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Detroit bailout drive sputters on Capitol Hill

The chief executives of Detroit's Big Three began a second day of testimony on Capitol Hill.

Reuters

Firms cut jobs, auto industry seeks bailout

MSNBC

India-Russia nuclear deal signed

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a key deal to build four nuclear power plants in India.

BBC

NATION

OJ Simpson to be sentenced to prision

It was a bad few minutes for O.J. Simpson, when 12 angry jurors unanimously pronounced him guilty of kidnapping and robbery and a Las Vegas judge instantly ordered him handcuffed and taken to jail.

ESPN

Authorities want O.J. Simpson to get 18 years

YouTube

Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures rise to record

One in 10 Americans fell behind on their mortgage payments or were in foreclosure during 2008's third quarter as the world’s largest economy shed jobs and real estate prices tumbled.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

Obama moves fast to fill top administration posts

Barack Obama is filling his important positions more quickly than any of his recent predecessors.

International Herald Tribune

The 5 best jobs Obama has yet to fill

Politico

Minn. Senate campaigns raise $4 million since Election Day

Reports filed by Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic candidate Al Franken show nearly $4 million was raised between the two of them in the three weeks following Election Day.

Star Tribune

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cleaner air to turn iconic buildings green

For buildings the future is bright — bright green, that is. New research into how stone facades will be altered by changes in the atmosphere suggests that the days of smutty gray and black buildings are gone.

ABC News

Humans 80,000 years older than previously thought?

Modern humans may have evolved more than 80,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study of sophisticated stone tools found in Ethiopia.

National Geographic

ENVIRONMENT

Polluters spending record amounts of money to fix violations

Companies violating environmental laws will spend a record $11.8 billion in 2008 to reduce pollution.

TIME

Highest US court ponders power plants and fish protection

The U.S. Supreme Court is wrestling with the difficulty of valuing aquatic organisms with little or no commercial worth, in a legal dispute over what steps older power plants should take to limit water use.

Environment News Service

HEALTH

How to lose weight safely

Are you sick of crash diets and fad diets? Follow these tips for healthy weight loss.

WebMD

Gym rat in chief? Obama's fitness regimen

Organic foods, workouts and basketball: all part of president-elect's lifestyle.

ABC News

EDUCATION

Potential Obama education secretary visits Education Department

A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the U.S. Department of Education on what he said was a purely social call.

USA Today

New report critical of New York education system statistics

New York high schools lag behind several states when it comes to educating students who go on to college, according to a new report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

Business First

Columns And Op-Ed

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Is Honda pullout the end of F1?

International Herald Tribune

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Why Detroit's woes are bad for Toyota

TIME

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Why a big three rescue is so hard

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5 tips for keeping your job

CNNMoney

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Bush revises his history

Real Clear Politics

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US, India becoming best of friends

Investor's Business Daily

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Critics rap MSNBC, Matthews

Politico

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Detroit revs up its bailout begging

Salon.com

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Help Mississippi, not Michigan

Forbes

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Obama's Afghan dilemma

The Nation

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Run, Jeb, run

Forbes

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Detroit's delusion

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Laugh and the world laughs with you

Ever wonder whether happy people have something you don't, something that keeps them cheerful, chipper and able to see the good in everything? It turns out they do — they have happy friends.

TIME

Happiness: It really is contagious

NPR

20 young doctors graduate in Somalia, 1st in years

20 men and women accomplished something that nobody in Somalia has done in nearly two decades: They graduated from medical school.

BBC

WORLD

African leaders take hard line against Zimbabwe's President Mugabe

Two prominent African leaders have launched an attack on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, saying it is time for him to be pushed out of power, by force if necessary.

ABC News

Rice calls on Zimbabwe's Mugabe to 'leave'

YouTube

New mood of public anger hits Zimbabwe

NPR

India admits security mistakes in run-up to Mumbai attacks

The Indian government admitted intelligence and security mistakes before last week's terrorist strikes on Mumbai.

Times Online

Authorities: Mumbai attackers had help

CNN

Hero nanny of Mumbai

CBS News

BUSINESS

AT&T slashing 12,000 jobs

AT&T joined the recession's parade of layoffs by announcing plans to cut 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force.

CBS News

ETFs: a better way to invest?

Exchange-traded funds, which came on the investing scene in the early '90s and have exploded in popularity during the past few years, are actually drawing in investors despite the economic slump.

U.S. News & World Report

SPORTS

Honda quits F1 racing

Honda announced it will withdraw from Formula One racing with immediate effect, as the automaker scrambles to conserve cash and realign its engineering resources in the deteriorating global outlook.

MarketWatch

Honda boss upbeat over team sale

BBC

Patriots sign linebacker Junior Seau

Junior Seau signed with the New England Patriots, coming out of retirement again to help bolster his former team’s injury-depleted defense.

MSNBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Lil Wayne leads Grammy nods

Lil Wayne gets a leading eight Grammy nominations, including album of the year; Coldplay gets seven.

ABC News

'The Office' scores touchdown on NBC's midseason lineup

NBC's hit comedy "The Office" will get the coveted post-Super Bowl spot next year, while the new drama "Kings" will take over for "ER" on after the long-running medical drama airs its series finale.

Reuters

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Faith schools urged to end selection on basis of religion

Faith schools should stop selecting pupils on the basis of their religious background to promote social cohesion, said the Runnymede Trust, a charity set up to promote a multi-ethnic Britan.

Guardian

Atheists put up sign in Capitol building

A group of atheists and agnostics has placed a sign at the Capitol building that says, in part: "Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."

Seattle Times

Photo of the Day

Firefighters stand beside a fire in Duesseldorf, western Germany. Firefighters hold a solemn vigil in front of the state parliament since last Saturday to protest against the cut of salaries. (Photo by Frank Augstein / AP)

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