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Poll: Majority says Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat - USA Today
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By Harry Hamburg, AFP/Getty Images By Susan Page and John Fritze, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans say Roland Burris should be blocked from taking a US Senate seat and Illinois should hold a special election to fill the vacancy he was ...
Video: Burris Refused Seat in US Senate
Roland Burris is turned away at Senate
UN official says Gaza school was clearly marked - Reuters
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By Claudia Parsons UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A UN official in Gaza said a school where dozens of Palestinians were killed by tank shells on Tuesday was clearly marked with a UN flag and its location had been reported to Israeli authorities.
Video: Cash drain leaves Gaza stranded
Israeli blogs back Gaza operation
Dossier From India Gives New Details of Mumbai Attacks - New York Times
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By SOMINI SENGUPTA NEW DELHI - In the beginning, they were 32. A squad of suicide bombers raised in Pakistan, they were taught how to make bombs, withstand interrogation, and fight to their death.
Video: Singh: Pakistan Agency Had Hand in Attack
India's Premier Suggests Pakistani Agencies Backed Mumbai Attackers
ANALYSIS-Europe gas stocks tested by Russia crisis - Reuters
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By Daniel Fineren LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Europe may be forced to drain its winter gas stocks with spring still months away, find other ways of generating electricity and buy tankerloads of alternative fuel to keep warm unless Russian exports return ...
Video: Russia-Ukraine: gauging the gas feud
Bulgaria urges return to nuclear
Facing Losses, German Billionaire Commits Suicide - New York Times
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By CARTER DOUGHERTY FRANKFURT - Adolf Merckle, the German billionaire whose speculation in volatile Volkswagen shares had pushed his sprawling business empire to the edge of ruin, has committed suicide, his family said Tuesday.
NEWSMAKER-German billionaire commits suicide after VW losses
German billionaire kills himself
Source: Obama Chose Panetta for his Washington Experience - FOXNews
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Obama's selection of Panetta surprised and dismayed several individuals in the intelligence community because he has no experience in the intelligence world.
Video: Schieffer On Obama Cabinet
It’s drizzling on Obama’s post-election honeymoon
Bush orders new protections for Pacific marine seascapes - Christian Science Monitor
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Together with earlier moves, 355000 square miles of islands, reefs, and atolls now have new safeguards. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor/ January 6, 2009 edition Reporter Pete Spotts talks about some of the ...
President Bush's Last Act of Greenness
President Bush to add marine reserves; not all are applauding
Franken Stays Out of Washington as Coleman Prepares Legal Challenge - FOXNews
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The head of Minnesota's Canvassing Board claims it properly counted the votes that gave Al Franken victory in the US Senate race but Norm Coleman is going to court to dispute the tally of hundreds of absentee ballots.
Video: Franken: Senate Victory 'Incredibly Humbling'
Coleman heads to court as last option in recount
Pending home sales plunge to record low in Nov. - BusinessWeek
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By ALAN ZIBEL Pending US home sales fell to the lowest level on record in November, as the plummeting stock market and faltering economy gave more buyers cold feet, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.
Pending home sales hit historic low in November
Pending Sales of Existing Homes Fell 4% in November
US court orders Enron's Skilling resentenced - Reuters
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HOUSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A US court upheld on Tuesday the convictions of former Enron Corp President and Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling related to his role in the collapse of the energy trading company, but said he must be resentenced.
Court upholds Skilling conviction, orders resentencing
Ex-Enron CEO Skilling’s Conviction Upheld; Resentencing Ordered
Toyota mulls more US production cuts - Bizjournals.com
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With its latest monthly US sales down by more than a third, Toyota Motor Corp. is weighing further production cuts at its North American auto plants.
TOPWRAP 5-US, European data grim, Toyota to halt Japan output
Toyota to Shut Factories for 11 Days
Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage - CNET News
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Some nasty pranksters, likely associated with Web forum 4Chan, have hacked into Apple gossip mainstay MacRumors' live-blog coverage of Tuesday's Macworld keynote.
Video: Steve Jobs Weight Loss Due to Hormone Imbalance
REFILE-UPDATE 1-Apple rolls out movie, pix software upgrades
Apple reveals 17" MacBook Pro, iTunes going DRM-free - Ars Technica
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By David Chartier | Published: January 06, 2009 - 12:23PM CT Today may be Apple's last Macworld Expo appearance but Apple came bearing gifts.
Jobs-less Macworld offers up 17-inch MacBook Pro, variable iTunes ...
Apple to sell copy protection-free songs
Expo: 17-inch MacBook Pro gets unibody makeover - Macworld
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by Chris Holt, Macworld.com The 17-inch MacBook Pro will join the rest of Apple’s laptop line in getting a unibody enclosure, as Apple unveiled a new configuration of its largest laptop during the Macworld Expo keynote on Tuesday.
Apple: MacBook Pro gets unibody design
MacBook Pro Gets Stretched to 17 Inches
Travolta's son cremated, ashes flown to Florida - Reuters
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By John Marquis NASSAU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The body of actor John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, was cremated in the Bahamas after his sudden death during the New Year's holiday and his parents flew to Florida with his ashes, a Bahamian lawmaker said ...
Travolta returns home to plan funeral
Travolta family returns to US with son's remains
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Ann Arbor - Reuters
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Ron Asheton, a guitarist and founding member of the influential rock band The Stooges, was found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Tuesday, police said.
The Stooges guitarist found dead
Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead In Michigan Home
Feds Tapped Out of DTV Coupons - eWeek
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By Roy Mark A December surge in demand for converter box coupons sends lawmakers and public officials scrambling after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration reports funding for the $1.34 billion digital converter box program is ...
TV Converter Program Runs Out of Funding
TV converter coupon program's out of cash; wait list started
Teixeira introduced at Yankee Stadium - MLB.com
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By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com NEW YORK -- Having vowed to return to playoff-caliber baseball by any means necessary, the Yankees showcased their biggest financial investment on Tuesday, introducing Mark Teixeira in a Yankee Stadium news conference.
Yankees welcome Teixeira to the Bronx
Teixeira, Yankees seal $180 million deal
Philly DA unable to press charges - ESPN
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Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham announced Tuesday that her office will not be able to proceed with criminal charges against Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison in connection with a shooting in North Philadelphia last year.
Prosecutor: Harrison's gun used in April shooting
Philly DA unable to proceed in Harrison case
Texas rallies past Ohio State 24-21 in Fiesta Bowl - Newsweek
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Colt McCoy leads the way as No. 3 Texas rallies past No. 10 Ohio State 24-21 in Fiesta Bowl By ANDREW BAGNATO AP College Football Writer | AP Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.
Texas Wins Fiesta Bowl In Wild Last-Second Finish
COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPORT: McCoy pass wins it with 16 seconds left
Health Spending Slows, but Will It Last? - WebMD
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By Todd Zwillich Jan. 6, 2009 -- The United States spent $2.2 trillion on health care in 2007, a record despite a substantial slowdown in the growth of medical costs, according to federal data released Tuesday.
Health Care Spending in US Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
Growth in health care spending slows
Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report
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About 54 percent of adolescents who use the social networking website MySpace often discuss sexual behavior, substance abuse, or violence on the site, according to a pair of new studies published this month in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent ...
Doc Reaches Out to Misbehaving Teens on MySpace
A Note to the Wise on MySpace Helps
Warning over 'third hand smoke' - BBC News
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Many people are unaware that even smoking away from babies or pregnant women presents a risk, according to US research. Poisons in cigarette smoke can linger on fabrics or hair, but a survey of 1500 households found that fewer than half of smokers knew ...
What is third-hand smoke? Is it hazardous?
Third-Hand Smoke Found To Pose Health Hazard For Kids
Europe's American Obstacle: Republicans in Decline - Washington Post
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By Roberto Pena Unfortunately for Europe, the biggest obstacle standing in the way of the greatest reversal in modern US-European relations is a Republican Party on the decline.
Video: Obama's Pushes Stimulus Plan
RPT-UPDATE 1-New US Congress convenes focused on economy
Apple introduces iWork '09, iWork.com - Apple Insider
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By AppleInsider Staff Users of Apple's updated iWork office productivity suite will find new location features in their desktop applications and a new online document sharing service at iWork.
Expo: Apple adds productivity features to iWork
Macworld 2009: Apple unleashes iWork '09 and cloud-based iWork.com ...
Kennedy Shadow Looms Over Senate Hopefuls - New York Times
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By JEREMY W. PETERS UTICA, NY - It is not easy competing with a Kennedy. This axiom of American politics has been true for more than half a century.
Caroline Kennedy 'unfazed' about continuing push for Hillary ...
Poll: Caroline Kennedy losing favor with voters
