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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush insisted on Monday that any ceasefire to end the Gaza crisis must include provisions to prevent Hamas from continuing to use the coastal strip to fire rockets into Israel.
Video: Palestinian Casualties Overwhelm Gaza Hospitals
A rush to broker peace in Gaza
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New York Times -
As he prepares to take office, President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a small team of advisers who will lead his transition operation and help choose the members of his administration.
Video: Obama Fills Key Intelligence Positions
New intelligence director may lead smaller agency
 Times Online |
FOXNews -
AP Jan. 5: US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, right, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani look on during a ceremony marking the opening of the new US Embassy in Baghdad.
Video: Raw Video: US Baghdad Embassy Opens
US opens world's largest foreign mission in Iraq
 WELT ONLINE |
Daily Times -
By Iftikhar Gilani and Sajjad Malik NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: India on Monday formally handed over a dossier to Pakistan containing “information and evidence showing Pakistan-based individuals’ involvement” in the Mumbai terror attacks.
India turns over Mumbai info to Pakistan
Hot Spots: India and Pakistan
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Los Angeles Times -
The officer is wounded in a barrage of 30 shots in the Athens area where nationwide youth rioting began. One of the guns used is linked to a 2007 attack by a far-left militant organization.
Extremist group in Greece attacks police
Gunmen in Greece Attack Policemen
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ABC News -
By EMMA SCHWARTZ, AARON KATERSKY, and RICHARD ESPOSITO Federal prosecutors in Manhattan today asked a court to place alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff in jail while they continue developing their case against him.
Madoff sightings cause heads to turn in New York
Madoff Trustee Finds $830 Million of Liquid Assets
 CTV.ca |
New York Times -
Following is Al Franken's statement on the Minnesota state Canvassing Board's decision to certify Senate recount. The latest on the presidential transition and other political news from Washington and around the nation.
Franken Declared Winner in Minnesota Senate Race
Franken declares Senate race win after state ruling
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New York Times -
Roland W. Burris talked to reporters at news conference at Midway Airport in Chicago on Monday before leaving for Washington. By KAREN ANN CULLOTTA and MONICA DAVEY CHICAGO - Even as Senate leaders continued to challenge his appointment to the seat ...
Video: Burris Says Senate Appointment Is Legal
Burris: 'I am the legally-appointed senator'
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New York Times -
By NICK BUNKLEY DETROIT - Vehicle sales in the United States tumbled more than 35 percent in December, dragging the Detroit automakers’ full-year totals down to their lowest levels in nearly half a century.
Auto Executives See Help From Credit Mkts, Stimulus Plan
GM’s 2008 US Sales Dive to 49-Year Low on Recession
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Bloomberg -
By John Lauerman Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Parts of Steve Jobs’s stomach, pancreas, bile duct and small intestine may have been removed to stop the spread of cancer.
Apple CEO's Health Update Raises Stock, More Questions
Commentary: Apple needs to be more clear about Jobs and succession ...
 Washington Post |
Bloomberg -
By Lynn Thomasson Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks fell for the first time in four days on concern that a slump in corporate profits will stretch into 2009, overshadowing speculation the government will revive the economy with tax cuts.
Scorecard for the major stock market indexes
US STOCKS-Wall St slips on telecom, financials; Apple jumps
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TechNewsWorld -
By Renay San Miguel China is renewing its hard-line approach to Internet content, and it's starting by calling out some of the biggest names on the Net -- among them Google and Baidu.
Campaign looks to free Web from porn
China targets Google, Baidu in latest 'Net filth crackdown
 The Inquisitr |
CNET News -
CNN anchor Rick Sanchez wasn't really high on crack this morning, and the reason his Twitter feed said so wasn't the phishing scam that's been going around--it was a lone hacker, the microblogging service said later on Monday.
Twitter accounts of Obama, Britney Spears hacked
President-elect Barack Obama Falls Victim to Twitter Hack
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Ars Technica -
By Jacqui Cheng | Published: January 05, 2009 - 11:03AM CT Forget the set-top box—Netflix is going straight to the TV, no Roku or Xbox 360 required.
LG to unveil netflixed HDTVs
Netflix streaming comes to LG HDTVs
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Washington Post -
By John Marquis NASSAU (Reuters) - Two pathologists appointed by Bahamian authorities performed an autopsy on Monday on the body of actor John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, who died last week after suffering a seizure at the family's holiday home.
Jett Travolta's Death Caused by 'Seizure Disorder'
Autopsy of John Travolta's son, Jett, performed in front of family ...
 San Francisco Chronicle |
San Francisco Chronicle -
AP Photo/Adam Rountree, file Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell are celebrating after the "Ugly Betty" actress gave birth to twin girls.
Rebecca Romijn Gives Birth to Twin Girls
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell have twin girls
 New York Times |
Entertainment Weekly -
The Producers Guild listed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Milk, and Slumdog Millionaire as their five nominees today, further sharpening this year's Oscar race.
Producers Guild of America nominations = Oscars' front-runners
Hollywood producers unveil best film nominees
 Washington Post |
Dallas Morning News -
By CHUCK CARLTON / The Dallas Morning News When Ohio State runs: Starting left guard Jim Cordle is just back from a late-season knee injury, meaning Ben Person will get the start in the mountainous offensive line.
The Pryor Dividend
Ohio State football: Free tickets outside the Fiesta Bowl
 AZ Central.com |
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago Cubs have reportedly signed volatile outfielder Milton Bradley to a three-year contract.
AP Source: Bradley, Cubs agree to $30M, 3-yr deal
Bradley, Cubs near 3-year, $30 million deal
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MLB.com -
By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins owner Carl Pohlad, a billionaire financier who became best known after purchasing the Twins in 1984, passed away Monday.
Longtime Twins owner Carl Pohlad, 93, dies
Twins owner Pohlad dies at 93
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CNN -
By Elizabeth Landau (CNN) -- A new study finds that 54 percent of teens talk about behaviors such as sex, alcohol use, and violence on the social networking giant MySpace -- presenting potential risks even if all they're doing is talking, ...
Half of teens discuss sex, drugs on MySpace, says study
MySpace is research place for busybody 'Dr. Meg'
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Bizjournals.com -
Health care spending in the US grew 6.1 percent in 2007 to $2.2 trillion, or $7421 per person, the slowest rate of growth since 1998, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Health care: Still on the critical list
Obama’s Health Care Resolutions Can’t Be Kept
 Current World News |
KARK -
You've heard of the dangers of smoking and of second hand smoke, but have you heard of third hand smoke? It's a newly discovered danger that doctors are now warning of.
Have You Heard of Third Hand Smoke?
Toxic Dangers to Children from Third-Hand Smoke
 Times Online |
Bloomberg -
By Laura Litvan Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today that he favors a US economic stimulus plan of about $775 billion, a Democratic aide said.
Video: Obama: Economy 'bad and Getting Worse'
Obama begins Hill meetings on economic recovery
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MSNBC -
WASHINGTON, DC -- Despite differences in age, background and region, all six candidates vying to be the next chairman of the Republican National Committee agreed on almost everything at today's candidate forum here.
RNC chairman candidates debate
Blackwell talks about guns, Facebook and grass-roots efforts in debate
 Straits Times |
FOXNews -
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson insists he will be cleared of wrongdoing in a federal investigation, after withdrawing his nomination for commerce secretary in Barack Obama's administration.
Video: Richardson Addresses Withdrawing Nomination
Richardson withdrawal jars transition
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