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Defense Bill Clears Senate Hurdle - 57 minutes ago

The Senate voted early Friday to force final action on a Pentagon spending measure as Democrats...
Dining: K.P. Gets an Upgrade at an Old Army Base - 1 hour ago

When much of the former Fort Baker in Sausalito was transformed into Cavallo Point Lodge, a large...
Liberal Revolt on Health Care Stings White House - 1 hour ago

Liberals like Senator Bernard Sanders are signaling that they have compromised enough to win over...
War Without Borders: Hired by Customs, but Working for Mexican Cartels - 1 hour ago

The authorities say drug traffickers, facing heightened border security, have stepped up efforts to...
Nearing New Arms Pact, U.S. and Russia Look Beyond It - 3 hours ago

After the U.S. and Russia finalize a new arms pact, they plan to start talks on a deal to tackle...

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Obama heads to U.N. climate change talks in Copenhagen - 12 minutes ago

President Obama must try to salvage a worldwide pact on global warming when he arrives Friday in...
Obama, other leaders in last-minute climate talks - 13 minutes ago

The U.N. climate talks were in serious disarray Friday, prompting President Obama to upend his...
Mom's tweet as son was dying stirs debate - 18 minutes ago

A mother?s post on Twitter asking for prayers for her 2-year-old who was found at the bottom of her...
Storms flood Florida, bear snow for mid-Atlantic - 1 hour ago

Homes were flooded and drivers were stranded in parts of South Florida as a wet storm system headed...
Many Americans scale back seasonal trips or stay put - 1 hour ago

More than half of U.S. residents who wanted to travel during the holidays have significantly cut...

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Obama: Time running out for climate deal - 1 hour ago

Delegates at the U.N. Climate Change Conference are "running short on time" to reach a deal,...
Suspected drone strike kills 3 - 1 hour ago

A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three people Friday in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal...
Military says burn pits risky for troops - 1 hour ago

The military is backing off its previous position and acknowledging that some troops exposed to the...
Nazi sign stolen from Auschwitz gates - 3 hours ago

A sign synonymous with the Nazi work camps of World War II was stolen overnight from the Auschwitz...
Twitter hacked by 'Iranian Cyber Army' - 6 hours ago

The popular microblogging Web site Twitter was hacked overnight, leaving the millions who use the...

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LogMeIn Express Makes Screensharing Simple [Downloads] - 1 hour ago

Windows: LogMeIn Express is a screensharing tool from the makers of the popular remote-desktop...
Unlearn Some Stodgy Wine Pairing Rules for Better Meals [Wine] - 1 hour ago

The first moment you learn about wine, it seems, you also learn some "rules" about pairing whites...
Dragon Search Offers Hands-Free Web and iTunes Searches [Downloads] - 2 hours ago

iPhone: Nuance, makers of the Dragon Dictation app that surprised us with its accuracy, have...
Get More Precise Font Smoothing in Snow Leopard [Mac OS X Tip] - 2 hours ago

Among the many changes in OS X 10.6 was a simplification of the font smoothing options to a yes or...
Most Popular Featured Desktops of 2009 [Best Of 2009] - 14 hours ago

Our readers have submitted thousands of screenshots of their best desktop configurations, and over...
Best Collaboration Application? [Hive Five Call For Contenders] - 15 hours ago

From its humble beginning with email listservs and Usenet discussion groups, the Internet has been a...
Remains of the Day: The Magazine of the Future Edition [For What It's Worth] - 15 hours ago

Mag+ takes a look at what magazines of the future may look like, Firefox nightly builds come with...

Wired Top Stories

Dec. 18, 1878: Let There Be Electric Light, Before Edison - 10 hours ago

English chemist Joseph Swan demonstrates a remarkable little invention in Newcastle. Why don't more...
Robot Guitar Tunes Itself So You Don't Have To - 15 hours ago
Rust & Roll: Inside Trussart's Steel Guitar Workshop - 15 hours ago

Rusted, weatherbeaten and delicately engraved, James Trussart's steel guitars have a rock-and-roll...
Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock — Faithful or Flawed? - 15 hours ago

Sherlock Holmes experts dissect the surprisingly studly portrayal of the detective in Guy Ritchie's...
Inside the Nursery That Supercharges Evolution - 15 hours ago

Bots and conveyor belts run round the clock as part of a project to engineer higher-yielding,...

ESPN.com - MLB

2009 Free agents: Sources say New York Yankees considering Nick Johnson as re-signing Johnny Damon grows unlikely - 2 hours ago

With the Yankees' negotiations with Johnny Damon seemingly at a standstill as of Wednesday evening,...
Ex-big leaguer Gookie Dawkins suspended 50 games - 9 hours ago

Former major league infielder Gookie Dawkins has been given a 50-game drug suspension.
Seattle Mariners' Cliff Lee expresses disbelief, shock over trade - 10 hours ago

Cliff Lee said he proposed a counteroffer on a contract extension Wednesday -- the day he was traded...
Alex Rodriguez told he doesn't need more hip surgery - 15 hours ago

Alex Rodriguez is all set to start his winter workouts.
New York Yankees welcome Curtis Granderson - 16 hours ago

All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson has put on the pinstripes for the first time.

MLB Standings: NL Central

POLITICO Top Stories

Franken objects to Lieberman talking - 2 hours ago

Sen. Joe Lieberman just wanted an "additional moment" on the floor to finish his health care speech...
Landrieu hot over NRSC comments - 3 hours ago

Landrieu takes aim at NRSC Chairman Cornyn for aide's 'below-the-belt" comments.
Obama: 'Time for talk is over' - 4 hours ago

Obama shreds his prepared schedule a few minutes after landing in Copenhagen.
War bill survives poisonous vote - 5 hours ago

Washington's political battles seem to eclipse the real wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Health care, Dems' kamikaze mission - 5 hours ago

In an Ideas piece, Alexander likens Democrats' health care reform efforts to political suicide.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

Eric Schurenberg: What Has Financial Innovation Ever Done For You? - 40 minutes ago

What does the financial industry have against the regulatory reform? Well, there's money, naturally....
Larry Kissell Angers Supporters With Vote Against Health Care - 43 minutes ago

To voters in this hard-luck town where stable factory jobs and the health care that came with them...
Santa To Use Yellow Room Chimney, Obama Says - 47 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he expects Santa to use the Yellow Room chimney to make his...
Joel Stein Picks Google Guys As Person Of The Decade - 47 minutes ago

In a decade when power shifted from organizations to individuals, when writers became cheap and...
Ralph Nader: Obama Criticism Is Overdue - 52 minutes ago

The left's anger over the public option and the anti-Obama revolt is long overdue, says Ralph Nader....

Daily Kos

Today in Congress - 1 hour ago

Special middle-of-the-night edition! The House is not in session today. In the Senate, courtesy of...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up - 2 hours ago

Friday's opinionizing, for breakfast. NY Times: David Brooks: The only problem with us inside...
Magical Thinking Prevails in Copenhagen - 10 hours ago

With demonstrators being arrested every day and non-traditional media, plus some mainstream media,...
Open Thread and Diary Rescue - 11 hours ago

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are jlms qkw, ItsJessMe, YatPundit, mem from somerville and grog. Unenergy...
Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 12/17/09 - 11 hours ago

South Dakota is looking like a bleak open-seat gubernatorial opportunity for Dems. Not a surprise,...