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Black smoke billows in the background as Israeli infantry soldiers take position on the border before entering the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Sebastian Scheiner / AP)

Obama dumps scandal-tainted nominee

President-elect Barack Obama has moved to cut short ethical controversies surrounding his incoming administration by accepting the withdrawal of his nominee for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson.

The Age

Richardson quits as cabinet pick

CBS News

Obama eyes $310 billion tax cut

President-elect Barack Obama, seeking to drum up support from both political parties, plans to propose up to $310 billion in tax cuts for businesses and the middle class as part of his massive economic stimulus package.

Reuters

Obama pledges 3 million new jobs

ABC News

Obama says country needs economic stimulus plan

YouTube

Israelis surround Gaza in full assault

Backed by fire from air, sea and land, Israeli troops and tanks continued to push deeper into the Gaza Strip after rebuffing diplomatic efforts to end the 10-day assault.

International Herald Tribune

Israel vows no let-up over Gaza

BBC

Israel pounds Gaza, vows to continue campaign

YouTube

Big week for Blagojevich and Burris

It's a big week as Rod Blagojevich and Roland Burris both battle for their political posts. The Illinois House could impeach Governor Blagojevich by Wednesday.

MSNBC

Gunmen seriously wound policeman in Greece shooting

Gunmen linked to Greece's most militant guerrillas shot and seriously wounded a policeman in Athens, weeks after the killing of a teenager by police prompted the worst riots in decades.

Reuters

Dollar rises to 3-week high against euro on US Stimulus

The dollar rose to a three-week high against the euro and advanced versus the yen on speculation

Bloomberg

NATION

8 die in oilfield services helicopter crash

Eight people died and one was injured in Louisiana after a helicopter carrying oilfield workers crashed, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Reuters

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to head DNC

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to head the Democratic National Committee, a Democratic official said.

Politico

POLITICS

Congress returns to an ‘intense’ opening

With more robust majorities in both houses of Congress and a deepening global financial crisis, Democrats aim for a quick start to the 111th Congress.

Christian Science Monitor

Panel to declare Franken the winner of Minnesota Senate race

A state election board will soon announce that Democrat Al Franken has defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race.

CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Vegas gadget show gets smaller

Even amid the flash and sizzle of the world's premier consumer electronics showcase, the recession is hard to ignore.

Reuters

LG TVs to add Netflix streaming

Twice

What parents should know about safe console gaming

Many of us know the trouble a child can get into using a PC. But have you considered how to make console gaming safer?

PC Magazine

HEALTH

Report links osteoporosis drug to esophagus cancer

A brief report published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests a possible link between an osteoporosis drug and the development of esophageal cancer.

ABC News

Breast cancer vaccine clinical trials

UAMS scientists expect to start clinical trials this spring on a new vaccine they hope will prevent the recurrence of breast cancer.

MSNBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Funeral held for Star Trek actress

Friends, family and fans gathered this weekend to bid a final farewell to Star Trek actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry.

Associated Press

Travolta, Preston begged son to wake

John Travolta and Kelly Preston pled repeatedly with their son Jett to regain consciousness in the ambulance.

FOXNews

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Prop. 8 protestors vandalize church

It appears the vandals are upset about the Catholic church's support of Proposition 8, which made same-sex marriage illegal in California.

ABC News

Transgender Jews, out of closet, seeking communal recognition

The conversation in liberal Jewish circles surrounding gay rights is shifting, with the spotlight now being trained on the often overlooked — and, activists say, far more stigmatized — matter of transgender rights.

Forward

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Stimulus = stopgap

Real Clear Politics

Column:

Obama’s pledges freighted with promise, peril

Bloomberg

Column:

Public diplomacy begins with you

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Great expectations for Obama abroad

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Mark Steyn):

Gaza has its version of rocket scientists

Orange County Register

Column (Trudy Rubin):

How to handle the Iraq drawdown

Real Clear Politics

Column (Sherman Frederick):

Why Harry Reid can be beat

Las Vegas Review Journal

Column (Michael Goodwin):

Gaza proves Obama has few options

NY Daily News

Editorial:

The year ahead

Economist

Editorial:

Into Gaza

Jerusalem Post

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GOOD NEWS

Restoring vision to Ethiopia

International Rescue Committee health teams undertook a week-long campaign to conduct vital eye surgeries for 89 people in Sherkole camp, a safe haven for southern Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia.

HappyNews.com

Officers often deal out more compassion than bullets

Police have the often thankless task of dealing with every challenge thrown their way, from helping children cross the street to ensuring that homeless people do not freeze to death on any given night.

Globeandmail.com

WORLD

New US embassy to open in Baghdad

The new U.S. embassy in Baghdad is due to be officially opened, with a dedication service led by Ambassador Ryan Crocker.

BBC

Suicide bomber kills 38 in Baghdad

Guardian

Aftermath of Iraq bombing

Youtube

Russia and Ukraine's annual gas spat

Russia has accused Ukraine of having arrears of more than $2 billion on its expired gas contract. Ukraine said that it had paid all its debt.

TIME

Gazprom's extreme measures for Ukraine

YouTube

BUSINESS

Stock markets to open at 2-month high

Wall Street will open for trading at a two-month high as investors have grown more optimistic that the worst of the market's rout might be over.

MSNBC

Banks borrow more, investment firms less from Fed

Forbes

Apple's last Macworld begins a new era

Though CEO Steve Jobs will not be playing his customary role, the last Macworld Expo with Apple's participation will be interesting — perhaps exactly for that reason.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Can America clean up from its worst environmental disaster?

With the of a coal waste dam breaking in Tennessee, millions of pounds of toxic chemicals threaten environmental and human health.

AlterNet

Coral growth slows at Great Barrier Reef

The rate at which corals absorb calcium from seawater to calcify their hard skeletons has declined dramatically in the last two decades and signs point to greenhouse gas emissions as the culprit.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Thousands sexually bullying in schools

Thousands of children are being suspended for sexually bullying other pupils or even their teachers, new figures show.

Times Online

School groups hope K-12 gets share of economic stimulus

As Congress begins laying the groundwork for a massive stimulus package, education groups are hoping for a major infusion of cash to help put financially struggling school districts on firmer fiscal footing.

Education Week

Obama's education wish list may have to wait

NPR

SPORTS

Boston College coach Jagodzinski to speak with Jets despite threat of firing

Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski will interview with the New York Jets despite being threatend with termination by the school's athletic director.

Sporting News

Eagles, Ravens in 2nd round of playoffs

Baltimore and Tennessee open the action in the AFC. Then Arizona visits Carolina in an NFC game. Philadelphia travels to the New York Giants in the NFC and San Diego will be at Pittsburgh in the AFC.

Associated Press

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