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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)

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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.

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International Herald Tribune

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Aid boat breaches Gaza blockade

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Al Jazeera

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Israeli airstrike kills Hamas militant

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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.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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States eye higher taxes on beer, wine, and liquor

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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.

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International Herald Tribune

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Obama's dance card: full

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ABC News

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.

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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.

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CNN

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Winter weather blasts nation

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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.

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BBC

NATION

Plane veers off Denver International Airport runway; 38 hurt

Continental Airlines Flight 1404 bound for Houston ran off a Denver International Airport runway and into a ravine, bursting into flames on one side and injuring 38 of the 112 people on board.

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Denver Post

'Forgotten' lake shows South's drought

A decaying highway, plunged deep underwater after Lake Hartwell was dammed in the 1950s, sits exposed once again across what remains of the bay outside Big Water Marina.

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MSNBC

POLITICS

Detroit automakers take loans, look to Obama administration

The long-term fate of the U.S. auto industry rests with Barack Obama now that President George W. Bush has given car companies $17.4 billion in emergency rescue loans.

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Detroit Free Press

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Mixed views on $17.4 billion auto bailout

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CBS News

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Hurdles still await GM and Chrysler

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Reuters

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Car deals see buyout as blessing

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MSNBC

Minnesota recount: no hanging chads, but plenty of hang-ups

An end to the recount seems so close, yet resolving the issue of rejected absentee ballots is far off.

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Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Franken is winning, and Coleman knows it

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Five Thirty Eight

ENVIRONMENT

Obama: Future trade deals must ensure environmental protection

The U.S. will insist on strong protections for the environment in future trade deals, Pres.-elect Barack Obama said as he introduced Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, his nominee to be chief U.S. trade negotiator.

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Environmental News Network

Commerce Dept. rejects appeal to build Calif. coast toll road

A federal agency rejected an appeal to build a toll road that would cut through one of California's most popular state parks and pass near a world-class surf break.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New RIAA copyright protection strategy: no ISP filtering needed

The Recording Industry Association of America announced a new strategy to curtail online copyright infringement — a plan that for now requires no filtering from internet service providers.

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Wired

"Sexy" tusks led to new whale species?

The two curled, tusklike teeth of the male beaked whale evolved to attract females as well as to battle other males, according to new research.

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National Geographic

HEALTH

Sandwiches make woman get pacemaker

Talk about an unusual side effect. Doctors in England recently treated a woman who reacted so badly to sandwiches and certain other foods that she needed a pacemaker.

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WebMD

For the obese, holiday tables serve platefuls of doubt

The holiday season can be especially difficult for overweight or obese people as they struggle to control their eating habits and cope with widely held misconceptions, according to a Duke University expert.

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HealthDay

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Many beliefs, many paths to heaven?

Most American religious believers, including most Christians, say eternal life is not exclusively for those who accept Christ as their savior, a new survey finds.

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USA Today

Sri Lankan churches frustrated by government rejection of truce

Church leaders in Sri Lanka say they are disappointed by the government rejecting their call for a Christmas truce in the country's continuing civil war.

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Episcopal News Service

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Hard life for Sri Lankan refugees in India

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GOOD NEWS

Grand Rapids company gives $1M to charities that help poor

U.S. Signal Co., which lost millions of dollars in a recent kickback scandal involving two of its former executives, is giving two dozen charities that serve the poor a $1 million holiday-season gift.

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Detroit News

A heart for the homeless

Allysen Hoberg has worked with and for homeless people her entire adult life, buoyed by a spirit that spills over onto the hard-luck cases who depend on her.

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Minneapolis Star-Tribune

WORLD

Mugabe claims power-sharing partners trying to oust him

After signing an agreement to share power with Zimbabwe's main opposition parties, President Robert Mugabe accused his putative partners of launching a guerrilla war to unseat him.

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Christian Science Monitor

Russian push on treason raises fears

In a country where government critics already feel vulnerable, legislation to expand the definition of treason has inspired a new round of hand-wringing.

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International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Stocks: Brace for a volatile week

Reports on housing, labor, personal income and spending, and GDP are due in a shortened holiday week, which could see choppy trading.

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CNNMoney

Amid crunch, small software businesses eye an opening

Small firms offer cheaper maintenance, and if the small guys have it right, this could be a chance to steal the titans' lunch.

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MarketWatch

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Death of a cult beverage

Farewell to Sparks, the alcoholic energy drink that prompted 20-somethings to wonder, 'How drunk am I?'

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Newsweek

Beatles 'Carnival'

Lost Beatles song 'Carnival of Light' is not for lunch ladies, says Sir Paul McCartney. This is more plinky-plonk.

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Monsters and Critics

SPORTS

How the economy is squeezing sports

Sponsorships are down, attendance is slipping and staffers are being jettisoned in the pro sports world.

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Forbes

Ravens beat Cowboys in last of 313 games at Texas Stadium

Dallas Cowboys fans and Hall of Famers came early and stayed late, making sure they savored every bit of the 313th and last game at Texas Stadium. The Baltimore Ravens will remember it fondly, too.

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NFL power rankings

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Sports Illustrated

EDUCATION

California judge blocks mandatory algebra testing

A judge blocked a plan to make California the first state in the nation to require algebra testing for all eighth-graders.

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USA Today

New School protests ex-pol's leadership

Dissent is woven deep into the fabric of the New School, but things took a nasty turn when professors and students blasted university president and Democratic Party maverick Bob Kerrey.

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CBS News

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A novice Buddhist monk makes his way through a field of sunflowers, one of some 10,000 monks gathered near Lopburi, Thailand, to pray for peace. (Photo by David Longstreath / AP)

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