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In this file photo from 2007 British doctor Andrew Wakefield arrives at the General Medical Council in London to face a disciplinary panel investigating allegations of serious professional misconduct over a controversial study linking a common children’s MMR vaccine to autism. (Photo by Sang Tan / AP)

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Global spam e-mail levels suddenly fall

The volume of spam has dropped steadily since August, but December saw a steep decline. One security firm detected around 200 billion spam messages sent each day in August, but just 50 billion in December.

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BBC

With solar power, it’s green vs. green

To a growing number of environmental advocates, the dozens of large solar plants that are springing up in vast areas of the western wilderness are unfortunately more scourge than savior.

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Reuters

Doctor defends autism-vaccine link study

A physician accused of an “elaborate fraud” in a now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines is defending himself, telling CNN his work has been “grossly distorted.”

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CNN

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Scant evidence supporting massage cure

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Reuters

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Breaking the silence

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CBS News

Nancy Pelosi ends tenure as speaker

Rep. Nancy Pelosi ended her historic tenure as House speaker, reciting her career highlights before handing over to her Republican successor, Rep. John Boehner.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Promises, promises: GOP drops some right out of the gate

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San Francisco Chronicle

The rise of ‘convergence’ science

Advances in medicine and biotechnology — such as developing small chips to detect cancer in the bloodstream — were driven by scientists coming together from diverse disciplines to work on common problems.

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Inside Higher Ed

NATION

Cost-cutting decisions led to BP disaster

According to the White House Oil Commission, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was an avoidable disaster caused in part by a series of cost-cutting decisions made by BP and its partners.

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Guardian

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BP oil spill caused by a ‘failure of management’

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BBC

US census: Number of poor millions higher than estimated

The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known, with one in six Americans — many of them 65 and older — struggling in poverty due to rising medical care and other costs.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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America’s new recession: altered life

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ABC News

POLITICS

Committee finishes guidelines for health care debate

The House Rules Committee worked late into the evening to finish its report on the rules that will regulate the debate process for the repeal of the health care bill.

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C-Span

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Dems open to raising Medicare tax

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Bloomberg

Legislators set sights on ‘anchor babies’

A group of state legislators opposed to illegal immigration plan to propose a legislative “fix” that would prevent children of illegal immigrants born in the U.S. from being citizens, a spokesman said.

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CNN

Study: Texas not likely to enact an Ariz.-style immigration law

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Texas on the Potomac

EDUCATION

Virtual students are used to train teachers

The student-teacher faces a rowdy class. These students are avatars — computer-generated characters whose movements and speech are controlled by an actor.

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Is deep reading in trouble?

“Deep reading,” or slow reading, is a process in which people can critically think, reflect and understand the words. But it may also be a fading practice.

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Contra Costa Times

HEALTH

Don’t let a hospital kill your child

A bacterial infection called Clostridium difficile is more common than ever among hospitalized children and those who get infected are more likely to die.

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CNN

FDA launches review of tobacco products

Tobacco products introduced or altered since February 2007 must be reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration if they are to remain on the market.

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HealthDay

SPORTS

Blyleven rides curve to Cooperstown

After 13 years of disappointment, former Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven is headed to baseball’s Hall of Fame.

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Star Tribune

49ers name Trent Baalke their GM

Team President Jed York’s search for a general manager ended just down the hallway at Trent Baalke’s door. The team announced Baalke as the San Francisco 49ers’ general manager.

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San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

102 and still preaching

The Rev. Noah Smith — both preacher and Renaissance man — was called later in life but has no plans to quit.

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Star Tribune

Pope rejects appeal from closed parishes in Boston

Pope Benedict XVI has rejected an appeal from a group of Boston-area parishioners who asked him to reverse a 7-year-old decision to close their churches, some of which have been occupied since in protest.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Trash talk

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From the Desk of Bob Mankoff

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Filibuster fuss: in support of Senate Democrats’ effort to revise rules

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Houston Chronicle

Blog (Jonathan Cohn):

Another day, another death panel smear

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(The New Republic)

Citizen Cohn

Column (Linda Fuerst):

Does what you eat affect how long you live?

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The Herald

5 questions for 112th Congress

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USA TODAY

Column (Andrea Stone):

House GOP might want to skip over some parts of Constitution

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AOL News

Column (Jill Richardson):

How to get your city to allow backyard chickens

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Grist

Column (Sam Harris):

Is the ruination of America even possible?

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AlterNet

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GOOD NEWS

$33M in unclaimed money for veterans dating back to World War I

Veterans and their families may be eligible to receive unclaimed funds totaling about $33 million, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Advocacy groups say many had no idea the money is there.

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ABC News

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President signs into law latest GI Bill changes

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Marine Corps Times

State-of-the-art Ewa Makai school opens to students

It’s hard to pick just one thing to get excited about at Ewa Makai Middle School, Hawaii’s most energy-efficient and state-of-the-art school campus.

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Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Pittsburgh Foundation receives $50M

The Pittsburgh Foundation received a gift of approximately $50 million, the largest in its history, from the estate of a chemical engineer who lived modestly, quietly accumulating millions.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Soaring global food prices spark fears of social unrest

Food prices have soared to record levels around the world, raising fears that poor countries could face a crisis similar to the one that led to rioting and rationing two years ago.

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Globeandmail.com

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The coming hunger

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The Independent

Oil and power issues are at center of vote to split Sudan

Southern Sudan is scheduled to start voting on Jan. 9 on whether to become an independent country or remain part of Sudan, Africa’s largest nation which has been wracked by decades of conflict.

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CNN

Cleric who fought US returns to Iraq

Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a fierce opponent of the United States and head of Iraq’s most feared militia, came home after nearly four years in self-imposed exile in Iran.

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Houston Chronicle

Muqtada al-Sadr, anti-US cleric, returns to Iraq amid supporters and fanfare

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The Two-Way

BUSINESS

Europe is biggest wild card in 2011

Investors are optimistic that stocks will continue to recover in 2011. The biggest hurdle this year will be Europe’s ongoing sovereign debt crisis, according to an exclusive CNNMoney survey.

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CNNMoney

Renault says espionage threatens its ‘strategic assets’

French carmaker Renault has said that suspected industrial espionage against its business poses a serious threat to its “strategic assets.”

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Bumblebees seem to be taking a nosedive in North America

Four bumblebee species once common across North America have suffered precipitous — and so far mysterious — declines, a new study shows.

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National Geographic

Alaska’s local indoor ‘farms’ producing micro vegetables

In Alaska, giant cabbages and other huge plants generally rule the garden, but a couple of local growers are going the opposite direction — they’re cultivating micro produce.

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Anchorage Daily News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For teens, ‘tanorexia’ starts with mom

A new survey finds many teen girls’ first trip to the tanning salon is often with their mother in tow.

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MSNBC

Playing with your child: Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing

Countless parents of young children are finding themselves navigating a world in which many experts praise parent-child play, while an equal number warn against raising a spoiled generation.

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San Jose Mercury News

Museum has instruments of 200 countries

The Musical Instrument Museum of Phoenix, which calls itself the largest global instrument museum, is quiet at first

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Consumer electronics show dominated by tablet computers

Industry watchers expect 100 or more tablets to be shown off at the four-day technology extravaganza in Las Vegas. The devices are part of a trend towards greater mobility and smarter living.

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BBC

Making books do things e-books can’t

Mainstream publishers say printed books are far from extinct. E-book sales rose 193 percent in 2010, although they still account for only 9 percent of the market.

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Los Angeles Times

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Keeping the masses safe on the Internet

Recognizing that all the technology in the world can’t protect the Internet from attacks, the security industry is targeting an education campaign at the weakest link — the computer users.

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InSecurity Complex (CNET News)

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Austria’s Thomas Morgenstern soars through the air above the Tennengebirge mountains during a trial jump of the Four Hills Ski Jumping Tournament in Bischofshofen, near Salzburg, Austria. (Photo by Matthias Schrader / AP)

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