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The Indiana Gazette - Fri Dec 11, 1:26 am ET
At his Cabinet meeting Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama took a moment to give thanks to his team. Sipping a glass of water, the president offered special gratitude to the woman on his right.
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CBS Sports - Fri Dec 11, 12:51 am ET
The Justice Department is refusing to grant a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 12:32 am ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Ted Kennedy remembers his brothers, the Clintons canoodle in the White House and Pat Tillman quits the NFL for Iraq in some of the nonfiction that grabbed our attention this year. (Roundups of the year’s best business books will run next week.)
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The Brownsville Herald - Fri Dec 11, 12:32 am ET
NEW YORK — Paul Malignaggi said all along that he’d never beat Juan Diaz in Texas if the fight went to the scorecards. It did, and he was right. The Brooklyn-based junior welterweight lost that bout in August, a back-and-forth brawl that left a huge crowd at the Toyota Center in Houston on its feet.
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News Chief - Fri Dec 11, 12:31 am ET
Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Today is Friday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2009. There are 20 days left in the year. The Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, begins at sunset.
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WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul - Fri Dec 11, 12:17 am ET
Mike Severson can shrug his shoulders and move his head, but that's it. He's paralyzed. He's lived in his specially-designed home the last 15 years and has home care at night and for part of the morning.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 11, 12:16 am ET
Seoul - North Korea adhered to its notorious history of provocation in 2009, reaching a climax with its second nuclear test in May and provoking tougher United Nations sanctions. With fresh issue...
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Politico via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 12:07 am ET
Barack Obama began his presidency with an open hand toward the man he had just defeated in a race that was at times bitter.
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Washington Post - Fri Dec 11, 12:00 am ET
SEOUL -- President Obama's envoy to North Korea said Thursday that his journey to Pyongyang produced no commitment that the North would return to international talks aimed at ridding the country of nuclear weapons.
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Washington Post - Fri Dec 11, 12:00 am ET
Just what do we know for sure about the games Tiger Woods played? Despite the tidal wave of reporting since his infamous (and still mysterious) post-Thanksgiving car wreck, the answer might be a lot less than we think.
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The Oklahoman - Thu Dec 10, 11:52 pm ET
After serving on an appellate court for more than 15 years, Robert Henry is leaving the bench for the top position at Oklahoma City University.Henry, chief judge of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, was selected Thursday by the board of trustees to serve as OCU president.Henry is a cousin to Gov. Brad Henry ."Obviously, I am biased to a certain degree, but I don’t think Oklahoma ...
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New York Times - Thu Dec 10, 11:13 pm ET
Carol Moseley Braun still has the wonderful smile, the belly laugh, the twinkle in the eyes — and a continuing battle with reality.
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Sonoma Index-Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 11:10 pm ET
Kathleen Thompson Hill has the hot rumors ... Editor's Note: This column has been changed online to reflect a correction regarding the date of the Community Olive Press, set for Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Olive Press, not Saturday, Nov. 28, as initially reported in this column.
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New York Daily News - Thu Dec 10, 10:50 pm ET
Don't expect George Stephanopoulos to do a hula on ABC's " Good Morning America " anytime soon. ABC News, which has been tinkering with "GMA" to focus more on news, will continue to do so with Stephanopoulos, who Thursday was officially named anchor.
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International Herald Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 10:48 pm ET
The U.S. negotiator on climate change is considered an accommodating envoy who is willing to be blunt as well.