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Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet
CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
Yahoo! News


Alaska Sen. Stevens' defeat marks end of an era
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sen. Ted Stevens' election defeat marks the end of an era in which he held a commanding place in Alaska politics while wielding power on some of the most influential committees in Congress. Yahoo! News

Sources: Holder is Obama's choice for attorney general
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Clinton Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for the position of attorney general, according to two prominent Democrats involved in transition matters.
CNN

Big Three automakers beg for $25 billion lifeline
WASHINGTON – Detroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with Congress on Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save their teetering industrial titans from collapse, warning of economic catastrophe for the nation as well as their once-proud companies if they are denied.
Yahoo! News

Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star — President-elect Barack Obama.
Yahoo! News

UC Davis receives $16M from Gates Foundation for malnutrition research
The University of California, Davis has received a $16 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fund research preventing childhood malnutrition in developing countries, the university announced today.
Sacramento Bee

UCD Files Report Against Self-Defense Instructor
DAVIS (CBS13) ― Police say a man posed as a self-defense instructor to scare hundreds of college students into buying his products. US 'cyber-bullying' case begins Initial jury selection has begun in the trial of a Missouri woman alleged to have used a fake MySpace profile to bully a girl who later killed herself.
BBC News

Windpipe transplant breakthrough
Scientists in Spain have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant - a windpipe - made with a patient's own stem cells.
BBC News

Lawyer: Michael Jackson may be too sick to travel
LONDON – Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheik $7 million, the pop star's attorney said Tuesday.
Yahoo! News

Wis. woman pleads no contest in toilet corpse case
MAUSTON, Wis. – A woman accused of helping her religious leader hide a decaying corpse on her toilet so they could continue collecting her Social Security was convicted of a misdemeanor in a deal for her to testify against the leader, a prosecutor said Monday.
Yahoo! News

Preacher with 86 wives gets court reprieve
LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian court said an 84-year-old Islamic preacher with 86 wives should be released from jail after he was held for failing to heed a call by local leaders to divorce all but four of the women, his lawyer said.
Yahoo! News


Resort plans nude "anything goes" party
CANBERRA (Reuters) – An Australian holiday resort will hold a month-long, nude "anything goes" party to combat an expected economic downturn, media reports said on Thursday.
Yahoo! News


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