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Afghanistan: the clock is ticking for Obama as the Taliban bides its time
Telegraph.co.uk - - 58 minutes ago
Barack Obama needs fellow Nato countries to join the fight in Afghanistan, not just keep the peace, says Con Coughlin. By Con Coughlin A helping hand - or hands off?
Clinton seeks support over US plan in Afghanistan Washington Post
On TV, Putin hints at return to presidency
Washington Post - 18 minutes ago
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday gave his strongest signal yet that he plans to return to Russia's presidency, telling millions of TV viewers that he will consider running in 2012.
Analysis: A bus blows up in Damascus - exploding tire or terror strike?
Jerusalem Post - - 4 hours ago
The Syrian authorities are currently trying to attribute the blast Thursday on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims near the Saida Zeinab mosque in Damascus to an exploding tire.
Blast Hits Iranian Pilgrims' Bus in Syria Voice of America
What is Syria hiding? Ynetnews
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'Poor judgment' blamed in state dinner lapse
Los Angeles Times - - 25 minutes ago
The Secret Service chief testifies on how a couple crashed the White House event. Three agents are on paid leave. By Kathleen Hennessey Reporting from Washington - The White House security procedures in place during last week's state dinner had been ...
Obama canvasses for ideas on job creation
Boston Globe - - 1 hour ago
AP / December 4, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Obama promised at a White House jobs forum yesterday to take “every responsible step to accelerate job creation,'' including some “exciting ideas and proposals'' from forum participants he hoped ...
At White House meeting, a focus on jobs, but no promises of a turnaround San Jose Mercury News
Senate Democrats push ahead on health bill
Los Angeles Times - - 4 hours ago
They pass an amendment requiring insurers to cover women's preventive care and screenings, and reject McCain's bid to restore proposed cuts in what Medicare pays out.
Senate votes down GOP plan to strip Medicare cuts from bill Washington Post
Could Comcast deal change TV as we know it?
USA Today - - 18 minutes ago
By Kimberly White, Reuters By David Lieberman, USA TODAY Comcast's deal to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal has kicked off a vigorous debate: Will it change news and entertainment for the better?
Video: How will Comcast's deal for NBC Universal play in Washington?
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Comcast-NBC union raises concerns about media consolidation Los Angeles Times
Bank of America's $19.3 Billion Is Biggest US Sale Since 2000
Bloomberg - - 2 hours ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp., the largest US lender, raised $19.3 billion selling securities at $15 apiece in the biggest sale of stock or preferred shares by a US public company since at least 2000.
BofA Prices Securities as TARP Exit Starts Wall Street Journal
Bernanke May Get Second Term at Fed Shorn of Bank Supervision
Bloomberg - - 2 hours ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke left a Senate confirmation hearing with support for a second term heading a central bank that may be shorn of its powers to supervise financial firms.
Video: Do Bernanke and the Fed Have too Much Power?
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Fox Business
Greenspan Haunts Room Wall Street Journal
UN body probes climate e-mail row
BBC News - 2 hours ago
The United Nations panel on climate change is to probe claims UK scientists manipulated global warming data to boost the argument that it is man-made.
Furor Over Climate Triggers UK Probe Wall Street Journal
Microsoft, Google Revamp Maps
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
The battle between Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. has shifted into new territory: a race to see who can make online maps that make people feel like they're really there.
Microsoft's Bing goes down CNET News
Google Public DNS and Your Privacy
PC World - - 7 hours ago
Google's expanding its grasp on the Internet with a newly revealed DNS resolving service. Google Public DNS, announced Thursday on Google's blog, will offer you an alternative way to connect to Web sites.
Google Public DNS service not ideal for everyone Ars Technica
Google Wants to Take Over DNS, Too Wired News
The game Woods couldn't control
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
Throughout his brilliant golf career, Tiger Woods has made control his hallmark, with an almost robotic style of play that enabled him to ignore enormous competitive pressures and demolish opponents.
Tiger Woods Didn't Pay Rachel a Penny TMZ.com (blog)
Up in the air with director Jason Reitman
USA Today - - 3 hours ago
By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY By Laura Bly, USA TODAY For veteran road warriors, one of several "aha" moments in Jason Reitman's new film Up in the Air comes as star George Clooney, playing a corporate downsizing expert gunning for 10 million ...
First-class ticket Washington Post
'Up in the Air' fun hipster snark Boston Herald
Robert De Niro shines in the family drama, 'Everybody's Fine'
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore share family ties in "Everybody's Fine." (Abbot Genser/miramax) By Ann Hornaday "Everybody's Fine" arrives like a bolt out of some distantly remembered past, when they made movies about recognizable human beings ...
De Niro Packs His Suitcase, Heading to Geezer Territory New York Times
'Everybody's Fine' Los Angeles Times
Ducks storm to Rose Bowl berth
Boston Globe - 20 minutes ago
AP / December 4, 2009 Redshirt freshman LaMichael James ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns last night to send No. 7 Oregon to the Rose Bowl with a 37-33 victory over No.
No. 7 Oregon beats rival; headed to Rose Bowl The Associated Press
Oregon 37, Oregon St. 33 USA Today
Jets' Rex Ryan on Mark Sanchez's sliding: 'He's got to grow up'
USA Today - 50 minutes ago
Jets coach Rex Ryan said he thinks the knee injury suffered by starting QB Mark Sanchez on Thursday was "just a sprain." But that didn't temper Ryan's frustration with his rookie signal caller for a head-first slide on the play that nicked him.
Jets Gain Some Hope but Lose Sanchez New York Times
Jets overcome injury to Sanchez to beat Bills The Associated Press
United States awaits Friday World Cup draw in South Africa
USA Today - - 3 hours ago
By H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY By Beau Dure, USA TODAY Today, the soccer world's attention shifts from soccer balls under the control of the world's best players to smaller balls bouncing in pots under the control of former players, Archbishop Desmond ...
College students encouraged to get H1N1 vaccine
CNN - - 1 hour ago
Officials are urging college students to get vaccinated for the H1N1 flu before heading home for the holidays. Washington (CNN) -- Chris Edwards' fever spiked at 104 degrees this fall before he was sent home from Frostburg State ...
Swine flu reports in Chicago area ease off -- for now Chicago Tribune
No rise in cancer from mobile phones
Telegraph.co.uk - - 26 minutes ago
Using a mobile phone for more than 10 years does not appear to raise the risk of brain tumours, according a new study that re-opens the debate on the safety of the devices.
Fewer students than usual take advantage of free HIV screening
Diamondback Online - - 1 hour ago
As part of HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, the Health Center gave about 60 students a free HIV test yesterday during its annual three-hour event.
Health officials confirm three new cases of HIV Helena Independent Record
Your Own Fat, Relocated
New York Times - - Dec 2, 2009
THE latest kind of recycling has nothing to do with soda bottles. It entails liposuctioning fat from, say, thighs or buttocks and injecting it into breasts to augment them.
Why the loss of big-name advertisers doesn't matter to Glenn Beck
Daily Finance (blog) - Nov 30, 2009
If cable news was like high school, Glenn Beck would be voted "Most Polarizing." He's despised by liberals and beloved by conservatives (and anyone who loves weepy men).
Shake-up eyed after inmate in wheelchair escapes on foot
CNN - - Dec 2, 2009
Arcade Comeaux Jr. escaped with two guards' guns while he was being transferred between prisons, authorities say. NEW: Escapee's mom: "How did my son come in contact with a gun inside the prison?
'Up In the Air' wins NBR Best Picture
Entertainment Weekly - - 11 hours ago
Check out my oscarwatch interview with Up in the Air's Jason Reitman, after the jump. Very glad to see “Up” and “Where the Wild Things Are” on this list.
A Lost European Culture, Pulled From Obscurity
New York Times - - Nov 30, 2009
Before the glory that was Greece and Rome, even before the first cities of Mesopotamia or temples along the Nile, there lived in the Lower Danube Valley and the Balkan foothills people who were ahead of their time in art, ...