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As Health Bill Advances, Few Changes Seen for MillionsNew York Times - - 1 hour ago Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois on Thursday. The health care bills passed by the Senate and the House may end up affecting relatively few people. Video: Road to Reform 
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Russia to Crack Down on Police Corruption
New York Times - - 3 hours ago
MOSCOW - President Dmitri A. Medvedev, confronting a series of scandals that have diminished the public's already low confidence in the police, ordered a major overhaul of the force on Thursday that is to include a 20 percent ...
Pilgrims crowd Bethlehem on warm Christmas eve
Reuters - - 23 minutes ago
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Thousands of pilgrims and dignitaries crowded into Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity for a Christmas Mass, where Latin Patriarch Fuad al-Tuwal urged visitors to return home bearing a message of peace for the Holy Land.
Bethlehem celebrates Christmas Aljazeera.net
Suicide bombing kills five near security checkpoint in Pakistan
Washington Post - - 12 hours ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bombing on Thursday killed five people near a security checkpoint in this restive city that has borne the brunt of Pakistan's rising Islamist insurgency, police and government officials said.
Major Militant Attacks in Pakistan Since October New York Times
Suicide Bomber Strikes Peshawar Voice of America
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CA woman arrested on suspicion of dumping newborn
Merced Sun-Star - 7 minutes ago
AP STANTON, Calif. -- Authorities have arrested a Southern California woman on suspicion of dumping her newborn daughter in a trash bin.
Baby's body found in dumpster in Stanton Los Angeles Times
Midwest Storm Brings Dangerous Conditions for Holiday Travel
Wall Street Journal - - 3 hours ago
A winter storm buffeted the Midwest and Great Plains on Thursday, bringing flight delays, heavy winds and icy roads and threatening continuing dangerous travel conditions as many people set out for their ...
Temperatures to stay above freezing mark Thursday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Md. authorities search Christmas Eve for missing 11-year-old girl as sex ...
Los Angeles Times - - 9 hours ago
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - Police in Maryland were searching Christmas Eve for a missing 11-year-old girl last seen wearing fuzzy Christmas pajamas, and they have charged a registered child sex offender in her disappearance.
Mortgage Titans Resist Shrinkage
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
As with many giants, it's hard to cut Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac down to size. The government, which controls the mortgage behemoths, planned to shrink them by 10 percent in 2010.
Big paydays for Fannie and Freddie bosses CNNMoney.com
Retailers Turn to Internet to Spur Late Holiday Business
Wall Street Journal - - 6 hours ago
As a relatively subdued last-minute rush brought pre-Christmas shopping to a close, retailers were hoping to entice procrastinating consumers to keep on buying through the holiday and after.
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Madoff Transferred to Medical Center at Butner Prison
BusinessWeek - - 6 hours ago
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff, the con man who operated the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, has been moved to the Federal Medical Center at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina.
Madoff Had Dizziness, Hypertension Wall Street Journal
NORAD helps children track Santa via iPhone, iPod touch
Apple Insider - 6 hours ago
By AppleInsider Staff With the help of NORAD, children can once again track Santa's current location via the Maps application on an Apple iPhone or iPod touch all day Thursday for Christmas Eve.
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Tracking Santa in 3-D with NORAD and Google Earth Los Angeles Times
Apple stockholders get record high for Christmas
CNET News - - 4 hours ago
Tech stocks typically have to break significant price milestones or have dramatic dips to make CNET's news story queue. Likewise, we try not hop on the Apple rumor bandwagon unless there's something credible or/and novel to report.
Digest: Apple shares hit all-time high Houston Chronicle
BlackBerry Outage Sparks User Revolt
InformationWeek - - 13 hours ago
The second outage in as many weeks for Research In Motion's BlackBerry e-mail service has prompted a mini-revolt among users. The Crackberry blog, which tracks all things related to the addictive device, on Thursday was flooded with ...
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Sherlock Holmes
Washington Post - - 4 hours ago
By Michael O'Sullivan Maybe you've read the Sherlock Holmes canon cover to cover. Twice. Maybe you've seen every episode of the slavishly faithful Jeremy Brett TV series and consider the late actor's portrayal of the fictional detective the gold ...
It's Complicated (2009) A September-September Romance
New York Times - - 4 hours ago
In the pleasurable, daffy if at times daft “It's Complicated,” Meryl Streep plays Jane Adler, a successful restaurateur who's about to nest happily alone in an upscale Southern California coastal community, or so it seems.
It's Complicated Washington Post
'It's Complicated' isn't really, and that's the problem Los Angeles Times
Brittany Murphy's family, friends gather for somber Christmas Eve funeral
New York Daily News - - 4 hours ago
Brittany Murphy is being mourned by family and friends at the star's private funeral Thursday. LOS ANGELES - Brittany Murphy's heartbroken family and friends gathered for a somber farewell Thursday to the 32-year-old actress who died ...
Brittany Murphy to Be Laid to Rest People Magazine
Washington Wizards say guard Gilbert Arenas had firearms in locker
The Canadian Press - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - The Washington Wizards say Gilbert Arenas stored unloaded firearms in a locked container in his locker, and the NBA also is looking into the situation.
Wizards: Gilbert Arenas stored firearms in locker Sacramento Bee
George Michael: The man that was must-see TV
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
Through word of mouth in the community of people that revolved around and adored George Michael, I'd come to know that he was sicker than he would ever let on.
George Michael, Sportscaster, Dies at 70 New York Times
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Lakers' Pau Gasol signs three-year extension
Los Angeles Times - - 21 hours ago
'It's been hard to contain my happiness and excitement about this,' he says of waiting for the deal. It will be worth up to $64.7 million, depending on NBA salary-cap figures to be determined in 2011.
Gasol extension worth close to $60 million Yahoo! Sports
H1N1 remains widespread in California but is abating
Los Angeles Times - - 16 minutes ago
Many believe a third wave is likely. State health department urges all residents to get the flu vaccine. By Thomas H. Maugh II California is one of only seven states where H1N1 influenza is still widespread, but a variety of indicators suggest that ...
Officials recall more swine flu vaccine San Francisco Chronicle
1 million Floridians have gotten swine flu vaccine MiamiHerald.com
US FDA: unlikely Merck's Vytorin ups cancer risk
Reuters - - Dec 22, 2009
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Merck & Co's (MRK.N) blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin is unlikely to raise the risk of cancer but a link cannot be ruled out, US health officials said on Tuesday.
FDA panel says Vytorin and Zetia probably don't cause cancer Los Angeles Times (blog)
FDA: Review finds no proof Vytorin causes cancer The Associated Press
Tylenol May Ease Headaches <i>and</i> Heartaches
BusinessWeek - - 7 hours ago
THURSDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Acetaminophen -- best known as Tylenol -- is usually taken to relieve physical pain, but a new study suggests that the over-the-counter drug may also help ease the psychological pain of rejection ...
Study: Tylenol may help broken hearts ABC7Chicago.com
Taking Hold in Silicon Valley, a Ping-Pong Boom
New York Times - - Dec 23, 2009
Rajul Sheth, a veteran of the Indian national team, is executive director of the India Community Center's Ping-Pong facility. By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN MILPITAS, Calif.
Los Angeles sees sharp rise in red-light camera revenue
Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago
Since late '07, monthly income grew from about $200000 to about $400000, according to estimates. Last year, the city more than doubled the fines it charges for violations.
Turning points in millennium's first decade
CNN - - Dec 22, 2009
Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.
Chilly Climate for Oil Refiners
New York Times - - Dec 23, 2009
Julia Robertson/AP This month, Valero Energy, the nation's largest refiner, shut down its plant in Delaware City, Del., which could process 210000 barrels of oil a day.
<span id="pt19288106">'Avatar': Fun Fantasy or Political Statement?</span>
Moviefone (blog) - - Dec 21, 2009
'Avatar' is a big blockbuster with gorgeous visuals and awesome 3D effects. It's not so much a movie you watch as it is a movie in which you immerse yourself, soaring along with the dragons, rooting for the good guys and hoping the bad guys perish in a ...