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- Automakers rush to finish plans for Congress
- Reuters - U.S. automakers rushed to submit restructuring plans demanded by
- Europe looks to galvanize banks
- Reuters - The European Commission on Tuesday promised measures to
- Britney Spears tops Yahoo searches
- AP - She did it again: Britney Spears was
- Stocks point to higher open after big drop
- AP - Wall Street headed toward a higher open Tuesday, following a now-familiar pattern of
BBC
- US 'warned India' about Mumbai
- The US warned India about a possible threat before last weeks Mumbai attacks, US media reports say.
- Reds not feeling heat - Carragher
- Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher dismisses suggestions that his side are struggling to deal with raised expectation levels at Anfield.
- Conjoined twins being separated
- An operation to separate conjoined twins born to a Shropshire woman is taking place after being brought forward.
- Stranded Britons 'will get home'
- Government ministers are working with airlines to bring home thousands of British tourists stranded in Thailand.
- Intel questions
- Attacks in Mumbai highlight Indian security failings
- No-win situation
- Why Ethiopia is pulling its troops out of Somalia
- Day in pictures
- The most striking images from around the world
CNN
- Jimmy Carter: U.S. must lead rights struggle
- It has been heartening to witness the outpouring of worldwide enthusiasm over the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States, a transformational moment for our country.
- Commentary: How we lost faith in Wall Street
- Investing is an act of faith. That simple declarative sentence begins my 1999 book, Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor.
- Allergic and wheezing, but still keeping pets
- It started with sinus congestion for Shawna Coronado. Then the splitting migraines came. Coronado soon discovered the furry causes: Harrington and Kalamazoo.
- Capitol tourists to get warmer welcome
- The days of having nothing but an idle outdoor wait ahead of a U.S. Capitol tour appear to be over.
- Israel buries victims of Mumbai attacks
- Thousands of mourners and emissaries from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Chabad movement poured into an Israeli village Tuesday for the funerals of a rabbi and his wife killed last week in the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
- Priest tried to warn of Cambodia's insanity
- François Ponchaud was a newly ordained Catholic priest when he arrived in Cambodia in 1965 from a small village in France.
- Security adviser's big challenge: Consensus
- President-elect Barack Obamas national security adviser, Gen. Jim Jones, said Monday the challenge he will face will be to achieve consensus among the disparate members of the new presidents national security team.
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- Mumbai killers to be denied a muslim burial
- A MUSLIM graveyard today refused to bury nine of the gunmen who terrorised Mumbai. The men were not true followers of the Islamic faith, according to the influential Muslim Jama Masjid Trust, which runs the 7.5-acre Badakabrastan graveyard in central
- S. Africa ends decade of denial on AIDS
- Church bells tolled, workers put down their tools and court proceedings stopped Monday as South Africa marked a minute of silence for AIDS victims and ended a decade of denial about the epidemic.
- Bush FCC chairman considering 'porn-free Internet'
- Bush Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is still considering a proposal to create a free, porn-free Internet, according to todays Wall Street Journal. Martin was Deputy General Counsel for the Bush-Cheney 2000 recount.
- Highest Paid Presidents/PM's around the World
- Politicians in Singapore are amongst the most highly paid government officials in the world. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore earns five times more than the American President. Lee Hsien Loong takes an annual salary of $2.46 million.
- Pentagon To Deploy 20,000 Troops On US Soil
- Domestic emergency deployment may be just the first example of a series of expansions in presidential and military authority, or even an increase in domestic surveillance, said the ACLU.
- The Perils of Blaming Pakistan for the Mumbai Terror Attacks
- Most Pakistanis reacted with horror to news of the Mumbai killing spree starting Wednesday, having lived through equally devastating attacks on their own soil. Extremists would benefit if rising tension forces the Pakistan military to redeploy forces fighting the Taliban
- Women Kill Males Babies To End War
- Women in Papua New Guineas Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal war that has gone on for more than 20 years.
FOX
- Woman Found Barely Alive, Infested by Maggots
- A 62-year-old woman has been hospitalized after authorities found her barely alive with maggots eating her flesh, officials in Texas said.
- Mourners Bury Israelis Tortured Before Mumbai Killings
- Throngs of mourners on Tuesday packed the funerals of the six Jews killed in the 60-hour terror rampage in the Indian city of Mumbai, a grim occasion deepened by the conviction that the victims were targeted because of their religion.
- Georgia Runoff Could Decide Balance of Power
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- Limbaugh Calls Clinton Pick 'Brilliant Stroke'
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- Nicole Kidman Takes a Beating on Facebook
- Type Nicole and Kidman into a Facebook search and youre confronted with the horrible, disturbing, catty world of Kidman haters
- Congo Rebels Leave Eastern Town in Display of 'Peace'
- Rebels in Congo have pulled out of a town on the Ugandan border they captured in fighting that forced 10,000 people to flee, the U.N. and a spokesman for the insurgents said.
- Pop Tarts: Geri Halliwell Parties Panty-Free
- We always knew Geri Ginger Spice Halliwell was cheeky, but we just werent aware quite how cheeky as the sexy songstress left very little to the imagination while attending the BAFTA British Academy Childrens Awards in London over the weekend.
The Washington Post
- Big 3 Plea for $25B in Loans
- Automakers scramble to reassure Congress that any money they receive will not be squandered.
- Pakistan to Aid India in Terror Investigation
- Pakistan offers to set up a joint inquiry into the terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last week, and says it will cooperate with India.
- India: Hand Over Fugitives
- India demands that Pakistan turn over 20 men in the aftermath of last weeks terrorist attacks.
- Developers' Plans Are Deflated
- Construction across region has slowed, fueling anxiety in communities seeking revitalization.
- Mumbai Mourns Slain Rabbi, Wife
- Prayer service honors couple held hostage at Jewish outreach center during three-day siege.
- Rapport With Ex-Rival Will Be Key for Clinton
- Her success as secretary of state may depend as much on Obamas willingness to admit her to his inner circle as her mastery of the job, officials say.
- Pragmatic Pair to Confront Terror
- Justice, Homeland Security picks have excellent credentials but not much direct experience.
Reuters
- Automakers rush to finish plans for Congress
- DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. automakers rushed to submit restructuring plans demanded by Congress before lawmakers reopen debate on a $25 billion bailout the industry says it needs to survive.
- Two U.S. soldiers charged for abusing Afghans
- KABUL (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan have been charged with the abuse of Afghan detainees, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
- Lots of TV and Web harms kids' health
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web makes children more prone to a range of health problems including obesity and smoking, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
- Saakashvili warns West on Russia ties
- TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the West Tuesday not to return to business as usual with Russia without holding it to account for its five-day war with his country in August.
- Oil falls below $48
- LONDON (Reuters) - Oil fell to a 3-1/2-year low below $48 a barrel on Tuesday as signs grew that the global economy was in worse shape than thought and after OPEC opted to delay talks on further output cuts.
- Iraq's "Chemical Ali" gets second death sentence
- BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Husseins cousin Chemical Ali to death on Tuesday for crushing a Shiite revolt after the 1991 Gulf War, Judge Mohammad al-Uraibi said.
- Georgia votes in key Senate run-off election
- DULUTH, Georgia (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Georgia votes in a run-off election for U.S. Senate on Tuesday that will help decide whether Democrats gain a big enough majority in the chamber to ram through legislation virtually at will.
USATODAY
- NATO takes up piracy "scourge"
- NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday tackled concerns about combatting pirates off the Somali coast where despite an six-week ...
- Israeli court convicts Palestinian parliament chief
- An Israeli military court has charged the Palestinian parliament speaker with membership in the Islamic militant group Hamas.
- Condoleezza Rice plays piano at Buckingham Palace
- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave a piano recital for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace
- Indictments against Cheney, Gonzales dismissed
- A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and told the south ...
- Suspects sought in Miami mall shooting
- An armored truck company is offering $20,000 for information on two gunmen who shot and killed a guard in a busy suburban Miami ...
- Colo. man charged with libel over Craigslist posts
- A man accused of making unflattering online comments about his former lover and her attorney on Craigslist has been charged with ...
- Panel warns biological attack likely by 2013
- The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan ...
MSNBC
- Teen shows up bruised, chained at gym
- Police are questioning a couple after a bruised and half-naked 17-year-old boy showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, claiming he had just fled his captors, authorities said.
- Patient photos help docs read CT scans better
- An intriguing Israeli study found adding photos of patients faces to the file made radiologists more meticulous when looking at the X-rays
- Governors to press Obama for shortfall help
- The nations governors are meeting with the President-elect today to press
- Trampled NY worker lacked crowd training
- A worker trampled to death when customers stormed a Wal-Mart for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving had no experience in crowd control and was placed at the entrance because of his hulking frame, police and a lawyer said Monday.
- More Nixon tapes, records being made public
- The government is opening another window into Richard Nixons shattered presidency.
CBS
- Roadblock: Debts May Prevent Auto Bailout
- Theyll park some corporate jets, cut executive pay and serve up concessions from the United Auto Workers, but Ford, GM and perhaps Chrysler will also have to address massive debts to persuade a skeptical Congress to loan them money.
- Study: WMD Attack In U.S. Likely By 2013
- The United States can expect a terror attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
- Scrutiny Focused On Pakistan Terror Group
- The militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has roots in the disputed Kashmir region where Pakistans military has faced off against India for decades.
- Two Killed, 30 Hurt In India Bomb Blast
- A bomb exploded in a train coach in Indias insurgency-hit northeast on Tuesday, killing at least two people and injuring another 30, a state government official said.
- Holiday Parade Accident Injures Nine
- An accident at a holiday parade in an east Texas town injured at least nine people Monday night, some of them children, a hospital official said.
- Administration Ignored Meltdown Warnings
- The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed.
- Investing In Something "Stable"
- The market meltdown has a lot of people looking for alternative places to invest their money, like in gold or silver. But some people are looking to somewhere unheard of: a herd of alpacas, Kelly Wallace reports.
The New York Times
- Diner's Journal: Wine Museum Files for Chapter 11
- Copia, the ambitious food, wine, and art museum in Napa, Calif., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
- Dow Plunges 680 Points as Recession Is Declared
- The announcement that the recession began in December 2007 came on a day when the Dow dropped more than 7 percent.
- Officials Warn That Economy Will Remain Weak
- The Fed chairman and Treasury secretary expressed optimism for the long haul and said they would continue to deal aggressively with the crisis.
- With Appointments, Obama Moves On From the Campaign
- Barack Obama called for “a new dawn of American leadership” as he formally introduced his national security team, led by Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state nominee.
- The Caucus: Return of a Familiar Face
- Contrasting views overseas of Mrs. Clintons selection, through the prism of an old administration.
- City Room: New York Governor Deflects Senate Questions
- The governor says that he will not appoint a replacement for the senator until she is confirmed as secretary of state and steps down, in January at the earliest.
- The Caucus: Obama Releases Donor Names
- The Obama team has released a list of donors to its transition project.
TIME
- What's Really at Stake in Georgia's Senate Runoff
- A surprise Democratic win in this deep-red state would be a crowning embarrassment for Republicans, but the GOP may take a wrong, very dangerous message from a victory
- Detroit Bailout Fueling Trade Tensions with Europe
- Fearing Washingtons proposed $25 billion rescue plan could give struggling U.S. carmakers an advantage, European policymakers look for ways to support their own automotive industry
- Hugo Chavez for President ... Now and Forever?
- Even after the mixed results of Venezuelas November election, the rambunctious leader is pushing for a new vote to end presidential term limits
- Watching Clinton's Transition at State
- Now that Hillary Clinton has been nominated to be Secretary of State, President-elect Barack Obamas former Democratic rival will begin preparing for the job that awaits her in less than two months
- Italy's Communist Tranvestite TV Star
- Italys reality television show industry says as much about the countrys politics as it does about Italian viewing habits
- Florida Moves to Provide Relief on Foreclosures
- Governor Crist scrambles to sign on banks for a ninety day moratorium on home foreclosures
- Getting Paid for Your A's
- A new website tries to bribe - ahem, incentivize - students to work harder in school
Newsday
- Ronkonkoma teen dies in crash
- Jayson Giles, 18, died Monday afternoon after he lost control of his car and ran into a utility pole, police said.
- Plaxico at center of growing storm
- Embattled Giants star Plaxico Burress arrested and handcuffed like a common criminal.
- Arrest in Jennifer Hudson case
- Jennifer Hudsons estranged brother-in-law has been arrested in Illinois in the deaths of the singers mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.
- Cyber Monday spending drops
- Sales dipped 4 percent despite big bargains during the online holiday shopping kick-off on Monday
- ExploreLI: 'Nutcracker' on LI
- From now until the end of the year, more than a dozen local Nutcracker productions will tempt you.
- Ronkonkoma teen dies in crash
- Jayson Giles, 18, died Monday afternoon after he lost control of his car and ran into a utility pole, police said.
- Plaxico at center of growing storm
- A handcuffed Plaxico Burress was led to his holding cell as Mayor Bloomberg called for the book to be thrown at the Giants star.