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President Bush walks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, to the opening session of the Middle East conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Musharraf retires as Pakistan’s army chief

An emotional President Pervez Musharraf passed a ceremonial baton to his successor, fulfilling a long-delayed promise to step down as Pakistan’s military chief.

MSNBC

Special section:

Pakistan's big 3: the options

BBC

VA's performance on benefits unchanged

The Department of Veterans Affairs fell further behind in its attempts to give veterans timely decisions on their disability claims, new records show.

McClatchy Newspapers

Venezuela's students lead anti-Chávez street protests

Venezuelans will soon vote on President Hugo Chávez's plan to scrap term limits on his rule. Most analysts say the president will prevail.

Christian Science Monitor

Bold, but cautious steps on road to peace

After securing an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to resume long-stalled peace talks, President Bush invited the pair to the White House.

CBS News

Why Iran and Hamas want Annapolis to fail

TIME

Day 1 of Annapolis conference

Reuters

U.S. air strikes kill civilian roadworkers

U.S. forces mistakenly killed at least a dozen road construction workers in air strikes in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said.

Guardian

Afghanistan's air corps struggles to rebuild

NPR

R.J. Reynolds to stop print ads

The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., which has been under intense pressure from anti-smoking groups, said it would not advertise its brands in newspapers or consumer magazines.

ABC News

To Muslim girls in the United States, Girl Scouts offer a chance to fit in

Scattered Muslim communities across the United States are forming Girl Scout troops as a sort of assimilation tool to help girls who often feel alienated from the mainstream culture.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Texas oilman gets year in prison for role in oil-for-food program

Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr., 83, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for conspiring to violate the U.N. oil-for-food program after pleading guilty.

NY Daily News

Cheney's irregular heartbeat

Cardiologists say Vice President Dick Cheney's episode of irregular heart rhythm will not likely affect his immediate health, but the condition could point to a worsening of his continuing heart problems.

ABC News

POLITICS

Democrats seize on economic woes

Congressional Democrats will focus on the economy in an effort to win political advantage from public fears about an approaching recession.

The Hill

Approval for Congress still below 30 percent in U.S.

Angus Reid

Giuliani's Huckabee strategy

The new pivot point is this: Now that Mike Huckabee seems likely to slow down Mitt Romney in Iowa, does team Giuliani now shift its own pre-Florida efforts from Iowa to New Hampshire?

TIME

Obama Leads 4 GOP Candidates in U.S. Race

Angus Reid

BUSINESS

Orders for durable goods down for 3rd straight month

New orders for long-lasting U.S.-made manufactured goods dropped for a third month in a row during October and companies appeared wary about making new investments.

Reuters

Verizon Wireless to open network

Verizon Wireless will become the first mobile-phone company in the United States to let customers use phones and software not offered by the company itself.

MarketWatch

SPORTS

Baseball's best free agents for the buck

Expensive high-impact players like Torii Hunter, Mariano Rivera and Mike Lowell are already off the market, but for teams looking for good players at a modest price, the pickings are still pretty good.

Forbes

Judge sets April trial for Vick on state dogfighting charges

A judge scheduled an April 2, 2008, trial date for jailed Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on two state felony dogfighting charges.

ESPN

HEALTH

Stronger warning of mental health issues from flu drug

The most widely used flu drug in the world should carry a stronger warning label about psychiatric problems seen in a handful of patients, government advisers said.

MSNBC

Breast cancer higher risk for city dwellers

A new study suggests that women who live in cities and urban areas are at greater risk from breast cancer because they tend to have denser breasts.

Medical News Today

D.C. highest in HIV/AIDS epidemic

With an infection rate of 10 times the national average, HIV/AIDS is sweeping across the Washington-metropolitan region with devastating consequences.

MSNBC

The 6 secret STDs

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Romney's religion won't be spared in YouTube debate

If Mitt Romney is elected president, will he let the president of the LDS Church dictate? YouTube users have submitted several questions for the first Republican presidential debate.

Salt Lake Tribune

Romney explains cabinet remark

CBS News

British teacher in a bear case

A British teacher arrested for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad will probably be cleared and released soon, a spokesman for the Sudanese Embassy said.

CTV

Jailed teacher 'in Africa to start new life'

Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Chiefs lineman Kyle Turley to donate paycheck to assist retired players

Kansas City offensive lineman Kyle Turley will donate his entire paycheck from the Chiefs' Dec. 23 game to assist retired players who are financially and physically debilitated by injuries.

NY Daily News

Mexico invests to protect butterflies

Mexico's president pledged $4.6 million to protect the forested nesting grounds which are the winter home for millions of monarch butterflies.

Good News Network

WORLD

China probe captures lunar image

China displayed the first image of the moon captured by its Chang'e 1 lunar probe at a gala ceremony, marking the formal start of the satellite's mission to document the lunar landscape.

CNN

Suicide bomb attack hits Colombo

A suicide bomber has injured three people in an attack in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A woman was stopped from entering the offices of Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda, and blew herself up outside.

BBC

Blackwater guards face lawsuit

A quarter of Blackwater security guards in Iraq use steroids and other "judgment-altering substances," according to a lawsuit filed by Iraqi families.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Rising sea disrupts flights in Indonesia

Global warming is partly to blame for the flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia, that has forced thousands of evacuations and cut off a highway to the international airport.

National Geographic

Greenpeace hands the gaming industry low scores

Greenpeace issued its quarterly "Guide to Greener Electronics," ranking consumer electronics manufacturers and policies on toxic chemicals and recycling. Nintendo, Philips and Microsoft ranked lowest.

CNET News

European Union agrees quota on cuts to save bluefin tuna

E.U. governments agreed to a 15-year plan that set strict curbs on fishing for bluefin tuna, cutting quotas and tightening port inspections to stop the species from heading for extinction.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Spirit nominations announced

The Spirit Awards had an international flavor as nominees were announced. The awards focus on American independent film, but a film can qualify if two principal makers live in the United States.

Hollywood Reporter

Broadway strike negotiations set to resume soon

Broadway's producers and striking stagehands will resume negotiations in New York to try to end the longest strike on Broadway since 1975.

Bloomberg

Special section:

The Hollywood labor dispute

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: ATVs dangerous to children

According to a study performed at the University of Arkansas, all-terrain vehicles are a dangerous threat to the safety, well-being and lives of children.

iTWire

Google plans online storage service

Google plans to offer consumers online storage as part of an attempt to shift personal computing to the Web.

San Jose Mercury News

EDUCATION

Tests to identify children with reading problems are being misapplied

Screening tests used to identify children with reading problems are being misapplied, landing students in the wrong instructional level and delaying treatment, says new research.

Science Daily

Scholarship fund in name of deceased KU student is growing

The mother of a University of Kansas student killed in the 2005 Boardwalk Apartments fire in Lawrence, Kan., has established a scholarship fund in her daughter’s name.

Kansas City Star

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