| Fox News - 43 minutes ago | AP WASHINGTON - Capping a full retreat by House GOP leaders, Congress will convene Friday in hopes of approving a stopgap measure renewing payroll tax cuts for every worker and unemployment benefits for millions - despite serious opposition among ... |
| The Guardian - 1 hour ago As North Korea prepares for the funeral of Kim Jong-il, the guest list is generating enough speculation to match The Tempest for Shakespearean intrigue. |
| Washington Post - 41 minutes ago BEIJING - A Chinese court sentenced a veteran activist Friday to nine years in prison for inciting subversion, in what appears to be the most severe punishment handed down in a crackdown to prevent the spread of Arab Spring-style democratic uprisings. |
| Entertainment Weekly - 1 hour ago by Adam B. Vary SPOILER ALERT! Don't read any further if you don't want to know who won the first season of The X Factor! For the rest of you, check out what the winner had to say below: In my on the scene report from Wednesday's performance finale ... |
| ABC News - 16 minutes ago By CONNIE CASS AP Why do kids believe a chubby guy in a flying sleigh can deliver joy across America? Because their parents do. A whopping 84 percent of grown-ups were once children who trusted in Santa's magic, and lots cling to it still. |
| Reuters - 30 minutes ago | PARIS (Reuters) - The French government recommended on Friday that tens of thousands of women in France seek removal of breast implants made of a suspect silicone gel by a firm that exported worldwide. |
| Wall Street Journal - 51 minutes ago By CYNTHIA KOONS New Zealand's economic recovery was already on shaky ground. A series of 5-plus magnitude earthquakes in Christchurch on Friday afternoon hit at just the wrong time. |
| BAGHDAD - Iraqi political leaders were set for crisis talks on Friday after the country suffered its deadliest attacks in four months amid a row that has seen its premier threaten to dissolve power-sharing. |
| Telegraph.co.uk - 21 minutes ago The Pentagon expressed "deepest regret" and "sincere condolences" to Pakistan as the US conceded for the first time it bears significant responsibility for the Nato airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. |
| BusinessWeek - 2 hours ago By Steve Bryant and Emre Peker Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey froze political and military relations with France in retaliation for the approval by the French parliament's lower chamber of a measure that makes it a crime to deny genocide against ... |
| ABC Online - 29 minutes ago Police dig in the rubble of buildings in the wake of tropical storm Washi. [AFP] More than 1000 people remain missing in the Philippines following devastating floods that hit the country's south at the weekend. |
| Washington Post - 45 minutes ago MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa - When his top aides walked out this spring and left his campaign in tatters, Newt Gingrich considered dropping out. |
| The Atlantic - 20 hours ago By Michael Brendan Dougherty The documents, which include harsh, prejudiced attacks against the black community, are evidence of a libertarian movement trying to find an audience. |
| New York Times - 7 hours ago Stocks rose on Thursday, putting the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index on the cusp of finishing out the year higher as another decline in jobless claims pointed to further improvement in the labor market. |
| BusinessWeek - 12 minutes ago By Adam Haigh Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index extending this week's rally, before reports that may add to optimism that the American economic recovery is gathering strength. |
| by Marguerite Reardon December 23, 2011 12:00 AM PST Follow @maggie_reardon Did you get a notice recently from AT&T stating you use more than your fair share of wireless data? |
| NEWS ANALYSIS: The Consumer Electronics Show - CES - will be happening in Las Vegas next month, and there's a good chance several big things could be announced at the show. |
| MiamiHerald.com - 44 minutes ago By COLIN COVERT "We Bought A Zoo" is as phony as a Kardashian marriage. Director/writer Cameron Crowe proved that he could create engaging characters and bracing, tough-minded comedy with "Say Anything," "Jerry Maguire" and "Almost Famous. |
| MiamiHerald.com - 44 minutes ago By CHRISTOPHER KELLY In his long, justly-lauded career, Steven Spielberg has made his share of bad movies: the bloated, unfunny war spoof "1941"; the cloyingly whimsical romances, "Always" and "The Terminal"; the shockingly inept "Indiana Jones and the ... |
| MiamiHerald.com - 44 minutes ago By CHRISTOPHER KELLY Michel Hazanavicius' black-and-white, mostly silent comedy "The Artist" is a gorgeously made curiosity - a film that functions as a testament to its own obsession with other movies. |
| Entertainment Weekly - 12 hours ago by Adam B. Vary Ever since Ridley Scott started talking about his first foray back into science fiction since 1982′s Blade Runner, the geekosphere has been all Twitterpated over whether the film is, in fact, a prequel to Alien. |
| Philadelphia Inquirer - 45 minutes ago Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is expected to play in the season opener Sunday against the Chicago Bulls, saying his right wrist "should be fine," the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday on its website. |
| Matt Barkley thrilled USC fans Thursday by announcing that he will forgo the NFL draft and return for his senior season. That press conference Thursday -- the one with the suit and the band and the giant Christmas tree -- is not what Matt Barkley is ... |
| Chicago Tribune - 23 minutes ago Indianapolis, IN - Dan Orlovsky certainly didn't "Suck for Luck" on Thursday, especially when the oft-maligned quarterback orchestrated a two-minute drill to perfection to give the Colts an unlikely 19-16 victory over the AFC South-champion Houston ... |
| SportingNews.com - 1 hour ago Carlos Beltran won't make anyone in St. Louis forget about Albert Pujols but his addition solidifies the Cardinals as favorites in the National League Central. |
| Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago They beat the Ducks, 3-2, in a shootout as Sutter earns his first victory in 5 1/2 years. Mike Richards scores for Kings in his first game back since suffering a concussion on Dec. 1. Darryl Sutter takes in his first game as Kings coach on Thursday ... |
| San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago By now, the intelligence of birds is well known. Alex the African gray parrot had great verbal skills. Scrub jays, which hide caches of seeds and other food, have remarkable memories. |
| National Geographic - 8 hours ago A time-lapse movie taken from the International Space Station shows a brightening view of Earth's horizon at dawn on December 21. |
| San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago Alan Scher Zagier, AP AP Columbia, Mo. -- Walmart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died from a ... |
| Los Angeles Times - 55 minutes ago In a disappointment for scientists and patients, a researcher's report of a possible cause is discredited by allegations of data manipulation and inability to replicate the findings. |
| STLtoday.com - 2 hours ago CHAPEL HILL, NC • An HIV discovery from researchers led by a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill scientist is the biggest scientific breakthrough of 2011, according to the journal Science. |
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