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Rice arrives in India, calls for cooperation from Pakistan

Pakistan must act with “urgency and resolve” to help catch the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that bore the hallmarks of al Qaida, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

Bloomberg

Rice stops in India to defuse Mumbai tensions

NPR

Rice: Pakistan must cooperate fully

YouTube

Obama picks Richardson for commerce

President-elect Obama named another former campaign foe to his cabinet, choosing New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his secretary of commerce.

MarketWatch

Richardson receives Commerce nod

CNN

UAW willing to change contract

The United Auto Workers said it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in loans from the government.

USA Today

GM workers face grim future

CBS News

Fed survey offers bleak outlook

Conditions across the U.S. economy deteriorated further since early October, the Federal Reserve said, as a slowdown in consumer spending and manufacturing activity intensified.

Financial Times

Report: Private sector loses 250,000 jobs

CNNMoney

Nations sign cluster bomb treaty

The first of more than 100 countries signed a treaty banning current types of cluster bombs at a conference in Oslo, Norway.

BBC

Canada PM Harper to address nation

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will address his country as rumor mounts of temporary suspending Parliament to prevent the opposition from taking power.

Reuters

NATION

Police: Confrontation sparked Black Friday stampede

A competitive, no-cutting-in-line conflict between two large groups of shoppers helped to spark the Black Friday stampede that trampled a Wal-Mart worker to death, Nassau police said.

Newsday

US builds cases on dangerous detainees

The U.S. military launched a massive review to build cases against at least 5,000 detainees considered dangerous to keep them behind bars when Iraq's government assumes legal authority.

USA Today

POLITICS

Minn. Senate recount: Franken protests after Minneapolis pares vote total

Democrat Al Franken's campaign lodged a protest over 133 votes that it said could not be accounted for, resulting in Franken's losing of as many as 46 votes.

Star Tribune

Minnesota recount challenge

CNN

California Democrat, Becerra, considered for trade job

Rep. Xavier Becerra, who once declared U.S. trade policy was “broken completely,” has reportedly been offered the job as Barack Obama’s top trade official.

Bloomberg

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White House transition

MSNBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Smart mobile can turn on heating

A system that could eventually control home heating, security cameras and curtains has been demonstrated by phone maker Nokia.

BBC

Vista SP2 beta out this week, final release by June

Beta versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 service pack 2 are available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers, Microsoft announced.

PC World

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change now the main driver of natural disasters

Ministers from more than 40 Asia-Pacific countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur to reduce the social and financial impact of natural disasters in the region.

Environment News Service

Antarctic penguin colonies to disappear?

Up to 75 percent of major Antarctic penguin colonies may disappear if climate change continues to heat up the continent, according to a recent report.

National Geographic

HEALTH

Consumers: Be wary of stem cell treatment ads

Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims.

LiveScience

More sleep for medical residents

To improve patient safety, medical residents should get at least five hours of sleep after working 16 hours, concludes a report.

USA Today

EDUCATION

'The world is moving past' US in higher ed

The United States made only modest gains since the early 1990s in preparing students for college, a report says. But other countries are advancing more quickly.

USA Today

Cheating on the rise in high schools

A new survey of American teenagers finds that academic dishonesty is rampant and getting worse at high schools.

U.S. News & World Report

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Will Congress help the auto makers?

Economist

Column (John Harris):

Hillary Clinton: the new survivor

Politico

Column (Steve Malanga):

Mumbai, terrorists and capitalists

Real Clear Markets

Column:

Bailout may wind up on Obama's plate

TIME

Column:

India: the other side of glory

Real Clear Politics

Column:

The other enemy, still there

Weekly Standard

Editorial:

'Tis the season ... for giving

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Peter Wehner):

The limits of pragmatism

Commetary

Column (Rich Lowry):

Barack the realist

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Groveling is price Detroit 3 must pay

Detroit News

Editorial:

The Wal-Mart horror

NY Daily News

Column (Henry Blodget):

Why Wall Street always blows it

Atlantic Online

Column (Robert L. Borosage):

The change we need

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Hawaii: sunshine, surf and electric cars

The alt-energy company Better Place, which has taken its vision of electric cars to Israel, Australia, Denmark and major California cities, is now coming to Hawaii.

Scientific American

Generic heart medicines found equal to brand-name counterparts

Generic heart drugs work just as well as the brand-name treatments they mimic at a fraction of the cost.

Bloomberg

WORLD

First flight reaches Bangkok as airport blockade ends

Thousands of anti-government protesters left Bangkok's international airport, ending an eight-day siege that stranded hundreds of thousands of foreign travelers.

Guardian

Explosives defused at Mumbai's station

Explosive devices were found and defused at Mumbai's main railway station, Indian television channels reported.

Reuters

Mumbai: Where are the 14 other Pakistani-trained terrorists?

ABC News

BUSINESS

Auditors fault Treasury oversight of bailout funds in first review

The government must toughen its monitoring of the $700 billion financial bailout to ensure banking institutions limit their top executives' pay and comply with other restrictions, federal auditors said.

International Herald Tribune

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In depth: US downturn

Financial Times

Yahoo! shares climb on hopes for $30 billion takeover bid

Yahoo! stock rallied on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 billion.

TIME

SPORTS

Pedroia signs extension with Red Sox

Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox signed a $40.5 million, six-year contract.

Sporting News

Patriots sign linebacker Rosevelt Colvin

In dire need of linebacker help, the Patriots have reached out to a familiar face, Rosevelt Colvin.

Boston Herald

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The voice of a generation: Odetta dies at age 77

The influence of many modern masters of folk and blues, singer, songwriter and civil rights icon, Odetta, 77, died in New York.

Monsters and Critics

Life in pictures

MSNBC

Apple's iPod problem

The iPod music player cemented the company's reputation for innovation in recent years. But now, legions of iPod owners see little reason to upgrade, especially with the rocky economy.

BusinessWeek

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Does God run Homeland Security?

A group of atheists sued to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help.

Examiner

Raised on yoga

Just a decade ago yoga families were on the fringe. Today yoga is influencing family values across the country, and kids are reaping the benefits.

Yoga Journal

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