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A sign at an unoccupied General Motors dealership is shown covered in Warren, Mich. GM announced it will temporarily close 20 factories across North America to adjust to dramatically weaker automobile demand. (Photo by Paul Sancya / AP)

GM to temporarily close 20 plants to slash output

General Motors Corp. says it will temporarily close 20 factories across North America and make sweeping cuts to its vehicle production as it tries to adjust to dramatically weaker automobile demand.

TIME

Treasury bailout targeted for Big 3

CNNMoney

How long can auto parts suppliers survive?

CBS News

North Korea threatens to slow disablement of nuclear facility

North Korea threatened to slow down disablement of its main nuclear plant after Washington said energy aid to the state had been suspended due to failed talks on verifying the North's operations.

Reuters

NY housing commissioner appointed to head HUD

Pres.-elect Barack Obama has named New York housing official Shaun Donovan as his secretary of Housing and Urban Development in a move to help fight the impact of foreclosures in distressed cities.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A mortgage banker in Amish country

NPR

Troop withdrawal to exceed deadline

Thousands of U.S. troops will remain in Iraqi cities at local security stations after the summer deadline to have combat troops out of the urban areas, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said.

San Jose Mercury News

Ecuador won't pay foreign debt interest

Ecuadorian Pres. Rafael Correa says he will not pay interest on the nation's foreign debt and that he is prepared to accept any consequences.

CNN

Global child porn ring taken down

U.S. law enforcement agencies arrested 61 people and rescued 11 children as part of the larger takedown of a far-reaching child pornography ring.

ABC News

NATION

Ex-Nasdaq chairman arrested on fraud charge in NY

A Wall Street powerbroker for nearly 50 years who built an influential firm has confessed to a massive fraud scheme that will cost investors at least $50 billion, federal authorities say.

Forbes

Hedge fund gave warning signs, experts say

MSNBC

How Bush said yes to waterboarding

The Bush administration approved waterboarding after receiving reports that it was effective in breaking the will of military personnel subjected to it during training, a Senate Committee reports.

Newsweek

POLITICS

Blagojevich faces looming ultimatum: Resign or be ousted

Disgraced Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich maintains he has no plans to resign. Ill. Attorney General Lisa Madigan asked the state Supreme Court to declare Blagojevich "unable to serve."

ABC News

Blagojevich's removal sought

NPR

Prosecutor lays out the charges

CNN

Officials plan for massive January inaugural turnout

Officials are bracing for a massive turnout for the January inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama but say predictions of four or five million visitors to Washington are too high.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Global boiling could result from ocean methane release

Some geologists say rising temperatures will uncork vast deposits of undersea methane. If they're right, we're cooked.

Salon.com

Vital signs of a warming world

MSNBC

President Bush exempts farms from reporting toxic fumes

The nation's farms no longer have to report to authorities the toxic, smelly fumes released from manure.

San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Brad Pitt: the Rolling Stone interview

"I got lost in the wilderness of fame a bit," he says. "There are all of these opportunities you're supposed to be taking. And I got really discombobulated."

Rolling Stone

'American Idol' reality check

Our "American Idol" spies tell us the eighth season is going to look more like "Big Brother" than a true singing competition.

TMZ

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New service makes 'Tor' anonymized content available to all

Two veteran coders have teamed up to create a kind of Google for the anonymous underweb.

Wired

Full moon largest since 1993

This full moon will be closer to the Earth and the brightest in the past 15 years.

Salt Lake Tribune

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Vatican issues document on bioethics

The Catholic church reinforced its opposition to in-vitro fertilization, human cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

International Herald Tribune

Religious 'shun nanotechnology'

Attitudes to nanotechnology may be determined by religious and cultural beliefs, suggest researchers writing in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Eleanor Clift):

Another Kennedy in the Senate?

Newsweek

Column (Keith Naughton):

Step-by-step directions for Detroit's future car czar

Newsweek

Column:

Astronomers learning about black holes

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

The truth about alternative medicine

Newsweek

Column:

Would a $34B loan help or hinder Detroit?

U.S. News & World Report

Column:

Collapse of oil a tiny bit of good news

TIME

Column:

There is a US auto industry that works

CNN

Blog (Steve Parker):

Republicans kill any help for Detroit

Huffington Post

Column (Gail Collins):

The good news from Illinois

International Herald Tribune

Column (David Pauly):

Bonus system marches into history

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Irwin Stelzer):

What we know we don't know

Weekly Standard

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GOOD NEWS

Kids eating more free lunches at school

There is such a thing as a free lunch, and school districts across the country report that kids are eating many more of them.

TIME

Breast cancer drug and chemotherapy 'cuts recurrence by a third'

Prescribing a breast cancer drug in addition to standard chemotherapy can cut the chances of the disease recurring by a third, a new study shows.

Telegraph.co.uk

WORLD

Obama plans major speech in Muslim world to ‘reboot’ America’s image

President-elect Barack Obama intends to repair America’s image in the Muslim world by delivering a major speech in an Islamic capital, perhaps within the first 100 days of his presidency.

Christian Science Monitor

Pakistan arrests just for show?

Some analysts say militants arrested in the past have been quietly released later.

NPR

A new ordeal bleeds Zimbabwe

As the endgame of President Robert Mugabe's rule plays out, a cholera epidemic deepens the human tragedies in the country.

International Herald Tribune

Mugabe: There is no cholera

CBS News

BUSINESS

Enviro economics

First there was the dotcom bust of the late 1990s; then came the real-estate bubble that's deflating before our eyes. Next up: the green bubble.

Newsweek

Video game sales buck recession trend

Bolstering the theory that the industry may be recession-proof, the video game business posted a startlingly strong November, according to figures by the analyst firm NPD Group.

CNET News

SPORTS

A.J. Burnett, Yankees reach 5-year deal

The New York Yankees reeled in another pitcher with a rich offer, reaching agreement with free agent A.J. Burnett on an $82.5 million, five-year contract.

Toronto Star

Judge extends injunction; suspended players cleared to return

A federal judge extended his preliminary injunction blocking the NFL's suspending five players for violating the league's anti-doping policy, which their lawyer said lets them play for the rest of the season.

ESPN

HEALTH

FDA reconsiders advice on fish

Top consumer protection agencies are at odds on whether to encourage people to eat more fish to promote healthy hearts.

International Herald Tribune

Mercury in fish: how bad?

CBS News

Video game may sharpen older minds

Playing strategic video games may improve memory, reasoning, and other "executive" mental skills in older adults.

WebMD

EDUCATION

More colleges cater to transfers

With more students opting to start their higher education at affordable community colleges, campus administrators find that catering to transfers and other nontraditional students makes sense.

USA Today

Fair-use guide offers copyright shelter

Media and legal experts publish a guide to help teachers and students understand fair use of copyrighted materials.

E-School News

Photo of the Day

Cherries coated in ice after an ice storm in East Greenbush, N.Y. The storm knocked out power to 1.25 million homes and businesses in New England and upstate New York. (Photo by Mike Groll / AP)

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