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Former Pres. Bill Clinton speaks at a benefit for the Clinton Foundation in New York. The foundation recently disclosed the names of its 205,000 donors, ending a decade of resistance to identifying the sources of its money. (Photo by Jason DeCrow / AP)

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Obama's inaugural choice sparks outrage

Liberal groups criticized President-elect Barack Obama for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration because of his views on gay marriage.

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CNN

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Pastor Rick Warren to give inauguration invocation

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NPR

Rwanda genocide mastermind receives life sentence

Former senior defense official Theoneste Bagosora has been convicted of instigating Rwanda's 1994 genocide and was sentenced to life in prison.

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BBC

Bill Clinton releases foundation donor list

Saudi Arabia, Norway, Bill Gates and others are among the biggest financial backers of former President Bill Clinton's foundation, according to a complete donor list published for the first time.

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International Herald Tribune

Memo outlines restrictions Bill Clinton will face after wife's confirmation

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CBS News

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Bill Clinton reveals donor list

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MSNBC

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Saudi Arabia, George Soros others on Clinton donor list

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NPR

Obama chooses Adm. Blair as intel czar

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Navy Admiral Dennis Blair as the top U.S. intelligence official.

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Reuters

Regulators adopt new credit card rules

Federal regulators adopted sweeping new rules for the credit card industry that will shield consumers from increases in interest rates on existing account balances among other changes.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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New credit card rules

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NATION

Chrysler lays off 46,000 employees during month of shutdown

Chrysler announced it would shutter all 30 of its factories for one month and idle 46,000 workers, while GM said it was delaying a key supply plant as both attempted to avoid imminent collapse.

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Detroit Free Press

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GM says it’s not in talks on a Chrysler merger

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Bloomberg

Rep. Solis to be Obama’s pick for Labor

Representative Hilda Solis, a California Democrat, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to be Labor secretary, according to Democratic officials.

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Bloomberg

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Organized labor 'thrilled' with Obama's pick for labor secretary

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CNN

NH jury delivers death sentence to cop-killer Michael Addison

A jury issued New Hampshire’s first death sentence in a half century to Michael Addison, who fatally shot a Manchester police officer two years ago.

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POLITICS

Eliot Spitzer's comeback

Nine months after his public humiliation as "Client 9," former N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer is back -- and wants to be taken seriously.

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ABC News

High hopes for 'populist' Quinn as Blagojevich fights impeachment

Ill. Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, who is poised to succeed Rod Blagojevich as governor, is seen as a populist and a reformer who could help improve the image of his state.

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Fox News

ENVIRONMENT

US moves to protect 7 penguin species

Seven penguin species have reason to have happy feet: The Bush administration is moving to protect them. But three other types of penguin, including the stars of recent movies, got the cold shoulder.

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Google News

Groups sue in attempt to stop Utah oil and gas drilling

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit to block the Bush administration's last-minute sale of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah near national parks and ancient rock art panels.

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MSNBC

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Is the Exxon Valdez spill site finally clean?

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New species of prehistoric giants discovered in the Sahara

Dinosaur hunters on a month-long expedition to the Sahara desert have unearthed not one but two possible new species of extinct animals.

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Study finds that personalized spam is rising sharply

A new study finds an alarming increase in the amount of personalized spam, which online identity thieves create using stolen lists of e-mail addresses or other poached data about their victims.

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San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Stats offer snapshot of Americans' health

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults say they're in very good or excellent health, yet 27% of us are obese, 21% smoke, 8% have diabetes, 4% have asthma and 21% drink too much.

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WebMD

Feds rate US nursing homes

An analysis of nearly 16,000 nursing homes reveals for-profit homes are more likely to provide inferior care than their non-profit rivals, according to a USA Today examination.

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USA Today

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Ga. judge jails Muslim woman for refusing to remove head scarf

A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said that she felt her human and civil rights were violated.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Religious life in the US is changing, survey finds

Religious congregations are getting older, more technically savvy and more ethnically diverse, according to findings from a national survey of faith groups across many traditions.

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Indianapolis Star

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GOOD NEWS

Chief Justice serves gourmet filet mignon to homeless

Some 600 poor and homeless people in Toronto were treated to a gourmet-style dinner, topped off with a crisp new $10 bill from a Toronto lawyer who co-founded the unusual feast, Martin Teplitsky.

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Toronto Star

Salvation Army's red kettles seem to yield odd treasures

The volunteer emptying Salvation Army kettles recently came across something that stood out from the spare change and crumpled bills: a 1911 Liberty Eagle gold coin worth around $1,000.

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WORLD

Arrests of officials shake Iraq

Up to 35 officials in the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior have been arrested, with some of them accused of working to reconstitute Saddam Hussein's Baath Party.

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International Herald Tribune

Poisoned medicine kills dozens of children in Nigeria

Nneka and Chimezie Ononaku unwittingly poisoned their own four-month-old son. Giving him what they thought was a baby teething medicine, they were in fact dosing him with anti-freeze.

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CNN

China to send warships to fight piracy off Somali coast

Chinese ships will join the naval forces of several other countries in the troubled waters in the Gulf of Aden, where attacks by pirates on cargo ships have become a major problem.

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CBC

BUSINESS

Oil demand slowing, says energy agency

U.S. oil consumption is expected to level off with virtually no growth between now and 2030 because of increases in energy efficiency, greater use of renewable fuels and an expected rebound in oil prices.

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CBS News

Jobless claims fall, remain high

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits has fallen more than expected, according to a government report. However, the ranks of the jobless continue to swell.

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CNNMoney

Obama picks new head of SEC

Pres.-elect Barack Obama is set to name seasoned regulator Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission as he considers a major overhaul of the heavily criticized agency.

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Reuters

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Should Mary Schapiro save the SEC — or shut it down?

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TIME

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SEC's massive mea culpa

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CNBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Doubt' leads SAG awards race

"Doubt" led the way with five nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards with "Milk" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" taking three each.

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Variety

NAACP: entertainment 'out of sync'

The NAACP Hollywood Bureau report said the entertainment industry "continues to fall seriously short" in achieving diversity, particularly in TV.

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Hollywood Reporter

SPORTS

SN's pro athlete of the year: Giants quarterback Eli Manning

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is Sporting News' 2008 Pro Athlete of the Year announced in the magazine's new issue featuring Manning on the cover.

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Garnett, Celtics clip Hawks for 16th consecutive victory

Garnett scored 10 of his 18 points in the final quarter, helping the Celtics beat the Hawks 88 — 85 night for their 16th straight victory.

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EDUCATION

Charter schools Obama praised ripped apart at board meeting

Teachers and students complained about the new breed of Chicago schools Pres.-elect Barack Obama touted when he tapped Chicago's school chief to be his U.S. secretary of education.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Missouri court upholds state takeover of long-failing St. Louis schools

The Missouri Supreme Court has affirmed the state takeover of the St. Louis school system, which has struggled for years with poor finances and student test scores.

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Examiner

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Greenhouse gases at highest levels in 800,000 years

Greenhouse gases are at higher levels in the atmosphere than at any given time in at least 800,000 years, according to a new research study.

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Environmental News Network

Photo of the Day

A Christmas tree is framed by the Duomo gothic cathedral and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Luca Bruno / AP)

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