- Insight: CME's Duffy vs MF Global's Corzine: A question of trust (Reuters)
- Exclusive: Secret U.S., Taliban talks reach turning point (Reuters)
- Romney prepared for attacks on business record (AP)
- Arabs may take Syria peace plan to United Nations (Reuters)
- Obama signs short-term spending bill into law (Reuters)
- Rabbi Alan Lurie: Why I Love Religion
- Tim Tebow, and Keeping Religion Out of Football
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- Iraqis celebrate US exit, but worry for future (AP)
- APNewsBreak: US aid a step toward Korea nuke talks (AP)
- Havel, hero of anti-communist revolution, has died (AP)
- Congress' new terrorism rules leave open questions (AP)
- Official: US limits intel value of drones (AP)
- House Republicans oppose Senate payroll tax bill (Reuters)
- Analysis: Economy shedding debt but shackled by pessimism (Reuters)
- Eurozone to push on with crisis steps, Fitch doubts outcome (Reuters)
- Gold to drop in Q1, far from retesting record high: Reuters poll (Reuters)
- Havel, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies (Reuters)
- Exxon mulls $10.9 billion approach for Gulf Keystone: report (Reuters)
- Historic visit to Libya by Pentagon chief Panetta (AP)
- Gingrich says rivals' criticism taking a toll (AP)
- Romney predicts tea party will turn on Gingrich (AP)
- Occupy activists stake camp at Obama office (AP)
- Santorum pursues Iowa crown old-fashioned way (AP)
- Gingrich 2.0: Ex-speaker offers new Newt for 2012 (AP)
- On tour, Bachmann stands ground (Politico)
- House GOP revolts on payroll deal (Politico)
- Turkish mosque collapse kills 1, injures 9 (AP)
- Payroll tax bill faces uncertain House prospects (AP)
- Congressman: Occupy â
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- Cowboys build early lead, then coast to victory (AP)
- High school game: Runaway cart at Cowboys Stadium (AP)
- Last US troops elated to leave Iraq as war ends (AP)
- Flash floods kill more than 530 in Philippines (AP)
- Woman set afire in elevator of her NYC building (AP)
- Russian oil platform capsizes; 4 dead, 49 missing (AP)
- Migrant ship sinks off Indonesia; over 200 missing (AP)
- Manning's status as gay soldier is key to defense (AP)
- Killing of bin Laden voted top news story of 2011 (AP)
- Senate passes payroll tax cut, spending bill (Reuters)
- Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war (Reuters)
- Obama signs government spending bill into law (Reuters)
- Olympus offices to be raided this week: report (Reuters)
- Troops, protesters clash in Cairo for third day (Reuters)
- Insight: Testing the limits of freedom in new Myanmar (Reuters)
- Hundreds of migrants missing off Indonesia as boat (Reuters)
- Tim Tebow: Is it true that â
- Senate wraps up year's work â
- Weeks from Iowa, Romney and Gingrich elsewhere (AP)
- Russian aid convoy crosses into Kosovo (AP)
- Barry Bonds gets 30-day home sentence
- Panetta becomes first defense chief to visit Libya (AP)
- Pope heads into busy Christmas season tired, weak (AP)
- Huntsman success in race may rely on independents (AP)
- Panetta: Libya needs time to control of militias (AP)
- Egypt's military clashes with protesters in Cairo (AP)
- Prosecution to present its case against Manning (AP)
- Vegas police: Officer fired 7 shots into vet's car (AP)
- Religion Briefs, Dec. 17, 2011
- Berenson to return to U.S. for 1st time after jail in Peru (Reuters)
- Religion digest
- Berenson heads to NY for holidays (AP)
- Storm, floods in south Philippines kill over 120 (AP)
- Death toll in Philippines typhoon rises to more than 130 (Reuters)
- Torrent of bad financial news flows out of Europe (AP)
- Bachmann starts Iowa bus tour, hopes for comeback (AP)
- Gingrich spends weekend in Washington (AP)
- Greens call out Keystone XL deal (Politico)
- Haley catches flak with Mitt support (Politico)
- Lawsuit filed over ape in noose at federal agency (AP)
- ICC dismisses charges against Rwandan suspect (AP)
- Senate leaders reach last-minute accord (AP)
- The deal averting a government shutdown: Who achieved what? (The Week)
- Gingrich campaign works to translate Hispanic ties into votes (Daily Caller)
- Ethics committee needs more time to investigate Rep. Waters (Daily Caller)
- Romney warms up tepid South Carolina campaign (Reuters)
- Religion Notes for Dec. 17
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- Religion, ethnicity ignored by many Czechs in latest population census
- Penn St. coach says he saw, reported molestation (AP)
- Kobe Bryant's wife files for divorce (AP)
- Jurors deadlock in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft (AP)
- Silver Lake, Microsoft working on new Yahoo stake offer: source (Reuters)
- SEC charges ex-Fannie, Freddie CEOs with fraud (AP)
- Report slams Dutch Catholic Church over sex abuse (AP)
- Comet defies death, brushes up to sun and lives (AP)
- Death of Florida A&M drum major ruled a homicide (AP)
- Rapper Slim Dunkin slain in Atlanta music studio (AP)
- Divided lawmakers muster modest tax deal (Reuters)
- Fitch: comprehensive euro zone deal "beyond reach" (Reuters)
- Olympus tells lenders cash crunch looms: report (Reuters)
- Fisher says more Fed easing is "wrong path" (Reuters)
- Mexico telecom regulator signs contracts to friends (Reuters)
- Subprime scandal: ex-Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac execs accused of fraud (The Christi