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In Bangkok, Thailand, protesters cheer at Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's acceptance of a court ruling to step down because of his party's electoral fraud. (Photo by Ed Wray / AP)

Automakers ready bold pitch; UAW to mull concessions

Automakers show Congress how they will use $25 billion in federal loans. Ford plans to portray a future of more-efficient models. General Motors Corp. readied a blueprint for cuts across the board.

Detroit Free Press

Activist illegally moves homeless into foreclosed homes

Max Rameau is an activist who has been executing a bailout plan of his own around Miami's empty streets: He helps homeless people illegally move into foreclosed homes.

MSNBC

Court ruling brings down Thai government

A court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties for electoral fraud, bringing down a government that has faced months of strident protests seeking its ouster.

MSNBC

Study: WMD attack in US likely by 2013

The United States can expect a terror attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study briefed to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.

CBS News

Dow plunges 680 points

Stocks got hammered as investors bailed out following confirmation that the U.S. is mired in a recession that's likely to continue for some time.

CNN

Experts analyze the economic situation

MSNBC

Cheney, Gonzalez indictments dismissed in Texas prison case

Texas DA Juan Angel Guerra had accused Cheney and the other defendants of responsibility for prisoner abuse.

Fox News

NATION

Obama to take on torture?

One idea among top Obama advisers is a commission that would investigate counterterrorism policies and make public as many details as possible.

Newsweek

Napolitano: a safe pair of hands for Homeland Security

As a governor, Napalitano will have much more sympathy for states, which have felt disrespected and excluded under a top-down approach to homeland security issues since 9/11.

TIME

Economy cripples Galveston's comeback after Hurricane Ike

After Hurricane Ike ravaged this Gulf Coast city, Galveston is struggling to resurrect itself amid a sour economy.

USA Today

POLITICS

With appointments, Obama moves beyond the campaign

President-elect Barack Obama put the rancor and even some of the rhetoric of the presidential campaign behind him as he welcomed his chief Democratic adversary into his cabinet.

International Herald Tribune

Interpreting Obama's Cabinet picks

NPR

RNC hopefuls descend on DC

As many as eight candidates hoping to chair the Republican National Committee will attend a three-day meeting hosted by top conservative groups.

The Hill

Birmingham, Ala. mayor arrested

Mayor Larry Langford accepted checks and gifts totaling nearly $250,000 in return for funneling millions of county taxpayer dollars to two political allies, prosecutors allege.

Birmingham News

ENVIRONMENT

Building trust tops global climate agenda

A push for a new climate-change treaty begins in Poland. Delegates are set to resume grappling with how much more to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

Christian Science Monitor

A carbon-neutral way to power your home

A super-efficient system that has the potential to power, heat and cool homes across the U.K. is being developed at Newcastle University.

Environmental News Network

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Four Christmases' is top holiday film

Thanksgiving weekend movie crowds gobbled up the Reese Witherspoon-Vince Vaughn holiday comedy "Four Christmases," which premiered at No. 1 with $31.7 million.

San Francisco Chronicle

Epic 'Australia' stalls at US box office

"Australia" opened poorly in North American cinemas, possibly torpedoing the Oscar chances of director Baz Luhrmann and stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

New Zealand Herald

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pope to make rare visit to Israel following months of tension

Pope Benedict XVI accepted an invitation by President Shimon Peres to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories in 2009.

Ha'aretz

Pastor who helped get phrase 'under God' in pledge dies

The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, died at 97.

Kansas City Star

EDUCATION

It's no secret: progress prized in Brownsville, Tx.

A Texas border district sees teacher training and data-based instruction as paths to learning gains — and the $1 million Broad award adds validation.

Education Week

Dropouts establish patterns early on

Warning signs of high school academic woes can be seen and addressed in students as young as 11, researchers say.

Denver Post

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A test of rivals

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20 hot Cyber Monday deals

PC World

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The flat belly diet

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Palin's future: Reagan or Quayle?

Politico

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How do we start growing again?

Forbes

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Is Obama a secret centrist?

Weekly Standard

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Hillary Clinton's test at State

USA Today

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Home for the holidays

WebMD

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Want more accountable schools?

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

The real security challenge

Newsweek

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Fareed Zakaria: A new global strategy

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Oldest Holocaust survivor tells a story that's out of the ordinary

The 103-year-old traveled to Frankfurt from his home in Austria to tell his story at the world's largest publishing event. Engleitner, a former farmer from the Salzburg region, is a Jehovah's Witness.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

The world's most heinous crime

CNN

WORLD

Tibetans back Dalai Lama's 'middle way,' despite impatience

Even moderate Tibetans are impatient at China's unwillingness to grant Tibet greater autonomy. The result is that the Dalai Lama now has a clear mandate to take a harder line on China, should he choose.

Christian Science Monitor

US warned India of potential terror attack

ABC News

Mumbai mourns attack victims

BBC

Factbox: Canadian governments since 1993

Reuters

BUSINESS

Selling cars in emerging markets

Mature vehicle markets may be close to saturation, but there is huge unsatisfied demand in the big emerging car markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Economist

Bernanke says Fed may buy treasury securities to lift economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has “limited” room to lower interest rates and may buy up Treasury securities to help revive the economy.

Bloomberg

Bernanke keeps finding new tools

Reuters

Cyber Monday marks start of the online shopping season

The online holiday shopping season has unofficially begun, with analysts expecting a flat performance versus last year in the face of the weak U.S. economy.

CNNMoney

Web retailers Amazon, eBay down on Cyber Monday

Reuters

SPORTS

Lance Armstrong to race in 2009 Tour

Lance Armstrong will ride in the 2009 Tour de France, marking the first time he will compete in that race and the Giro d'Italia in the same year.

ABC News

Plaxico Burress reignites issue of athletes and guns

Burress surrendered to authorities at a Manhattan police station. It's the latest twist in a bizarre shooting scandal that has set the tabloids aflame and re-ignited the issue of athletes and guns.

CBS News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Clean people are less judgmental

A new study to be published in Psychological Science reveals that when a person feels physically clean, he or she cuts others more moral slack.

LiveScience

As Endeavour lands, NASA preps for next shuttle mission

The space shuttle Endeavour touched down safely in California after a 16-day trip of more than 6.6 million miles.

InformationWeek

HEALTH

Drug that can reset body's natural rhythm 'could cure jet lag'

Results of trials on the drug, called tasimelteon, show that it can cut the amount of time that it takes sufferers to fall asleep and keep them asleep for longer.

Telegraph.co.uk

FDA rule change boosts access to morning-after pill

Women have easier and quicker access to the morning after pill since the Food and Drug Administration ruled that the medication could be sold to adults without a prescription.

ABC News

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