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Christmas tornadoes, snow possible as weather system moves east

CNN (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
A large, powerful storm system threatened to bring a white Christmas to parts of the Great Plains and dangerous tornadoes to the Southeast, forecasters said.
Severe weather outbreak expected Christmas Day
White Christmas may be in forecast after all
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Opinion: At Christmastime, everyone sees the star

NorthJersey.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Charles Austin is interim pastor at Advent Lutheran Church, Wyckoff, and has been a reporter for The Record and other news organizations.
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NORAD's Santa trackers have record-breaking night

USA TODAY - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Volunteers take phone calls at the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado Springs on Monday. (Photo: Brennan Linsley, AP).
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Report: Manningham out for year

FOXSports.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Mario Manningham is out for the rest of the season and the playoffs after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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Facebook's 2012: IPO, a billion users and a shift to mobile

Washington Post
5 hours ago
Written by
Hayley Tsukayama
Facebook had what may be the most eventful year in its history in 2012. After months of preparation, the company went public in May -- with some unexpected results.
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NBA Christmas Day storylines to watch

FOXSports.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
When the Christmas Day schedule came out, Nuggets-Clippers was the proverbial lump of coal in our stocking. Now? It seems like the NBA might have saved the best for last.
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Syria jets kill tens as international envoy visits

Houston Chronicle - ‎47 minutes ago‎
BEIRUT (AP) - A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed more than 60 people, activists said, casting a pall over a visit by the international envoy charged with negotiating an end to the country's civil war.
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Afghan policewoman kills coalition contractor in Kabul: NATO

Reuters - ‎22 hours ago‎
By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi. KABUL | Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:49am EST. KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan woman wearing a police uniform shot dead on Monday a civilian contractor working for Western forces in the police chief's compound in Kabul, ...
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Police: NY gunman set 'trap' for firefighters

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
WEBSTER, N.Y. - An ex-con gunned down two firefighters after luring them to his neighborhood by setting a car and a house ablaze early Monday, then took shots at police and committed suicide while several homes burned.
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Legally speaking, Murray man is Utah's Santa Claus

Salt Lake Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
State Street in Murray is already a festive place. Big red and green snowflake lights, that are also evocative of poinsettias, line the street, and a bright theater marquee reads "Have a Murray Christmas.
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Japan new PM Abe wants to correct strong yen trend

Chicago Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated on Tuesday a pledge to revive the economy by correcting the recent trend towards a stronger yen.
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Grain terminal owners consider options after vote

TheNewsTribune.com - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Longshoremen at a half-dozen Pacific Northwest grain terminals have overwhelmingly rejected what owners describe as their “last, best and final” contract offer.
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Spending down on final holiday weekend

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - ‎1 hour ago‎
ATLANTA - Christmas shoppers thronged malls and pounced on discounts but apparently spent less this year, their spirits dampened by concerns about the economy and the aftermath of shootings and storms.
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Netflix suffers outage, blames Amazon: WSJ

MarketWatch - ‎1 hour ago‎
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Video streaming and rental firm Netflix Inc. (US:NFLX) said late Monday some of its customers were unable to use its streaming service due to technical problems at Amazon.
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Is Paying to Message Strangers a New Texting Business?

New York Times (blog)
13 hours ago
Written by
Brian X. Chen
Cellphone carriers are making less money from text messages thanks to free messaging services offered by Facebook, Apple and other tech companies.
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Why startups shouldn't be afraid of Facebook cloning them

CNET
15 hours ago
Written by
Ben Parr
It takes a lot more than a clone to take out a scrappy startup with dedication to its vision. Ben Parr. by Ben Parr. December 24, 2012 10:03 AM PST Follow @benparr.
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Christmas surprise for Droid Razr, Razr Maxx

CNET
10 hours ago
Written by
Seth Rosenblatt
Jelly Bean starts finding its way into the Christmas stockings of Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx owners. Seth Rosenblatt. by Seth Rosenblatt.
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From 'Odd Couple' to 'Quincy ME,' Jack Klugman's everyman characters stuck ...

Vancouver Sun - ‎2 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - For many, Jack Klugman will always be the messy one. His portrayal of sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's "The Odd Couple" left viewers laughing but it also gave Klugman the leverage to create a more serious character, the ...
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Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89

New York Times - ‎24 minutes ago‎
Charles Durning, who overcame poverty, battlefield trauma and nagging self-doubt to become an acclaimed character actor, whether on stage as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” or in film as the lonely widower smitten with a cross-dressing Dustin ...
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'Django' is a gabby cartoon shoot-'em-up

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎1 hour ago‎
Weinstein Company. Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" has a lot in common with the director's "Inglourious Basterds," including Christoph Waltz (right), this time as a bounty hunter, costarring with Jamie Foxx.
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Ashton Kutcher-Demi Moore divorce timing may be about money

Los Angeles Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
Ashton Kutcher's move to file for divorce from Demi Moore last week more than a year after they announced their split could be a matter of money or taxes, a veteran divorce attorney said.
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Eagles' Vick back at QB in finale for injured Foles

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - ‎1 hour ago‎
PHILADELPHIA - Eagles rookie quarterback Nick Foles has a broken right hand, and coach Andy Reid said Michael Vick will likely start against the New York Giants in Sunday's season finale.
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Defense leads SMU to rout of Fresno State in Hawaii Bowl

Fox News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Honolulu, HI - June Jones showed he's still got some of that old island magic left. The winningest coach in the history of the Hawaii football program had a very successful return to his former home, as Jones' Southern Methodist Mustangs easily handled ...
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Foster expected to play vs. Colts

FOXSports.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
NFL. Foster expected to play vs. Colts. FOX Sports. Share This Story. Tweet. Updated Dec 25, 2012 12:38 AM ET. Texans running back Arian Foster is "back to normal" after a heart scare and expected to play Sunday at Indianapolis.
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Chuck Pagano returns to Colts after undergoing leukemia treatment

Los Angeles Times
13 hours ago
Written by
Sam Farmer
Chuck Pagano made an emotional return to the playoff-bound Indianapolis Colts on Monday, resuming his role as head coach after missing almost three months while he was being treated for leukemia.
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Scientists Report Faster Warming in Antarctica

New York Times - ‎Dec 23, 2012‎
West Antarctica has warmed much more than scientists had thought over the last half century, new research suggests, an ominous finding given that the huge ice sheet there may be vulnerable to long-term collapse, with potentially drastic effects on sea levels.
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Science gifts keep on giving

Akron Beacon Journal - ‎4 hours ago‎
Ask scientists of a certain age about their childhood memories, and odds are they'll start yarning about the stink bombs and gunpowder they concocted with their chemistry sets.
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Close To One-Third Of Children With Food Allergies Are Bullied

Medical News Today - ‎11 hours ago‎
Food allergies can pre-dispose children to being bullied at school, suggests a new study published today in Pediatrics. The study examined 251 families from a New York City food allergy clinic and discovered that nearly one-third of kids have been bullied ...
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Boston Globe - ‎5 hours ago‎
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals said Monday that it has won Food and Drug Administration approval to sell its first drug, a treatment for a rare inherited genetic disorder that can raise cholesterol to life-threatening levels.

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