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President-elect Barack Obama listens as CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta speaks during a news conference in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Israel and Hamas defy international ceasefire

Israeli military forces pounded the Gaza Strip for a 15th day and militants from Hamas fired rockets back at Israel, both sides defying international efforts to put a stop to the conflict.

Reuters

Special section:

Gaza crisis: key maps and timeline

BBC

Violence in Gaza: world reactions

MSNBC

Spirituality, not religion, makes kids happy, say psychologists

To make children happier, we may need to encourage them to develop a strong sense of personal worth, research at the University of British Columbia suggests.

LiveScience

Democrats signal interrogators not responsible for harsh methods

There are growing hints from Democratic Senate allies that spy agency veterans will not be prosecuted for past harsh interrogation and detainee policies.

Newsweek

Biden arrives in Afghanistan for talks with leaders, troops

Vice President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Afghanistan to talk with the country's leaders. Surging Taliban violence claimed the lives of more American troops.

International Herald Tribune

Missions leave no child behind in Afghanistan

NPR

Bush to request second half of bailout

Bush administration officials, consulting with the Obama transition team, have prepared a plan to ask lawmakers for the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package.

MSNBC

Taking a walk on the green side at CES

The electronics industry improved their gadgets' energy efficiency as showcased during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

NPR

NATION

President and first lady discuss life after the White House

Pres. George W. Bush's days will be filled with bike rides, going to his office and perhaps baseball. He will work on assembling the presidential library at Southern Methodist University.

CBS News

Loaded, concealed guns become legal in national parks

A new federal rule allows people to carry loaded, concealed firearms in national parks in certain cases.

Arizona Daily Star

POLITICS

Frank wants bailout to help homeowners avoid foreclosures

Rep. Barney Frank expects the House to impose conditions on the second $350 billion in federal bailout funds. Between $40 billion and $100 billion should go to help struggling borrowers avoid foreclosure.

CBS News

Burris appointment valid, high court says

Illinois' highest court validated Roland Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat, ruling that the Illinois secretary of state does not have to sign off to make the appointment official.

CNN

Senate open to seating Franken

Politico

Blagojevich: 'I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing'

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Rare 'dinky' bird migrates to US

At five inches with beige and yellow markings, the pine flycatcher doesn't look like much, but birders from all over the country are excited about its unprecedented migration.

Yahoo! News

Father of the ecosystem

In "The Invention of Air," Steven Johnson creates a fascinating portrait of Joseph Priestley, a friend of Presidents Franklin and Jefferson, as a freethinker who changed the course of history.

Salon.com

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Museums make deep cuts in face of global financial crisis

A survey of art museums across the U.S. found that most institutions lost at least 20 percent of their endowments' value. Directors are retrenching in this worsening economic crisis.

The Art Newspaper

Super Bowl push planned for film ads

The hefty price to advertise in the Super Bowl might have scared off major marketers in a down economy, but it hasn’t forced Hollywood to the sidelines.

Variety

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

How did life begin? RNA that replicates itself indefinitely developed for first time

One of the most enduring questions is how life began on Earth. New findings clarify the biochemical side of life's origins.

Science Daily

Palm’s new reach

Once a tech heavyweight, Palm was nearly knocked out by its competitors. Can Palm's acquisition of Apple's lead engineer help its latest smartphone spur a comeback?

Newsweek

HEALTH

Obese Americans now outweigh the merely overweight

The number of obese American adults outweighs the number of those who are merely overweight, according to the latest statistics from the federal government.

Reuters

Americans consuming more sugary beverages

HealthDay

Little white-coat lies

When it comes to sex, drugs and junk food (among other things), patients don't always tell their doctors the truth. Not 'fessing up can have serious health consequences.

Newsweek

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Cleveland clergy fail in bid to ditch domestic partner registry

A group of Cleveland pastors who tried to launch a referendum to overturn the city's domestic-partner registry came up short of the required signatures.

Beliefnet

The lost shepherd

On that day in late 2006 when he finally dropped the denials, Ted Haggard felt exhausted and lost. When it was all over, his sex scandal cost him his church, and some of his faith.

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Obama gets Spider-Man gig

Marvel wanted to give President-elect Barack Obama a gift after he said he collected Spider-Man comics as a kid. "How great is that? The commander-in-chief is actually a nerd-in-chief," said the editor.

Detroit Free Press

Proclaiming love from the rooftop

A mystery Romeo declared his love from on high, inscribing "I love u" on England's skyline to his Juliet.

BBC

WORLD

Ukraine to supply Bulgaria, Moldova with its own gas amid Russian cutoff

Ukraine's president says his country will supply its own gas to freezing Bulgaria and Moldova amid a Russian cutoff.

Star Tribune

Putin: written deal needed to renew gas supplies