ECB lends banks $639 billion over 3 years AP - 30 mins agoThe European Central Bank loaned a massive euro489 billion ($639 billion) to hundreds of banks for an exceptionally long period of three years to shore up a financial system that is under pressure from the eurozone's government … More »ECB lends banks $639 billion over 3 years
The European Central Bank loaned a massive euro489 billion ($639 billion) to hundreds of banks for an exceptionally long period of three years to shore up a financial system that is under pressure from the eurozone's government debt crisis.
Campaign laurels: The Iowa bus race for third place ABC News - 2 hrs 43 mins agoAs the shuffling polls in Iowa begin to settle two weeks before the caucus, three Republican candidates are zigzagging across the state hoping to capture enough votes to get noticed in the nominating contest. While first … More »Campaign laurels: The Iowa bus race for third place
As the shuffling polls in Iowa begin to settle two weeks before the caucus, three Republican candidates are zigzagging across the state hoping to capture enough votes to get noticed in the nominating contest. While first and second place are likely to go to Ron...
Activists say at least 100 killed in Syrian town AP - 2 hrs 44 mins agoSyrian troops assaulting a northwest town with machine gun fire and shelling have killed at least 100 people in one of the deadliest episodes of the 9-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, activists … More »Activists say at least 100 killed in Syrian town
Syrian troops assaulting a northwest town with machine gun fire and shelling have killed at least 100 people in one of the deadliest episodes of the 9-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, activists said Wednesday.
Nor'easter could bring white Christmas to millions @ Good Morning America - 50 mins agoA Nor'easter is now a Possibility for December 24 - 25 More »Nor'easter could bring white Christmas to millions
A Nor'easter is now a Possibility for December 24 - 25
Russian parliament opens after fraud-tainted vote AP - 1 hr 48 mins agoThe parliament chosen in a fraud-tainted election that set off protests throughout Russia opened its first session Wednesday with the new speaker promising more genuine debate to win back the voters' trust. More »Russian parliament opens after fraud-tainted vote
The parliament chosen in a fraud-tainted election that set off protests throughout Russia opened its first session Wednesday with the new speaker promising more genuine debate to win back the voters' trust.
- Japan releases 40-year nuke plant cleanup plan AP - 1 hr 49 mins ago
Japan's government said Wednesday that it could take 40 years to clean up and fully decommission a nuclear plant that went into meltdown after it was struck by a huge tsunami.
- Vaclav Havel's coffin transported to Prague Castle AP - 3 hrs ago
Thousands of Czechs joined Vaclav Havel's widow, relatives and friends in a somber procession through the capital Wednesday, paying their respects to the late Czech president. Thousands of others clapped as his casket rolled by.
- Bradley Manning accuser Adrian Lamo takes the stand ABC News - 11 hrs ago
Adrian Lamo, the former computer hacker who first identified Bradley Manning to federal authorities as the source of hundreds of thousands of classified documents leaked to Wikileaks, was challenged by the Army private’s defense over his history as a hacker, his criminal record and his...
- Can a group of onsiders create a populist third-party sensation? Time.com - 3 hrs ago
In a city that thrives on power, being attacked is often a sign that you have some. So in mid-December, when President Obama's advisers took aim at Americans Elect, a bipartisan clutch of political elites planning to bankroll a third candidate in the 2012 presidential election, the group's members reacted with dramatized …
- Egypt’s backlash to a beating The Daily Beast - 3 hrs ago
The beating of a female protester has reignited the country’s women’s movement and forced SCAF to apologize.
- 5 Polish troops killed in east Afghanistan AP - 36 mins ago
Five Polish soldiers were killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance and a Polish official said.
- Journalist: Morgan must have known about hacking AP - 57 mins ago
CNN celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan was an extremely hands-on U.K. tabloid editor who must have known that phone hacking was rife at his paper, a former employee claimed Wednesday.
- Cops ready for war The Daily Beast - 3 hrs ago
Homeland Security grants help local police buy military-grade weapons, equipment—but has it gone too far?
- Sleep deprivation may affect police performance, safety ABC News - 16 hrs ago
Demanding Schedules May Take Toll on Cops, Public Safety, Researchers Say
- China village ends protests after government compromise Reuters - 1 hr 35 mins ago
WUKAN, China (Reuters) - A Chinese village protest that tested the ruling Communist Party for over a week ended on Wednesday after officials offered concessions over seized farmland and the death of a village leader, in a rare spectacle of the government backing down to mobilized citizens. Residents of Wukan, in southern …
- More young people see opportunity in farming AP - 5 hrs ago
A Wisconsin factory worker worried about layoffs became a dairy farmer. An employee at a Minnesota nonprofit found an escape from her cubicle by buying a vegetable farm. A nuclear engineer tired of office bureaucracy decided to get into cattle ranching in Texas.
- China says Christian Bale should feel embarrassed AP - 1 hr 44 mins ago
"Batman" star Christian Bale should feel embarrassed for trying to visit a human rights activist while he was in China to promote a movie the country has submitted for an Oscar, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
- 2012 apocalypse countdown begins ABC News Blogs - 39 mins ago
The countdown to the apocalypse is on. We’re one year away from Dec. 21, 2012, the date that the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar allegedly marked as the end of an era that would reset the date to zero and signal the end of humanity....
- Oy vey! Yiddish making a comeback at colleges AP - 3 hrs ago
A group of American college students stands in a semicircle, clapping and hopping on one foot as they sing in Yiddish: "Az der rebe zingt, Zingen ale khsidim!"
- In Israel, a higher profile for Christmas AP - 1 hr 34 mins ago
The founders of Neve Shaanan, a neighborhood in southern Tel Aviv, planned their streets in the shape of a seven-branched candelabra — a symbol of their Jewish faith. Ninety years later, the streets are full of Christmas decorations, reflecting a flowering of Christianity in Israel's economic and cultural capital.
Corruption at the top dominates football in 2011 @ Yahoo! Sports - 24 mins ago
LONDON (AP) -- Football in 2011 was dominated by events off the field rather thanon it. More »Corruption at the top dominates football in 2011
LONDON (AP) -- Football in 2011 was dominated by events off the field rather thanon it.
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