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Policemen read out a list of cyclone affected villagers to receive relief materials at Gabtala village in Bagerhat district of Bangladesh. Bangladesh pledged to feed about 2 million people left destitute by cyclone Sidr. (Photo by Saurabh Das / AP)

Pakistani court dismisses final challenge to Musharraf re-election

The Supreme Court has dismissed the final legal challenge to Pres. Pervez Musharraf's re-election victory. Pakistanis are now waiting to see if he carries through with his promise to step down as army chief.

Voice of America

Pakistan begins prisoner release

Reuters

New York hunger levels 'rising'

Over 1.3 million people, one in six New Yorkers, cannot afford enough food, with lines at soup kitchens getting longer.

BBC

If you can't afford it, don't move to Manhattan

ABC News

Bangladesh faces 'second wave of death'

The Bangladesh government pledged to feed more than 2 million people left destitute by Cyclone Sidr amid warnings the country faces acute food shortages after the storm ravaged crops.

CBS News

Thousands of Bangladesh citizens fight for food

MSNBC

Survivors wait as aid effort builds

Reuters

Earliest-ever N.H. primary set for Jan. 8

New Hampshire set its earliest-ever presidential primary, deciding on Jan. 8 and claiming its traditional spot as the nation's first in a nomination season pushed almost to New Year's Day.

MSNBC

Tehran paper attacks Ahmadinejad

In a rare attack on Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a hardline newspaper has accused him of behaving immorally towards his political rivals.

BBC

Iran's nukes: still room for diplomacy

TIME

Iran: Middle East security at risk

CNN

NATION

3 charged in Natalee Holloway death

Authorities have arrested three men in connection with the death of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, prosecutors said.

CNN

Has new evidence been uncovered?

MSNBC

Smithsonian needs $2.5 billion

The world’s largest museum, the Smithsonian Institution, created with a bequest of golden sovereigns from a British scientist, is asking for an injection of $2.5 billion to stop it from falling down.

Times Online

POLITICS

Bush makes twilight Mideast push

U.S. President George W. Bush's twilight effort to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians faces far more challenges than his predecessor Bill Clinton's failed attempt in 2000.

Reuters

Atlantic City's third mayor in 6 weeks

After more than a month of turmoil, ridicule and maneuvering, the newest mayor of Atlantic City promises the one thing the city needs more than anything: Stability.

Newsday

BUSINESS

Deere prospers on overseas strength

Heavy equipment maker Deere took a hit from the housing market in its fourth quarter as its construction and forestry sales fell, but was made up for by strong overseas sales spurred by a weak dollar.

Forbes

Activist group MoveOn.org takes on Facebook's 'Beacon' ads

Online activist group MoveOn.org is poised to announce a campaign targeting Facebook's "Beacon" advertisements, which post information about users' activity on partner sites onto friends' news feeds.

CNET News

SPORTS

Ex-wrestler convicted in sex slaves case

A federal jury on convicted a former pro wrestler known as “Hardbody Harrison” of charges that he kept eight women as sex slaves in his two north Georgia homes.

MSNBC

Radomski sentencing delay requested for third time

A request has been filed to delay sentencing for Kirk Radomski, the ex-New York Mets' clubhouse attendant who looms as a key figure in the MLB steroids investigation.

ESPN

HEALTH

Study: Babies can tell character differences in playmates

Even infants can tell the difference between naughty and nice playmates, and know which to choose, a new study finds. Babies as young as 6 to 10 months old showed crucial social judging skills.

CNN

Obesity affects prostate cancer test

Obese men may have prostate cancer despite relatively low values on a prostate cancer screening test called the PSA test, a new study suggests.

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Merit raises for Vatican employees

The Vatican has announced a new approach to salaries for lay employees, allowing for the first time for merit raises.

Catholic World News

Chaplains struggle to protect monastery

A few U.S. military chaplains are struggling to protect the ancient Chaldean Catholic monastery in Iraq from neglect, unexploded ordinance and looters.

NPR

EDUCATION

Ivy league universities sued under loan shark law

Endowments at Harvard, Yale and Princeton Universities are being accused of backing a loan with 42 percent interest, twice the legal limit, in a lawsuit filed by a developer who borrowed the money.

International Herald Tribune

Juvenile offenders start life over with a crochet hook

At a facility in Maine, Brendan Staples and other teenagers make blankets in a program that teaches valuable skills and life lessons.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Skin cells developed to act like stem cells

Researchers have developed a way to use skin cells like embryonic stem cells, in order to replace the 220 different cell types in humans that have been damaged, all without destroying embryonic life.

iTWire

Stem cells give baby's parents hope

CNN

Sixth Florida sextuplet goes home for Thanksgiving holiday

Charlie Byler, who weighed 2 pounds at birth, is home from the hospital in time to spend Thanksgiving with his siblings.

MSNBC

WORLD

Steep rise in Europe cocaine use

An annual report on drug use says around 4.5 million Europeans are likely to have used cocaine in the past year, which is a million more than in 2006.

BBC

West Africa now key cocaine hub for Europe

Christian Science Monitor

Sudanese 'to disarm Darfur camp'

Aid agencies say they fear an outbreak of bloodshed in a Darfur refugee camp, after residents were warned they would be disarmed by the Sudanese army.

BBC

Resurgent Taliban are closing in on Kabul

The conflict in Afghanistan has reached "crisis proportions," with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul, according to a report.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change can spark war

History may be bound to repeat itself as Earth’s climate continues to warm, causing food shortages that lead to wars and population declines, according to a new study that builds on earlier work.

LiveScience

River restoration poorly coordinated

The process of river restoration in the United States is uncoordinated at almost every level. Project scales are rarely linked to goals, and evaluation is rarely used to assess whether these goals are achieved.

Science Daily

Oil prices spark wood sales

More American households, faced with an 83 percent increase in heating-oil prices over the past year, are turning to an alternative as old as the Stone Age: wood.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Review: 'I'm Not There'

Todd Haynes is a visionary who puts the music and the myth of Bob Dylan before us in "I'm Not There" and dares us not to revel in the troubadour's poetic, contentious, ever-changing essence.

Rolling Stone

Interview: Filmmaker Todd Haynes explores the persona of Bob Dylan

San Jose Mercury News

Pop star in court on escort charge

Pop star Boy George was due to appear in court in London accused of falsely imprisoning a 28-year-old male escort by chaining him to a wall.

CNN

Battlestar fans get a glimpse of Caprica

The Vancouver-based Battlestar Galactica fan club, The 13th Colony, conducted "scouting missions" to locations around their hometown that served as backdrops for their favorite show.

Wired

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Making 'second life' more like real life

Technology from Japan could help make navigating online virtual worlds simpler by letting players use their own bodies or even brain waves to control their avatars.

ABC News

Giant sea scorpion discovered was bigger than a man

A fearsome fossil claw discovered in Germany belonged to the biggest bug ever known, scientists announced. Jaekelopterus rhenaniae measured some 8.2 feet long, scientists estimate.

National Geographic

'Time-sharing' tropical birds key to evolutionary mystery

Whereas most birds are sole proprietors of their nests, some tropical species “time share” together, a discovery that helps clear up a 150-year-old evolutionary mystery, say researchers.

Science Daily

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