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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: Cash drain leaves Gaza stranded
Israeli Strike Hits Refugees Near a UN School in Gaza
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
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
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
CNN Medical Correspondent as Surgeon General?
Obama eyes the familiar: tax cuts - Christian Science Monitor
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By Ron Scherer | Staff writer / January 6, 2009 edition Reporter Ron Scherer talks about a tax cut for Americans that President-elect Obama is expected to propose.
Video: Obama Pushes Economic Stimulus
New Congress begins with stimulus at top of agenda
Coleman files suit challenging Franken's apparent Senate win - USA Today
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Refusing to concede defeat, Republican Norm Coleman has filed suit to block Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's US Senate election.
Video: Franken: Senate Victory 'Incredibly Humbling'
Franken Stays Out of Washington as Coleman Prepares Legal Challenge
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
Alcoa to Cut Capacity By 18%, Fire 13500 Workers - Bloomberg
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By Rob Delaney Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Alcoa Inc., the largest US aluminum maker, announced a third production cut in as many months and related charges of as much as $950 million to be booked in the fourth quarter.
Alcoa to cut global workforce by 13%
Alcoa to Eliminate 15000 Positions
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.
BofA's Lewis says execs shouldn't get bonuses
Bank of America CEO Lewis to skip '08 bonus: reports
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
Macworld 2009: Apple unveils new 17" MacBook Pro with 8 hour battery
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
Apple takes another small step on to the Web - CNET News
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At Tuesday's Macworld keynote Apple announced a handful of upgrades to existing software. Of the changes, one of the biggest is the budding online integration found inside two of its software suites: iLife and iWork.
Google, Microsoft, Et Al, Must Make Room For Apple in The ...
Apple introduces iWork '09, iWork.com
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
Travolta returns home to plan funeral
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
Cubs deal Marquis to Rox for Vizcaino - MLB.com
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CHICAGO -- The Cubs continued their offseason restructuring on Tuesday, sending pitcher Jason Marquis to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for reliever Luis Vizcaino.
Rockies complete deal for Marquis
Rockies make Marquis deal official
Study backs deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's - Reuters
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deep brain stimulation dramatically improves Parkinson's disease symptoms such as trembling and slowness of movement, offering hope to many with the incurable ailment, researchers said on Tuesday.
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced 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
California Political Leaders Unsure of Panetta for CIA
Obama breaks silence on Gaza, voices concern - Reuters
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - US President-elect Barack Obama, breaking his silence about the Gaza war, expressed deep concern on Tuesday about civilian deaths in Gaza and in Israel and vowed to push for Middle East peace when he takes ...
Obama's Kenyan stepgrandmother to attend ball
Barack Obama Spends First Full Day in DC as President-elect
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
