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Fed: $800B consumer credit stimulus

The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve unveil a new program to increase availability of such consumer credit as car loans, credit cards and student loans.

CNNMoney

Paulson unveils new credit plan

MSNBC

For retailers struggling with recession, 'tis the season to be nervous

As retailers struggle with recession, debt-laden consumers, unfriendly bankers and declining property values, fewer of them will be around next year.

TIME

Obama names Orszag budget chief

President-elect Barack Obama named Peter Orszag as his budget director and said his job will be to conduct a thorough review of federal spending programs.

Houston Chronicle

Obama’s troika may push for deeper role in economy

Bloomberg

Experts weigh in on 'Obama-nomics'

ABC News

Obama unveils key economic players

ABC News

Thai army called on as protest shuts Bangkok airport

The Thai government called on the military to restore order at Bangkok’s international airport after demonstrators stormed the main terminal, forcing its closure.

Bloomberg

Protesters fire on rivals

BBC

Why churches fear gay marriage

As American families fracture and women choose to live without men, churches lose their grip on power and scapegoat gays and lesbians for their failures.

Salon.com

NATION

Bin Laden's driver to leave Guantanamo

Osama bin Laden's former driver is to leave Guantanamo Bay for his home country of Yemen, where he will serve out the remainder of his sentence.

Times Online

$846 million of Katrina aid unclaimed

Nearly $850 million in federal aid for New Orleans homeowners and thousands of other mom-and-pop landlords are still sitting on a bureaucratic shelf.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Former Biden aide to fill his Senate seat

Edward "Ted" Kaufman, a former aide to Sen. Joe Biden, was named by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate seat Biden is leaving for the vice presidency.

TIME

Huckabee: how Republicans recover

"People will forgive you for being a little left or a little right, but they won't forgive you for not taking them up instead of down."

CNN

Blog:

GOP not out of the woods yet

Politico

Huckabee on Rachel Maddow

YouTube

ENVIRONMENT

Tibetan glaciers melting at stunning rate

Glaciers high in the Himalayas are dwindling faster than anyone thought, putting nearly a billion people living in South Asia in peril of losing their water supply.

Discovery.com

Unexpected rise in carbon-fuelled ocean acidity threatens shellfish

The world's oceans are becoming acidic faster than climate change model predictions according to scientists who claim it will have a dramatic impact on marine ecosystems.

Guardian

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Singer Amy Winehouse in hospital

Singer Amy Winehouse is at a private London clinic after a reaction to medication she was taking, a spokesman said.

BBC

McCartney: Talks to get Beatles catalog on iTunes stalled

Talks to make the Beatles' catalog available on Apple's iTunes have stalled, according to Paul McCartney. Apparently the impasse is between the band's representatives and record label EMI.

CNET News

HEALTH

Losing weight after pregnancy

Now that your new baby is here, you have a lot to think about: when to feed her, what to do if she cries — and how to get rid of those extra pounds you packed on during your pregnancy.

CBS News

Urine recycler passes astronauts' test

After several days without luck, astronauts finally ran a successful test on equipment that turns urine into drinking water — a necessity for the International Space Station's crew.

Google News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pope focuses on interfaith dialogue

In comments that could have broad implications in a period of religious conflict, Pope Benedict XVI appeared to cast doubt on the possibilities of interfaith dialogue.

International Herald Tribune

He's young, tall, handsome — and a possible successor to Dalai Lama

Give the magnetic personality and hunky good looks of a rock star to a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and the result might be Gyalwang Karmapa, the third-highest lama in the Tibetan religious firmament.

Kansas City Star

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GOOD NEWS

Rescued whales join others offshore

A group of whales rescued from an Australian beach have joined a larger pod in deep waters — a sign they are doing fine after their ordeal, an official said.

MSNBC

Helping India's poor get a leg up

The ICICI's mission: underwrite other nonprofit groups so they can provide microloans, insurance, and other banking and business services to the estimated 600 million Indians.

BusinessWeek

WORLD

UN urges end to abuses of women

The United Nations secretary general said the world must do more to combat the abuse of women and girls.

BBC

Taliban militants arrested in acid attack on Afghan girls

Afghan authorities have arrested 10 Taliban militants in connection with this month's acid attack on schoolgirls, a provincial governor said.

CNN

BUSINESS

Small banks upset with Citi bailout

Wall Street might have been happy with the government's latest multibillion-dollar banking intervention, but many small community banks are asking for equal treatment.

ABC News

Blog:

Why are we so mean to the car companies (and nice to the banks)?

Time

Existing home sales fall, buyers sidelined

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell in October, with the median home price notching its biggest drop on record as tough economic conditions kept buyers on the sidelines, data showed.

Reuters

SPORTS

Ginobili returns as San Antonio Spurs defeat Memphis Grizzlies

Manu Ginobili returned from his offseason left ankle surgery, and the San Antonio Spurs celebrated with a victory.

Sporting News

Vick pleads guilty to dogfighting charge

Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, serving a prison sentence for federal dogfighting charges, pleaded guilty to a state dogfighting charge.

Sports Network

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Facebook wins $873 million judgment against spammer

Facebook won $873 million in damages from a spammer, the largest award to date under the 2003 Can-Spam Act.

InformationWeek

Blockbuster takes on Netflix with new set-top box

Blockbuster said it would roll out a new digital media player offering fewer, but more recent titles than a six-month-old offering from rival Netflix.

Reuters

EDUCATION

New study might spell the end for federal reading program

Students in schools that use Reading First performed no better on comprehension tests than students in schools that don't. The program helped improve first graders' ability to recognize letters and words.

US News

Study: Some math teachers 1 chapter ahead of students

Math can be hard enough, but imagine the difficulty when a teacher is just one chapter ahead of the students. It happens, and it happens more often to poor and minority students.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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