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World leaders confront global crisis

World leaders convene for a second day hoping to tackle a financial crisis that has ricocheted across the globe and left the United States and other countries on the brinks of deep recessions.

CNNMoney

G-20 summit puts France's Sarkozy center stage

NPR

Bush speaks to G20 leaders

BBC

Sarkozy backs Russian calls for pan-European security pact

Pres. Sarkozy of France is joining Russia in condemning the Pentagon's plans to install missile defense bases in Europe and backs Russian Pres. Dmitri Medvedev's calls for a new pan-European security pact.

Guardian

Crisis in California as blaze rages

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County as firefighters are unable to control a wildfire that has injured 13 people.

ABC News

Wildfire destroys treasured Calif. monastery

USA Today

Obama urges Congress to make 'down payment' on economic rescue

Pres.-elect Barack Obama urges Congress to extend unemployment benefits as part of a "down payment" on a U.S. economic rescue plan as world leaders meet in Washington to fight the global recession.

Bloomberg

Obama's first weekly YouTube address

YouTube

3 die in N. Calif. office shooting

A laid off high-tech employee opened fire inside the Santa Clara office where he used to work, killing three people and sparking a massive dragnet that spread throughout the South Bay.

San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Design flaw led to Minn. bridge collapse

Federal regulators said support plates that were about half as thick as they should have been were the likely cause of the bridge collapse in Minnesota that killed 13 people and injured 145.

CNN

NTSB findings don't end political debate over bridge

Star Tribune

If GM fails: the shockwave

If General Motors runs out of money, the impact would be felt far and wide — to hundreds of suppliers, rival automakers and ultimately dealers across the nation.

CNNMoney

White House calls for automaker loans

CBS News

Stressed out over the economy

MSNBC

POLITICS

Richardson joins Clinton on Obama's secretary of state short list

President-elect Barack Obama is interviewing some of his one-time political opponents as he ponders building his own "team of rivals" to help him run the country.

MSNBC

Obama-McCain meeting set to bury ax

MSNBC

Will men dominate Obama administration?

Politico

Hillary back in the spotlight

ABC News

New presidents' errors compiled as cautionary primer for Obama

“It’s a hell of a way to learn things,” said President John F. Kennedy in 1961, following the spectacular failure of the invasion of Cuba that he ordered three months after taking office.

MSNBC

Obama's last days on the campaign trail

TIME

BUSINESS

Boeing OKs engineer contract, delays 747's newest model

Boeing reached an agreement on a new contract with the union representing white-collar engineers, but the company delayed the latest version of its 747 jumbo to make further design changes.

Reuters

GOP to Detroit: Drop dead

Powerful Senate Republicans oppose a government bailout for automakers even if it means bankruptcy for General Motors.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Yankees offer Sabathia a 6-year contract

Hal Steinbrenner confirmed the offer on the team's Web site. The deal would be a record-breaker for a pitcher, surpassing the six-year, $137.5 million contract Johan Santana signed with the Mets.

San Luis Obispo Tribune

Attorneys: QB Michael Vick expects to return to the National Football League

Imprisoned NFL quarterback Michael Vick expects to return to pro football, according to his bankruptcy attorneys who laid out a plan to pay creditors based in part on his anticipated earnings.

Sporting News

EDUCATION

Who should be the nation's next education chief?

No one yet knows who President-elect Barack Obama will appoint as U.S. secretary of education. But it's clear that his choice will face many challenges.

Yahoo! News

3 states eye bold high school reforms

Among the potential changes: college at 16, teacher-run schools, and state exams with assignments.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Uninsured and facing cancer surgery

The woman who answered the phone wouldn't schedule the $3,000 PET scan unless Mary had insurance. The woman told Mary to apply for medical assistance from the state.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Brain pacemaker eases mental illness?

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms improved, but some patients had major side effects.

MSNBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

UN interfaith conference rejects violence in God's name

World leaders at a U.N. conference on interfaith relations rejected terrorism and violence against civilians committed in the name of religion.

Christianity Today

Archbishop and Chief Rabbi will make joint visit to Auschwitz death camp

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, and Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks will visit the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Christianity Today

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GOOD NEWS

Buoys in Atlantic help ships steer clear of right whales

When hydrophone-equipped autodetection buoys hear low-frequency right whale calls, Cornell students quickly notify ship captains in the area.

Christian Science Monitor

Conn. town rallies around homeless teen

A homeless teen's ambition was to earn college-worthy grades despite living out of a car. Dozens of area residents offered her a guest room to help her succeed.

News-Times

WORLD

Why Obama is making al-Qaida nervous

Jihadists must cope with a U.S. president-elect who promises to get out of Iraq and whose advisers are talking about negotiating with the Taliban. To top it off, the guy's middle name is "Hussein."

Daily Star

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza to worsen

Palestinian officials warned that the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip will deteriorate, considering an immediate opening of Gaza crossing points that Israel had shut down was ruled out.

Xinhua

Mugabe setting up new government

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has officially begun the process of creating a new government for his country where citizen protests forced a compromise.

UPI

Brazil becomes antipoverty showcase

The country's Bolsa Familia program — which pays poor mothers to keep their children in school and follow healthcare rules — is reducing poverty.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Solace' continues global domination

If there's a recession going on, word hasn't gotten to James Bond.

Variety

'Star Trek': the new Enterprise

If you're thinking, "Wow! It looks the way the Enterprise has always looked" — well, look at the big Spock brain on you.

Entertainment Weekly

Pregnant man Thomas Beatie is expecting again

The "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter earlier this year is expecting a second child.

MSN UK

'Pregnant man' shocks Barbara Walters

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Endeavor blasts off into night sky

Space shuttle Endeavor and a crew of seven blasted into the night sky, bound for the international space station and the most extreme home makeover project ever attempted by astronauts.

CBS News

Space shuttle Endeavor lifts off

MSNBC

Mass-produced artificial diamonds available in extra large

A U.S. team brought the world a step closer to cheap, mass-produced, perfect diamonds. The improvement means the size of diamonds that can grow in the lab has no theoretical limit.

New Scientist

ENVIRONMENT

Gone fishing

A meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Morocco will consider how much bluefin tuna should be caught next year. But it may lack crucial data.

Economist

A freeze on new US coal plants?

The Environmental Appeals Board responded to a lawsuit to block building a new coal plant, saying the EPA has no valid reason to refuse to regulate CO2 emissions from new coal-powered plants.

TIME

Photo of the Day

The decreasing moon settles behind the snow covered Pizalun mountain near Mastrils in the Swiss canton of Grison, Switzerland. (Photo by Arno Balzarini / AP)

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