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Climate Deal Announced, but Falls Short of Expectations - 50 minutes ago

The deal addresses many of the issues that leaders wanted to settle, but leaves the implementation...
Rule Invites Cameras Into Federal Civil Cases - 4 hours ago

Video cameras, long banned from most federal courtrooms, could be used throughout the West. But they...
Questions on Security Mar Foreign Investments - 5 hours ago

Foreign investors’ moves to buy U.S. industrial assets are getting a wary reaction from the Obama...
Defense Bill Clears Senate Hurdle - 5 hours ago

The Senate voted early Friday to force final action on a Pentagon spending measure as Democrats...
Nearing Arms Pact, U.S. and Russia Look Ahead - 5 hours ago

The U.S. and Russia plan to start talks on whole categories of nuclear weapons never before subject...

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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories

Obama: 'Meaningful' deal reached on climate - 34 minutes ago

A diplomatic frenzy engulfed the final day of the U.N. climate conference Friday, with competing...
Doctors begin to extract needles from Brazilian toddler - 3 hours ago

Doctors prepared Friday to perform emergency surgery on a Brazilian toddler to remove some of the 42...
Storms flood Florida, bear snow for mid-Atlantic - 3 hours ago

Homes were flooded and drivers were stranded in parts of South Florida as a wet storm system headed...
Holiday card business is chilled by the economic downturn - 3 hours ago

The Postal Service expects to deliver 16.6 billion cards, letters and packages between Thanksgiving...
CDC: People in sunny states happiest, New York least - 5 hours ago

People in sunny, outdoorsy states Louisiana, Hawaii, Florida say they're the happiest Americans, and...

CNN.com

Obama: First-step deal on climate - 47 minutes ago

President Obama announces a climate change accord at the Copenhagen submit, but admits it's...
Major winter storm slamming East Coast - 52 minutes ago

Facing 20 inches of snow, Virginia declares a state of emergency as a major winter storm moves up...
'Imprudent spending' at Postal Service - 57 minutes ago

The U.S. Postal Service spent more than $792,000 "without justification" on meals and events in one...
Iraq demands Iran 'pull out' of oil well - 2 hours ago

Iranian security forces have seized an oil well in southern Iraq, two senior Iraqi government...
NASA pic shows liquid on Saturn moon - 2 hours ago

NASA scientists revealed Friday a first-of-its-kind image from space showing reflecting sunlight...

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Speed Dial Beefs Up Chrome's New Tab Page [Downloads] - 59 minutes ago

Chrome only: The oft-imitated New Tab button on the Google's Chrome browser isn't bad, but it's not...
Keep Your Champagne Bubbly with a Spoon [Holidays] - 1 hour ago

If you can't finish a bottle of champagne after you've popped the cork, don't dump it down the drain...
Make Windows Stop Asking for a Password When It Wakes Up [Windows] - 2 hours ago

If you're sick and tired of typing in your password every time your PC comes out of sleep mode,...
Gawker Media Seeks Comment Interns [Announcements] - 3 hours ago

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to work in comments and serve our beloved communities. The...
Lifehacker Labs: Saving Space in Gmail, Shape-Shifting Bokeh, Delicious Homemade Bread, and More [Lifehacker Labs] - 3 hours ago

Skirting close to your account limit in Gmail? Want to take some rocking holiday photos? Impress the...
Twitter Gets Hijacked, and Now's a Good Time to Change Your Passwords [Reminders] - 4 hours ago

Last night, Twitter was hijacked by the "Iranian Cyber Army"; while there've been no confirmed...
FreeNameTags Creates Wearable Name Tags For Your Next Party [Printables] - 4 hours ago

Party-going is tough when you don't know anyone. Then there's those awkward "Crap! I can't remember...

Wired Top Stories

Create a Custom Map of Your Favorite Locales - 59 minutes ago

Creating custom maps is as easy as loading an online map and starting to plot away. In this example,...
Will the Mobile Web Kill Off the App Store? - 2 hours ago

Mozilla thinks its Firefox mobile browser will help end the era of the app store.
Exploring Pandora, <cite>Avatar</cite>'s Lush World - 2 hours ago

Sigourney Weaver narrates this faux documentary on the flora and fauna of the planet Pandora in...
<cite>Avatar</cite> Mirrors Emotions With Motion Capture - 2 hours ago

Go behind the scenes of Avatar with James Cameron, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana to see the new...
Firefox 3.6 Nearly Complete, Fifth Beta Available Now - 3 hours ago

The fifth -- and last -- beta of Firefox 3.6 has arrived, squashing some pesky bugs and signaling...

ESPN.com - MLB

Lawsuit against ex-major leaguer Sammy Sosa thrown out - 1 hour ago

A lawsuit by a business seeking $203,000 from former baseball star Sammy Sosa has been thrown out by...
Chicago Cubs trade Milton Bradley to Seattle Mariners for Carlos Silva - 2 hours ago

The Cubs have traded Milton Bradley to the Mariners for Carlos Silva.
2009 Free agents: New York Yankees agree with Nich Johnson on one year, according to sources - 3 hours ago

The Yankees, frustrated in their attempts to re-sign Johnny Damon, reached agreement on a one-year...
The Baltimore Orioles have reached a preliminary agreement with left-hander Mike Gonzalez - 3 hours ago

Free agent left-hander Mike Gonzalez has reached preliminary agreement with the Baltimore Orioles on...
Philadelphia Phillies pick up Jimmy Rollins' option for 2011 - 3 hours ago

Jimmy Rollins' $8.5 million club option for 2011 has been exercised by the Philadelphia Phillies.

MLB Standings: NL Central

POLITICO Top Stories

'Meaningful' climate deal reached - 2 hours ago

The United States, China, India and South Africa have reached a "meaningful" climate change deal.
K Street sees payout with BCS blitz - 4 hours ago

College football brings big bucks to K Street as lawmakers take aim at dismantling the BCS.
Editor's politics raise Qs at WSJ - 5 hours ago

Critics say Gerard Baker tilts the paper to the right.
Steele, Armey unite on health care - 7 hours ago

Joint presser will discuss efforts by both RNC and conservative grass-roots to stop health reform.
Line still drawn over climate change - 8 hours ago

Supporters line up behind Obama, while House GOP-ers question the science and economics.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

Craig and Marc Kielburger: Taking on Mount Sustainability - 4 hours ago

Nothing about Ray Anderson's somber pinstriped suit screamed mountaineer. Nonetheless, the...
Darpa Wants To Create, Control Manmade Lightening Bolts - 4 hours ago

Now, Darpa's got a new target for geo-hacking science, and if they can make it work, we might see...
Arjuna Ardagh: Co-creation: Innovation can Come from Anywhere in the System - 4 hours ago

Here is a passage from my 2005 Bestseller, The Translucent Revolution. Carolyn Anderson and John...
Steven Clifford: University of California at Berkeley to Eliminate All Students on Jan. 1 - 4 hours ago

Responding to reduced State assistance and other budgetary pressures, Chancellor Robert J....
Linda Tarr-Whelan: U.N. Women's Treaty Can Not Wait for U.S. Senate - 4 hours ago

Today is an important 30th anniversary for women's rights. On Dec. 18, 1979, the United Nations...

Daily Kos

Nelson's Ransom - 1 hour ago

Is this the message the White House is giving Ben Nelson today? Now that he wants to gut the bill...
Krugman: Pass the bill - 2 hours ago

Paul Krugman isn't happy, but wants to see the Senate bill pass: A message to progressives: By all...
What bill do you think you're supporting? - 3 hours ago

Atrios: A bit tired of people demanding that progressives support a bill which doesn't exist, even...
Midday Open Thread - 3 hours ago

Obama and Wen make progress in one-on-one climate chat, says U.S. official: U.S. President Barack...
The Story the Village Media is Missing: This is About Policy - 4 hours ago

In a great post today, Greg Sargent takes them on: Ronald Brownstein, for one, is actually trying...