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Democrat Roland Burris blocked from Senate - Reuters
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The man named by the scandal-plagued governor of Illinois to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the US Senate failed to gain entry on Tuesday when the chamber's secretary rejected as incomplete his credentials for the seat.
Video: Burris Refused Seat in US Senate
Poll: Majority says Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat
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: Notebook: Gaza
Obama refrains from detailed comment on Gaza conflict
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
Telephone links, key part of evidence shared with Pakistan
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
Diplomats push Syria to pressure ally Hamas - The Associated Press
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - France's president sought Syrian help Tuesday to bring a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, while Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed to the United Nations for meetings with Arab and European leaders.
International Gaza ceasefire plan taking shape
Sarkozy Presses Syria, Egypt To Broker Gaza Ceasefire
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
Source: Obama Chose Panetta for his Washington Experience
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 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 Minutes Signal Worry About Long Recession
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 Merckle Kills Himself
Microsoft Names Bob Muglia President - InformationWeek
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As head of the company's server and tools division, Muglia oversees Microsoft's Windows Server, Visual Studio, and SQL Server business, which account for about 22% of Microsoft's total sales.
Muglia on the cloud, Azure and the economy
Bob Muglia Named President of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business
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 changes iTunes prices; removes copy protection - USA Today
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By Robert Galbraith, Reuters By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Tuesday said songs on its popular iTunes digital music service will cost between 69 cents and $1.29, and will no longer be saddled with copy-protection software.
Summary: Software, MacBook Pro updates star in final Apple keynote
Apple, labels, sing new tunes on iTunes
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
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
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 to include accountability in economic plan - The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to bar lawmakers' pet projects from his massive economic stimulus plan and to bring unprecedented accountability to federal spending.
Video: Obama's Pushes Stimulus Plan
RPT-UPDATE 1-New US Congress convenes focused on economy
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
Kennedy Shadow Looms Over Senate Hopefuls - New York Times
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By JEREMY W. PETERS UTICA, NY - It is not easy competing with a Kennedy. This axiom of American politics has been true for more than half a century.
Caroline Kennedy 'unfazed' about continuing push for Hillary ...
Caroline Kennedy Is A Good Choice...To Be An Ambassador
