Top Stories
• Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote (AP)• Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken (AP)
• Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland (AP)
• Afghan police are weak link in security force (AP)
• Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)
• Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP)
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• Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder (AP)• SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor (AP)
• Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group (AP)
• Giuliani back in spotlight but what's the show? (AP)
• Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)
• Pa. university students must pass fitness class (AP)
Sports
• NFL union opposes call for reporting on teammates (AP)• Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely (AP)
• FIFA: No replay for France-Ireland WCup qualifier (AP)
• Grabow gets $7.5 million, 2-year deal from Cubs (AP)
• Ravens' Edwards plans appeal of fine for roughness (AP)
• Westwood shoots 69 for 2-shot lead in Dubai (AP)
Technology
• B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders (AP)• Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty (AP)
• Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report (AP)
• 200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English (AP)
• Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers (AP)
• Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search (AP)
Oddly Enough
• Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas (Reuters)• Gang accused of killing to sell human fat (Reuters)
• Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling (Reuters)
• New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles (Reuters)
• U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments (Reuters)
• Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper (Reuters)