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Coordinated blasts hit Baghdad; kill at least 121

Washington Post - Brian Murphy - ‎46 minutes ago‎
AP BAGHDAD -- A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including two suicide car bombers and another vehicle that blew up near government sites.

Obama Pitches Jobs Program, Points Finger at GOP for Economic Mess

FOXNews - Peter Barnes - ‎19 minutes ago‎
President Obama used his speech rolling out a stimulus-style jobs program Tuesday to point the finger at Republicans for allegedly facilitating the economic crisis and then foisting it off on his administration to solve.

Is she safe? Tomatoes tossed at Sarah Palin on book tour

Christian Science Monitor - Marjorie Kehe - ‎2 hours ago‎
Sarah Palin was actually too busy signing copies of her memoir “Going Rogue” to notice. The tomatoes hurled at her during her bookstore appearance at Minnesota's Mall of America landed about ten feet off mark, ...

Minarets and Slender Arguments

New York Times - ‎43 minutes ago‎
PARIS - If it did nothing else, Switzerland's vote to ban the building of minarets drew attention to Europe's identity crisis.

Iranian forces attack student protesters on second day of demonstrations

Washington Post - Thomas Erdbrink - ‎3 hours ago‎
TEHRAN -- Thousands of members of the pro-government Basij paramilitary organization stormed the grounds of Tehran University on Tuesday and attacked a group of protesting students, several witnesses said, as unrest continued in the ...

Bomb Blasts Across Pakistan Kill More Than 70 Since Monday

Voice of America - Sean Maroney - ‎3 hours ago‎
Reports say one damaged building belongs to the country's main spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence. Pakistani officials say since Monday, more than 70 people have died in bombings across the country.

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Ohio executes inmate with 1-drug lethal injection

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
AP LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- Ohio has executed a convicted killer through the first US lethal injection using a single drug, a longer but supposedly less painful method than previous executions with three drugs.

Abortion again roils health care debate

CNN - Dana Bash - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, has filed an amendment to tighten restrictions on federal funding for abortion. (CNN) -- As the Senate works toward a compromise over the public option in its health care bill, an amendment over abortion could keep the bill ...

Ex-FBI Director to Examine Fort Hood

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
AP WASHINGTON -- Ex-FBI director William Webster is to conduct an independent review of the bureau's handling of information gathered about the Fort Hood shooting suspect before the deadly rampage, officials said Tuesday.

United Air Splits 50-Jet Order Between Boeing, Airbus

Bloomberg - Mary Schlangenstein, Andrea Rothman - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- United Airlines split an order for 50 long-range widebody jets valued at $10 billion between Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS as the third-largest US carrier agreed to its first aircraft purchase ...

Simon Property to Buy Prime Outlets for $2.33 Billion

Bloomberg - John Gittelsohn, Daniel Taub - ‎56 minutes ago‎
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Simon Property Group Inc., the largest US shopping mall owner, made its biggest purchase in five years with an agreement to buy Prime Outlets Acquisition Co.

Kroger Shares Down On 3Q Miss; View Cut Again

Wall Street Journal - Paul Ziobro - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Kroger Co. (KR), touted as the lowest-priced traditional supermarket chain, is raising the bar on low prices as it battles retail titan Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) for food dollars.

Google Chrome for Mac Web browser reaches beta release

Apple Insider - ‎1 hour ago‎
By AppleInsider Staff General users can now download the public beta of Google Chrome for Mac, as the Web browser software was finally made available Tuesday.

Copenhagen: Focus on the (Carbon) Negative

BusinessWeek - Nicholas Moore Eisenberger, David Gottesman - ‎1 hour ago‎
There are plenty of reasons to be disappointed with the Copenhagen climate talks that start today: the meeting will not result in a binding agreement, the timeframe for such an agreement is potentially ...

Top Publishers Launch Common E-Reader Plat ...

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎1 hour ago‎
Five publishing giants on Tuesday formally announced the launch of a new digital reading platform that has been dubbed "Hulu for magazines.

Woods' mother-in-law in 'stable condition' in Florida hospital

USA Today - Michael McCarthy - ‎1 hour ago‎
Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is in "stable condition" after a 911 call from Woods' Orlando-area home. Elin Woods' mother, Barbro Holmberg, a Swedish politician, was admitted early Tuesday to Health Central Hospital in ...

Bryant Gumbel Reveals Battle With Lung Cancer

ABC News - Joseph Brownstein - ‎1 hour ago‎
On this morning's "Live! With Regis and Kelly," television personality Bryant Gumbel, who has been filling in for Regis Philbin as co-host of the morning talk show, disclosed that he had surgery on his lung two months ago to remove ...

Breaking: CBS cancels 'As the World Turns'

Entertainment Weekly - Michael Ausiello - ‎1 hour ago‎
The ailing soap industry took another hit this morning with the announcement that CBS has canceled As the World Turns. The show will end its 54-year-run in September.

Home > Granger to miss 4-6 weeks

NBA.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Bruno • December 7, 2009 • 4:35 PM Danny Granger left Conseco Fieldhouse without comment Monday afternoon. But how he left the arena, and where he was going, said a lot.

Heisman WatchGerhart in the lead?

ESPN - Mark Schlabach - ‎1 hour ago‎
Brian Kelly, five intriguing bowl games and the Heisman are lined up in the 3-point stance. Maisel The 2009 season had its share of surprises.
Cast your vote for Heisman Atlanta Journal Constitution

Red Sox Have Options to Fill Left Field

New York Times - Jack Curry - ‎58 minutes ago‎
INDIANAPOLIS - When Red Sox Manager Terry Francona spoke to Jason Bay about two weeks ago, they did not talk baseball. Instead, they spoke about their fantasy football matchup.

Traffic steady for H1N1 vaccine in Wake County

WRAL.com - ‎58 minutes ago‎

Swine Flu Pandemic May Be Less Severe Than Expected

U.S. News & World Report - ‎3 hours ago‎
TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A new joint American-British study suggests that the impact of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic during the autumn-winter flu season will be less severe than had been feared.

Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall

WebMD - Salynn Boyles - ‎6 hours ago‎
Dec. 7, 2009 -- New cancer cases and the cancer death rate continue to fall in the US, driven largely by declines in lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers in men and breast and colorectal cancers in women.

David Stern believes a woman could be playing in NBA within the next 10 years

SI.com - ‎Dec 4, 2009‎
This will be the sports equivalent of putting a man on the moon ... and I'm not the only believer. • David Stern thinks it will happen.

Paradise Lost for Wealthy Resort Novice

Wall Street Journal - Kris Hudson - ‎Dec 6, 2009‎
ANGUILLA, British West Indies -- Robert Sillerman amassed a billion-dollar fortune buying and selling media and entertainment companies.

Pilots who overshot destination blame controllers

CNN - ‎21 hours ago‎
Flight 188's captain and first officer say air traffic control rules weren't followed, which contributed to the incident. (CNN) -- The Northwest Airlines pilots who flew their jet past their destination city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 21 ...

The $700 billion man

Washington Post - Laura Blumenfeld - ‎Dec 4, 2009‎
Former Treasury Department official Neel Kashkari helped create the TARP program, and then he escaped from Washington. By Laura Blumenfeld NEVADA COUNTY, CALIF.

Yes, Miky, There Are Rabbis in Montana

New York Times - Eric A. Stern - ‎Dec 4, 2009‎
HELENA, Mont. - In Montana, a rabbi is an unusual sight. So when a Hasidic one walked into the State Capitol last December, with his long beard, black hat and long black coat, a police officer grabbed his bomb-sniffing German shepherd ...
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