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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, walks with Dave Schiappa, Secretary for the Minority, as they head to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Harry Hamburg / AP)

Senate passes $1.1T spending measure

The bill, which passed 57-35, is a package of six different spending bills that were wrapped together at the last minute while a crush of other business has taken center stage — mainly health care.

NPR

Copenhagen summit police prepare for renewed clashes

Danish police geared up for fresh confrontation as hundreds of activists detained during a rally at the Copenhagen summit on climate change were released.

Times Online

International day of climate action

MSNBC

US rejects Iran nuclear offer

Washington has reportedly dismissed a Tehran offer to swap 400 kilograms of its low enriched uranium in the Persian Gulf island of Kish.

Press TV

Gates expects new sanctions on Iran

New York Times

Special section:

Sanctions against Iran

Reuters

North Korea and US agree to resume peace talks

North Korea and the United States have agreed to resume suspended four-way talks to replace the tattered Korean War armistice with a permanent peace accord, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said.

Reuters

Thailand seizes 'N Korea arms jet'

Al Jazeera

Amanda Knox: Scared but hopeful

Amanda Knox told The Associated Press from her jail cell that she is scared but hopeful eight days after an Italian court sentenced her to 26 years in prison for the murder of her British roommate.

ABC News

Blog:

Ex-boyfriend: Knox incapable of killing

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

US system to find, help victims of human trafficking is broken

An investigation by The Kansas City Star found that the U.S. is failing to find and help tens of thousands of human trafficking victims in America.

Kansas City Star

US human trafficking no small operation

NPR

Child hunger increasing in America

The percentage of U.S. households in which food sometimes was scarce spiked in 2008, with a particularly steep increase among households with children, the Washington Post reported.

Press TV

What's the best the way to end childhood hunger in US?

MSNBC

Social science vs. the Pentagon: Should anthropologists go to war?

The American Anthropological Association released a report saying that both in concept and application, the Pentagon "can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology."

TIME

POLITICS

$11 billion in disclosed earmarks expected in fiscal year 2010

Congress is on pace to spend $11 billion on disclosed earmarks in fiscal year 2010. That's about four billion less than last year's cost of earmarks

The Hill

Houston elects openly gay mayor

Houston became the first major U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, after a hotly contested run-off election.

Reuters

The Republican party fights ... with itself

Intra-party squabbling among conservatives — especially with Tea Partiers thrown into the mix — is not good news for the GOP.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Few homeowners get through mortgage loan modification program

Only about 4 percent of homeowners whose home loans were reworked through a government-led program have successfully completed a trial period required to get permanent modifications.

USA TODAY

Treasury unleashes foreclosure 'SWAT teams'

NPR

Special section:

mortgage interest rates

New York Times

Thriving small businesses still struggling to get loans

Small-business owners across the country are complaining that — despite billions of taxpayer dollars in relief funds — banks are still holding back on loans.

CNN

Google Inc. to produce, sell own phone

Google Inc. plans to sell its own cell phone direct to consumers as soon as next year, bypassing wireless operators in a rare strategic move, the Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying.

Globeandmail.com

ENVIRONMENT

Is the apocalypse a present danger?

Much of Yellowstone National Park, which straddles the states of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, sits on one of the largest volcanoes on the planet, and when (not if) it erupts, it'll be messy.

Toronto Star

Mass. to keep ban on new incinerators

After a year-long review, environmental officials announced that Massachusetts is going to continue its 15-year-old moratorium on building new incinerators.

Boston Globe

Boy's dream to build windmill transforms lives in Malawi

The windmill has elevated one teenager from starvation to plenty, and it is the reason why a global village is poised to assist and follow him.

Toronto Star

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hubble peers deep into space, time

Pushing the Hubble space telescope's newest camera to its limits, astronomers say they have captured images of some of the most distant galaxies ever seen — more than 13 billion light years away.

Baltimore Sun

New screening tool helps identify children at risk for developmental issues

A newborn exam identified newborns who may have problems with school readiness and behavior at age four. This opens up the possibility of early intervention to prevent these problems.

ScienceDaily

3-D developer focuses on theaters

There are lingering questions about whether the technology can become a staple in theaters. Nonetheless, recent box-office figures indicate it is making a substantial impact on the film industry.

Denver Post

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslim community in US takes action

Five young American men left their families for Pakistan to allegedly gain entry to terrorist training camps. Back home, community leaders are trying to make sure that doesn't happen again.

NPR

ETF market gets religion

Investors praying for divine inspiration may have gotten their wish as three faith-based exchange-traded funds made their debut.

Investment News

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GOOD NEWS

'North Pole' flight delights ailing kids

A United Airlines flight filled with children took off from Denver International Airport, bound for a destination few fliers ever visit: the North Pole.

Denver Post

Houston attorney, family continue tradition with $200,000 donation

For the third consecutive year, Houston attorney and philanthropist John Eddie Williams Jr. and his wife donated $200,000 to the Goodfellows program to buy toys for underprivileged children.

Houston Chronicle

For more than 30 years, voices ring out to aid needy

At St. Paul's Anglican Church, people celebrated a noble tradition: charity, like that shown two millennia ago by an innkeeper's wife, who let Mary give birth in her manger.

Toronto Star

WORLD

US and Russia open talks on limits to cyberwar