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Theoneste Bagosora reacts as he sits in the court at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, in Arusha, Tanzania, where he was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. (Photo by ICTR / AP)

Obama's inaugural choice sparks outrage

Liberal groups criticized President-elect Barack Obama for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration because of his views on gay marriage.

CNN

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Why Rick Warren’s invocation at Obama’s inauguration matters

U.S. News & World Report

Oil demand slowing, says energy agency

U.S. oil consumption is expected to level off with virtually no growth between now and 2030 because of increases in energy efficiency, greater use of renewable fuels and an expected rebound in oil prices.

CBS News

Rwanda genocide mastermind receives life sentence

Former senior defense official Theoneste Bagosora has been convicted of instigating Rwanda's 1994 genocide and was sentenced to life in prison.

BBC

Special section:

Factbox: The Rwandan Genocide

Reuters

Regulators adopt new credit card rules

Federal regulators adopted sweeping new rules for the credit card industry that will shield consumers from increases in interest rates on existing account balances among other changes.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

New credit card rules

ABC News

Jobless claims fall, remain high

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits has fallen more than expected, according to a government report. However, the ranks of the jobless continue to swell.

CNNMoney

Arrests of officials shake Iraq

Up to 35 officials in the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior have been arrested, with some of them accused of working to reconstitute Saddam Hussein's Baath Party.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Chrysler lays off 46,000 employees during month of shutdown

Chrysler announced it would shutter all 30 of its factories for one month and idle 46,000 workers, while GM said it was delaying a key supply plant as both attempted to avoid imminent collapse.

Detroit Free Press

GM says it’s not in talks on a Chrysler merger

Bloomberg

Special section:

Auto industry touches every state

USA Today

NH jury delivers death sentence to cop-killer Michael Addison

A jury issued New Hampshire’s first death sentence in a half century to Michael Addison, who fatally shot a Manchester police officer two years ago.

Boston Herald

POLITICS

Eliot Spitzer's comeback

Nine months after his public humiliation as "Client 9," former N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer is back -- and wants to be taken seriously.

ABC News

High hopes for 'populist' Quinn as Blagojevich fights impeachment

Ill. Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, who is poised to succeed Rod Blagojevich as governor, is seen as a populist and a reformer who could help improve the image of his state.

Fox News

Obama-Blagojevich connection

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

US moves to protect 7 penguin species

Seven penguin species have reason to have happy feet: The Bush administration is moving to protect them. But three other types of penguin, including the stars of recent movies, got the cold shoulder.

Google News

Groups sue in attempt to stop Utah oil and gas drilling

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit to block the Bush administration's last-minute sale of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah near national parks and ancient rock art panels.

MSNBC

Is the Exxon Valdez spill site finally clean?

New Scientist

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Study finds that personalized spam is rising sharply

A new study finds an alarming increase in the amount of personalized spam, which online identity thieves create using stolen lists of e-mail addresses or other poached data about their victims.

San Francisco Chronicle

Yahoo! pledges to forget you sooner

In what privacy advocates call a step in the right direction, Yahoo! will purge personally identifiable user data after 90 days, undercutting the retention policies of rivals Microsoft and Google.

TechNewsWorld

HEALTH

Stats offer snapshot of Americans' health

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults say they're in very good or excellent health, yet 27% of us are obese, 21% smoke, 8% have diabetes, 4% have asthma and 21% drink too much.

WebMD

Feds rate US nursing homes

An analysis of nearly 16,000 nursing homes reveals for-profit homes are more likely to provide inferior care than their non-profit rivals, according to a USA Today examination.

USA Today

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Ga. judge jails Muslim woman for refusing to remove head scarf

A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said that she felt her human and civil rights were violated.

San Francisco Chronicle

Religious life in the US is changing, survey finds

Religious congregations are getting older, more technically savvy and more ethnically diverse, according to findings from a national survey of faith groups across many traditions.

Indianapolis Star

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GOOD NEWS

Chief Justice serves gourmet filet mignon to homeless

Some 600 poor and homeless people in Toronto were treated to a gourmet-style dinner, topped off with a crisp new $10 bill from a Toronto lawyer who co-founded the unusual feast, Martin Teplitsky.

Toronto Star

Salvation Army's red kettles seem to yield odd treasures

The volunteer emptying Salvation Army kettles recently came across something that stood out from the spare change and crumpled bills: a 1911 Liberty Eagle gold coin worth around $1,000.

Seattle Times

WORLD

Poisoned medicine kills dozens of children in Nigeria

Nneka and Chimezie Ononaku unwittingly poisoned their own four-month-old son. Giving him what they thought was a baby teething medicine, they were in fact dosing him with anti-freeze.

CNN

China to send warships to fight piracy off Somali coast

Chinese ships will join the naval forces of several other countries in the troubled waters in the Gulf of Aden, where attacks by pirates on cargo ships have become a major problem.

CBC

Despite record OPEC production cut, oil market prices fall again

Markets already expected a vastly reduced flow of oil. Traders focused instead on troubling economic data that points to a long and severe global economic slump.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Obama picks new head of SEC

Pres.-elect Barack Obama is set to name seasoned regulator Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission as he considers a major overhaul of the heavily criticized agency.

Reuters

Should Mary Schapiro save the SEC — or shut it down?

TIME

SEC's massive mea culpa

CNBC

Rates drop, borrowers rush to refinance

Mortgage brokers are already reporting a surge of calls from borrowers trying to take advantage of the Federal Reserve's extraordinary rate cut.

ABC News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Doubt' leads SAG awards race

"Doubt" led the way with five nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards with "Milk" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" taking three each.

Variety

NAACP: entertainment 'out of sync'

The NAACP Hollywood Bureau report said the entertainment industry "continues to fall seriously short" in achieving diversity, particularly in TV.

Hollywood Reporter

SPORTS

SN's pro athlete of the year: Giants quarterback Eli Manning

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is Sporting News' 2008 Pro Athlete of the Year announced in the magazine's new issue featuring Manning on the cover.

Sporting News

Garnett, Celtics clip Hawks for 16th consecutive victory

Garnett scored 10 of his 18 points in the final quarter, helping the Celtics beat the Hawks 88 — 85 night for their 16th straight victory.

CBS SportsLine

EDUCATION

Missouri court upholds state takeover of long-failing St. Louis schools

The Missouri Supreme Court has affirmed the state takeover of the St. Louis school system, which has struggled for years with poor finances and student test scores.

Examiner

At Manchester College, graduation on time, a job in 6 months guaranteed

Manchester College will offer a "triple guarantee," pledging students will graduate within four years and get a job within six months of earning a diploma.

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