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Iran to try US hikers charged with spying

Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, told a press conference that the three hikers would face the judiciary after they were arrested for crossing the border from Iraq in July.

Guardian

Who are the US hikers?

BBC

Ill. prisons cut down prison terms, secretly release inmates

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn suspended a program that had been allowing repeat drunk drivers, drug users and others to serve less than three weeks' total time behind bars.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Climate negotiations 'suspended' for now

Negotiations at the UN climate summit have been suspended after the African group withdrew co-operation.

BBC

Covering the climate summit

CNN

Pentagon, CIA eye climate change

NPR

Slideshow: endangered by climate change

MSNBC

Citigroup strikes deal to repay TARP

Citigroup said it has struck a deal with the government to return $20 billion in bailout money to taxpayers. The lender said it would raise the money through a combination of stock and debt.

CNNMoney

US hiring predicted to grow in 2010

White House chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers said U.S. employers will start to increase payrolls this spring, ending a decline that’s led to the loss of 7.2 million jobs since the recession began.

Bloomberg

When will jobs come back?

CNN

NATION

Rescuers face avalanche risk in search for Mt. Hood climbers

Rescuers on Mount Hood who have recovered the body of one climber say "time is critical" in the hunt for his two companions. Bad weather continues to delay the operation.

Star Tribune

Rescuer Steve Rollins talks

Hulu.com

Gaps in DNA databanks lead to tragedy

An Associated Press review found tens of thousands of DNA samples missing from state databanks across the country.

ABC News

POLITICS

White House to Harry Reid: Cut deal with Joe Lieberman

The White House is encouraging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to cut a deal with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), which would mean eliminating Medicare expansion in the health reform bill.

Politico

Senate health care passage by Dec. 25?

Reuters

New health care pact doomed?

CNN

Budget cuts, new police chief top Houston mayor-elect Parker's agenda

Houston mayor-elect Annise Parker did not mince words in her first public appearances, laying out an aggressive agenda for her inaugural term in office while promising to say "no" to "a little bit of everybody."

Houston Chronicle

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Taylor Swift gives big as she turns 20

The country superstar marked turning 20 with a Christmas-themed birthday party and a $250,000 donation to schools around the country that she's either attended or worked with.

People

Economics laureate Samuelson dies at 94

Paul Samuelson, whose work helped form the basis of modern economics, died in his home in Belmont, Mass., after a brief illness.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Water and ice tell of climate change

The glaciers that have long provided water and electricity to a part of Bolivia are melting and disappearing. Most scientists say they are victims of global warming.

New York Times

'Acidifying oceans' threaten food supply

Acidification of the oceans is a major threat to marine life and humanity's food supply, Hilary Benn has warned as the U.N. climate summit resumes.

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

WISE set to search for universe's hidden 'dark' objects

After two delays, NASA is scheduled to launch an unmanned orbiting observatory that promises to greatly enhance, and significantly change, humanity's understanding of the heavens.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

NASA

Social network searches could be a hacker's dream

The race to include up-to-the-minute postings from popular social networks atop search results from Google, Microsoft Bing and Yahoo! Search should trigger a boon — for spammers and cyber criminals.

USA TODAY

Viruses that leave victims red in the face

New York Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Archbishop of Canterbury says fear hinders success of climate change

People are so paralyzed by fear and selfishness they cannot save the planet, the archbishop of Canterbury said during a church service in Copenhagen.

Guardian

Black Expo chapter spreads the word about holiday known as Kwanzaa

The traditional African-American holiday known as Kwanzaa was the subject of a program organized by the Greater Lafayette Chapter of Indiana Black Expo at the Tippecanoe County Public Library.

Journal and Courier

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GOOD NEWS

Animal lovers flock to adoption event at a Mich. mall

The Pontiac-based Michigan Animal Rescue League brought the animals to Lakeside in hope of reducing its oversupply of strays.

Detroit Free Press

Record-setting kidney swap saves lives

Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of an effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify.

USA TODAY

WORLD

US special forces train Yemen army against al-Qaida threat

Yemen is becoming a "reserve" base for al-Qaida, which considers it a safe haven. America has sent a small number of special forces teams to improve training of Yemen's army in reaction to the threat.

Telegraph.co.uk

Afghan incentives to Taliban turncoats often empty