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Palestinians check the damage at a site that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip. (Photo by Khalil Hamra / AP)

Gaza militant groups agree to stop firing rockets into Israel

Hamas has won an agreement from other militant groups in Gaza to halt rocket fire into Israel for the first time in almost a year, a move that could signal progress on a deal to release a captured Israeli soldier.

Guardian

10 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Monsters and Critics

Israeli warplanes pound Gaza

Reuters

US, Mexico align against narcotics trade

Mexican and U.S. authorities are increasingly setting aside their differences to unite against a common enemy.

Washington Post

Special section:

Mexican drug cartels

MSNBC

Obama to offer target to cut America's greenhouse gas emissions

President Obama may set a provisional target for cutting America's greenhouse gas emissions, removing the greatest single obstacle to a landmark global agreement to fight climate change.

Observer

Indian guru to steer world away from steak

Sydney Morning Herald

Special section:

Business of green

New York Times

Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation: Is it over?

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek his seat, has prompted predictions that the family's political dynasty is over.

San Francisco Chronicle

Did RI bishop ban Kennedy from communion?

Kansas City Star

Indonesia ferry sinks off Sumatra

Nearly 300 people have been pulled from the sea after a ferry sank off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, officials say.

BBC

NATION

Senate votes to begin debate on health care bill

The Senate voted along party lines to overcome a Republican filibuster and bring to the floor a bill that would overhaul the nation's health care system.

Denver Post

How health care reform could fall apart

Politico

Indians return to Alcatraz 40 years later

A handful of the initial occupiers and their supporters returned in very different circumstances: with the government's blessing, on a ferry that services an outpost of the National Park Service.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

New York lawmakers put themselves before state, Paterson says

New York Governor David Paterson said lawmakers who refuse to cut spending are avoiding their responsibilities and have put their interests ahead of the state’s.

Bloomberg

From DC to SC, bitter dispute over stimulus jobs

There's no need to go to Washington to hear the increasingly shrill arguments over phantom congressional districts and the number of jobs created by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan.

McClatchy

Vet aid program riddled with fraud

MSNBC

Glenn Beck promises to take more active role in politics

Glenn Beck, the popular Fox News host, says he wants to go beyond broadcasting his opinions on television, and start rallying his political base — formerly known as his audience — to take action.

Deseret News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Call it 'ThanksLiving' Day!

A movement to ditch turkey for dinner on Thanksgiving, sparked by the new book "Eating Animals," is gaining steam.

NY Daily News

Playboy wants partners to make brand bigger, Hefner says

Playboy needs to make strategic decisions to expand the men’s magazine publisher in the coming decade, according to former Chief Executive Officer Christie Hefner.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wireless electricity — no cables

As a new generation of wireless chargers goes on sale, scientists, who for decades have dreamed of a better way, believe we are about to tip into a tangle-free future.

New Zealand Herald

Tracking a man by virtual bread crumbs

In this digital age, where so much information about us is available online, how difficult would it be to shed all traces of your identity and start a new life?

NPR

HEALTH

Plastic surgery boom reaches alarming proportions in South Korea

Cosmetic surgery has been spreading not only among people in their 20s getting ready for marriage or their first jobs, but also among teens and people in their 60s.

Chosun Ilbo

Swine flu jabs 'still important'

Health officials are warning a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu makes the need for vaccination more important.

BBC

Special section:

Find a flu shot near you

Flu.gov

Fired therapist says stressed Marines got bad care

Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy where they could hear bomb blasts and war cries through the thin walls, say servicemen and their former psychiatrist.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Military academies lack minority nominees

As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

EducationNews.org

Child's play? Or something more?

Research shows imaginative play among young children may be as important as academics. Play might be an essential part in determining these children's social and emotional makeup as adults.

Washington Post

Student occupation at University of Calif., Santa Cruz ends

About 70 students at UC Santa Cruz in California avoided arrest when they surrendered the administration building they had occupied for three days, according to a school spokesman.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

10-year-old prodigy plays Carnegie Hall

Everyone knows it takes years of practice and a very mature talent to reach Carnegie Hall. Everyone, that is, except a young pianist from California.

CBS News

CNN Hero of the Year

Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.

CNN

WORLD

Setbacks stall finish of China's massive dam project

The massive reservoir behind China's Three Gorges Dam was supposed to be filled to capacity this month. But landslides on the reservoir and water shortages downstream have delayed the process.

NPR

Iran launches war games to protect nuclear sites