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As the sun gets higher in the sky, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Darrel Williams leads a mustang from a trailer as he gets ready to go on patrol near the U.S.-Canadian border near Oroville, Wash. (Photo by Ted S. Warren / AP)

Poor weather causes flight delays in Chicago, N.Y.

Dense fog and a low cloud ceiling forced airlines to cancel more than 200 flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport at the start of the busy holiday travel season.

USA Today

Easing holiday travel

CBS News

FBI prepares vast database of biometrics

The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics.

MSNBC

Mustangs patrol US-Canada border

Mustangs are among a dozen horses and mules the Border Patrol's Spokane Sector has bought to patrol a 308-mile-long section of the U.S.-Canadian border.

Newsweek

High support for immigration crackdown in US

Angus Reid

Report: CIA withheld al-Qaida tapes

The Sept. 11 commission asked the CIA in 2003 and 2004 for information on the interrogation of al-Qaida suspects, only to be told the agency provided all that was requested, The New York Times reported.

Reuters

Judge weighs legality of CIA tapes' destruction

NPR

Belgium frees jailbreak suspects

Fourteen people arrested in Belgium on suspicion of plotting to free a convicted al-Qaida member from jail have been released without charge.

BBC

Belgian terror plot uncovered

ABC News

NATION

Family to sue insurer in girl's death

The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient blamed Cigna Corp. for her death, saying the health insurance giant's initial refusal to pay for a liver transplant contributed to her death.

USA Today

Insurance won't pay; girl dies

CBS News

American freed in Nicaragua murder case goes into hiding

An American man held in a Nicaraguan jail was released and left the country, four days after a court overturned his conviction on charges of murdering his former girlfriend.

CNN

POLITICS

Still on Gates' task list: Gitmo, Osama

In a year marked by progress in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged two bits of unfinished business: He has yet to close the Guantanamo Bay or find Osama bin Laden.

Houston Chronicle

Opponent of illegal immigration ends White House bid

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., abandoned his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's candidacy.

CNNPolitics

Mystery deepens about Giuliani headache

The Giuliani campaign will not release any medical information to the press regarding his recent illness, raising questions about the former New York mayor's health and the transparency of his campaign.

ABC News

BUSINESS

BMW laying off thousands of workers

BMW, facing rising costs and resurgent competition from rivals like Mercedes, plans to dismiss several thousand workers, its first significant layoff in at least a decade, the company said.

International Herald Tribune

Riding high? Amtrak sees ridership rise

Amtrak is chugging toward its fifth-straight record year for ridership nationwide, helped by high gasoline prices, congested highways and crowded airports.

U.S. News & World Report

Crude oil prices creep higher

Oil prices edged ahead in a quiet trade before the Christmas and New Year holidays amid lingering concerns about energy supplies during the northern hemisphere winter.

AFP

United Air doubles fuel surcharge as oil rises

Environmental News Network

SPORTS

Beckham to train with Arsenal

David Beckham is expected to train with Premier League club Arsenal early next year to prepare for the Major League Soccer season.

Sports Illustrated

Jeter, Joba back Clemens, lawyer bashes media reports

Two of Roger Clemens' teammates on the New York Yankees defended the pitcher, while his lawyer unleashed another attack on media reports linking the player with the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

ESPN

HEALTH

Carbon monoxide: a winter killer

Carbon monoxide is a gas given off by gas furnaces, cars, charcoal grills, propane stoves and portable generators. Every year, the CDC says, it sends at least 15,000 Americans to the emergency room.

WebMD

7 medical myths even doctors believe

LiveScience

RELIGION

Bible bashing dying out in Kansas

Hiding in plain sight in Kansas is a revolution in American Christendom, a change of heart that could see American Protestant churches looking increasingly like their European equivalents.

BBC

Blair converts to Catholicism

Tony Blair has converted to Roman Catholicism, sources close to the former prime minister said. The move comes after speculation that Blair would convert from Anglicanism after he resigned.

Guardian

States step up demands for restitution

A young burglar accused of burning down the St. Paul United Methodist Church 13 years ago was ordered to make $2.4 million in restitution. It was, at best, wishful thinking on the part of the court.

Yahoo! News

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GOOD NEWS

Ancient villas, baths restored in Rome

The restored ruins of two opulent Roman villas and private thermal baths will open to the public, along with a 3-D reconstruction that offers a virtual tour of the residences discovered in Rome.

Examiner

EU expands border-free zone

Nine new countries in the European Union opened up their borders to their fellow countrymen, allowing the free passage of tourists without the need to show a passport at the border check posts.

Earth Times

In pictures: border-free EU grows

BBC

WORLD

Saudis foil plot against Muslim pilgrims

Saudi Arabia has arrested a group of men said to have been planning a "terrorist act" during the annual Muslim pilgrimage, according to the Saudi Interior ministry.

Al Jazeera

WTO gives Antigua right to violate US copyrights in dispute

In an unusual ruling at the World Trade Organization, the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua won the right to violate copyright protections on goods like U.S. films and music — worth up to $21 million.

International Herald Tribune

Guantanamo Bay detainee accused in terror plot

A Guantanamo Bay detainee from Saudi Arabia — who is also the brother-in-law of a Sept. 11, 2001, hijacker — faces terrorism charges, the U.S. Office of Military Commissions said.

CNN

Bin Laden driver to face Guantanamo trial, judge says

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Is EPA playing dirty with clean air law?

Several states are now talking about suing the EPA because of its rejection of a strict auto emissions law set to be enacted by California and 16 other states.

CBS News

Interview:

Schwarzenegger vs. the Feds

TIME

China reels from drought

China is suffering its worst drought in a decade, which has left millions of people short of drinking water and has shrunk reservoirs and rivers, state media said.

Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

For the holidays: Good things come in virtual packages

Virtual commodities, such as avatar accessories and Facebook gifts, are a sign of status for a new generation fixated with everything Web related.

Scientific American

IBM virtual world defies laws of physics

IBM's uptight, starched-shirt image has survived for many decades, but the stereotype may finally meet its demise at the hands of a giant boulder and a meeting room up in the sky.

PC World

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Sweeney Todd': a dark portrayal of rage spiraling into madness

Tim Burton makes fantasy movies. Stephen Sondheim writes musicals. These two optimistic genres of popular art and these two popular artists have systematically subverted that optimism.

International Herald Tribune

Review: 'Sweeney Todd'

Variety

MTV dances with 'Mall' crowd

MTV is looking to make a splash in the musical arena with "The American Mall." The project, from "High School Musical" producers Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, will air in the summer.

Hollywood Reporter

EDUCATION

Virginia Tech classrooms to be used for peace center

The Virginia Tech classroom wing where a student gunman killed 30 people and himself and wounded two dozen others last spring will be turned into a place to study peace, the school announced.

MSNBC

University mandates 'Merry ------mas'

A Midwestern university has mandated "Merry -----mas" as a holiday greeting, banning "Christ" in apparent violation of the U.S. Constitution, according to Liberty Counsel.

World Net Daily

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