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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., crosses the street to greet supporters following a campaign visit to the River House Cafe in Milford, N.H. (Photo by Jim Cole / AP)

As voting nears, Democratic voters wrestle with their choices

The struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination is becoming a volatile, unpredictable brawl. No lead is secure, and voters struggle between change and an experienced hand.

McClatchy Newspapers

Early primaries force candidates to shift tone (mostly)

Christian Science Monitor

Obama Inches by Clinton

Guardian

Sarkozy and Rudd visit Afghanistan

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia paid separate visits to Afghanistan, each meeting with President Hamid Karzai.

International Herald Tribune

Snowstorm hits Plains, Midwest; 5 dead on roads

A winter storm packing heavy snow walloped the central states, causing at least five deaths and dozens of injuries as multi-car pileups forced authorities to close parts of several major highways.

USA Today

Snowstorm slams Kansas drivers

CNN

Winter storm sweeps US

Yahoo! News

Iraq gov't vows to disband Sunni groups

Iraq's Shiite-led government declared that after restive areas are calmed, it will disband Sunni groups battling Islamic extremists because it does not want them to become a separate military force.

Associated Press

Inside Iraq's only women's prison

CBS News

Thaksin allies win most seats in first Thai election since coup

Allies of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won the most seats in Thailand's first election since the 2006 military coup after appealing to voters' memories of the strong economy he oversaw.

Bloomberg

NATION

J. Edgar Hoover sought mass arrests in 1950, document shows

A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty.

International Herald Tribune

CIA 'kept' tapes from 9/11 probe

A leaked memorandum from the former 9/11 commission says it made repeated requests to the CIA for information on the interrogation of al-Qaida suspects.

BBC

Food bank shelves going bare at holidays

The reports from across the country are dismaying: Food pantries are running short and cannot meet the needs of all those seeking help.

CBS News

Efficiency is emptying food bank shelves

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

POLITICS

Ohio county to replace voting machines

Ohio's chief elections officer decided to have the state's most populous county switch to a new voting system in time for the March 4 presidential primary.

CBS News

Giuliani tries to ease health fears

Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, a survivor of prostate cancer, tried to allay concerns about his health after a hospital stay he attributed to a painful headache.

Reuters

Firms that got big tax breaks gave bundle to Rudy Giuliani's campaigns

NY Daily News

BUSINESS

Shoppers flock to stores as J.C. Penney, Sears offer discounts

Shoppers jammed stores to take advantage of half-off sales and extended hours at J.C. Penney Co., Sears Holdings Corp. and Toys R Us Inc. during the final weekend before Christmas.

Bloomberg

Last-minute shopping

ABC News

Stocks enjoy Santa Claus rally

Santa Claus arrived on Wall Street early, as the major indexes all rose at least 1.5 percent ahead of the Christmas holiday.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Clemens 'almost numb' over accusations

Roger Clemens said that he has become "almost numb" to the steroid accusations against him in the Mitchell report and that he has granted an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" in an effort to clear his name.

ESPN

Bryant youngest to earn 20,000 points

Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 20,000 points when he made a 3-pointer early in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Knicks.

Sports Illustrated

Bills injured tight end attends Buffalo's home finale against Giants

Bills tight end Kevin Everett arrived at Ralph Wilson Stadium to watch Buffalo's home season finale, less than four months since sustaining a severe spinal cord injury on the same turf.

USA Today

HEALTH

WHO investigates bird flu in Pakistan

Limited human-to-human bird flu transmission may have occurred in Pakistan, but no new infections have been reported for two weeks and there appears to be no threat of further spread.

Associated Press

Wii may have wee effect on calories

A new study shows that kids playing the active computer game Wii Sports burn 60 more calories per hour than while playing Xbox 360, a sedentary computer game.

WebMD

Life at 630 lbs

ABC News

RELIGION

Huckabee makes no apologies for Christmas ad in sermon

Republican Mike Huckabee made no apologies for a recent Christmas ad with a religious tone and said it's important to find Jesus at this time of year.

Houston Chronicle

Macao: A crisis of faith in the birthplace of Asian Catholicism

At morning Mass, Lancelot Rodrigues, an 84-year-old Catholic priest, can name just about every member of the congregation in the sparsely populated pews listening to his sermon in Portuguese.

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Under pressure, Japan drops humpback whale hunt

Succumbing to international protest, Japan said it was dropping plans to hunt humpback whales for the first time in four decades, marking the only time Tokyo has backed down its whaling expeditions.

Good News Network

How Starbucks saved my life

Michael Gill was an Ivy League graduate and a successful ad agency executive. But divorce and health problems sent his life spiraling downwards — until he happened upon a coffee shop that was hiring.

CBS News

WORLD

Olmert rules out truce with Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ruled out a ceasefire with Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas unless it recognizes Israel and renounces violence.

BBC

Britain's queen takes up YouTube

Britain's 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube.

ABC News

South Africa's Zuma will look into inflation targeting

Jacob Zuma, newly elected leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) said that he would look at inflation targeting, a monetary policy used by the Central Bank to reign in inflation.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Uganda's president revives plan to axe rainforest for sugarcane

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni revived a controversial plan to hand over a swathe of rainforest to a local company to be destroyed and replaced with a sugarcane plantation.

Environmental News Network

Endangered elephants given safe passage in India

Over 1,000 wild elephants have been given a right of passage, with the safeguarding of a wildlife corridor that links two reserves in Karnataka, southern India.

Science Daily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What was ailing Tiny Tim?

Ebenezer Scrooge may be a memorable character from "A Christmas Carol," but medical sleuths are more interested in the unanswered question: What was wrong with Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit's sickly son?

LiveScience

Google closes in on DoubleClick deal

Score one for Google. The Federal Trade Commission ruled that it would not block Google's (GOOG) proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of leading online ad-serving and tracking firm DoubleClick.

BusinessWeek

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'National Treasure' shines at box office

Nicolas Cage unearthed the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with "National Treasure: Book of Secrets."

Reuters

Stewart, Colbert shows will return

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" will resume production "without their respective writing staffs," according to a Comedy Central news release.

Seattle Times

EDUCATION

Harvard for free

Honors students from low income families will now be able to attend the prestigious Harvard University for free.

Hardbeatbnews

Pre-school attracts education dollars

In a growing number of classrooms around the country, four is the new five and preschool the new kindergarten.

USA Today

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