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In Alexandria, Egypt, a Coptic protester, center-left, prepares to hurl an object at riot police, who opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas in the streets outside the Saints Church and a neighboring hospital. (Photo by Ben Curtis / AP)

Fort Campbell readies to welcome home soldiers

More than 17,000 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division will begin returning to Fort Campbell, Ky. They will leave Afghanistan to return to the U.S. after the deadliest year of fighting so far.

NPR

Pump prices could hit $4 a gallon this year

The price of oil is poised for another run at $100 a barrel after a global economic rebound sent it surging 34 percent since May. That could push gasoline prices to $4 a gallon by summer.

Detroit Free Press

Bomb kills 21 at Egyptian church

At least 21 people have been killed at an Egyptian Coptic church in Alexandria in an explosion which officials have blamed on a suicide bomber with foreign links.

BBC

Special section:

Timeline: Egypt religious unrest

Al Jazeera

Egypt pegs foreign elements in blast

Reuters

Flash floods add to twister danger

Parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana were on tornado watch a day after more than a dozen twisters raced across the South and Midwest.

MSNBC

Series of tornadoes down power lines in Midwest

YouTube

Mars rovers celebrate 7 year anniversary

Two NASA robots are creeping up on a big milestone: seven years on the surface of Mars.

Space News

NATION

Times Square ball drops to ring in 2011

Nearly a million U.S. revelers cheered the traditional ball drop in New York’s Times Square to mark the start of 2011. The celebration took place just days after a blizzard paralyzed the city.

MSNBC

Special section:

Celebrations around the world

Guardian

Times Square celebrates 2011!

YouTube

New Orleans moves to get rid of last FEMA trailers, orders residents out

Officials have told the last remaining residents of FEMA trailers to be out by the start of 2011 or face steep fines.

USA TODAY

Political battle on illegal immigration shifts to states

Legislative leaders in at least half a dozen states say they will propose bills similar to the controversial law to fight illegal immigration that was adopted by Arizona.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Chief Justice urges end to politics on US judicial vacancies

U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts urged the Senate to find a way to stop holding up judicial confirmations for political reasons, citing overworked judges and mounting vacancies across the country.

Bloomberg

What will health care reform bring?

As Republicans take control of the House, defunding and eventually repealing one of President Barack Obama’s major legislative accomplishments are top GOP priorities.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama’s New Year’s resolution? Fix the economy

President Barack Obama has set his New Year’s resolution high for 2011: repair the struggling economy.

Reuters

SPORTS

Winter Classic time moved to night

Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux never took their rivalry outdoors, back to the purest form of hockey, played on ponds instead of indoor palaces.

USA TODAY

Celtics come up empty

In dropping their third game in the last four with an 83-81 loss to New Orleans, the Celtics showed they were trying to do more than was within their ability.

Boston Herald

EDUCATION

Yellow zoot suits part of Mich. private college’s marketing

The Yellow Suits show up around Detroit, Mich., in yellow zoot suits — made to match the yellow legal pad Walsh College features in its print and TV ads.

Detroit Free Press

Poor South Africans turn to private schools, with government schools failing

As the public school system collapses in South Africa, a free market replacement is emerging: private schools for the poor.

Star Tribune

HEALTH

‘Hair of the dog’ not a real hangover cure, say experts

While folk remedies abound, the only things that are truly helpful in curing the misery of a hangover the morning after are time and fluid replacement, experts say.

HealthDay

New Year’s day hangover? Have some honey

AOL News

12 myths about your hangover

WebMD

New year proves dangerous time for clinically depressed

All that holiday frivolity and togetherness may sound good, but experts say sadness, rage and depression flare between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Anger at God common during times of crisis, study finds

Although people rarely talk about it, almost everyone experiences anger toward God at some point in their lives, commonly after the diagnosis of a serious illness, the death of a loved one or a trauma.

HealthDay

Pope rallies Christians not to despair in face of recent attacks

During his New Year’s Day homily titled, “Religious Freedom, the Road to Peace,” Pope Benedict XVI asked followers and governments to join efforts in combating religious persecution.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Lisa Hymas):

In 2011, we’ll hit 7 billion

Grist

Column (Peter Bowes):

‘Hasta la vista’ for Calif. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

BBC

Column (Michael Weinstein):

Advancing on AIDS, or giving up on gay men?

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Chuck Raasch):

New Year’s resolutions for the political class

USA TODAY

Column (Ann McFeatters):

If nothing else, politicians entertain

Detroit News

Column (James Burdick):

Yes, it’s constitutional

Baltimore Sun

Column (Robert Beard):

2010, a year for playing games with words

CNN

Editorial:

Put on the brakes

Detroit News

Column (Kate Kelly):

The Times Square ball drop and the story behind it

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Giving Alzheimer’s patients their way, even chocolate

Margaret Nance was, to put it mildly, a difficult case — agitated, combative, often reluctant to eat. But when Beatitudes nursing home agreed to an urgent plea to accept her, all that changed.

New York Times

Princess revives Swati culture one stitch at a time

Mussarat Ahmed Zeb, princess of Swat’s former royal family, is on a mission to revive the heritage of Swat Valley, “one stitch at a time.”

NPR

Whale tangled up in fishing ropes gets human help

A severely entangled North Atlantic whale — a species whose numbers are down to just a few hundred — was swimming off Florida after experts managed to cut off much of the fishing ropes holding it back.

MSNBC

WORLD

How Petraeus has changed the Afghanistan war

When Gen. David Petraeus took over as head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, the general consensus was that there wouldn’t be much difference in how he ran the war.

Christian Science Monitor

3 US missile attacks kill 18 in Pakistan

Houston Chronicle

Sarkozy says euro’s demise would be end of Europe

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would fight to shield the euro as the currency‘s members struggle with a debt crisis and vowed to fulfill France’s commitments to improve its own finances.

Reuters

2011 looks grim for progress on women’s rights in Iraq

When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki introduced his national partnership government, he included many groups; however, one group was underrepresented.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

8.5 million homes could lose local TV stations in dispute

A standoff between Time Warner Cable and Sinclair Broadcasting Group could result in a blackout of 33 local TV stations in as many as 8.5 million homes.

CNNMoney

Will optimism for stocks return?

The stock market is ending 2010 on a high note, and investors are slowly growing more hopeful about the economy.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Transocean tries to stop another probe

Transocean Ltd., the world’s biggest offshore rig contractor, aims to stop a seventh U.S. body from investigating the accident that sank one of its rigs while causing the largest U.S. offshore oil spill.

Reuters

Texas Hill Country: Victim of sulphur dioxide emissions

Recent Texas Hill Country farmer complaints that emissions from the Fayette Power Project are ruining their produce and killing trees have raised deep concern for environmental activists.

Earth Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Optimism grows for finding the ‘God particle’ in 2011

Number one on many scientists’ 2011 to-do list is to find the Higgs boson — a particle so important to science that it’s been dubbed the “God particle.”

LiveScience

More repairs ordered for shuttle fuel tank

The shuttle’s cargo run to the International Space Station, one of the final missions before the United States ends the 30-year-old shuttle program, has been on hold since November 5.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For critics, 2010’s best films revel in the cinematic details

Getting film critics to agree on anything is a tall order. The overwhelming year-end consensus in favor of “The Social Network,” like last year’s across-the-board acclaim for “The Hurt Locker,” is fairly remarkable.

Variety

Review:

The best films you never heard of

Star Tribune

Inside the food-tasting business

Behind a door marked “Sensory Staff Only” lies an environment that is totally controlled. Air is pressurized to keep smells out, and lights cast an even glow.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photo of the Day

Skiers hold flares as they make their way down the mountain in Angel Fire, N.M., to celebrate the new year. (Photo by Eric Gay / AP)

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