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Plane overshoots runway in Jamaican storm

guardian.co.uk - ‎6 minutes ago‎
AP Officials examine the American Airlines plane that overshot the runway in Kingston, Jamaica. Photograph: Reuters An American Airlines flight from Miami overshot a runway while landing during a heavy rainstorm in Jamaica last night, injuring more ...

Copenhagen Accord Politically Significant But Not Legally Binding

AllAfrica.com - Cheryl Pellerin - ‎1 hour ago‎
Washington - After 12 days of tense negotiations that were plagued by walkouts and accompanied by protests outside in the wintry streets of Copenhagen, delegates from nearly 200 nations at the UN Climate Change Conference came to a hard-won initial ...

Clashes With Police Reported in Central Iran

New York Times - Mark McDonald - ‎1 hour ago‎
Security forces fought with demonstrators in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Wednesday and a Web site in Iran reported that “many” of the protesters had been injured.

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German mediator in Shalit deal arrives in Gaza

Ha'aretz - Barak Ravid, Avi Issacharoff - ‎45 minutes ago‎
A German mediator negotiating a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas has arrived in Gaza on Wednesday with Israel's answer to the Islamist group's demands for the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, Hamas officials said.

Iran welcomes Japan's outlook on Afghanistan

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Fighters 'sent to Afghan Taliban'

Aljazeera.net - ‎2 hours ago‎
A senior Pakistani Taliban commander has said he has sent thousands of fighters into neighbouring Afghanistan to counter the rising level of US troops.

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Health bill clears another hurdle

Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Senate health care bill took another step closer to passage Tuesday morning, moving ahead on a straight party-line vote during an unusual early morning session.

Rep. Griffith of Alabama leaves Democrats for Republicans

Washington Post - Chris Cillizza - ‎8 hours ago‎
Freshman Rep. Parker Griffith (D-Ala.) switched his affiliation to the Republican Party on Tuesday, saying he could "no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country.

Obama urges community bankers to step up lending

Los Angeles Times - Jim Puzzanghera - ‎9 hours ago‎
In a meeting at the White House, the president absolves small banks of blame for the financial crisis but says they have a key role to play in the economic recovery.

Ford Nears Volvo Sale;Expects Deal To Close In 2Q

Wall Street Journal - Jeff Bennett, Matthew Dolan - ‎10 minutes ago‎
DETROIT (Dow Jones)--Ford Motor Co. (F) confirmed Wednesday that it has settled all terms relating to the potential sale of its Volvo Car subsidiary to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Ltd.

More pre-holiday cheer on Wall Street

CNNMoney.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
By CNNMoney.com staff December 23, 2009: 5:15 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks were poised to open higher Wednesday, continuing a positive week leading up to the Christmas holiday, as investors look ahead to reports on income and home sales.

Oil Trades Above $74 on Speculation Supplies Dropped Last Week

Bloomberg - Alexander Kwiatkowski - ‎1 hour ago‎
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Oil held steady above $74 a barrel in New York before a US Energy Department report likely to show crude stockpiles fell last week as temperatures dropped.

RIM confirms BlackBerry e-mail problems--again

CNET News - Michelle Meyers - ‎4 hours ago‎
For the second time in less than a week, BlackBerry smartphone users across the country and beyond are reporting problems accessing e-mail.

Microsoft Loses Lawsuit, But Word Likely to Stay

PC World - David Coursey - ‎9 hours ago‎
First, the good news: No, you won't have to turn in your copies of Office 2007, even now that Microsoft has lost its appeal of a lawsuit brought by the Canadian company, i4i.

ISS crew don festive hats

Register - Lester Haines - ‎37 minutes ago‎
The crew of the International Space Station have posed with festive hats following a successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft with the orbiting outpost yesterday.

Brittany Murphy Death: Natural Causes

Right TV - Jen Elly - ‎21 minutes ago‎

A sexy Dr. Watson? Jude Law says it's elementary

The Associated Press - Jill Lawless - ‎52 minutes ago‎
LONDON - Poor Dr. Watson. Always the sidekick, never the star. Jude Law hopes to rectify that situation with his charismatic performance alongside Robert Downey Jr.

FBI bares wacko Jacko secrets

New York Post - Janon Fisher, Jeane MacIntosh - ‎1 hour ago‎
The FBI's explosive, secret dossier on Michael Jackson was made public yesterday and includes sickening -- and surprising -- allegations involving the kiddie-molestation raps against the superstar.

Pacquiao vs. Mayweather deal-breaker?

Philadelphia Daily News - ‎3 hours ago‎
The proposed megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was thrown into jeopardy yesterday with a demand by Mayweather's camp that the fighters be subjected to Olympic-type drug testing in the weeks leading up to the bout.

Vazquez returns in deal for Melky

New York Post - Mike Puma - ‎2 hours ago‎
Five years after getting booed out of The Bronx, after surrendering one of the most infamous home runs in franchise history, Javier Vazquez returned to the Yankees yesterday in a trade that sent Melky Cabrera to the Braves.
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Roland has surgery on leg

ESPN - Andy Katz - ‎3 hours ago‎
Texas A&M senior guard Derrick Roland was expected to have a rod put in his broken tibia and fibula in his lower right leg as a result of a gory injury that occurred Tuesday night at the University of Washington, according to Aggies coach ...

U.S. Urges H1N1 Shots as Supplies Surge

Wall Street Journal - Betsy Mckay - ‎6 hours ago‎
The vaccine to fight the H1N1 virus is plentiful after weeks of short supply, and long lines have largely disappeared at clinics, pharmacies and doctors' offices.

Health fight shifts to insurer shopping

Boston Globe - Michael Kranish - ‎7 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - The public option is gone. Expansion of Medicare is dead. But an intense fight continues over a crucial issue in the proposed health care overhaul: how far Congress should go in emulating the type of insurance ...

US FDA: unlikely Merck's Vytorin ups cancer risk

Reuters - Lisa Richwine, Bill Berkrot - ‎18 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Merck & Co's (MRK.N) blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin is unlikely to raise the risk of cancer but a link cannot be ruled out, US health officials said on Tuesday.

How Tiger Protected His Image

Wall Street Journal - Reed Albergotti, Vanessa O'Connell - ‎Dec 17, 2009‎
By REED ALBERGOTTI, VANESSA O'CONNELL and RUSSELL ADAMS In the summer of 2007, a representative for Tiger Woods called an editor at Golf Digest with some awkward news.

Former media star reveals dark life

CharlotteObserver.com - Mark Washburn - ‎Dec 19, 2009‎
Jon Robinson is telling his story because "I don't want to be a fraud, anymore." Former TV anchor, radio host and stadium announcer Jon Robinson, 49, is now jobless.

Tiger Woods, Person of the Year

New York Times - Frank Rich - ‎Dec 19, 2009‎
AS we say farewell to a dreadful year and decade, this much we can agree upon: The person of the year is not Ben Bernanke, no matter how insistently Time magazine tries to hype him into its pantheon.

There'll be nowhere to run from the new world government

Telegraph.co.uk - Janet Daley - ‎Dec 19, 2009‎
There is scope for debate - and innumerable newspaper quizzes - about who was the most influential public figure of the year, or which the most significant event.

What Would a Divorce Cost Tiger Woods?

People Magazine - Stephen M. Silverman - ‎Dec 19, 2009‎
Amid reports that his wife Elin Nordegren is consulting with a high-powered divorce attorney, Tiger Woods and his estimated net worth of $600 million - considered one of the biggest in professional sports, thanks in large part ...
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