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Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, mourn over her grave in Gari Khuda Bux, Pakistan. Bhutto was assassinated by a suicide attacker in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Photo by Shakil Adil / AP)

Child kidnappers to be sent home to France

Six French aid workers sentenced to eight years’ hard labor in Chad for attempting to kidnap 103 children are to be sent home after an intervention from Paris.

Times Online

Fallout from aid workers' sentence

TIME

EEOC: Benefits cut doesn't discriminate

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that employers can cut benefits for retirees who turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare without violating age discrimination laws.

Salt Lake Tribune

Pakistan accuses al-Qaeda of killing Bhutto

Pakistan's government said it had evidence al-Qaeda was responsible for killing Bhutto in a suicide attack at an election rally, but her party dismissed the claim.

Reuters

Bhutto blamed Musharraf for lack of security

NPR

Pakistan after Bhutto

TIME

Special section:

Bhutto's political career

CBS News

Tiger victim may have died attempting to save friends

A 17-year-old boy spent the last minutes of his life trying to save his friend from a brutal tiger mauling at the San Francisco Zoo, only to have the animal turn on him, police and family members said.

ABC News

Wall enclosing tigers was below industry standard

CNN

Storm may lead to more flight delays

Winter weather could confound travelers again this holiday weekend. An early preview came as United Airlines canceled many flights for the fourth day in a row.

AOL News

NATION

Carnation, Wash., slaying suspects: a history of arguments, paranoia

As the couple was ordered jail time without bail, interviews with former neighbors, classmates and family members provided a portrait of a paranoid, unstable pair who acted odd and struggled financially.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Washington slaying victims

Yahoo! News

US police fatalities spike in 2007

A record number of fatal traffic incidents and a double-digit spike in shooting deaths led to one of the deadliest years for law enforcement officers in more than a decade.

ABC News

POLITICS

Politics and the Pakistan effect

Will the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto push foreign affairs — and an unstable world — back to the top of voters' minds just a week before the Iowa caucuses.

Newsweek

Candidates go into overdrive

CNN

Final sprint for Iowa

MSNBC

The battle for New Hampshire

On the trail in the Granite State, Mitt Romney continued to be the candidate acting as if he's got the most to lose on Jan. 3 and Jan. 8 as he directly attacked rival John McCain.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Treason? No, trade

Some trade with countries such as North Korea and Cuba is perfectly legal under the obscure Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917, as subsequently amended, but never repealed.

Forbes

Gift cards should be used quickly

Chances are, when you opened your presents this year there was at least one gift card. If you got one, don’t let it gather dust, experts advise.

Consumer Affairs

Macy's, Dillard's, Home Depot cut prices to save holiday season

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Congressman balks at having players testify in baseball drug hearings

A member of a congressional panel investigating performance-enhancing drugs in baseball believes there's little to be gained by having players testify at upcoming hearings.

Yahoo! News

Assistant Jim Boylan named Bulls' interim head coach

Jim Boylan was promoted to interim head coach of the Chicago Bulls, who fired Scott Skiles after the team's disappointing start.

Sporting News

HEALTH

Parents' court battle over ending daughter's life support

Javona Peters 16, has remained in a vegetative state since she came out of brain surgery. Now, her estranged parents are battling over whether she should remain on life support.

ABC News

Cooking veggies may not cut nutrients

Cooking vegetables may not reduce all of the nutrients in those veggies, according to a new Italian study.

WebMD

Laser liposuction melts fat, tightens skin

What could be better than liposuction, a procedure that rids people of excess fat? Laser liposuction may help you look a lot slimmer -- and younger and firmer.

CBS News

Fitness 101

WebMD

RELIGION

A Christian-Hindu clash in India

On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Hindu nationalists in India attacked churches and convents and set fire to houses belonging to Christians, killing one person and injuring at least two dozen more.

TIME

Churches unite to condemn greed

Religious leaders called for compassion and a return to the true meaning of the Christmas story in a world beset by material greed, selfishness, conflict and environmental degradation.

The Australian

Priests come to blows inside church

Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests had a rumble inside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, in a dispute over how to clean the church after Christmas celebrations.

USA Today

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Editorial:

Assassination steals key to US strategy for Pakistan

USA Today

Column (James Surowiecki):

The plan to help struggling homeowners

New Yorker

Column (David Ignatius):

Wisdom from the Founding Fathers

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

The betting is on another Clinton presidency

Economist

Editorial:

Bhutto: 'Don't let militants set the agenda'

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Daughter of destiny

Slate

Column:

Bhutto: A hero for Democracy?

Newsweek

Editorial:

Fuel for Bushehr

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

The Benazir Bhutto I knew

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Virginia high-school class builds safe toys for needy

Teacher Paul Steiner used $300 of his own money so that his construction technology class at Forest Park High School in Dale City, Va., could build lead-free toy trucks for Toys for Tots.

Christian Science Monitor

Pro athletes, teams try to give back

The world of sports philanthropy is a two-way street as organizations and athletes leverage their charitable efforts to market themselves and improve their images within the community.

Indianapolis Star

WORLD

Venezuela expects to deliver Colombian hostages by year's end

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will probably receive a group of hostages from Colombia's biggest guerrilla group before the year ends, Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister Rodolfo Sanz said.

Bloomberg

Tight race as Kenya goes to the polls

Kenya went to the polls, with President Mwai Kibaki trying to fend off opposition leader Raila Odinga in the closest presidential race in the country’s history.

Times Online

Charges of vote rigging in Kenya

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Deep-sea species' loss could lead to oceans' collapse, study suggests

In a global-scale study, researchers found evidence that the health of the deep sea increases exponentially with the diversity of species.

Science Daily

Barcoding an entire ecosystem

In the middle of the South Pacific, about 12 miles west of Tahiti, is a tropical island that soon will emerge as a model ecosystem, thanks to the efforts of a U.S.-French research team.

Environmental News Network

New Zealand trying to save the kiwi

Until recently, it looked like New Zealand's national icon -- the kiwi -- was headed for extinction. But a project is under way that offers some hope of bringing the flightless bird back.

International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Stepping forward: the year in spaceflight

It has been a busy year for spaceflight in the U.S. and around the world, with an even more ambitious slate ahead for 2008.

LiveScience

Motorola's pain is Samsung's gain

The Korean electronics giant Samsung has replaced its U.S. rival as the world's No. 2 handset maker and expects more sizzling growth next year.

BusinessWeek

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Groban and Blige lead pop albums chart

Josh Groban's "Noel" ruled the pop album charts for a fifth week, a record for a Christmas release, while Mary J. Blige's new CD was a close second as overall holiday sales surged.

Reuters

Jay-Z to step down at Def Jam

Rapper Shawn Carter (a.k.a. Jay-Z) will step down from his position as the president of Def Jam Records at the end of the year, when his contract expires.

Entertainment Weekly

EDUCATION

Japan overturns revision of war history textbooks for schools

Japan reinstated references in school textbooks to military involvement in mass suicides by civilians in Okinawa at the end of World War II, after protests from local residents, the Asahi newspaper said.

Bloomberg

In colleges, comics art is becoming a serious matter

As a fine-arts graduate student in the early 1980s, Carol Tyler felt she had to hide her interest in cartoon drawing from teachers. Now she teaches the art form to others.

Washington Post

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