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Republicans selected their leadership for the upcoming 110th Congress. From left are: incoming House Minority Whip Roy Blunt of Mo.; incoming House Deputy Whip Eric Cantor of Va.;incoming House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio,' incoming Conference Secretary, Rep. Jim Cole, R-Tex.; and incoming National Republican Campaign Committee Chairman, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. (Photo by Dennis Cook / AP)

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GOP chooses Boehner as minority leader

Cast into the minority by an angry electorate, House Republicans chose Rep. John Boehner of Ohio in hopes he will lead the embattled GOP back to power.

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Yahoo!News

Half-baked attempt to kill Supreme Court crumbles

Cookies mailed to the U.S. Supreme Court last year contained enough rat poison to kill all nine justices, retired member Sandra Day O'Connor said at a conference.

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CNN

In Vietnam, Bush speaks on Iraq

President Bush says the United States’ unsuccessful war in Vietnam offered lessons for the American-led struggle in Iraq.

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Army unit to serve third tour in Iraq

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Yahoo!News

Karzai: Afghanistan a 'threat to wider region'

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said instability in Afghanistan is a huge threat to peace and prosperity in the wider region.

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BBC

Iraq: Two kidnapped Americans rescued

The Iraqi Interior Ministry says it has rescued two Americans from a house during an operation, but offered no details.

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CNN

Michigan football coaching icon dies

Former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler has died at the age of 77.

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ESPN

India welcomes U.S. Senate's approval of nuclear pact

India gave a cautious welcome to the U.S. Senate approval of a plan for nuclear cooperation between the two countries, a proposal that would allow the U.S. to start shipping nuclear fuel and technology to India.

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International Herald Tribune

WORLD

Iraq: Brain drain poses threat to future

The mass kidnappings from the Ministry of Higher Education in central Baghdad this week underscores a huge problem for Iraq: the dwindling of its professional class.

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Radio Free Europe

Royal wins race to run for French presidency

Segolene Royal emerged triumphant after party members anointed her by a heavy majority as the Socialist candidate in the elections next spring.

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Times of London

A wartime diary touches Vietnamese

In Vietnam, the publication of a wartime diary written by an idealistic young doctor has captured the imagination of readers, and become a runaway best-seller.

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NPR

Cracked it!

Britons have been issued with a new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. But a computer expert cracked the security codes in 48 hours.

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Guardian

Oil hits 17-month low on OPEC skepticism, warm U.S. weather

Crude oil prices fell to a 17-month low as warm weather in the northern U.S. reduced fuel consumption, and on signs OPEC won't cut production as much as pledged.

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Bloomberg

Housing starts plunge to six-year low

Housing starts for October tumbled more than expected, dropping to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.49 million new homes -- the weakest level since July 2000.

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MSN Money

Senate Dems plan overhaul of military tribunals bill

Gearing up for a major clash with the Bush administration, several key Senate Democrats plan to overhaul the newly minted legislation governing military tribunals of detainees.

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The Hill

Foley focus of Florida criminal probe

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has opened a criminal investigation of former Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned in September after his e-mails with teenage congressional pages came to light.

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CNN

TomKat wedding revives Rome's 'dolce vita'

Rome basked in Hollywood glamour as paparazzi chased Tom Cruise, his fiance Katie Holmes, and a jetload of celebrity guests ahead of their weekend wedding in a lakeside town near Italy's capital.

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Reuters

O.J.: Is it about more than the money?

Experts say that in writing a book about how he hypothetically would committed a double-murder, O.J. Simpson may be trying to recapture the limelight - or he's trying to get something off his chest.

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Seattle Post Intelligencer

Columns And Op-Ed

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Some on Capitol Hill still don't get it

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Miami Herald

Money, liberty--and lunch

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Chicago Tribune

The Big Three's diminished pull

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Los Angeles Times

A role for Iran in an Iraq exit strategy

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Christian Science Monitor

Through the conference hall and out of Iraq

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Huffington Post

CNN's Beck: "...prove to me that you are not working with our enemies' "

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Speaker Pelosi tempts disaster

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Tidying up after the Ninth Circuit

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Washington Post Writers Group

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Fairness in sentencing

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San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Mouth of the south: Give until it hurts

Media mogul Ted Turner told fellow philanthropists at the Clinton Presidential Library in Arkansas this week to give all they could but keep some spare change in case things got tough.

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Forbes

Leonid meteors set to dazzle

Sky watchers in western Europe and Africa, northeastern North America and Brazil may get a brief treat this weekend with the height of the Leonid meteor shower.

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NATION

Two former Enron executives sentenced

Two former Enron executives, whose cooperation with prosecutors helped bring convictions for the architects of the biggest scandal in U.S. corporate history, received sharply reduced sentences.

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Enron's Skilling agrees to $85 million settlement

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Houston Chronicle

Toys for Tots does about-face on talking Jesus dolls

The Marine Reserves' Toys for Tots program has decided to accept a donation of Bible-quoting Jesus dolls, reversing course after saying earlier that it couldn't take them.

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CNN

SPORTS

Countdown to judgment day

The greatest rivalry in college football may also determine the nation's best team as No. 2 Michigan and No. 1 Ohio State prepare to meet.

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ESPN

Blue Jays sign Thomas for two years, $18 million

The Blue Jays reached a tentative deal with Frank Thomas, the 38-year-old designated hitter.

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ESPN

Shaq to have knee surgery, miss four to six weeks

Miami Heat center O'Neal, who tore cartilage in his left knee Sunday when he collided with Houston's Chuck Hayes, will go under the knife while the reigning NBA champs deal with the loss.

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ESPN

TECHNOLOGY

Hole-in-wall thief used MP3 player

A fraudster outwitted sophisticated banking security systems by using an ordinary MP3 music player to bug cash machines and steal customers’ credit card secrets.

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Times

Universal Music sues MySpace.com for copyright infringement

Universal Music Group sued MySpace.com, claiming the online social networking hub illegally encourages users to share music and music videos on the site without permission.

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Mercury News

Hubble Telescope makes new discovery

The Hubble Space Telescope has shown that a mysterious form of energy appears to have been fueling the expansion of the universe for most of its history.

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Washington Post

Teaching kids the science of calories

Joe Cifelli, a professor of education at St. Joseph's University, and his colleagues hope that knowledge will empower students to make healthy choices in food.

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NPR

Violence and mental illness: How strong is the link?

In absolute terms, the lifetime prevalence of violence among people with serious mental illness was 16%, as compared with 7% among people without mental illness

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New England Journal of Medicine

Forest fires may actually cool climate

Climatologists have worried for years that forest fires would worsen global warming but now there is an indication that the fires could have a regional cooling effect.

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Environmental News Network

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