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Masked Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad aim homemade rockets into Israel on the outskirts of Gaza City. (Photo by Ashraf Amra / AP)

Hamas ends cease-fire with Israel

Hamas formally announced the end of its unwritten, often-breached truce with Israel as Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired four more rockets into southern Israel.

International Herald Tribune

Israeli airstrike kills Hamas militant

YouTube

California governor orders state employees to layoffs, unpaid time off

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called on the legislature to convene a new special session to tackle the state's fiscal crisis. He ordered layoffs and mandatory unpaid time off for state workers.

San Francisco Chronicle

States eye higher taxes on beer, wine, and liquor

U.S. News & World Report

Revised recovery plans: 3M new jobs

Faced with worsening forecasts for the economy, Pres.-elect Barack Obama is expanding his economic recovery plan to create 3 million jobs in two years, a bump from 2.5 million earlier in the week.

International Herald Tribune

US increases Afghan troop pledge

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says up to 30,000 extra troops could be sent to Afghanistan in 2009, almost doubling the U.S. presence.

BBC

Drivers warned to stay off roads amid threat of more snow

Drivers across the country are warned to stay off roads and hunker down indoors as more heavy snow and blizzard conditions are forecast for much of the northern U.S.

CNN

Winter weather blasts nation

YouTube

Deaths from Mumbai police error

Guests trapped in a Mumbai hotel seized by gunmen say police instructions may have led to some people's deaths.

BBC

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.

Detroit Free Press

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

Bloomberg

Chrysler weighs uncertain future

NPR

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

New credit card rules

ABC News

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.

Boston Herald

POLITICS

Blagojevich charges go well beyond Senate seat

Corruption charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich focus on much more than the claim that he tried to sell or trade Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat.

TIME

Obama defends inaugural invitation to Warren

USA Today

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.

Bloomberg

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

CNN

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.

Fox News

ENVIRONMENT

Green-blooded frog makes first appearance for scientists

A new species of frog that has green blood and turquoise bones has been discovered. Conservationists believe that the pigment helps camouflage it because the frog looks green through the translucent skin.

Times Online

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.

MSNBC

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.

Science Daily

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Seattle Times

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.

International Herald Tribune

Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at Bush asks for pardon

The Iraqi television journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a news conference this week has asked the prime minister for a pardon, an Iraqi government official said.

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.

CNN

BUSINESS

Did Bernard Madoff act alone? Investors doubt it

Bernard Madoff's contention that he pulled off one of the biggest financial frauds in history without any help is being met with disbelief by his investors and experts in the securities industry.

ABC News

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.

CBS News

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.

Reuters

SEC's massive mea culpa

CNBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Selling the bawdy side Of Christmas

What started with Halloween with sexy princess gowns and racy French maid uniforms is now spilling over into the yuletide season. Some are alarmed by the holiday's apparent transformation.

NPR

'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.

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.

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.

Sporting News

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.

CBS SportsLine

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.

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.

Examiner

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