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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai greets the guards of honor as he arrives at the Presidential Palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

Senate rolls out health reform bill; president urges action

The Senate presented its health reform bill, unveiling an $849 billion measure that Democrats declared will cut the deficit, shore up Medicare, and provide coverage to 94 percent of Americans.

NY Daily News

Reid introduces Senate health care plan

NPR

Attorney General defends 9/11 trial decisions before Senate

Attorney General Eric Holder testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee, explaining his decision to try the alleged co-conspirators of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in a New York federal court.

Washington Independent

Afghanistan's Karzai sworn in to 2nd term

Amid intense international pressure for reform, Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed to tackle corruption and drug-trafficking in a speech delivered at his inaugural ceremony.

CNN

Excerpts: Karzai inaugural speech

BBC

A new term for Afghanistan's president

New York Times

New York toughens drunken driving law

It is now a felony in New York to drive drunk or under the influence of drugs with a child in the car, and will require first-time offenders to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicles.

CNN

Paterson signs nation's toughest DWI law

NY1

US born cleric inspires terror

In nearly a dozen recent terrorism cases in the United States, Britain and Canada, investigators discovered the suspects shared a devotion to the message of Anwar al-Awlaki, an eloquent Muslim cleric.

New York Times

NATION

Obama mortgage rescue: Only a few get lasting help

Only a tiny percentage of troubled homeowners have received permanent modifications under President Obama's foreclosure prevention plan, raising concerns about the $75 billion effort.

CNNMoney

California becomes first US state to ban energy-sapping TVs

The state's 35 million televisions account for 10 percent of home electric bills and the measure will save consumers more than $8 billion over the next decade, and enough energy to power 864,000 homes.

Telegraph.co.uk

Judge rules Corps’ failure to maintain channel led to Katrina flooding

A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005.

MSNBC

Ruling may spur more Katrina flood lawsuits

NPR

POLITICS

GOP governors mum on Sarah Palin

As Sarah Palin launched her book tour before the type of adulatory crowds she drew to GOP rallies last year, top Republicans grappled with how to handle a figure as popular as she is.

Politico

Texas gay marriage ban may have implications on status of all marriages

A Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages endangers the legal status of all Texas marriages.

McClatchy

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Artist Jeanne-Claude dies

Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 installation in Central Park called "The Gates" with her husband, has died at 74.

ABC News

Colum McCann novel wins national award for fiction

The 60th annual National Book Awards was a night to celebrate literature and to wonder about its future.

Seattle Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Atlantis docks at station

The shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded spare parts needed to keep the outpost running for another decade.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Shuttle arrives at space station

Reuters

Immune tribe 'indicates CJD hope'

Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease," experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Dalai Lama expresses concern about Tibetan cause

The Dalai Lama said there will be a setback in the Tibetan cause when he dies, but that he has faith in the next generation.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Dalai Lama at the World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet

San Jose Mercury News

Atheist author Philip Pullman writes alternative ending for Jesus in Bible

The writer has penned an alternative Bible passage imagining a different fate for Christ, who was executed by the Romans.

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

Lawsuit: Fla. failing kids

The Florida Constitution states the importance of education in this state. But superintendents, children advocates and parents claim the state is not upholding its part of the deal.

Tallahassee Democrat

Regents committee recommends UC student fee hikes

The regents' finance committee voted to recommend a 32 percent student fee increase, setting off planned protests at several UC campuses.

San Francisco Chronicle

Calif. officials need to confront budget woes

NPR

Protest against UC fee at UCLA

KTLA

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GOOD NEWS

Iowa man gives school $4.5M 'thank you'

Thanksgiving came early for a small parochial school in Iowa. And it arrived with a bunch of zeroes attached.

Des Moines Register

Homeless invited to Thanksgiving

The needy and homeless in east Gainesville, Florida will be able to enjoy feasts the day before Thanksgiving, thanks to the generosity and compassion of two local ministries.

Gainesville Sun

Chicago schools create new tool in fight against youth violence

Two Chicago nonprofits have unveiled a counseling and sports program aimed at stemming chronic youth violence in Chicago's public schools. The city hopes the program will become a national model.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Would Peru lawmaker Keiko Fujimori free her jailed dad?