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New Senate, House members sworn in - Los Angeles Times
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The controversies surrounding Illinois' Roland Burris and Minnesota's Al Franken provide an extra measure of drama. Some familiar faces are missing as the 111th Congress begins work.
Video: Burris' Near Miss
Blagojevich Panel Summons Burris After Senate Snub
Controversy Arises Over Alleged Hamas-Iran Ties - Voice of America
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By Gary Thomas While moderate Arab states have been largely quiet about the conflict in the Gaza Strip, Iran has been sharply vocal in its criticism of Israel and has offered support to Hamas.
Video: Riz Khan - Gaza war: What are the Israel's Aims? - 5 Jan 09 - Part 1
Egypt announces Israel-Palestinian ceasefire plan
Russia further cuts gas supply through Ukraine - Los Angeles Times
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Supplies to several European Union states have been 'substantially cut,' the EU says in a statement. Talks over pricing remain stalled for a sixth day as fears of fuel shortages grow.
Video: Russia-Ukraine: gauging the gas feud
Gazprom slashes supplies to Europe
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
Pakistan ‘official agencies’ backed attack, says PM
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.
German tycoon Adolf Merckle commits suicide
German billionaire kills self, family says
Jeb Bush says won't run for Senate - Reuters
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, brother of US President George W. Bush, on Tuesday ruled out running for a Senate seat he had been considering contesting.
Ex-Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush won't run for Senate in 2010
Jeb Bush's decision on US Senate run due
Coleman sues over Minnesota Senate recount result - The Associated Press
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Republican Norm Coleman is suing to challenge Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's US Senate race.
Video: Franken: Senate Victory 'Incredibly Humbling'
Franken Stays Out of Washington as Coleman Prepares Legal Challenge
Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific - Washington Post
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By Juliet Eilperin President Bush today announced he is creating three new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean today, a move that will help preserve sprawling sea and island ecosystems and cement the one aspect of his legacy that has won ...
Bush orders new protections for Pacific marine seascapes
President Bush Speaks on Conservation and the Environment
Fed predicts economy will get worse - CNNMoney.com
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In the minutes from its last meeting, the central bank said it expects GDP to decline in 2009 and unemployment to rise into 2010. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.
Fed Policy Makers Saw ‘Substantial’ Risks to Economy
Fed Negative On 2009; Street Resilient
Bank of America’s Lewis Urges No Bonus for Himself - Bloomberg
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By David Mildenberg Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis recommended that he and other senior executives not receive bonuses after five straight quarters of declining profit.
Bank of America CEO Lewis to skip '08 bonus: reports
BofA CEO recommends top brass get no bonuses
Borland chief executive takes new COO role at VMware - Bizjournals.com
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VMware Inc. on Tuesday named Tod Nielsen, the former CEO of Borland Software Corp., to the newly created role of chief operating officer.
Borland CEO Nielsen Resigns; Cutting Staff 15%
VMware appoints Tod Nielsen as COO - Quick facts
Apple Says Goodbye to Macworld, Without Jobs - PC World
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There was a standing ovation at the Macworld Conference and Expo this year, but it wasn't for Steve Jobs or a hot new Apple product.
Video: Steve Jobs Weight Loss Due to Hormone Imbalance
Macworld Goes On Without Jobs
Apple Refreshes 17-Inch MacBook Pro - InformationWeek
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The company's largest laptop is gaining an eight-hour battery, a faster Intel processor, and better graphics capabilities. By Antone Gonsalves Apple on Tuesday launched a refresh of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, giving the company's largest laptop an ...
Macworld 2009: Apple unveils new 17" MacBook Pro with 8 hour battery
Summary: Software, MacBook Pro updates star in final Apple keynote
Apple changes iTunes pricing - CNNMoney.com
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Computer maker, at Macworld, unveils tiered pricing for songs, as well as a new 17-inch laptop and revisions to software programs.
Upgrading to a DRM-free iTunes library will cost you
Apple changes iTunes prices; removes copy protection
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's son cremated, ashes flown to Florida
Inside the Frantic Fight to Save Jett Travolta's Life
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 on cancer battle: 'I'm going through hell'
Patrick Swayze Admits He's Scared About His Cancer
Ron Asheton: 'You just play 'til you drop' - Entertainment Weekly
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Sad news today: Ron Asheton, the guitarist from The Stooges, has died at age 60. He and his brother, drummer Scott Asheton, never became household names the way frontman Iggy Pop did, but Ron's raucous guitar parts on those first two Stooges albums in ...
Punk-guitar pioneer Ron Asheton of Stooges dies at age 60
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Ann Arbor
Carmelo Anthony: (Hand) Out Three to Four Weeks - Rotowire
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Anthony will miss at least three weeks with a fractured metacarpal in his shooting hand, the Denver Post reports. The good news is that Anthony will not need to undergo surgery, but the Nuggets and fantasy owners will be pressed to account for his ...
Melo may miss a month
Nuggets' Anthony out 3 weeks with broken bone
Sources: Tribe, Pavano reach incentive-laden deal - FOXSports.com
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by Ken Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.
Indians sign RHP Pavano
Indians add Pavano to rotation
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
Winner in Cubs sale process to be picked this week
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's - U.S. News & World Report
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By Amanda Gardner TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study of its kind finds that deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life after six months in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Study backs deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's
Brain Implants For Parkinson's Show Benefits, Risks - Study
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
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
Obama apologizes to Feinstein for his CIA surprise
CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post - The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) - CNN says President-elect Barack Obama has approached its medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country's next surgeon general.
Obama Wants Journalist for Surgeon General
Could Obama Tap Gupta For Surgeon General?
Obama predicts $1 trillion deficit 'for years to come' - USA Today
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By Gerald Herbert, AP By David Jackson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that he foresees a $1 trillion US deficit soon and "for years to come" as the nation climbs out of its economic crisis.
Obama says US deficit may approach $1 trillion
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