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Israeli leaders to debate "final" Gaza push - Reuters

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Israeli leaders to debate "final" Gaza push
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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Israeli leaders will debate on Wednesday whether to order their armed forces to storm into the Gaza Strip's urban centres, the planned culmination of a nearly two-week-old offensive, political sources said.
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111th Congress opens with drama in Senate - San Francisco Chronicle

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111th Congress opens with drama in Senate
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
(01-07) 04:00 PST Washington - -- San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi - the first female speaker of the House - was elected to her second term Tuesday, but that milestone was overshadowed by high drama in the Senate.
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Europe gas stocks tested by Russia crisis - Reuters

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RPT-ANALYSIS-Europe gas stocks tested by Russia crisis
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By Daniel Fineren LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Europe may be forced to drain its winter gas stocks with spring still months away, find other ways of generating electricity and buy tankerloads of alternative fuel to keep warm unless Russian exports return ...
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Transcript: Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone - The Associated Press

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Transcript: Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone
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NEW DELHI (AP) - The gunman said into the phone, "We have three foreigners, including women." The response was plain and brutal: "Kill them," the man said.
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Sri Lanka's Tigers vow to beat back army offensive - International Herald Tribune

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Sri Lanka's Tigers vow to beat back army offensive
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By C. Bryson Hull Sri Lankan soldiers pressured the Tamil Tigers' last stronghold on the Jaffna Peninsula on Wednesday, while the separatist rebels vowed to overcome the latest in a series of battlefield losses.
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Barack Obama's team lobbying Democrats to back Leon Panetta pick ... - Chicago Tribune

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By Greg Miller and Peter Nicholas | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - After promising during the campaign to restore order and accountability to the nation's spy agencies, President-elect Barack Obama has been beset by an uncharacteristic set of missteps ...
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President-elect sees 'trillion-dollar deficits for years to come' - Boston Globe

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President-elect sees 'trillion-dollar deficits for years to come'
Boston Globe - 1 hour ago
Monday, President-elect Barack Obama took Capitol Hill by storm to promote his massive economic stimulus plan that, at least in the short term, will dramatically increase the federal deficit with as much as $775 billion in spending and tax cuts.
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California may delay tax refunds amid budget impasse - Los Angeles Times

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California may delay tax refunds amid budget impasse
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of Democrats' $18-billion package of tax hikes and cuts, the state could begin issuing IOUs as soon as Feb. 1. GOP legislators join a suit against the package.
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Alcoa to close plants and trim work force - International Herald Tribune

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Alcoa to close plants and trim work force
International Herald Tribune - 3 hours ago
By Julie Creswell Alcoa, one of the world's largest aluminum makers, described plans Tuesday to close plants and slash its work force in an effort to contend with the continued economic downturn.
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Deflation fear prompted Fed's latest interest rate cut - Los Angeles Times

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Deflation fear prompted Fed's latest interest rate cut
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
Concern that declining prices could deepen the recession was key in the decision, meeting minutes show. By Maura Reynolds and Jim Puzzanghera Reporting from Washington -- Consumers anxious about the worsening economy might welcome the prospect of ...
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Judge weighs whether Madoff poses danger to others - BusinessWeek

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Judge weighs whether Madoff poses danger to others
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER A judge who will decide within days whether Bernard Madoff must await trial in jail rather than under house arrest says he wants to know whether the ability to commit economic harm can make someone like the failed Wall Street ...
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Apple unveils software updates, new laptop - San Francisco Chronicle

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Apple unveils software updates, new laptop
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(01-06) 12:59 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- There was no Steve Jobs or game-changing gadget at Macworld's keynote presentation Tuesday, but Apple marketing chief Philip Schiller kept things lively by introducing eye-catching software updates and a supercharged, ...
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The amazing vanishing Mac desktop machine - Macworld

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The amazing vanishing Mac desktop machine
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by Rob Griffiths, Macworld.com A couple years back, after the introduction of the iPhone at the January 2007 Macworld Expo, I penned a little reaction peace entitled iDisappointed, expressing my dismay at the lack of Mac hardware updates—it is, ...
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CES 2009: Asus shows touchscreen EeePC and Keyboard PC - TG Daily

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CES 2009: Asus shows touchscreen EeePC and Keyboard PC
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By Wolfgang Gruener Las Vegas (NV) - Asus took advantage of the crowd present at the first major press conference at CES 2009 and showed off next-generation of EeePC netbooks, Windows 7 on netbooks, a multitouch EeePC as well as a 4.3” screen PC that ...
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ADVERSARIES: Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne, left) tries to bring Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) down on “Damages.” Can the second season of FX's delicious 'Damages' possibly surpass the first?
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Travoltas plan private service for son - Chicago Tribune

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Travoltas plan private service for son
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Actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston have returned to Florida with the ashes of their 16-year-old son, Jett, who died at the family vacation home in Grand Bahama, according to The Associated Press.
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Bill Daley: Where to look for a low-price wine - Chicago Tribune

Bill Daley: Where to look for a low-price wine
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So, the party's over. It's January. It's dark and cold and icy and icky. Holiday bills are coming due. The kids have the flu.
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Lakers run into a buzz saw - Los Angeles Times

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Lakers run into a buzz saw
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Kobe Bryant finished with 39 points but only two in the fourth quarter as the Lakers lost to the Hornets, 116-105. David West and Chris Paul combined for 72 points in Hornets' victory at Staples Center.
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Quarterbacks at center of BCS championship game - Philadelphia Daily News

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Quarterbacks at center of BCS championship game
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By MIKE KERN Surely, you remember the name. He was everybody's All-America, Oklahoma's next big-time quarterback. Meanwhile, when Sam Bradford was coming out of Oklahoma City's Putnam City North High School, he wasn't even the most-recruited QB in his ...
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A's expected to announce Giambi's return today - San Francisco Chronicle

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A's expected to announce Giambi's return today
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Eight years ago, the A's were so close to announcing they'd re-signed first baseman Jason Giambi, they had a news release ready to go, but the deal fell apart at the last moment over a no-trade clause.
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Parkinson's treatment shows promise in patients, study says - Chicago Tribune

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Parkinson's treatment shows promise in patients, study says
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By Deborah L. Shelton | Tribune reporter Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease who received deep brain stimulation showed greater improvement in movement and quality of life after six months than those treated with medication, a new study shows.
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Woman dies of bird flu in China - CNN

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Woman dies of bird flu in China
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(CNN) -- A 19-year-old woman who handled ducks in northern China has died in Beijing from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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Teens Behaving Badly? - TIME

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Teens Behaving Badly?
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By MJ Stephey Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2009 Scientists at Seattle Children's Research Institute and the University of Washington randomly selected 500 MySpace profiles belonging to self-described 18-year-olds in the US to determine what sort of information ...
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CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post - The Associated Press

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CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of star power to a job that hasn't had that much clout in decades.
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Bush shelters ocean treasures - Chicago Tribune

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Bush shelters ocean treasures
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By Kenneth R. Weiss | Tribune Newspapers President George W. Bush created three national monuments in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, protecting waters near US-controlled islands that contain a rich diversity of corals, fish and other sea life as well as ...
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Death threats against BART officer - San Francisco Chronicle

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Death threats against BART officer
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago
(01-06) 22:06 PST San Francisco -- Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer who fatally shot a man on the Fruitvale Station platform in Oakland early New Year's Day, is being kept under wraps and moved from place to place after receiving a number of ...
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