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A Skycrane fire fighting helicopter hovers above the fast moving wildfire as it approaches homes in the hills above Malibu, Calif. A wildfire driven by the dry, seasonal Santa Ana wind destroyed dozens of expensive homes. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian / AP)

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Wildfire destroys homes in California's ritzy Malibu

A wildfire fueled by gusty winds destroyed dozens of homes from the mountains to the beaches of Southern California's ritzy Malibu and was still burning out of control, fire officials said.

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Reuters

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Fast-moving Calif. wildfire

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Yahoo! News

Howard's reign is over

Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd swept to power in Australian elections, ending an 11-year conservative era and promising major changes to policies on global warming and his country's role in Iraq.

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Australia votes

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Sydney Morning Herald

Vets' brain injuries not listed by Pentagon

At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records.

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USA Today

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Troops suffer high number of brain injuries

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NPR

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Treating family war wounds

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MSNBC

Pakistan suicide blasts kill 15

Twin suicide car bomb attacks killed 15 people in the Pakistani garrison town of Rawalpindi on the eve of the return of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from exile in Saudi Arabia.

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Reuters

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Pakistan students fight emergency

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BBC

Can Chávez push oil prices to $200?

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez says oil would shoot to $200 a barrel if the U.S. invaded Iran. He and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are "united like a single fist," Mr. Chávez said.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Oil Ministry official says contracts issued by Kurds invalid

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International Herald Tribune

NATION

Toys `R' Us, retailers lure holiday shoppers with discounts as sales slow

Shoppers crowded stores in search of discounts as retailers slashed prices after analysts forecast the slowest holiday shopping season in five years.

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Bloomberg

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Parents cope with season of suspect toys

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Christian Science Monitor

Retired commander speaks out for Dems

The general who led U.S. forces in Iraq after the invasion launched by Republican President George W. Bush spoke out for Democrats, backing legislation aimed at withdrawing American troops.

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Reuters

5 dead; murder-suicide suspected

A man shot and killed his ex-wife, their three children and himself in a small-town park 25 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., as the woman prepared to hand over custody, police said.

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CNN

POLITICS

Social Security to become key issue

Three years after the collapse of President Bush's plan for private Social Security accounts, Republican presidential contenders are eager to try again.

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Yahoo! News

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First Lady or World Man?

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Slate

Political capital spent, Bush focuses on the small stuff

As President George W. Bush looks toward his final year in office, with Democrats controlling Congress and his major domestic initiatives dead on Capitol Hill, he is shifting his agenda to "kitchen-table issues."

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International Herald Tribune

Fred fires off at opponents on guns

Fred Thompson kicked off what he called the “fourth quarter” of his campaign with a stop at Skip’s Gun & Sport Shop in Bristol, N.H.

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BUSINESS

Europe faults Apple for 'anticompetitive' iPhone deals

Apple's iPhone marketing has been a success at home, but it is running into stumbling blocks in Europe, where the touch-screen handset and music player is making its debut this month.

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Christian Science Monitor

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The insatiable consumer

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Slate

Topps Meat files bankruptcy after recall

Topps Meat Co. filed for bankruptcy protection two months after beginning the second-biggest beef recall in U.S. history.

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Bloomberg

E*Trade may be in talks with other brokers

Online brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp is believed to be in merger talks with Charles Schwab Corp. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp, according to a report on a business news channel.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Sonics still winless at home

It comes down to fourth-quarter execution. A missed free throw here. A bad pass on a critical possession there. The Sonics are failing miserably when it counts, and as usual it cost them another winnable game.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

College football's valuable franchises

In the past few years, there's been a big push by major college football teams to increase revenue through massive stadium expansions, lucrative premium seating and rich sponsorship and broadcast deals.

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ABC News

Reds, Cordero have preliminary agreement

The Cincinnati Reds have reached preliminary agreement on a four-year, $46 million contract with closer Francisco Cordero, a baseball source confirmed.

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ESPN

HEALTH

FDA wants warnings on flu drugs for kids

Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.

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New key question: How happy are you?

A new kind of public attitude polling, called well-being research or behavioral economics, is gaining influence with corporate leaders and in government policy circles worldwide.

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McClatchy Newspapers

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Anglicans, archbishop up in arms over schism in church

The schism in Anglicanism turned ugly with fights over ownership of church buildings, hints of punishment for rebellious priests and the uncrating of an alternative church for clergy who reject homosexuals.

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Globeandmail.com

Evangelicals shift acceptance on divorce

The shifting views on divorced clergy reflect a growing concession among rank-and-file conservative Christians that a failed marriage is no longer an unforgivable sin.

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USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Illegal immigrant is boy's guardian angel

A 9-year-old boy looking for help after his mother crashed their van in the Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who stayed with him until help arrived the next day, an official said.

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CBS News

Canada to protect forest and tundra

Canada announced that it is acting to protect two large swaths of boreal forest and tundra in the Northwest Territories from development, reaching a total of almost 24 million acres.

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Good News Network

WORLD

Raids target militants in Kirkuk

U.S. and Iraqi forces are carrying out a major security operation in the northern city of Kirkuk, where a 12-hour curfew was imposed. Iraqi police said that so far more than 20 suspects had been detained.

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BBC

Shipwrecked passengers await airlift

High winds and poor visibility kept shipwrecked passengers stuck in barracks on bases in Antarctica after their cruise ship struck ice and sank.

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Reuters

Kasparov seized by Russian police

Russian police have detained opposition leader and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov. He and other critics of President Vladimir Putin were arrested as police broke up a rally in Moscow.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Huge submarine landslide discovered

A newfound submarine landslide from 60,000 years ago is the most colossal event of its kind ever discovered. The slide occurred off the African coast.

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LiveScience

Zimbabwe crisis hits black rhino

Three adult black rhinos have been shot at the Imire Safari park in Zimbabwe. The park, 100km southeast of Harare, is home to one of the only breeding centers for the iconic animals.

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BBC

Beijing officials bend energy rules

When the government in Beijing announced a campaign to reduce energy consumption two years ago, officials in the western regional capital began to engineer schemes to evade requirements.

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International Herald Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Sony ordered to pay $5M in logo dispute

Sony Music must pay the founder of a small record company $5 million for failing to put his company's logo on reissues of Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out of Hell' album, a federal appeals court ruled.

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TIME

Dog's best friend: Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson is looking to become dog's best friend. The country music star has filmed a television spot supporting an anti-dogfighting bill that is moving through the Georgia Legislature.

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ABC News

Rowling named entertainer of the year

J.K. Rowling’s magical, Midas touch has landed her on the cover of Entertainment Weekly as the magazine’s entertainer of the year.

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MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The gold in Yellowstone's microbes

Yellowstone's hot waters are yielding remarkable new microbial specimens with implications for medicine, agriculture and energy, as well as offering clues to the formation of earliest life on Earth.

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TIME

Jade earrings reveal ancient trade route

Jade jewelry found near ancient burial sites across Southeast Asia has revealed one of the largest marine trading networks of prehistoric times, a new study says.

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National Geographic

Spacewalking astronauts hook up Harmony module

Astronauts went on a spacewalk to finish wiring the international space station's newest room, the last hurdle the crew had to clear before the shuttle Atlantis can deliver a new European laboratory.

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CNN

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Astronomers say moons like ours are uncommon

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Spacewalk to continue fitting new ISS lab

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BBC

EDUCATION

Ontario Catholic school board pulls fantasy book

The award-winning fantasy novel "The Golden Compass" was pulled from an Ontario Catholic school district's library shelves over a complaint about the author referring to himself as an atheist.

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International Herald Tribune

Embattled Oral Roberts president resigns

Oral Roberts University's embattled president, Richard Roberts, facing accusations in the lawsuit that he misspent school funds to support a lavish lifestyle, resigned.

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U.S. News & World Report

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

3-D facial images of children can reveal genetic disorders

The facial features of children can be analyzed in three dimensions to help doctors assess whether a child is suffering from one of many rare genetic disorders.

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The Independent

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A young couple watch the sun disappear behind the Bugio lighthouse at the Tagus river mouth in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Armando Franca / AP)

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