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Israeli soldiers carry their gear after arriving in Israel from the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

2 years after campaign began, a different world

The world looked very different in 2007 when Barack Obama declared himself a candidate for president.

International Herald Tribune

The Obama-Lincoln parallel: A closer look

CBS News

Obama: 'Let us seek a better world'

MSNBC

6 Guantanamo detainees released

Six detainees were released from the U.S. military's detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Four of the men were transferred to Iraq, one to Algeria and one to Afghanistan the Defense Dept. said.

CNN

Exchanges of fire puncture fragile truce

Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters exchanged fire in Gaza, puncturing a tenuous ceasefire after the Jewish state halted a deadly war on the Hamas rulers of the enclave.

Associated Press

PM: We reserve right to renew Gaza op if attacks don't stop

Jerusalem Post

Israel declares unilateral cease-fire in Gaza

YouTube

Israel declares cease-fire in Gaza

NPR

Investigation offer details of Hudson miracle flight's splash landing

Investigators have provided a detailed and gripping description of the abortive five-minute flight of US Airways 1549 that ended safely in the Hudson River.

USA Today

Gone, not forgotten: Dems after Bush

Democrats have been counting the days until Bush leaves the White House. Now some of them can’t seem to let him go.

Politico

NATION

Deal reached on Flight 93 crash site

The owner of the land in western Pennsylvania where Flight 93 crashed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks reached an agreement to sell the parcel, clearing the way for the development of a memorial.

San Francisco Chronicle

Winter weather sends arctic lows across the US

Teeth-chattering cold weather is edging east as much of the Midwest remains in a deep subzero freeze.

ABC News

POLITICS

Bush's final approval rating: 22 percent

President Bush will leave office as one of the most unpopular departing presidents in history, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll showing Mr. Bush's final approval rating at 22 percent.

CBS News

Final job approval ratings: Bush vs. past presidents

YouTube

In White House, Obama staff will say goodbye to instant messaging

Obama's campaign relied heavily on instant messaging, but a calculus that's perhaps one part security, one part law, and two parts politics, has long barred instant messaging from the White House.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Apple app monster

Since Apple began letting outsiders offer software for the iPhone, more than 10,000 apps have been created. The company has an early lead in turning the mobile phone into a high-powered computing device.

BusinessWeek

Opera Software executive praises EU

Opera Software's top developer happened to be in CNET's office just after Microsoft disclosed that the European Union has objected to Microsoft's bundling of a Web browser into Windows.

CNET News

HEALTH

Delicate surgery gives conjoined twins lives of their own

In the five months since Alex and Angel Mendoza were born with their bodies fused together below the chest, their doctor, Stuart Lacey, had come to love them.

Arizona Republic

Use caution during cold winter days

Extreme drops in temperature pose serious risks and hazards. There are guidelines citizens can follow to stay safe and healthy throughout the cold weather months.

Lansing State Journal

EDUCATION

Parents who travel for better schools 'could be making their children fat'

Schools are now more than two miles away for half of children. This has led to more traveling to school by car, denying vital exercise, which can help prevent them becoming obese.

Daily Telegraph

Ivy league aspirations

KIPP charter schools have discipline and energetic teaching but its focus is on college for every child.

Newsweek

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Obama, Warren and the new evangelicals

From some of Obama's core supporters, analysts say Warren is symbolic of a new political reality.

San Francisco Chronicle

For many blacks, Obama's election is a matter of faith

The election of Barack Obama was not just about politics, but providence. Obama was anointed by prophecy to lead. His election is a reflection of God's grace and of black Christians' fealty.

Los Angeles Times

SPORTS

It's round 3 for Steelers, Ravens in AFC championship game

The Steelers-Ravens rivalry is similar to Jets-Patriots, except it produces broken bones, death threats, cheap shots, vile spitting and black-and-blue Mondays.

NY Daily News

Australian Open top seeds

Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams think they’re entitled to be considered the No. 1 female tennis player. They’ll have the chance to prove it at the Australian Open.

Houston Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Putin painting raises 37M rubles for charity

Vladimir Putin’s first painting fetched 37 million rubles ($1.14 million) at a charity auction in his native St. Petersburg.

Bloomberg

1 politician to help home owners

Congress has spent billions of dollars trying to stem the home foreclosure crisis, but little of that money is getting to the people who need it most — those who are losing their homes.

South Town Star

WORLD

North Korea has plutonium ready for up to 5 nuclear bombs

North Korea today threatened to "shatter" the conservative South Korean government in Seoul. It claims to have weaponized enough plutonium stocks to produce four or five nuclear bombs.

Guardian

North Korea has 'weaponized' plutonium

CNN

EU companies propose temporary plan to solve Ukraine gas crisis

European energy companies, seeking a resumption in gas shipments via Ukraine, proposed a “temporary solution” to the crisis as Russia and Ukraine remained locked in talks in Moscow.

Bloomberg

Russia, Ukraine PMs say reach gas deal

Reuters

BUSINESS

Circuit City starts going-out-of-business sales at US stores

Circuit City Stores Inc., the bankrupt consumer-electronics chain, has started going-out-of-business sales at its 567 U.S. stores, marking the end for a retailer that began selling televisions in 1949.

Bloomberg

Thousands crowd Detroit auto show's public opening

Elaborate electronic exhibits and cutting-edge vehicles still made for an impressive display as members of the public marveled at the sights.

Associated Press

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

How Wyeth went viral before viral existed

Famed American painter Andrew Wyeth has been called one of the greatest American painters of the 20th century.

MSNBC

Obama's call to arts

President-elect Barack Obama's experience as a child, when even the poorest schools had an art teacher and a music teacher, is driving his desire to reintroduce that experience for all children.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Birds apparently killed and sickened by storm, not disease or toxins

A rash of brown pelican deaths and illnesses was probably caused by a severe mid-December storm in the Pacific Northwest, state wildlife officials believe.

San Jose Mercury News

Advertising executive has plan to save kids and the planet

He has big thoughts about the state of our planet, the problems in inner city schools and the concept of fashion.

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