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Members of the crowd hold up a photo of Sean Bell while they vent their frustration outside the Community Church of Christ after the funeral service for Bell in New York. Bell, 23, was killed by members of the New York police on his wedding day outside a strip club last week. (Photo by Mary Altaffer / AP Photo)

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NYC shooting victim's funeral held at church where he was to be married

Hundreds of mourners paid their last respects to the man killed on his wedding day by a barrage of 50 police bullets.

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USAToday

High court takes 'Bong Hits for Jesus' case

The Supreme Court entered into a free-speech dispute involving a high school student suspended over a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner.

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CNN

Obama shares AIDS views with Evangelicals

Potential presidential candidate Barack Obama stood before one of the United States' largest evangelical churches for a frank discussion of sexuality and spirituality.

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CBSNews

More bodies uncovered in Philippines

Rescuers scouring villages buried under mud and boulders loosed by a powerful typhoon discovered more bodies, raising the death total to more than 300, with another 300 missing.

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Yahoo!News

Key lawmaker calls spy program illegal

A top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee told the American Bar Association the Bush administration's secret wiretapping program for suspected terrorists is illegal.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Federal agency faults electronic voting machines

Paperless electronic voting machines in widespread use across the country may be vulnerable to errors or sabotage and cannot be made secure.

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ABCNews

Ailing Castro misses Cuban parade

The Cuban capital stages a military parade in honor of Fidel Castro but the ailing leader was not present at the start of events.

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BBC

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Bush to meet with head of Shiite party

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Houston Chronicle

WORLD

Venezuela's Chavez vows to outdo himself if re-elected

Hugo Chavez, as he seeks another presidential term in this weekend's election, is telling Venezuelans he is only beginning his effort to remake the country as a socialist oil power.

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CNN

Chad rebels capture eastern town

Chadian rebels have captured the town of Guereda on the country's eastern border with Sudan.

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BBC

BUSINESS

Ford reports U.S. sales decline; GM's sales rise 5.8%

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales fell 9.6 percent last month, unexpectedly putting its total behind both Toyota Motor Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG. Ford, traditionally the second-largest automaker by U.S. sales, was fourth in November.

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Bloomberg

Lucent deal done, with U.S. condition

Alcatel SA has completed its $11.6 billion purchase of Lucent Technologies Inc. to create the world's largest supplier of telephone networks.

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Chicago Tribune

POLITICS

Vilsack: Iowa celebrity, national unknown

The midwest governor is self-described as a "long shot" for President.

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CBS

U.S. Democrats mull climate change

The issue of climate change and global warming hardly registered on the political radar in the United States during the recent Congressional elections.

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BBC

Levin, unheeded at start of war, will be key Democrat on Iraq

Senator Carl Levin said he intends to use his new authority to press for a rapid windup of U.S. military involvement in Iraq, even if the country continues to be wracked by violence.

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Bloomberg

Russian Orthodox bishop discusses Orthodox-Catholic reconciliation

Jeffrey Donovan spoke to Bishop Illarion Alfeyev about why the Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches want to move closer, and about what keeps them apart.

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Radio Free Europe

Evangelicals' open arms, wary hearts greet Obama

Sen. Barack Obama, a pro-abortion rights Democrat contemplating a presidential run, received an enthusiastic ovation from a national gathering of church leaders not traditionally welcoming of liberal social views.

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Topix

HEALTH

Abortion pill could fight cancer

A chemical used to abort pregnancy could fight breast and ovarian cancer, say scientists.

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BBC

Health and environment among key trends for 2007

Local sourcing of ingredients, fresh food, and health are some of the major trends expected to gain increasing importance in the food and beverage market next year, according to a recent study.

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Bush: HIV/AIDS Pandemic can be defeated

Marking World AIDS Day, President Bush met with top U.S. health officials and community leaders that battle the disease in countries like Botswana, Ivory Coast and Namibia.

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GOOD NEWS

Community program bites back against malaria

Fifteen thousand children die from malaria every year in Burkina Faso. A three-year program offers an alternative to treat chloroquine-resistant malaria.

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Happy News

More AIDS cash to come into Uganda

As Ugandans join the rest of the world to celebrate the World AIDS Day, they should be assured of continued global funds support to fight HIV/AIDS.

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All Africa

Ariz. cop had black men rap away ticket

City leaders have apologized after a program on Tempe's cable channel showed a white police officer telling two black men they could get out of a littering ticket by performing a rap.

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Yahoo!News

Season’s first major snowstorm of the year slams Midwest

The season’s first major snowstorm marched across the Plains and Midwest, knocking out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses.

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MSNBC

Black entertainers struggle with the N-word

Black comedian Paul Mooney has used a nasty racial epithet in his shtick for decades, but when his white friend Michael Richards spewed that same word, Mooney said it "filled me with disgust."

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Washington Post

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Richards to meet with targets of rant

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Chicago Sun Times

SPORTS

Romo an overnight sensation in Dallas

Tony Romo has learned the top three ways to protect the quarterback: smile, smile, smile.

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ESPN

Glavine to return to Mets to pursue 300th victory

Left-hander Tom Glavine decided to remain with the New York Mets, agreeing to a one-year, $10.5 million contract. Glavine was 15-7 with a 3.82 ERA this year.

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San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

NASA has clue to life's question

A meteorite that fell in Canada nearly seven years ago has tiny globules that formed before the solar system appeared 4.5 billion years ago, according to NASA scientists.

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Houston Chronicle

Vista: Microsoft's last 'Big Bang' operating system?

As he took the stage to usher Windows Vista to market, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last week tried to put the software's laborious birth behind him.

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Information Week

EDUCATION

Report: Race and class achievement gaps fail to narrow

A report by Policy Analysis for California Education concludes that the No Child Left Behind Act and the state's accountability system have not narrowed race and class achievement gaps in the state.

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North County Times

ENVIRONMENT

Filling hearts, souls and stomachs in Antarctica

1,100 people chow down at every meal on imported produce and veggies from a soil-free greenhouse.

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MSNBC

In Britain, wind turbines offer homespun electricity

Amid the rooftops and chimneys of Brighton, a seaside town south of London, spins a solitary symbol of Britain's growing devotion to green energy: wind turbines.

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Christian Science Monitor

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Blue eyes are increasingly rare in U.S.

Once a hallmark of the boy and girl next door, blue eyes have been disappearing, as now only 1 in 6 Americans have blue eyes.

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International Herald Tribune

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