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CNN Live - US 

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Source: Explosives enough to blow hole in jet

CNN has learned the amount of explosive allegedly held by airline bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulm...

Clashes erupt in Iran

Iran remained on edge Sunday as demonstrators planned widespread protests to coincide with the clima...

Lebanon blast kills 2 Hamas members

An explosion in a Beirut, Lebanon, suburb killed two members of the Hamas militant group and injured...

Report: Missiles kill militants in Pakistan

Two missiles believed to be fired by a U.S. unmanned aircraft killed 13 militants in Pakistan's trib...

2 dead in series of Massachusetts fires

Local and state authorities in Northampton, Massachusetts, are investigating a string of suspicious...

BBC News - UK 

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British and World news from the TV and Radio programming networks

Iran protesters in fresh clashes

New clashes take place in Tehran after at least four opposition protesters die in the worst violence...

Thai army deports Hmong to Laos

Thailand starts deporting thousands of ethnic Hmong back to Laos, despite international concerns for...

Disinfectants 'train' superbugs

Disinfectants used to curb the spread of bacteria could effectively train them to become resistant t...

Obama orders air security review

President Obama orders a review of air security after a man known to US intelligence is charged with...

China execution looms for Briton

Akmal Shaikh, who is said to be mentally ill, could be executed in China in the next 24 hours for sm...

Washington Post - US 

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Local, US and World news from the Washington, D.C., U.S.A newspaper

Yemeni al-Qaeda branch a magnet for jihadists

Offshoot linked to airline terror attack has tried to exploit Yemen's instability, carve out a leade...

Abundance of terrorism tips cited

Because of huge number of tips, uninvestigated warning about Detroit suspect called not unusual.

Iran battles revive opposition

Intense clashes in Iranian cities that left at least five protesters dead raise the stakes for both...

A cruel college econ lesson

The upheaval in the financial markets ended an era of easy credit for students and their families.

Support for military's school kids

Marines and Army address medical, educational, emotional issues faced by special-needs families.

Guardian Unlimited - UK 

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Local, UK and World news from the London, England newspaper

Scramble to find secrets of plane bomb plot

Officials investigate British link to Nigerian's plan to destroy US airliner Investigators on both s...

Nine dead in fresh Iran protests

? Security forces open fire on protesters in Tehran ? Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew Ali Mousavi k...

Briton to get day's notice of execution

Two cousins of Londoner Akmal Shaikh due to arrive in Urumqi to make final plea for clemency A Briti...

Straw to review Britain's libel laws

Ministry of Justice says wide-ranging review will look at the issue of libel tourism, and whether Br...

Hamas's rhetoric masks new stance

Palestinian Islamist movement celebrates 22nd birthday amid drop in rocket attacks and prisoner nego...

Christian Science Monitor 

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Local, National and World news from the Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. newspaper

Why did US let Abdulmutallab get on a plane to Detroit?

The father of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab says he told US officials months ago that his son might be a...

Detroit attack: terrorist once again confounds airport security

From 9/11 to the Christmas Day attack on Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit, terrorists have changed...

Will the West's criticism of China for jailing top dissident backfire?

The Chrismas Day sentencing of literary critic Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison has drawn unusually...

Hello, 2010. Goodbye, Decade of Cringe

Who could have predicted the twists and turns of the past decade -- from hanging chads to 9/11, the...

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab: Bomb suspect's teacher and family shocked

Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili told reporters Sunday that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pas...

CNet News 

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Technology news from the technology news website

Escaped convict continues to update Facebook

Craig "Lazie" Lynch has been on the run from a U.K. prison since September. However, he continues to...

AT&T ceases online iPhone sales in NY area

Customers with a New York area ZIP code trying to buy an iPhone on the wireless carrier's Web site a...

Flexing the boundaries of flash memory

Flash memory is already a part of our daily computing lives. A breakthrough in flexible material may...

Google makes its home page a Chrome page

Without apparent notice or fanfare, Google adorns its home page with a very visible ad for Chrome.

Police to put drunk drivers' names on Twitter

Montgomery County, Texas, decides that the best way to deter those who want to drink and drive over...

PoliticsCentral.com 

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US and World politics from the politics/government news website

The Glenn and Helen Show: Brian Anderson on Media Freedom

Brian Anderson is the author of South Park Conservatives, and now he's got a new book out with Adam...

The Glenn and Helen Show: Adam Shepard on Making it from Scratch

Can you still make it from scratch in America? That's the question that Adam Shepard asked himself i...

The Glenn and Helen Show: T. Boone Pickens on Wind Energy

T. Boone Pickens is an oilman, a takeover expert, and a longtime observer of the American scene. He'...

The Glenn and Helen Show: Carla Howell on Ending the Income Tax in Massachusetts

Like many states, Massachusetts has an income tax. But in Massachusetts, people are trying to do som...

The Glenn and Helen Show: Kathleen Parker on Why Men Matter

They used to say that it was a man's world, but you don't hear that much any more. Women outnumber m...

Scientific American 

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News and articles from the technology and science magazine and website

Supersonic bathtub physics: what happens when discs are pushed through water?

Sonic booms can occur in fairly routine settings: for example, it is a sonic boom you hear when a wh...

Man convicted for killing and eating China's last Indochinese tiger

The last Indochinese tiger in China was killed and eaten by a man who has now been sentenced to 12 y...

7 "Hot" Products: Radioactive Gifts and Gadgets of Yesteryear [Slide Show]

Every era has its essential consumer products--witness the ubiquity of cell phones and iPods today....

Christmas with the leatherbacks

Want to know where Noelle and Darwinia --two intrepid adult female leatherback turtles ( Dermochelys...

Vitamin C Boosts the Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells

Soon after the exciting discovery of a method to transform human skin cells into stem cells in 2006...

Wired News 

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World news and technology articles from the news website

Wired's 20 Favorite iPhone Apps of 2009

Readers have voted; now it's our turn. Wired staff honors its favorite iPhone apps of 2009.

Top 7 Disruptions of the Year

Recession or not, technology kept marching in 2009, making us keep up with its beat. Here are Wired....

Sky's the Limit for China's DIY Aviators

From the ramshackle to the sophisticated, these innovators go to any lengths to fly.

Secret Drones, Miss Atom, Telepathic GIs: Danger Room's Most Popular of '09

It's been a wild year inside the Danger Room. Readers show us the 10 posts in Danger Room they've li...

Dec. 28, 1879: Tay Bridge Collapses, Alas

The world's largest bridge collapses during a storm, and blame is quickly and firmly fixed.

Salon 

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World news from the news website

Beef, pork and love, but most of all love

A woman's trip back to her family farm, for cousins, cookies and steaming carcasses

Stephanie Zacharek's best movies of 2009

George Clooney's real performance of the year wasn't "Up in the Air." Plus: Jane Campion, "Star Trek...

New Detroit plane security scare

Sick Nigerian passenger on same NWA flight alarmed crew, but posed no threat

Ivana Trump escorted off plane

Screaming children made her belligerent, police say

Bomber kills 5 in Pakistan

Attacker blew himself up as police tried to search him at a checkpoint

ESPN 

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• Florida Gators coach Urban Meyer will return after leave of absence
• Jets end Colts' perfection when Indy pulls stars
• Bucs stun Saints on Barth's 47-yard FG in OT
• Patriots clinch AFC East behind dominant Brady
• Sources: Chicago Bulls wait on replacement to ax coach

Digg: Frontpage News 

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The True Cost of Legalizing Marijuana [VIDEO]

Legalizing and taxing pot could provide $1.3 billion to help our hemorrhaging economy, but it might...

Urban Meyer Changes Mind, Opts for Leave of Absence

Florida coach Urban Meyer, who announced Saturday night that he would step down after coaching the S...

Bills Terrell Owens Makes 1000th Career Reception

Owens became only the sixth player in NFL history to catch 1,000 passes Sunday, but his Buffalo Bill...

They still don't love us

Some countries and politicians have goals and interests that conflict sharply with the United States...

20 ways to get healthier for free

Celebrate the New Year with a new you -- by dipping into our smart batch of strategies to keep you h...

Motley Fool 

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Finance/Investing advice and information from the finance and investing website

The Easiest Money You'll Ever Make

How to make a quick $78,000 without lifting a finger.

The Best Opportunity This Decade

The sky is falling! But isn't that manna?

Stocks With Room to Run

Small caps have the most growth potential.

Wall Street's 10 Favorite Stocks Right Now

Here they are. Now are they the best bets for your money?

Top Stocks to Buy Today

Learn from history's speculative failures and invest where you can find value.

Wonkette 

Washinton D.C. news and political gossip, news and opinion from the political blog

CNN Notes Traditional ‘Toppling of the Pope' As Christmas Celebrations Begin

It's not New Year's until the ball drops in Times Square on New Year's Eve, and Christmas celebratio...

Michelle and Barack Do the Christmas Boogie With This Red Space Monster From Space

Here's a special Xmas Photo of your president and first lady "getting down" (that's Chicago ACORN ta...

And the Bells Were Ringing Out For Christmas Day

Chinese dissident writer/professor Liu Xiaobo got an 11-year prison sentence for his part in a pro-r...

Nut Lady Knocks Over Pope, For Christmas

Beloved Nazi Pope Joseph Ratzinger was just doing whatever He does at the Vatican on Christmas Eve,...

Suspicious Low-Flying Aircraft Noted On U.S. Radar But Otherwise Ignored

Don't mind that bearded fanatic in his low-altitude primitive aircraft flying around the skyscrapers...

The Onion 

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[audio] Santa Succumbs To Multiple Strains Of H1N1 Flu Virus

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland

Survival Of Autoerotic Asphyxiation Closest Thing Man Got To Christmas Miracle

DUNDEE, IL—"This is what Christmas is all about," said a police investigator, who found the un...

[video] Our Troops Send Holiday Wishes For Peace, Goodwill, And Body Armor

In this special feature, troops overseas talk about things that make the season special, like modula...

Parent Mad 6-Year-Old Didn't Like Peanuts Special

ROSE HILL, VA--Bruce Pillard, 34, was angered Tuesday over his 6-year-old daughter's indifferent rea...

Second Deadly Monster Truck Accident

Eight days after a 6-year-old boy was killed at a monster truck rally in Tacoma, WA, a promoter was...