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Supporters of Georgian presidential candidate Mikhail Saakashvili wave flags during a rally, celebrating the exit polls results announcement in Tbilisi, Georgia.   (Photo by Sergei Grits / AP) New Hampshire campaign focuses on independents The race for president, steeped in appeals to each party's base for nearly a year, is largely in the hands of voters who identify themselves as neither Republican nor Democrat. International Herald Tribune The changing complexion of American politics NPR The Ghost Of Simón Bolívar Nearly 200 years ago Venezuelan patriot Simón Bolívar declared his country a free and sovereign state. Decades later his dream inspired another — a young Hugo Chávez. Newsweek Special section: Leaning left: A new left rises in Latin America Houston Chronicle   Monitors hail Georgian election A snap presidential election in the ex- Soviet republic of Georgia was broadly democratic, though it had shortcomings, foreign observers say. BBC Crunch vote for Saakashvili Reuters At least 6 dead in Alaskan plane crash A small plane crashed in waters off Kodiak island in southern Alaska, killing at least six of the 10 people on board, authorities said. USA Today Just going to work, Palestinians and Israelis travel different roads Israel has 550 checkpoints and barriers throughout the West Bank that are intended to ensure the security of Jewish settlers. But that network of checkpoints makes travel a nightmare for Palestinians. McClatchy Newspapers Court takes up lethal injection case The two death row inmates whose challenge is before the Supreme Court are not asking to be spared execution or death by injection. They only want the job done relatively pain-free. Seattle Post-Intelligencer   NATION Levee breaks in Nevada after storm, 3,500 stranded A canal levee ruptured about 33 miles east of Reno after heavy rainfall, pouring more than three feet of near-freezing water into about 800 homes and stranding about 3,500 people, authorities said. Guardian California's perfect storm ABC News Missing Ga. hiker believed dead Authorities said they believe Meredith Emerson, a hiker who disappeared from the northern Georgia woods on New Year's Day, is dead, and have charged the man last seen with her with kidnapping. Yahoo! News Ex-fugitive fundraiser gets 3 years in glove scam from 1990s Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced to three years in state prison in a San Mateo County, Calif., grand theft case that dates from the early 1990s. San Francisco Chronicle POLITICS Republican candidates rumble over Iraq, terror, immigration With only two full days left before the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, Republican candidates faced off in a televised debate. ABC News Clinton accuses Obama of flip-flop MSNBC Romney 'changes' his tune CBS News Democrats seize on poor jobs data Top congressional Democrats accused President Bush of poor stewardship of the economy after a government report showed there were only 18,000 jobs added in December. The Hill Independents aligning with Dems MSNBC BUSINESS Managing: handle with care Having a crisis plan in place can go a long way toward keeping bad news from sinking your company. Start your preparation by recruiting a crisis management team from among your key executives. BusinessWeek OPEC producing adequate oil, President Khelil says OPEC, the producer of more than 40 percent of the world's oil, is supplying the international market with enough crude and can't be blamed for record prices, the group's new President Chakib Khelil said. Bloomberg SPORTS Buckeyes take motivation home on DVD The Ohio State coaching staff sent every player home for holiday break with a DVD of about 10 minutes of players, broadcasters, analysts and radio personalities trashing the team. NY Daily News Russia beats US for bronze at junior hockey championship Nikita Filatov scored twice to help Russia defeat the United States 4-2 for the bronze medal at the under-20 World Ice Hockey Championship. USA Today Canada and US to renew world junior hockey rivalry in semifinal The Canadian Press HEALTH Aging AIDS patients beset by complex health problems Drugs have given AIDS patients a future, but many wonder at what cost, as longevity brings a constellation of ailments showing up among the first wave of AIDS survivors to reach late middle age. International Herald Tribune Advice for treating child pneumonia Treating severe pneumonia in children at home with oral antibiotics works just as well as treating them with intravenous drugs at a hospital, scientists said. Reuters Dieting is out, healthy is in Dieting has fallen out of favor while eating healthier is in, a consumer marketing research firm that tracks what Americans consume said. MSNBC Brain foods your kids need WebMD RELIGION Scientists say evolution fits Facing continued challenges to evolutionary science from religious conservatives, the National Academy of Sciences has issued a new book that outlines the scientific evidence for evolution. Baltimore Sun Jesuits to elect a new 'black pope' Church elders have begun gathering for a closed-door meeting to elect the man dubbed the "black pope." That's the moniker historically assigned to the leader of the Jesuit order. TIME   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column: From feds on down, Advanced Placement students are being neglected Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial: Kenya too important to let collapse Baltimore Sun Column: Reality TV? Rocket, only sworn testimony matters Detroit Free Press Editorial: Youth and hope won out in Iowa Denver Post Column: Announcement of reduced US nuclear arsenal is the right bombshell Houston Chronicle Column: Hillary should be running scared Politico Column: Barack delivers, Hillary disappoints Salon.com Column: Trial by camera Slate   Site edited by: nicole miller, Jim Scripps, Walt Chiu, Rachel Wright, Beverly Stiles and Carolina Pinto.   GOOD NEWS TV star offers dance lessons for charity Cameron Mathison is putting himself up for auction. It's to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, an industry-based HIV/AIDS fundraising organization. Associated Press Homeless World Cup film to premiere at Sundance film festival "Kicking It" is an intimate film that chronicles the lives of seven homeless athletes who achieve goals on the soccer field while overcoming poverty and addiction. Good News Network WORLD For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets A whistleblower has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapon secrets. Times Online A Mexican sweet 15 – a blue jean girl becomes a woman Part sacred, part secular, the quinceañera marks the entrance of a young woman into adult society, and is thought to mix indigenous traditions with those of Spanish Catholic missionaries. Christian Science Monitor 250,000 Kenyans driven out of homes With vigilante groups blocking the main roads, food had not been getting to the outlying areas of western Kenya, where many displaced are holed up. Guardian ENVIRONMENT Low-energy bulb disposal warning The Environment Agency has called for more information to be made available on the health and environmental risks posed by low-energy light bulbs. BBC Study: Carbon dioxide pollution kills hundreds a year Climate-warming carbon dioxide spewed by coal-fired power plants and fossil-fueled vehicles has been causing hundreds of premature U.S. deaths each year, a new study reported. Environmental News Network SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Intel's laptop flop What started as an awesome humanitarian idea has turned into a soap opera starring a driven scientist and the world's biggest chip maker. Forbes 2008 CES: more tech than you can handle Las Vegas this week becomes the tech capital of the world as the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show and an estimated 140,000 conventioneers take over Sin City. PC World Asteroid hitting Mars: now 1-in-28 The chance that asteroid 2007 WD5 will hit the planet Mars has been slightly reduced from 1-in-25 to 1-in-28 based on studies at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory, in Socorro County, N.M. iTWire LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Forget Tupperware; it's Taser party time Dana Shafman is an independent weapons dealer who's been selling Tasers the way her mother's generation sold plastic food storage containers -- in her home where her guests get to try-before-they-buy. MSNBC Dollar be damned, visit Paris now The French Government Tourist Office's Patrice Doyon says "the depressed dollar" has slowed growth, but Americans are still visiting -- they're just spending less. MSNBC Actors refuse to cross picket line for Golden Globe The Screen Actors Guild announced that, to maintain solidarity with striking Hollywood writers, none of this year's 72 acting nominees will attend the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards. E! Online EDUCATION US student lender plans loan cuts SLM Corp.'s, or Sallie Mae, shares fell 13 percent to their lowest level in more than seven years after the largest U.S. student lender said it plans to make fewer loans and may face higher borrowing costs. Reuters The value of good grades Facing mounting pressure to raise students' scores on standardized tests, schools are prodding kids to work harder by offering them clear-cut incentives. U.S. News & World Report   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Why stuff stinks: secret sniffed out Our noses can quickly distinguish a pleasant smell and a stench, but until now the chemical cues that help us make such decisions had not been understood. 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