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President-elect Barack Obama speaks about the economy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

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Dems look to Obama, retreat on Burris

Senate Democrats retreated from rejecting Roland Burris, yielding to pressure from Pres.-elect Barack Obama and from senators irked that the standoff was putting them in a bad light.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Obama: You don't talk down to the American people

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CNBC

Dozens arrested in violent BART protest

More than 100 demonstrators were arrested overnight as a march to protest the slaying of a man by a BART police officer erupted into violence in downtown Oakland, Calif.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Protests over BART shooting turn violent

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Obama: We need 'dramatic action' to save economy

President-elect Barack Obama said that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump huge, unprecedented sums into the U.S. economy.

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CBS News

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Obama to seek overhaul of retiree spending

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International Herald Tribune

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Obama's big speech

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ABC News

New attack on Israel opens 2nd battle front in the north

Lebanese militants fired barrages of rockets into northern Israel, striking a nursing home and opening a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

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Israel accused over Gaza wounded

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BBC

Negotiations begin over gas dispute

The two top gas executives from Russia and Ukraine held talks in Moscow in the first face-to-face contact since their disagreement choked off supplies to EU countries in bitter winter weather.

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Reuters

NATION

Fisheries rebound, but ports pay a price

Most of the world's oceans are seriously overfished. But over the past two decades, many fisheries within U.S. waters have scaled back sharply to make sure fishing here is sustainable.

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NPR

Sleeping security guards cost a nuclear plant $65,000

The operators of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant were fined $65,000 after a federal commission learned several security guards at the facility were sleeping on duty.

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ABC News

POLITICS

Keen for a revival, the nuclear industry eyes the stimulus package

With President-elect Barack Obama signaling that energy issues should be at the core of any economic stimulus package, the resurgent nuclear industry is pushing to make sure it is well represented.

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U.S. News & World Report

Crisis trumps constraint in US

Economists and politicians from across the political spectrum have put aside calls for fiscal restraint and decided that Congress should spend whatever it takes to rescue the economy.

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International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Pacman out as 2007 shooting surfaces

The Cowboys have released Adam "Pacman" Jones. A team source said that the move was made after the team learned of new allegations against the troubled cornerback from his time with the Titans.

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ESPN

Rockets hand struggling Celtics defeat

Struggling NBA champions Boston Celtics suffered their third straight defeat after the Houston Rockets edged them out at 89-85.

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Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Which came first, the galaxies or the black hole at their centers?

Galaxies and giant black holes fit together at their hubs as if they were made for each other. This sounds obvious at first glance, but it gets stranger the more you think about it.

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Scientific American

Obama's broadband plan

Companies that build broadband networks in areas with no service could receive 60 percent of their investment back in tax credits. Companies that increase the speed of existing networks could get 40 percent.

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BusinessWeek

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

WGA announces screenplay noms

The Writers Guild recognized both veteran and first-time contenders in the nominees for this year’s kudos — along with two sets of brothers.

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Variety

Robbers dress like Hasidic Jews in 'Snatch'-inspired diamond heist

Stealing more than a page from the 2001 blockbuster "Snatch," two armed bandits dressed like Hasidic Jews and pulled off a brazen New Year's Eve jewelry heist in the Diamond District.

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

No proof Washington said 'so help me God,' but will Obama?

A George Washington myth bites the dust: There's no eyewitness documentation he ever added "So help me God" to the end of his prescribed oath of office.

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USA Today

Library of Congress seeks a variety of inaugural sermons

The library will mark the historic inauguration of the first African-American president by adding sermons from a range of houses of worship and secular settings to its spoken-word collection.

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GOOD NEWS

New UNICEF campaign aims to reduce child deaths in Central African Republic

The United Nations Children’s Fund launched one of the largest vaccination campaigns in the history of the Central African Republic, aiming to address the three leading causes of preventable death.

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UN News Service

FedEx invests $352,500 in Hispanic Scholarship Fund scholarships

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's leading Latino scholarship organization supporting Hispanic higher education, will receive $352,500 over the next three years from FedEx Corp.

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PNN

WORLD

Outsourcing giant admits cooking books

The chairman of one of India's largest technology outsourcing companies has resigned after admitting the company's profits had been inflated for several years.

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NPR

Senegal court jails 9 gay men

Nine gay men in Senegal were jailed for "indecent conduct and unnatural acts."

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BBC

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Life at a gay-friendly school

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U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

Bank of America, Citigroup may face restrictions after crisis

The biggest U.S. banks may face the threat of lower profits or pressure to break up under greater regulation following the financial crisis.

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Bloomberg

Buyers rejoice: Manhattan home prices finally fall

It took war, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and the collapse of some of New York's famed investment banks, but Manhattan apartment prices are finally falling.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

World's smallest fuel cell now promises greener gadgets

The world's smallest working fuel cell has been created by U.S. chemical engineers. Future versions of the tiny hydrogen-fueled power pack could replace batteries in portable gadgets.

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South Korea announces 'Green New Deal' to create jobs

South Korea said it will invest $38.1 billion over the next four years on environmental projects in a "Green New Deal" to spur slumping economic growth and create nearly a million jobs.

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MSNBC

HEALTH

Salmonella outbreak hits 42 states

An ongoing salmonella outbreak sickened 388 people in 42 states. At least 67 people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.

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WebMD

The power of place

Why we are hard-wired to become attached to a particular piece of land — and how these primal tendencies may be playing out in Israeli-Palestinian disputes.

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Newsweek

EDUCATION

The most bang for your college buck

Freshmen in 2009 will be the first to start college clearly in a recession. What this will mean for students and colleges is just beginning to be understood.

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USA Today

Schools tap '21st-century skills'

In a knowledge economy, the ability to articulate and solve problems, generate ideas and work across cultural boundaries is growing in importance.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Former Pres. George H. W. Bush poses with Pres.-elect Barack Obama, Pres. George W. Bush and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

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