on Cuba

Paloma escalates to a Category 4 hurricane as farmers in its path rush to protect crops and livestock.

MSNBC

New Zealand incumbent PM defeated

New Zealanders chose a former foreign currency trader to lead them through the global financial meltdown, handing left-wing Prime Minister Helen Clark a crushing election defeat.

International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

The race against identity thieves

The economic turmoil of late is benefiting at least one group: Identity thieves are tapping into news about bank failures and other mayhem to prey on potential victims.

MarketWatch

Deal is on for Panasonic to acquire Sanyo

As the world starts to move to solar power, Sanyo has been implementing a plan to emerge the victor in that field. There's just one problem: the economy.

BetaNews

SPORTS

Venus Williams reaches semifinals as Serena withdraws

Elena Dementieva was the prime beneficiary of an injury-ridden day at the Sony Ericsson Championships, when both Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic failed to take the court.

International Herald Tribune

Penn State: perfect no more

The Nittany Lions' perfect season and hopes for giving coach Joe Paterno another national title were dashed by Iowa's backup kicker.

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

High-calorie breakfast? Not so fast

Have you heard that breakfast eaters tend to be leaner than other people? That nugget of nutritional wisdom may need a footnote about calories.

WebMD

When your pain has no name

Chronic pain is often misunderstood, and many patients go without the treatment they need. Untreated, chronic pain conditions can actually worsen until the pain spreads throughout the body.

ABC News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pope presses for mutual understanding between Christians and Muslims

Christians and Muslims must overcome their misunderstandings, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim clergy and scholars as he pressed for greater freedom of worship for non-Muslims in the Islamic world.

International Herald Tribune

Pope meets with Muslim scholars

NPR

Hospital sues Orthodox Jews to halt life support for brain-dead son

Motl Brody's family wants to keep their brain-dead son on mechanical assistance for religious reasons, but the hospital said its resources are being used to preserve a deceased body.

Evening Bulletin

Photo of the Day

The first winter sports fans glide down the snow covered slopes during the season opening in Lac des Vaux, near Verbier, Switzerland. (Photo by Jean-Christophe Bott / AP)

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