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Candidates for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., Republican candidate Scott Brown, Democratic candidate Martha Coakley, and Joseph L. Kennedy, make last minute preparations before a debate is taped at the WBZ-TV studios in Boston. (Photo by Steven Senne / AP)

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Brown, Coakley spar over war, health, taxes

Republican state Sen. Scott P. Brown and Democrat Attorney General Martha M. Coakley sparred over wax, taxes, and health care in the first television debate in the final phase of the special U.S. Senate election.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Nuclear plant spills tritium into lake

Workers at the Darlington nuclear station filled the wrong tank with a radioactive isotope, spilling more than 200,000 liters into Lake Ontario.

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Toronto Star

Homer Simpson and the nuclear revival

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Wall Street Journal

American Airlines jet crash-lands in Jamaica

An American Airlines jet carrying 154 people overshot the runway in Kingston, Jamaica as it tried to land in pouring rain, crashed into a fence and broke in two, government officials said.

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Passengers 'nursing wounds'

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BBC

AIG bonus return pledge unfulfilled

When word spread that AIG had paid more than $165 million in retention bonuses, outrage erupted. But as the final days of 2009 tick away, a majority of that money remains unpaid.

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Washington Post

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AIG changes payback strategy

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CNNMoney

'Revenge killings' rattle Mexico

Armed men have killed family members of a Mexican special forces marine involved in a military raid that ended in the death of a powerful drug leader.

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Al Jazeera

Special section:

Mexican drug cartels

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MSNBC

Mexico's drug-fueled violence

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BBC

NATION

Domestic terror incidents increased during 2009

There appears to be an increase in terrorist activity in the U.S. — there have been 32 terror-related "events" in the U.S. since 9/11, and that 12 of those occurred in 2009.

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TIME

Plan to move Guantánamo detainees faces a new delay

Rebuffed by skeptical lawmakers when it sought finances to buy a prison in rural Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with the money to replace the Guantánamo Bay prison.

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4 dead from dust-storm on I-10 in Arizona

Four people are dead and many more injured after a dust storm engulfed Interstate 10 and caused pileups involving more than 20 cars and trucks, Arizona media are reporting.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Health bill clears another hurdle

The Senate health care bill took another step closer to passage, moving ahead on a straight party-line vote during an unusual early morning session.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Senate agrees to morning vote on Dec. 24

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Campaign finance laws easily dodged

Politicians across the country keep finding ways to skirt campaign-finance laws, according to a report issued by a California-based think tank.

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CBS News

Rudolph Giuliani rules out runs for Senate, NY governor

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who won acclaim for his leadership following the 9/11 attacks, said he does not intend to run for New York governor or the U.S. Senate in 2010.

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Reuters

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Former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani announces he will not run for Senate

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BUSINESS

Court bans sale of Word

A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Home sales increase more than forecast

Sales of existing U.S. homes rose more than forecast in November, to the highest level since February 2007, a sign housing is gaining strength along with the broader economy entering 2010.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Diabetes may cause 'good' cholesterol to be less protective

Diabetes may lower the heart-protective benefits of high-density lipoprotein, the so-called "good" cholesterol, but giving diabetics niacin might restore the benefit, researchers said.

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Reuters

Low hormone levels in pregnancy linked to hard birth

Expectant moms who are low in a hormone made by the thyroid gland in the neck are more likely to struggle in labor, recent findings suggest.

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BBC

EDUCATION

NJ college beset by accusations

The state attorney general has sued Stevens Institute of Technology and its president, accusing him of plundering the endowment and receiving illegal low-interest loans for vacation homes.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Senator's $100M addition to health care bill is intended for UConn

The U.S. Senate's health care bill would set aside $100 million that U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., hopes will be used to replace an aging teaching hospital at the University of Connecticut.

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Chronicle of Higher Education

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

It's a long way from Alaska to Miss. on religion, too

Mississippi is by far the most religious state in the country. According to a recent survey, 82 percent of Mississippians, compared to 37 percent of Alaskans, said religion was very important in their lives.

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McClatchy

Latino leaders use churches to push census bid

Latino leaders are mobilizing a nationwide drive to urge Hispanics to participate in the 2010 census, including an intense push in evangelical Christian churches.

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GOOD NEWS

Bringing circus – and new hope – to a remote Arctic village

Artcirq is a unique artistic hybrid, a collective of young performers who blend techniques of modern circus with elements of Inuit culture.

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Christian Science Monitor

Airlines help travelers on their way

Frontier Scouts helps elderly and disabled customers, unaccompanied minors and others needing assistance in their travels. Frontier is the only airline that uses its own employees to provide the services.

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Denver Post

WORLD

Bin Laden's family found in Iran

Osama bin Laden's closest relatives are living in a secret compound in Iran. They include a wife and children who disappeared from his Afghan camp.

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Times Online

Abducted Colombian governor Luis Francisco Cuellar found dead

A Colombian state governor abducted by leftist rebels has been found dead, a top security official said. The body was found not far from the state capital, Florencia, where he was kidnapped.

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CBC News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Make time fly and you'll have more fun

Everyone knows that "time flies when you’re having fun," but a new study suggests that the reverse is also true.

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NPR

No mystery why so many have played Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes, the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has been the most portrayed fictional character in film history: 75 actors have played him in 211 movies.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

US to do more to regulate meds in water

Federal regulators are taking a critical first step toward regulating some of the contaminants while acknowledging they could threaten human health.

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MSNBC

Japanese whalers clash with protesters

Anti-whaling activists have confronted Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean. Both groups have released statements, accusing each other of reckless behavior.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

SPORTS

Ndamukong Suh is 1st defender named AP's player of year

Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh bulled past the glamour guys to prove you don't have to score touchdowns to be the player of the year.

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ESPN

NY Giants rout Washington Redskins to keep pace in playoff

It may not have been as dramatic as the Week 3 goal-line stand in the final seconds back in 2007, but the Giants' win over the Redskins may have been just as important.

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Young and Millen on Giants' win

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ESPN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The mechanics of mind reading

The feat of scientific telepathy was largely unheard of a decade ago. But now, in various guises, it is taking over the field.

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Scientific American

The sex wars of ducks

Scientists have elucidated the mechanism by which female ducks thwart forced copulations, preventing unwanted sperm from being deposited far inside the oviduct.

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Nature

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Navy to try allowing women submariners

Women should be allowed to serve aboard submarines and the Navy is "moving out aggressively" to make it happen, according to the service's top civilian.

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USA TODAY

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A column of ash shoots up to the sky in another mild eruption of the cloud-covered Mayon volcano as viewed from Legazpi City in Albay province, southeast of Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez / AP)

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