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UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts
AP – 20 mins agoCOPENHAGEN – Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them — or at least cut them in half — by 2050 under a draft text circulated Friday at the U.N. climate talks. Full Story »
Economic news raises hopes for global recovery
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SC first lady files for divorce from cheating gov
AP – 1 hr 26 mins agoCHARLESTON, S.C. - South Carolina's first lady, a former Wall Street vice president who helped launch her husband's political career, announced Friday she is filing for divorce months after his tearful public confession of an affair with an Argentine woman. Full Story »
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EU nations commit $3.6 billion to climate fund
AP – 1 hr 53 mins agoBRUSSELS - EU leaders agreed Friday to commit euro2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, as they sought to rescue their image as climate change innovators and bolster the talks in Copenhagen. Full Story »
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Health care loophole would allow coverage limits
AP – 1 hr 7 mins agoWASHINGTON - A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient advocates. Full Story »
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Nobel award in hand, Obama faces hard work at home
AP – 2 hrs 48 mins agoOSLO - With a Nobel Peace Prize in hand, President Barack Obama is returning to the grind of governing, refocusing on his top domestic priority as the Senate moves toward a pivotal moment on legislation to remake the nation's health care system. Full Story »
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Pope will write letter to Irish Catholics on abuse
AP – 58 mins agoVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI is deeply disturbed by a child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland and will write a letter to Catholics there on the church's response to a report that found the church shielded more than 100 child-abusing priests from the law, the Vatican said Friday. Full Story »
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Charities still stung by Madoff scandal year later
AP – Fri Dec 11, 7:26 am ETNEW YORK - Nancy Falchuk will never forget the phone call. She was in Boston, it was raining and the news was bad. Hadassah, the century-old Jewish charity she had been elected to lead a year earlier, had just lost a big chunk of its endowment in a Ponzi scheme — maybe as much as $90 million. Full Story »
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Pee-wee Herman's big comeback
AP – 1 hr 52 mins agoLOS ANGELES - The star may be Pee-wee, but his new live stage show is absolutely huge. Full Story »
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U.S. retail sales strong, consumers more confident
Reuters – 45 mins agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers stepped up their spending in November and grew more optimistic this month, data showed on Friday, raising hopes a self-sustaining economic recovery was starting to unfold. Full Story »
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World should at least halve CO2 by 2050: draft text
Reuters – 12 mins agoCOPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The world should at least halve world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 with rich nations taking the lead, according to a first draft text on Friday seeking to break deadlock on a new climate pact at U.N. talks. Full Story »
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Gates, EU leaders say Iran to face new sanctions
Reuters – 1 hr 32 mins agoKIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday he expected the international community to impose significant additional sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Full Story »
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Governor Sanford's wife files for divorce
Reuters – 38 mins agoCHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford said on Friday that she was filing for divorce, six months after Sanford traveled secretly to Argentina for what he later confessed was an extramarital affair. Full Story »
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House poised to back financial rules overhaul
Reuters – 2 hrs 13 mins agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives was expected to approve the biggest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression on Friday, marking a win for the Obama administration. Full Story »
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Americans held in Pakistan "wanted to join holy war"
Reuters – Thu Dec 10, 3:48 am ETSARGODHA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five young Americans detained in Pakistan, which is fighting an increasingly violent Taliban insurgency, wanted to join a jihad, or holy war, a police official said on Thursday. Full Story »
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Obama plans TARP aid for small businesses: report
Reuters – Fri Dec 11, 12:22 am ETWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to channel money from the government financial bailout fund to small businesses in an effort to stem the political and economic fallout of high unemployment, the Washington Post said in its Friday editions. Full Story »
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Pope "ashamed, outraged" by Irish sexual abuse
Reuters – 1 hr 43 mins agoVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict shares the "outrage, betrayal and shame" felt by the Irish people over a government report that said Church leaders covered up widespread sexual abuse of children for 30 years, the Vatican said on Friday. Full Story »
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EU pledges $10 bln to climate battle
AFP – 1 hr 45 mins agoCOPENHAGEN (AFP) - The European Union on Friday pledged 7.2 billion euros (10.6 billion dollars) to help poor nations battle global warming, upping the stakes at the UN climate summit. Full Story »
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Detroit stripper's killing unsolved 6 years later
AP – 33 mins agoStripper Tamara Greene has found more notoriety in death than she ever did dancing under the name "Strawberry" in dimly lit topless clubs and private parties around Detroit. Full Story »
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Security fears weigh on Iraq's 2nd oil auction
AP – 1 hr 13 mins agoIraq's hope of luring international oil companies with its mother lode of oil met with mixed results Friday, with only two deals struck as security fears appeared to weigh heavily on the country's second oil auction this year. Full Story »
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AP review: Effects wow but story limps in `Avatar'
AP – Fri Dec 11, 6:23 am ETWhen a film brashly asserts that it will change moviemaking forever, one feels the urge to either take its "king of the world" arrogance down a notch or hail it as the masterpiece it claims to be. Full Story »
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