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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 Refused Seat in US Senate
Blagojevich Panel Summons Burris After Senate Snub
Egypt announces Israel-Palestinian ceasefire plan - Reuters
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt said on Tuesday it was proposing an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, to be followed by talks on long-term arrangements including an end to the blockade of Gaza.
Video: Cash drain leaves Gaza stranded
Controversy Arises Over Alleged Hamas-Iran Ties
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 using terror as state policy: PM
Ukraine threatens more cuts in gas supply-Gazprom - Reuters
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By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukraine cut off three key gas pipelines to Europe last night and is threatening to further reduce supply to the continent, Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Medvedev said on Tuesday.
Video: Russia-Ukraine: gauging the gas feud
Gazprom slashes supplies to Europe
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
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.
Video: Obama Pushes Economic Stimulus
Obama’s Media Availability
Sources: CNN's Gupta approached for surgeon general - CNN
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(CNN) -- The Obama administration approached Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, about becoming US surgeon general, according to sources inside the transition and at CNN.
CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post
Could Obama Tap Gupta For Surgeon General?
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'
Reid: Coleman Conceding "Would Be The Right Step"
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 predicts economy will get worse
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
NYMEX-Crude dips on profit taking, ahead of EIAs - Reuters
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NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - US crude oil futures ended lower on Tuesday, snapping a three-day winning streak, as traders booked profits after prices broke above $50 early.
Oil Falls First Time in 4 Days on Outlook for Economy, Supplies
Limits to Oil Majors' Largesse
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 ...
Video: Steve Jobs Weight Loss Due to Hormone Imbalance
Apple takes another small step on to the Web
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
Twitter Has Security Meltdown - InformationWeek
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The microblogging site recommends users reset their passwords and verify their e-mail addresses because of a phishing campaign directed at its users and the hacking of its support software.
Digital Gangster Takes Credit for Twitter Hacks
3 Ways a Twitter Hack Can Hurt You
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
Memorial Service Set For Jett Travolta
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
From goat to 'genius'? Reid's gambles turned Eagles' season - USA Today
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By Mark Stehle, AP By Jim Corbett, USA TODAY Andy Reid made perhaps the boldest move of his 10-year Philadelphia Eagles head coaching tenure when he benched quarterback Donovan McNabb midgame in Week 12 against the Baltimore Ravens.
Philly capable of winning rematch with Giants
Eagles, McNabb resurrected
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
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
Panetta pick as CIA chief under fire - CNN
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By Ashley Fantz and Kevin Bohn WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Could someone without intelligence experience effectively lead the United States' top spy agency, particularly in a time of war?
Video: Schieffer On Obama Cabinet
Obama said to pick a spy chief with little intelligence experience
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
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
