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Congressmen sound off against SEC in Madoff affair
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/house_madoff"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.1443ff7d9c1d4bf2a10426ab2fdcd3db.madoff_hearing_wx101.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=zlPTT8we1HvyqJEQwIAsLA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="In this Dec. 17, 2008 file photo, Bernard Madoff, chairman of Madoff Investment Securities, returns to his Manhattan apartment after making a court appearance in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican and Democratic House members said Monday that the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff reflects deep, systemic problems at the Securities and Exchange Commission.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama says his plan with tax cuts to get quick OK
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_congress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.eaf6025e81dd40b79f47078d2a8e1679.obama_dcgh10.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=596sP7epE8znrHLTsDHNCw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, left, and Council of Economic Advisers Chair-designate Christina Romer meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was "bad and getting worse" and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion. He predicted lawmakers would approve a mammoth revitalization package within two weeks of his taking office.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Sheriff: Man arrested in Ohio mother's slaying
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| AP - A man was arrested in the shooting death of a woman whose 4-year son was abducted and left unharmed at a highway rest area, authorities said Monday.
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Crystal, china maker Waterford Wedgwood collapses
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_britain_waterford_wedgwood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090105/capt.cps.ors46.050109113742.photo00.photo.default-512x331.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=_cvh8BCPlGhpKu_R2N9jpg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="File photo shows a Wedgwood china coffee cup under the weight of a 1.6-tonne Jaguar car during a promotional event. Waterford Wedgwood, the maker of china and glass, said Monday that some of its businesses were close to bankruptcy as trading in the group's shares was suspended here.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Waterford Wedgwood PLC, the maker of classic china and crystal, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after attempts to restructure the struggling business or find a buyer failed.</p><br clear="all"/>
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US First Cat 'India' dies
(AFP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbushanimalsoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090105/capt.cps.oru19.050109181353.photo00.photo.default-420x500.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=yDz6OA3RIeqCOFEm4Zri5g--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="This official White House photograph shows White House pet India, on the South Lawn of the White House dressed for Halloween 31 October 2007 in Washington, DC. The Bush family's 18-year-old cat, India, has died at the White House, First Lady Laura Bush's office announced on January 5, 2009.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Bush family's 18-year-old cat, India, has died at the White House, First Lady Laura Bush's office announced Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Democrat wins Minnesota Senate seat in recount
(Reuters)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_politics_minnesota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090106/2009_01_05t175930_450x307_us_usa_politics_minnesota.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=b_2CJtB56PKB2OOC70Fzqg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Democratic senatorial candidate, and well known satirist and a former writer and actor for the popular Saturday Night Live television show, Al Franken (DFL-MN) and his wife Franni (L) speak to reporters after he is declared the winner by the Minnesota Secretary of State Office, by 225 votes, over opponent incumbent Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) outside his home in Minneapolis, January 5, 2009. (Eric Miller/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democrat Al Franken beat Republican incumbent Norm Coleman to win the U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota, officials conducting a final recount said on Monday, though the loser promised to challenge the result.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Calls to use oil as weapon in Gaza fight fall flat
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_mideast_oil_weapon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.f4a770755de8454cb80eff05efb52f5e.mideast_bahrain_oil_weapon_xhj102.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=eBkYL0ixsPK3X6KVPhtx5g--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="An unidentified oil worker labors away on a pipeline Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, in the Sakhir, Bahrain, oil fields. An Iranian revolutionary guard commander is urging Islamic countries to use oil as a weapon to end the fighting in Gaza, echoing a similar call days earlier by lawmakers in Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)" border="0" /></a>AP - The call to use oil as a weapon against Israel's friends once would have echoed in capitals across the Middle East. But even as fighting widens in Gaza, threats of an oil embargo by some in Iran and Bahrain are falling flat.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Stop picking on Jimmy Carter
(The Christian Science Monitor)
| The Christian Science Monitor - In this season of new resolutions, Americans would do well to rethink their perceptions of Jimmy Carter. President Carter has suffered the misfortune of having his legacy almost entirely shaped by his political enemies rather than by objective reality or a basic sense of American fairness.
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US auto sales plunge whopping 36 percent in Dec.
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/auto_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090105/2009_01_05t131146_450x309_us_autosales.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=gGGxOS7fX3yNkjDkgHTQig--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="New trucks are displayed for sale at a Ford dealership in Encinitas, California November 11, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Huge rebates and zero-percent loans couldn't overcome economic uncertainty as U.S. auto sales plunged 36 percent in December, capping a dismal year that saw sales free-fall by 2.9 million vehicles from 2007.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama picks Leon Panetta to head CIA
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cia_director"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.fd56564ee02e43dca50285d057f3c73f.panetta_cia_wx113.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=tls.W6EcP1YHt46vAM0y4w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 27, 1996 file photo, then-White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Barack Obama has selected Panetta to head the CIA, according to an Obama transition official. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA. Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, with no experience in the intelligence world. An Obama transition official and another Democrat disclosed his nomination on a condition of anonymity since it was not yet public.</p><br clear="all"/>
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How Israel, Hamas define victory in Gaza
(The Christian Science Monitor)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/olead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.dfeecced640b4b5db495d73278de7a34.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl133.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=2Bce_PulxnDhK76bRLBlcA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Israeli soldiers are seen on their tank as they move towards the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children as they pressed a bruising offensive against Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>The Christian Science Monitor - Escalating a week-long assault against Hamas, Israel invaded Gaza over the weekend to stop the Islamist militants who continue to launch cross-border rocket attacks.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama Said to Push for Tax Cuts in Stimulus Plan
(Bloomberg)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/a4akxhku_ule"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090106/2009_01_05t100718_450x362_us_financial.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=UVWNdXpYdLdWMvRJUSGhAA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama (L) walks past his press secretary Robert Gibbs as he steps aboard a military plane at Chicago Midway Airport, January 4, 2009, before flying to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama’seconomic stimulus package will include hundreds of billions ofdollars worth of tax breaks for individuals and businesses,according to a transition official and Democratic aides.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama's intel picks short on direct experience
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_spy_agencies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.fd56564ee02e43dca50285d057f3c73f.panetta_cia_wx113.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=tls.W6EcP1YHt46vAM0y4w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 27, 1996 file photo, then-White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Barack Obama has selected Panetta to head the CIA, according to an Obama transition official. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - President-elect Barack Obama's decision to fill the nation's top intelligence jobs with two men short on direct experience in intelligence gathering surprised the spy community and signaled the Democrat's intention for a clean break from Bush administration policies.</p><br clear="all"/>
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U.S. opens new Iraq embassy
(Reuters)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iraq_usa_embassy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090105/2009_01_05t074405_450x282_us_iraq_usa_embassy.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=k6G5ekqMpK32_297k_AMUA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="U.S. marines raise the U.S. flag during a formal opening of the new U.S. embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone January 5, 2009. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States dedicated its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolize its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.</p><br clear="all"/>
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8 dead, 1 hurt after chopper crashes in La. marsh
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fatal_helicopter_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.6ad71c011626462aa38e26f8c49f15b1.fatal_helicopter_crash_lahou101.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=KTrYNzDqa7CDuE88djtQnw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Emergency personnel work at boat launch in Gibson, La. to coordinate recovery efforts for the bodies of eight people killed Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 when a helicopter transporting oilfield workers went down in western Terrebonne Parish, about 100 miles southwest of New Orleans. (AP Photo/The Houma Daily Courier, Matt Stamey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities in a dozen boats searched through wreckage from a helicopter crash in a southern Louisiana marsh Monday, turning up evidence that could help investigators figure out why the aircraft bound for an offshore oil platform went down and killed eight people.</p><br clear="all"/>
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To boost recruits, US Army relaxes weight rules
(The Christian Science Monitor)
| The Christian Science Monitor - The waistlines of America's youth are expanding, shrinking the pool of those eligible to join the US military. But an Army program is giving overweight enlistees a second chance – and helping the military with its own expansion.
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Gaza hospital overwhelmed by dead, wounded
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_israel_gaza_overwhelmed_hospital"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.d9e2262bbe7a49228fdffbb03a45686b.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl156.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9at9UDGZwi5db.utvKsc7Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Palestinians carry the bodies of three toddlers Ahmed, Mohamed, and Issa Samouni, who according to Palestinian medical sources were killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children as they pressed a bruising offensive against Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Wailing in grief, Salah Samouni banged his head against a wall inside the hospital morgue where the bodies of his three young nephews lay on the floor Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/apple_jobs_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.7662acc74f334f96b4ea3d1fd2e218db.apple_jobs_health_nybz135.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jVZp6p_7i37IcO5tcLrLnQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo combo, Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs is seen on Sept. 17, 2007 in Berlin, Germany, left, and on Sept. 9, 2008 in San Francisco, right. Jobs, looking to end health rumors, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 said that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health. (AP File Photos)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Group sues to force EPA to clean up Chesapeake Bay
(AP)
| AP - A conservation group filed a federal lawsuit Monday to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the law and clean up the polluted Chesapeake Bay, citing 25 years of failure to restore the nation's largest estuary.
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India gives Pakistan evidence over Mumbai attacks
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan_india"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090105/capt.cps.orr82.050109083859.photo00.photo.default-512x335.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=NDbm9V7zel6zbLpXuwHUDQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="India on Monday handed to Pakistan what it said was evidence linking the country to the Islamic militants who attacked Mumbai in November, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.(AFP/File/Rouf Bhat)" border="0" /></a>AP - India handed Pakistan detailed evidence on the Mumbai attacks on Monday that included information on interrogations, weapons, and data gleaned from satellite phones that officials said proved Pakistani "elements" were behind the deadly siege.</p><br clear="all"/>
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