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UN climate convention deadline proves to be 'flexible'

The U.N. climate convention says nations signing up to the accord reached at last month's summit will not have to do so by the deadline of Jan. 31.

BBC

UN says Copenhagen failed to deliver

ABC News

UN Climate Change panel under fire after Himalayan glacier claim

Times Online

Copenhagen accord 1 month later

YouTube

Salt reduction could save 92,000 US lives per year

Shaving three grams off the daily salt intake of Americans could prevent up to 66,000 strokes, 99,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths in the United States.

Reuters

Justices overturn key campaign limits

Overruling two important precedents, a bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.

New York Times

Special section:

Campaign finance law

NPR

US peace blueprint promises years of civilian assistance

A plan by the Obama administration will keep thousands of U.S. civilians in Pakistan and Afghanistan for years.

Sydney Morning Herald

Afghans protest deaths of 4 in raid

Reuters

Obama to propose new rules on banks

President Barack Obama will offer proposals to limit financial institutions’ size and trading activities to reduce risk-taking.

Bloomberg

Hard times lead to dramatic rise in bankruptcies

NPR

2010 Census: What you need to know

The 2010 U.S. Census starts soon. At stake are billions of federal dollars — and maybe your representative's job.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

New jobless claims up unexpectedly

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, as the economy recovers at a slow and uneven pace.

CBS News

El Nino prime culprit for severe weather seen in Calif.

A storm system that has battered California, flooding streets and triggering mudslides, is largely courtesy of El Niño, which is expected to influence the jet stream throughout the winter months.

Christian Science Monitor

Extreme weather batters Calif.

MSNBC

Suspect's civilian court status hurts terror fight, hearings told

The top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee said that she's concerned the Christmas Day bombing suspect was put in the civilian court system.

Detroit News

POLITICS

McCain's wife, daughter back same-sex-marriage movement

Cindy McCain, the wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, and their daughter Meghan have posed for photos endorsing pro-gay marriage in California.

Kansas City Star

Obama administration sticking to agenda

Members of the Obama administration say they may change tactics, but their goals remain the same, even after the Democratic loss in Massachusetts — and that includes health care.

USA TODAY

Health care after Mass. election

ABC News

BUSINESS

Goldman's profit helped by bonus cuts

Goldman Sachs reported fourth-quarter profits that soared above Wall Street expectations as the company scaled back how much it set side for employee compensation.

CNNMoney

Running dry: Belgium's beer crisis

The Belgians have a rich beer-making tradition dating back to the Middle Ages; beer, it is said, is the very lifeblood of the country. But trouble is, literally, brewing. Supplies of top brands are running low.

TIME

SPORTS

Rex Ryan: Jets 'not afraid' to compete against the Colts

Jets coach Rex Ryan continued to hold nothing back as he prepared his wild-card team for the AFC title game against top-seeded Indianapolis.

USA TODAY

Minnesota Vikings' Pat Williams relishes return to playoffs

Now that it's over, Pat Williams knows the wait was worth it. Now that he has tasted victory in the NFL playoffs after 13 long years of doing without, he knows nothing else really compares.

Sports Illustrated

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Thousands of volunteers made helping in Haiti a habit

Relief agencies have raced to Haiti since the devastating earthquake a week ago. But thousands of professional aid workers and faith-driven volunteers had been going for years.

USA TODAY

Russia gets spot in France

A French court ruled that a Russian Orthodox cathedral built on the French Riviera nearly a century ago under Czar Nicholas II now belongs to Moscow.

Kansas City Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Kids less happy as they're more plugged into TV, music, Web?

Heavy media users, a new survey finds, are more likely to have bad grades, more likely to be "often sad or unhappy," less likely to get along well with their parents and twice as likely to "get into trouble a lot."

USA TODAY

Wired teens hooked on electronics

CBS News

Colo. could play leading role in development of 3-D TV tech

If the recent Consumer Electronics Show is any indication, 3-D television sets are poised to invade living rooms. Several companies with Colorado ties could help lead the charge.

Denver Post

Electric Icarus: NASA designs a 1-man stealth plane

A super-quiet, hover-capable aircraft design, NASA's experimental one-man Puffin could show how electric propulsion can transform our ideas of flight.

Scientific American

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GOOD NEWS

Choosing to make a difference for poorest of the poor

These women are part of a team of outreach workers who go into Cap Haitien's slums, working out of a health clinic at Fort Saint Michel and funded by Konbit Sante, a non-profit organization.

Portland Press Herald

Okla. pooch destined for Broadway

All dogs go to heaven, but only a few dogs get to go to Broadway. One of them turns out to be a dog from Oklahoma.

KOTV

WORLD

Yemen stops issuing visas at airports

Yemen is to stop issuing visas to foreigners arriving at international airports, state media has reported.

BBC

At Yemen college, scholarship and Jihadist ideas