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Obama picks Leon Panetta as CIA head (AFP)

US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former lawmaker and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta, pictured in 2006, to head the Central Intelligence Agency, US media reported Monday.(AFP/File/Mike Theiler)AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency, a Democratic Party official told AFP Monday.


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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:48:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Heavy fighting in Gaza City as Israel opposes truce calls (AFP)

Smoke billows as an Israeli flare lights up the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as the Israeli government parried appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza's main city early on Tuesday as the Israeli government fended off appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further.


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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:12:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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Clues sought in deadly Texas shelter blaze (AP)

A firefighter looks out from a fire-damaged portion of a homeless shelter, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, in Paris, Texas. The fire tore through the small-town homeless shelter early Monday, partially collapsing the building and killing five men, fire officials said. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - A table piled with donated clothes is being eyed as the potential origin of a fire that killed five people at a Texas homeless shelter, forcing some residents to flee into the cold streets barefoot and coatless.


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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:40:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
Bush to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific (AP)

Fish swim near coral reefs. President George W. Bush is to announce the creation of the world's largest marine protection area spanning some 195,000 square miles (505,000 sq km) in the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman said Monday.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)AP - The home of a giant land crab, a sunken island ringed by pink-colored coral, and equatorial waters teeming with sharks and other predators are being designated national marine monuments by President George W. Bush in the largest marine conservation effort in history.


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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:06:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
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Woman accused in fatal burning of sleeping husband (AP)
AP - An Australian woman accused of setting her husband's genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair has been charged with murder. -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:17:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
Afghans, Pakistan fight militants together-Zardari (Reuters)
Reuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Tuesday, pledged cooperation in the fight against militants in both countries and called for wider regional understanding. -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:17:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
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Alan Walters, economic aide to UK's Thatcher, dies (AP)
AP - Sir Alan Walters, a top economic adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has died at age 82. -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:45:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics News
Judge: Gov't hiding evidence in Gitmo case (AP)

An arrow pointing to the direction of Mecca is seen on the floor of the 'Camp Four' detention facility movie room at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008 in this image reviewed by the U.S. military. Camp Four houses the most 'compliant' detainees where they live in a more open, community-oriented manner. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Reuters)AP - A federal judge has accused the Bush administration of hiding evidence in the case of a Yemen man who has been held as a terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay for six years.


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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:41:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics News
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Talbots shares jump after it secures committed credit (Reuters)
Reuters - Talbots Inc shares jumped 24 percent on Tuesday, a day after the women's apparel retailer said it entered into agreements with three banks to secure a total $150 million in committed lines of credit. -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:15:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
British house prices sink by record amount in 2008 (AP)
AP - House prices in Britain fell by their biggest annual amount in at least 56 years during 2008, as credit seized up and possible buyers stayed out of the market, a leading mortgage lender said Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:38:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
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Video games inspired by TV, movies, board games (AP)

This screen grab released by Ubisoft shows insane bunnies taking over the TV schedule in ”Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party”. (AP Photo/Ubisoft)AP - Like so many American creations — baseball, comic books, rock 'n' roll — the video game is a mongrel art form. Literature, music, art and film all get jumbled together in this relatively new medium, but even that isn't enough: Designers have to figure out how to make the whole package interactive as well.


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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:43:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology News
D-Link Promises Fastest 11n Router Ever (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In addition to new routers, the home networking company promises new cameras, new storage, and a unique companion monitor for your PC. -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:21:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology News
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Djokovic crashes out of Brisbane (AFP)

Ernests Gublis of Latvia acknowledges the applause after beating top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia in Brisbane 6-4, 6-4(AFP/William West)AFP - Little-known Latvian Ernests Gulbis sent top seed and world number three Novak Djokovic crashing out of the first round of the Brisbane International here Tuesday.


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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:42:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Sports News
Ball State's Parrish debuts against Tulsa (AP)

In this Nov. 19, 2009 photo, Ball State's MiQuale Lewis rushes for an 11-yard gain during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Mich.  Ball State faces Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)AP - Stan Parrish was so impressed by Tulsa's offense in last year's GMAC Bowl, he decided to take a crash course in the system during the spring. Now, Parrish has been promoted to head coach at Ball State just in time to face the Golden Hurricane in the same bowl game Tuesday night.


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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:56:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Sports News
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All About the Hair at the "Bride Wars" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD105  Anne Hathaway, left, and Kate Hudson arrive for the premiere of Fashion Wire Daily - You'd think that at a movie premiere for a flick called "Bride Wars" would be all about the dresses, but in New York on Monday night, it was all about the hair.


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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:08:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Degas sculpture expected to fetch up to $17.5 million (Reuters)
Reuters - Sotheby's expects a rare sculpture of a young ballet dancer by French impressionist Edgar Degas to fetch up to 12 million pounds ($17.5 million) when it goes under the hammer in London next month. -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:45:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
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Popping Smart Pills: the Case for Cognitive Enhancement (Time.com)
Time.com - In a recent editorial in Nature, a group of bioethicists argue for using stimulants to enhance cognitive performance -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:15:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
Europe begins to feel gas pipeline pinch (The Christian Science Monitor)

A woman passes by a gas pipe of the gas-compressor station in the small Ukrainian city of Boyarka, near Kiev on January 4. Russia and Ukraine have traded blame as a dispute between the two bitter ex-Soviet rivals triggered major gas cuts in Europe in a dramatic escalation the EU slammed as unacceptable.(AFP/Sergei Supinsky)The Christian Science Monitor - Thermometers are plunging across Europe, and so is the pressure in the natural-gas pipelines connecting the continent with its key supplier, Russia.


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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
Health | view all health news
Health Tip: Feel Better by Looking Good (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you have a long-term illness, improving your appearance can help you feel better, the American Cancer Society says. -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:03:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Study: Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Decline (Time.com)
Time.com - More and more scientific evidence suggests that type 2 diabetes may be linked to mental decline, memory loss and perhaps even Alzheimer's disease -- read full article
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:15:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Law | view all law news
Holloway disappearance hits cold case file
None of the three suspects in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway will be charged, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said today. Hans Mos, the island nation's chief public prosecutor, said there was not enough evidence to take the case to trial.

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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:16:59 EST - CNN.com - Law
Girl who shielded mom is a hero at school
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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:42:28 EST - CNN.com - Law
Travel | view all travel news
Six secrets for getting your way
I admit, I have an unfair advantage.
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:29:45 EST - CNN.com - Travel
Seven 'deadly' sins, seven great trips
Envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth and wrath -- here are vacation ideas with all the decadence and none of the guilt.
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:09:19 EST - CNN.com - Travel
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