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A brightly lit sign is seen at the entryway of Circuit City in S. Portland, Maine. Circuit City Stores Inc. announced it will shut down its remaining U.S. stores after failing to sell the business. (Photo by Pat Wellenbach / AP)

Arctic air stuns eastern US

Alabama briefly turned colder than Alaska and water fountains froze into ice sculp- tures as the Arctic front that deadened car batteries in the Northeast moved south.

Examiner

The big chill

MSNBC

Kellogg’s recalls more peanut products

Kellogg Co. is recalling 16 products after federal officials confirmed salmonella contamination at a Georgia facility that ships peanut products to 85 companies.

Las Vegas Sun

Circuit City to close 567 remaining US stores, cutting 34,000 jobs

Circuit City became the largest retailer to fall victim to the expanding financial crisis, announcing it will shut down its remaining 567 U.S. stores at the cost of 34,000 more jobs after failing to sell the business.

San Francisco Chronicle

Circuit City to be liquidated

MSNBC

Climate change will stifle developing nations' growth, create lack of stability

Global warming will not only devastate agriculture in developing countries, it will undermine economic and political stability to a far greater extent than previously imagined, according to new study.

New Scientist

Cooling the planet by growing the right crops

Science Daily

Lawsuits filed over Bush administration rule on health care workers

Seven states and two organizations have sued the Bush administration in an attempt to block a federal regulation that would further protect health care workers who refuse to perform abortions.

CNN

NATION

North Korea's officials claim it has 'weaponized' plutonium

The North Korean military declared a confrontational posture against South Korea as an American scholar said he was told by officials in North Korea that it had "weaponized" 30.8 kilograms of plutonium.

International Herald Tribune

Government watchdog reports many bailed-out firms use offshore tax havens

Some of the nation's largest corporations to receive federal bailout funding, including Citigroup and Bank of America, had subsidiaries in offshore tax havens in 2007.

Huffington Post

POLITICS

Obama pitches plans to boost economy

President-elect Barack Obama stressed the urgency of a renewable-energy economy as he tried to shore up support for his stimulus package. Obama said he's not looking to create "just any kind of jobs."

CNN

US is losing energy race

MSNBC

Crowds complicate inaugural security

President-elect Barack Obama's inaugur- ation will take place amid unprecedented security aimed at protecting him as well as the record crowds expected to attend.

Reuters

Obama's Inaugural internet call to service

TIME

D.C. set for inaugural chill

USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft is accused by EU again

The European Commission has accused Microsoft of harming competition by bundling its Explorer web browser with its Windows operating system.

BBC

YouTube comes to TVs through Sony PS3, Nintendo Wii

One way YouTube is making itself more TV-friendly is by including an auto-play option that lets viewers watch related videos in sequence, without the interaction required on a computer.

InformationWeek

HEALTH

Coffee wards off dementia?

Drinking coffee in moderate amounts during middle age may reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the elderly, according to a new study.

WebMD

Can sex cause a heart attack?

While research shows that sex can indeed trigger heart attacks in some people, especially men, the odds of literally succumbing to passion are very low.

CNN

EDUCATION

Court to weigh strip-search cases

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to add two more education cases to its docket for this term — one involving special education, and the other stemming from a lawsuit over the strip-search of a middle school student.

Education Week

Threatened Pakistan schools close

Private schools in Pakistan's troubled north-western Swat district have closed to comply with a Taliban edict banning girls' education, officials say.

BBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Jakes, Caldwell, Wuerl join morning inaugural services

Bishop T.D. Jakes, the Dallas megachurch pastor, will preach at the private church service that President-elect Barack Obama will attend the morning of his inaugural.

Houston Chronicle

2 million expected for inauguration

CNN

NY Hebrew charter school to be secular

A charter school will soon provide a free, secular alternative to private Jewish day schools or extracurricular religious education for students who wish to learn Hebrew.

Beliefnet

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column:

Who will save Israel from itself?

Al Jazeera

Column:

Do we really want another new deal?

Real Clear Politics

Column:

The frat boy ships out

Economist

Column:

The first 100 days of Obama's presidency

Newsweek

Column:

Obama sells out to Wall Street

Salon.com

Column:

Leave the Holocaust out of Gaza

Truthdig

Editorial:

A farewell to Republicans

The Nation

Editorial:

Ukraine needlessly pokes Russia

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

'Paramount duty' should be just that

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog:

Why do homosexuals want into the military?

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Record numbers of Americans poised to volunteer on King holiday

Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been an official day of service since 1994, but organizers are hopeful that Americans will turn out in record numbers this year, thanks to a push by the president-elect.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NJ accepts donation of Delaware River island from oil giant Citgo

The state's Natural Lands Trust board unanimously agreed to accept the donation of Petty's Island from Citgo Petroleum Corp, and the firm agreed to continue cleaning up pollution in the area.

Newsday

WORLD

Hundreds of migrants may have drowned in Andaman Sea

Thailand will investigate reports that the Thai navy abandoned migrants on a barge in the ocean where hundreds of them may have drowned.

San Jose Mercury News

Hamas, Israel near 7-day cease-fire

Hamas would accept an immediate weeklong cease-fire if it is accompanied by an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, said Hamas official Mussa Abu Marzuk.

Bloomberg

Destruction in Gaza 3 weeks on

BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Death Row assets auctioned for $18M

The assets of Death Row Records, said to include master recordings of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, were auctioned for $18 million to Canadian company WIDEawake Entertainment Group.

Billboard

You touch it, you buy it

A new study suggests that just fingering an item on a store shelf can create an attachment that makes you willing to pay more for it.

LiveScience

BUSINESS

The evolution of the Netbook

It's getting harder to tell the difference between a Netbook and a notebook. Except when you look at the bottom line of the companies making them.

CNET News

Citi splitting after $8.3B loss

Citigroup reported an $8.3 billion quarterly loss and revealed plans to split up into two businesses, effectively bringing an end to the company's "financial supermarket" model.

CNNMoney

Rescue of US banks hints at nationalization

International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

EPA to begin regulating mercury emissions from cement plants

Federal regulators have settled a lawsuit with environmental activists and nine states over standards for mercury emissions from cement plants.

Seattle Times

Light pollution forms 'eco-traps'

An international team of researchers has found another form of light pollution that could have an adverse effect on wildlife.

BBC

SPORTS

Bucs fire coach, general manager

A Super Bowl title bought Jon Gruden time, but ultimately couldn't save his job. The The Buccaneers dismissed their coach and general manager Bruce Allen, after one of the biggest collapses in NFL history.

ESPN

LeBron, Cavaliers sting Hornets 92-78

The Cavaliers, using a small lineup that had James playing center for a long stretch, extended their home winning streak to 20 by beating the New Orleans Hornets 92-78.

Sporting News

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