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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
International Gaza ceasefire plan taking shape - Reuters
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By Adam Entous JERUSALEM, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Israel is taking seriously an international proposal for a Gaza ceasefire that would involve a pledge of foreign forces to prevent Hamas from rearming, Israeli officials and diplomats said on Tuesday.
Video: Doctors held up at Gaza border in Egypt - 06 Jan 09
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
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
In Ukraine dispute, Russia cuts gas supplies to Europe
Sheikh Hasina Wajed Sworn in as Bangladesh Prime Minister - Voice of America
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By Anjana Pasricha In Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been sworn in as prime minister, restoring democracy to the country after two years of rule by an interim administration backed by the army.
New Bangladesh PM sworn in
Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh's prime minister
RPT-UPDATE 1-New US Congress convenes focused on economy - Reuters
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By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Democrats sealed their increased control of the US Congress on Tuesday with the swearing in of newly elected members expected to help enact President-elect Barack Obama's call for a ...
111th Congress Convenes With Oaths of Office
Economic crisis, Obama response face new Congress
It’s drizzling on Obama’s post-election honeymoon - Christian Science Monitor
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By Jimmy Orr | 01.06.09 By Dave Cook After a presidential transition notable for its smoothness and strong public approval, it has started to drizzle on Barack Obama’s post-election honeymoon.
Video: Schieffer On Obama Cabinet
Source: Obama Chose Panetta for his Washington Experience
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
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 billionaire commits suicide after VW losses
German billionaire kills himself
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 decline in November
Pending Sales of Existing Homes Fell 4% in November
Court upholds Skilling conviction, orders resentencing - Houston Chronicle
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By KRISTEN HAYS Houston Chronicle Copyright 2009 An appeals court today upheld former Enron Chief Executive Jeff Skilling's 19 federal felony convictions, but ordered a trial court to resentence him.
Appeals Court Upholds Enron Convictions
Skilling convictions upheld, resentencing ordered
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
MacBook Pro Gets Stretched to 17 Inches
Apple to sell copy protection-free songs - Reuters
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc has agreed to start selling digital songs without copy protection software from its iTunes store along with over-the-air download songs for its popular iPhone, according to people familiar with its plans.
Apple's iTunes to Change Pricing Strategy
Report: Apple DRM-free licensing in the works
Best Buy to sell refurbished iPhones - BusinessWeek
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Electronics chain Best Buy Inc. said Tuesday it will offer refurbished iPhone 3Gs at a steep discount. The phones, made by Apple Inc., start at $149 for the 8-gigabyte version and $249 for 16 gigabytes, compared with $199 and $299, respectively, ...
Best Buy To Sell Cheaper, Refurbished iPhones
Best Buy to sell used iPhones
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 family returns to US with son's remains
Inside the Frantic Fight to Save Jett Travolta's Life
The Stooges guitarist found dead - BBC News
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The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton has been found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Asheton, 60, was an original member of the rock band fronted by Iggy Pop in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead In Michigan Home
Iggy Pop and The Stooges pay tribute to Ron Asheton
Anne Hathaway Just Wants a Good Husband - People Magazine
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By Laura Hahn With her starring roles in Rachel Getting Married and the soon-to-be-released Bride Wars, it might appear that Anne Hathaway has wedding bells on the brain.
Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson: Are women meaner than men?
Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson: 'Bride' and Groom?
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
Texas Wins Fiesta Bowl In Wild Last-Second Finish - AHN
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Glendale, AZ (AHN) - It was a wild fourth-quarter finish Monday night as Texas beat Ohio State 24-21 in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Senior receiver Quan Cosby was the hero of the game, catching a 26-yard touchdown pass with 16 seconds to go to give Texas ...
Texas rallies past Ohio State 24-21 in Fiesta Bowl
When will Ohio State bashing start?
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
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
UN reports jump in Zimbabwe cholera cases, deaths - USA Today
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By Robin Hammond, AFP/Getty Images HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - The United Nations reported a one-day jump in new cholera cases and deaths in Zimbabwe Tuesday, following a week in which the epidemic had showed signs of slowing.
Zimbabwe cholera death toll tops 1700: WHO
Zimbabwe Cholera Death Toll Tops 1700, But WHO Official Sees Progress
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
Expo: Apple adds productivity features to iWork - Macworld
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by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com Apple announced a new version of iWork, its collection of business productivity tools, during Tuesday’s Macworld Expo keynote.
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Apple revises photo, office software
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 ...
Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific
Bush to create three marine monuments
Obama raises $27 million for inaugural - The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite the economic hard times, money keeps pouring in for President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural festivities.
Obama Will Attend DC, Regional, Youth Balls
Barack Obama theme seen as money in bank
