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Iraqi soldiers inspect the scene of a car bombing in the city of Amarah, 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Three car bombs exploded in quick succession in the market district of the southern Iraqi city, killing at least 41 people and injuring 150. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani / AP)

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Central banks act on credit fears

The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and central banks from the UK, Canada and Switzerland are to jointly help banks deal with the credit crunch.

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Fed pitches a curve

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Forbes

Demons haunted Colorado gunman

A spokesman said gunman Matthew Murray grew up in a loving home. But other interviews and Murray’s online ramblings portray a darker side.

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MSNBC

Top officials condemn Amarah bombings

In a joint statement, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Iraq, promised to work closely with Iraqi authorities to help bring the attackers to justice.

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GOP candidates face off in Iowa debate

Issues most important to Iowan voters dominated the debate between the GOP presidential candidates. The debate was to focus on learning more about issues.

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Clinton adviser: Obama drug use concern

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No holidays for Hillary

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EU heads to sign landmark treaty

EU leaders are preparing to sign a treaty in Lisbon, Portugal, that will greatly alter the way members govern themselves.

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BBC

Special section:

Q&A: the Lisbon Reform Treaty

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Financial Times

NATION

Couple indicted on 'Baby Grace' murder

A couple accused of beating their toddler to death, tucking her body in a plastic box and dumping it in Galveston Bay have been indicted on charges of capital murder.

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Army pays $725 to World War II vet for unfair trial and imprisonment

The Army imprisoned Samuel Snow in 1944 for a crime he says he couldn't have committed. The military overturned his conviction and sent him his back pay for the 15 months he spent in prison: $725.

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CNN

Ohio leads fight to stop foreclosures

"We have a responsibility to deal with this unfolding crisis and we are looking for ways to do that," says Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. Foreclosures are three times the national rate in Ohio.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Mortgage meltdown

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POLITICS

Lawmakers not told about tapes

The CIA did not fully inform lawmakers that it was videotaping the interrogations of al-Qaida suspects and that it destroyed the tapes in '05, the leaders of a House Intel panel said.

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CNNMoney

Budget deal would probably give Bush victory on war funding

Democratic lawmakers and staffers privately say they're closing in on a broad budget deal that would give President Bush as much as $70 billion in new war funding.

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Dems and GOP deadlocked as adjournment draws near

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BUSINESS

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Airline industry profits heading for decline in 2008

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International Herald Tribune

Remaking the Wall Street Journal

Rupert Murdoch's influence on The Wall Street Journal is already apparent, yet he hasn't even bought the company. That will change, when in all likelihood shareholders will vote to approve the sale.

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International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

MLB receives Mitchell report

21 months after commissioner Bud Selig asked the former Senate majority leader to investigate what has become known as the "Steroid Era," George Mitchell has completed his report.

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Jones stripped of 5 Olympic medals, banned from Beijing Games

The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that she was a drug cheat.

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HEALTH

Childhood vaccine recalled

About 1.2 million doses of a common childhood vaccine for pneumonia and meningitis are being recalled after its manufacturer found a sterilization problem in the factory where it is made.

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San Jose Mercury News

Partial face transplant patient doing well

French doctors report a woman who received a partial face transplant is eating, drinking and smiling 18 months later.

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U.S. News & World Report

Emotional survival guide for the holidays

If you're feeling just a little sad during the holiday season, you're not alone. These strategies from experts can help you sort out these feelings and make the holidays go from blue to jolly and bright.

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WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Jesuits settle $1.6 million suit over priest who killed himself

Father Jim Chevedden was already mentally fragile when another Jesuit allegedly molested him. But it was his superiors forcing him to live with his accused abuser that led him to suicide.

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San Jose Mercury News

Peer criticizes Muslim 'hotheads'

Muslim peer Baroness Warsi has hit out at Muslim "hardliners and hotheads" who use Islam to argue against voting and equal rights for women.

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GOOD NEWS

Balloons for teacher travel 900 miles

A colorful bunch of balloons inflated to honor a beloved teacher who died of leukemia broke free and traveled more than 900 miles to a South Dakota cornfield.

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Examiner

Three months ago professional football player Kevin Everett suffered a fracture dislocation in his neck and severe spinal cord damage. Today he is walking, albeit slowly, and every movement is a gift.

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WORLD

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Mideast peace talks off to rocky start

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In Italy, a winter of discontent

In a recent poll, Italians, despite their claim to have mastered the art of living, report themselves the least happy people in Western Europe. It is a collective funk of all things economic, political and social.

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International Herald Tribune

Car bomb kills Lebanese general

A car bomb killed a Lebanese general in a suburb of Beirut, removing a leading contender to take over as army chief from General Michel Suleiman when he becomes president.

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ENVIRONMENT

Greenland melt accelerating

The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979.

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Court backs California greenhouse limits

California's landmark law requiring cuts in greenhouse gas emissions may stand, a federal court judge in Fresno, Calif., ruled.

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Reuters

U.S. resists emission cuts, threatening climate talks

The U.S. is resisting calls from the European Union and developing nations to commit to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.

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Bloomberg

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Soul musician Ike Turner dies

Soul legend Ike Turner, the former husband of Tina Turner, has died at the age of 76.

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BBC

Flying the friendlier skies? Delta gives air etiquette tips

Delta Air Lines is trying to raise awareness of behavior in the air by creating an animated series of videos showing passengers confronted with delicate social situations.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Building blocks of life formed on Mars, scientists conclude

Organic compounds containing carbon and hydrogen form the building blocks of all life on Earth. Scientists have shown for the first time that the building blocks of life formed on Mars early in its history.

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Radiohead ends online experiment

Radiohead's "In Rainbows" site was replaced with a link to the band's official site, though the expensive 'discbox' edition of the album remains available for online ordering while stocks last.

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EDUCATION

Texas school given a year to improve its financial situation

Texas Southern University is only one step away from losing its accreditation after the latest and most serious blow to a campus already in crisis.

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Houston Chronicle

Battle for Maryland schools

Maryland's state school board defied warnings by legislative leaders and voted in private to renew schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick's contract for another four years.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

NASA needs a few good astronauts

NASA announced that it is accepting applications for its 2009 Astronaut Candidate Class. Those selected will train for space missions to possible destinations such as the Moon, Mars and asteroids.

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Photo of the Day

The office windows of the Vodafone skyscraper are illuminated in the shape of a Christmas tree, in downtown Duesseldorf, western Germany. (Photo by Frank Augstein / AP)

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