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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures during a press briefing at the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

Citigroup to suspend some foreclosures for the holidays

Citigroup Inc. will suspend foreclosures and evictions for 30 days in a temporary break for about 4,000 borrowers during the upcoming holiday season.

Star Tribune

Ethnic groups concerned with census

The 2010 census form will not contain a question asking people about their ancestry, a concern among some ethnic communities.

Detroit Free Press

Blacks want to improve census count

MSNBC

White Americans' majority to end by mid-century

USA TODAY

US plans to contribute to climate fund

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced at the Copenhagen climate talks that the United States would participate in a $100 billion fund to help poor and vulnerable nations.

New York Times

In Copenhagen, US vs. China

The Atlantic

Clinton: Climate agreement must be reached

Baltimore Sun

States address immigrant wage theft

Across the nation, the long-simmering problem of employers who don't pay their workers appears to be getting worse, especially for immigrant laborers.

CBS News

Special section:

Immigration explorer

New York Times

Tap water may be legal but unhealthy

The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can meet all legal requirements and still pose what scientists say are serious health risks.

New York Times

NATION

Holiday travelers should expect crowded skies and highways

Holiday travel is expected to jump 3.8 percent compared to last year, an increase of more than three million travelers compared to the 2008 season, AAA said.

CNNMoney

The flight before Christmas

New York Times

Travel tips for the holiday season

YouTube

Americans living longer

Across region, race and ethnic groups, death rates in the United States have declined steadily for the past five decades, the CDC reports.

ABC News

Special section:

Life expectancy

CDC.gov

Home construction in US rebounds

Home building rebounded from a six-month low, with improvement in new home construction in all sections of the nation, according to a government report.

CNNMoney

POLITICS

House approves Democratic jobs plan

House Democrats muscled through a year-end plan to create jobs, mixing $50 billion for public works projects with another almost $50 billion for cash-strapped state governments.

San Francisco Chronicle

Special section:

How America works now

Newsweek

'Buy American' rules to be strengthened in US House jobs bill

Bloomberg

Single-payer health care does not pass Senate

The liberals' longtime dream of a government-run health care system for all died in the Senate, but Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., vowed it will return.

Arizona Republic

Smoking rate drops in Mass., drawing attention

MSNBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

At holiday party, economy is Scrooge

Restaurants and caterers that host holiday parties have seen their revenues fall 10 percent to 30 percent for the season from a peak two years ago.

Hartford Courant

Deadline, deal day for online gift senders

Consumers who have procrastinated to send gifts should not fear. The second-annual Free Shipping Day is here to help.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Earth's polar ice sheets vulnerable to even moderate global warming

A new analysis of the Earth's sea level employs a novel statistical approach that reveals the planet's polar ice sheets are vulnerable to melting even under moderate global warming scenarios.

ScienceDaily

NASA study shows major groundwater loss in Calif. since 2003

A new study released by NASA shows that the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cell phone records used to predict malaria

University of Florida researchers at work on a malaria elimination study in Africa have become the first to predict the spread of the disease using cell phone records.

ScienceDaily

Fake Steve Jobs rallies iPhone users to cripple AT&T network

It started as a joke, but now a stunt urging iPhone users to take down AT&T's wireless network has drawn the attention of federal regulators who condemn the digital protest as "irresponsible."

ABC News

Worldwide scientists crack 'entire genetic code' of cancer

Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers — skin and lung — a move they say could revolutionize cancer care.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope reaches out to cyber youth with YouTube, Tupac, podcasts

Pope Benedict XVI, who at 82 doesn't use a computer, is tapping YouTube, MySpace and podcasts to lure disenchanted youth into the Church’s fold.

Bloomberg

Muslim televangelist takes his message to millions across the world

Amr Khaled's unique brand of Muslim preaching has made him one of the most popular preachers in the world. He was recently named the 13th most-influential person in the world by TIME magazine.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

From Hiroshima to 9/11, a girl's origami lives on

When Sadako Sasaki lay in her hospital bed sick with leukemia, she showed her father origami cranes from local school girls. "When you fold 1,000 paper cranes, you will get well," her dad responded.

CNN

Santa gets a big surprise helper at Denver's Cole Academy

Millionaire businessman Tom Gamel stood before a classroom at Cole Arts & Science Academy about to blow their minds with a nifty gift, but first, he wanted to impart some wisdom.

Denver Post

WORLD

British Airways wins court ban on Christmas strike

British Airways has won its bid for a High Court injunction to prevent a series of crippling Christmas strikes by thousands of cabin crew.

Telegraph.co.uk

NATO fails to gain Russian aid