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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
Democrat Roland Burris blocked from US Senate
Israeli Strike Hits Refugees Near a UN School in Gaza - New York Times
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A wounded man was carried near a United Nations school in northern Gaza where at least 30 people were killed on Tuesday after an Israeli strike.
Video: From work to war: An Israeli reservist's perspective - 06 Jan 09
Obama refrains from detailed comment on Gaza conflict
Russian Natural Gas Supply to Europe Dwindles - Washington Post
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By Philip P. Pan MOSCOW, Jan. 6 -- The flow of Russian natural gas to Europe dropped sharply Tuesday with six countries reporting a complete halt of shipments as Russia deepened its gas embargo of neighboring Ukraine.
Video: Russia-Ukraine: gauging the gas feud
ANALYSIS-Europe gas stocks tested by Russia crisis
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
Pak in denial mode despite incriminating evidence
German tycoon Adolf Merckle commits suicide - Reuters
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By Markus Nagle BLAUBEUREN, Germany (Reuters) - German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide, in despair over the huge losses suffered by his business empire during the financial crisis, his family said on Tuesday.
Facing Losses, German Billionaire Commits Suicide
German billionaire kills self, family says
Obama’s Media Availability - New York Times
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The following is a rush transcript of President-Elect Barack Obama’s media availability as provided by the Obama team. The latest on the presidential transition and other political news from Washington and around the nation.
Video: Obama's Pushes Stimulus Plan
Obama says expects deficit to approach $1 trillion
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
Barack Obama Spends First Full Day in DC as President-elect - Voice of America
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By Carolyn Presutti US President-elect Barack Obama arrived in Washington DC on Sunday. His first task on Monday was visiting Congressional leaders to talk about the financial crisis which he has called "an extraordinary economic challenge.
Obama raises $27 million for inaugural
Your road to the inauguration
Fed Policy Makers Saw ‘Substantial’ Risks to Economy - Bloomberg
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By Steve Matthews Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve policy makers saw “substantial” risks to the slumping economy last month as they cut the benchmark interest rate to a record low and pledged to expand emergency loans if necessary.
Fed Minutes Signal Worry About Long Recession
INSTANT VIEW: Fed sees risk of uncomfortably low inflation
Oil Rises to 5-Week High Above $50 on OPEC Cuts, Russia Dispute - Bloomberg
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By Margot Habiby Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose above $50 a barrel to a five-week high as Kuwait and Qatar indicated they will implement supply cuts announced by OPEC last month, and a dispute between Russia and Ukraine reduced natural gas ...
MARKET SNAPSHOT: US Stocks Lose Some Steam Along With Crude Oil ...
NYMEX-Crude up, but choppy on profit taking, data
Skilling’s Conviction Upheld, Resentencing Ordered - Bloomberg
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By Jef Feeley and Thom Weidlich Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- A US appeals court upheld the conviction of former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling for spearheading the fraud that destroyed the world’s largest energy trader, while finding ...
US court orders Enron's Skilling resentenced
Court upholds Skilling conviction, orders resentencing
Apple iTunes Music Store Going DRM-Free - InformationWeek
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The company will also offer new price points to offset competition from Amazon.com and will let iPhone users buy songs over 3G networks.
Apple changes iTunes prices; removes copy protection
Summary: Software, MacBook Pro updates star in final Apple keynote
Macworld Goes On Without Jobs - InformationWeek
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Apple is likely to give a sneak peek at Snow Leopard, the next-generation Mac OS, as well as updates to the MacBook line, the Mac Mini, and Apple TV.
Video: Steve Jobs Weight Loss Due to Hormone Imbalance
Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage
Quick take: Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro - CNET News
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Pre-Macworld buzz suggested both a new Mac Mini and a 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro laptop were in the offing from Apple Tuesday on the hardware front.
Expo: 17-inch MacBook Pro gets unibody makeover
MacWorld 2009: Apple's New 17" MacBook Pro
Jett Travolta Mourned - Extra TV
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"Extra" was on the ground at the Travolta family home in Ocala, Florida as John's plane touched down, as the family returned home after the tragedy in the Bahamas.
Travolta returns home to plan funeral
Travolta's son cremated, ashes flown to Florida
Punk-guitar pioneer Ron Asheton of Stooges dies at age 60 - Chicago Tribune
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The godfather of punk guitar, Ron Asheton of the Stooges, was found dead Tuesday in his Ann Arbor, Mich., home. Asheton, 60, had not been heard from for a few days, and police were called to the guitarist’s house by his personal assistant to check on ...
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Ann Arbor
The Stooges guitarist found dead
Patrick Swayze angry, scared, determined on cancer - Reuters
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By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Patrick Swayze said he was scared, angry and "going through hell" with pancreatic cancer, but a year after being diagnosed, he was determined to keep going.
Patrick Swayze Admits He's Scared About His Cancer
Patrick Swayze on cancer battle: 'I'm going through hell'
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.
Teixeira: 'In the back of my mind, the Yankees were always the top'
Yankees welcome Teixeira to the Bronx
UT could have use time-killing drive in Lubbock - Dallas Morning News
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By JIM VERTUNO / AP Time was winding down as Colt McCoy was firing passes and Texas was marching down the field. Quan Cosby hauled one in, broke a tackle and dived into the end zone for the go-head touchdown with only 16 seconds left to give Texas a ...
Fiesta Bowl Buckeyes-Longhorns game draws 72047
Rea's Say: Buckeyes Can Hold Their Heads High
Bidding for Chicago Cubs may be near a conclusion - Chicago Tribune
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By Ameet Sachdev | Tribune reporter Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Cubs, is close to selecting a winning bid for the team from three finalists, according to people familiar with the sales talks.
Tribune Co. close to Cubs decision
Cuban never had a shot with Cubs
Nation's Health Spending Rises, but Not So Much - ABC News
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By KEVIN FREKING AP Writer AP Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion.
Health Spending Slows, but Will It Last?
Health Care Spending in US Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
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
Judge dismisses lawsuits in Medtronic heart device case - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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A ruling by a federal judge dismisses dozens of complaints filed by patients claiming they were injured by the defective Medtronic heart product.
Lawsuits filed against Medtronic dismissed
Federal Court Dismisses Suits Against Medtronic
Obama said to pick a spy chief with little intelligence experience - Christian Science Monitor
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By Gordon Lubold | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Reporter Gordon Lubold discusses how President-elect Obama may be sending a message to the US intelligence community with his reported choice of Leon Panetta as CIA director.
Video: Schieffer On Obama Cabinet
Biden: Not Notifying Top Sens. on Panetta Choice a 'Mistake'
Texas kills 50-year road building plan after outcry - Reuters
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By Joan Gralla NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Texas has killed its 50-year, multibillion-dollar road-building plan after criticism that it would have wrested too much land from private owners and failed to focus on short-term needs, a state official said ...
State officials scrap Trans-Texas Corridor
Perry: TxDOT killed Trans Texas Corridor name, not initiative
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
