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US President Barack Obama is applauded by Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize during a ceremony in the Main Hall of Oslo City Hall in Oslo. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

States spending less to fight against smoking

State governments are collecting record revenues from tobacco companies but spending less and less of it on antismoking programs, a group of health and advocacy organizations said in a report.

New York Times

Most of the world exposed to tobacco smoke

Reuters

Mystery solved: Russian missile test launch fails

A Russian test launch of an intercontinental missile failed, resulting in a white light seen over parts of Norway.

BBC

Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize

President Barack Obama said war is sometimes necessary and justified, as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.

CBS News

Afghans' anger at Obama's win

YouTube

Special section:

Nobel Prizes

New York Times

Obama's acceptance speech

BBC

US will be in Afghanistan beyond 2011

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates ended a two-day trip to Afghanistan, telling a group of Afghan soldiers that America will maintain a presence beyond the troop pullout set to begin in 2011.

CNN

Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest'

Social scientists are amassing evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate in our quest to survive.

ScienceDaily

Compassion key to survival and progress

Times of India

NATION

Cold mornings are Christmas for thieves

On cold mornings when temperatures at sunrise are in single digits and the wind chill below zero, a police officer can readily find 15 to 20 vehicles left running unattended.

McClatchy Newspapers

New 'Cash for Caulkers' could seal $12,000 per home

President Obama proposed a new program that would reimburse homeowners for energy-efficient appliances and heat insulation, part of a broader plan to stimulate the economy.

CNNMoney

Group sues for White House visitor list

The nonprofit conservative group Judicial Watch has sued the U.S. Secret Service after the Obama administration again denied a request for copies of the list of visitors to the White House.

MSNBC

House committee issues subpoenas for White House gatecrashers

The Hill

POLITICS

Dems to lift debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion, fear 2010 backlash

In a bold but risky year-end strategy, Democrats are preparing to raise the federal debt ceiling before New Year’s rather than have to face the issue again prior to the 2010 elections.

Politico

US House debates financial rules revamp amid clash over fund

The U.S. House will resume debate on legislation to toughen rules policing Wall Street after lawmakers clashed over an industry-supported fund the government would use to bail out firms.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

World-record energy collisions achieved at Large Hadron Collider

Thousands of physicists around the world cheered as CERN's Large Hadron Collider smashed together subatomic particles at the highest energies ever reached by a human-made accelerator.

ScienceDaily

Digital device performs the job of avalanche rescue dog

A novel geolocation system makes use of signals from Galileo, to locate avalanche victims within centimeters.

Medical News Today

SPORTS

How a ‘band of no-hopers’ forged US soccer’s finest day

Walter Bahr taught junior high in Philadelphia when he made the U.S. soccer team for the 1950 World Cup, playing a vital role in a great upset.

New York Times

Barry Bonds' agent concedes slugger's playing days are over

Barry Bonds' agent finally acknowledged that the home run king is done playing baseball.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

More US Christians mix in 'Eastern,' New Age beliefs

The chances are that one in five of the people in church find "spiritual energy" in mountains or trees, and one in six believe in the "evil eye" — beliefs your Christian pastor doesn't preach.

USA TODAY

Lesbian bishop-elect finds support as well as controversy

The election of the first openly lesbian bishop drew a stern rebuke from the Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican church.

Baltimore Sun

EDUCATION

Why many college dropouts say they left: the need to work

College dropouts said that they needed to go to work and school at the same time, according to a new report from Public Agenda and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Class is in session

TIME

Wine-tasting club for high schoolers aims to curb binge drinking in UK

In an attempt to curb teenage binge drinking, one high school is trying a refreshing new approach: a wine club.

NY Daily News

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GOOD NEWS

Northern Colo. sugar beet farmers taste sweet times

Sugar beets are back on the northern Front Range in a big way. Earnings are up, production is high and Richard Seaworth — a second-generation sugar beet farmer near Wellington, Colo. — is happy.

Denver Post

Snowball Express helps families of fallen soldiers at Christmas time

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was abuzz with Christmas cheer, as families who've lost loved ones to war since 9/11, celebrated with volunteers.

CBS News

WORLD

Poor blame rich at climate talks

Tensions spilled over at a global warming summit as the leading delegate for poor countries accused the United States and other nations of using colonial-era tactics to "preserve their dominance."

USA TODAY

Gore refutes Palin's climate change claims