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• Obama to address report on botched terror attack (AP)
• US readies new Mideast peace push (AP)
• Microsoft shows off Windows tablets at gadget show (AP)
• AP sources: Obama backs high-end health plan tax (AP)
• Yemen official tells AP US troops not wanted (AP)
• Lines harden in dispute over Japanese whaling (AP)
• Gunmen kill 7 at Egypt church after Christmas Mass (AP)
• CIA attack a blow but won't stop anti-terror hunt (AP)
• Vampires rule People's Choice Awards (AP)
• LeFevour leads C. Michigan to 44-41 win over Troy (AP)
• Obama presses security overhaul, Nigerian indicted (Reuters)
• Pelosi says Congress close to health deal (Reuters)
• Al Qaeda claims attack on CIA workers in Afghanistan (Reuters)
• U.S. contractor worked for "secret services": Cuba (Reuters)
• Banking chief Dodd to leave Senate (Reuters)
• U.S. fighter jets scrambled due to unruly passenger (Reuters)
• U.S. believes 1 in 5 ex-detainees joining militants (Reuters)
• New York seeks $200 million yearly for September 11 trial (Reuters)
• Qaeda says CIA attack 'revenge' for drone killings: SITE (AFP)
• Nigerian charged in plane plot, faces life term (AFP)

Obama to address report on botched terror attack (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST AP - The public is getting its clearest look at the government missteps that allowed a suspected terrorist to slip through post-Sept. 11 security and threaten lives on American soil.

US readies new Mideast peace push (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 12:22 AM PST AP - The Obama administration is gearing up for a fresh attempt to relaunch stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after the effort hit a dead end last year.

Microsoft shows off Windows tablets at gadget show (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 12:58 AM PST AP - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed off a new touch-screen, tablet-style computer from Hewlett-Packard Co., the first of several such devices expected to be unveiled this month.

AP sources: Obama backs high-end health plan tax (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they'll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health insurance plans to pay for health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans.

Yemen official tells AP US troops not wanted (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:14 PM PST AP - As Yemen becomes the new front in the war on terror, its leaders want this to be clear: It does not intend to become another Iraq or Afghanistan with thousands of U.S. troops on the ground.

Lines harden in dispute over Japanese whaling (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:12 PM PST AP - Radical conservationists launched a helicopter Thursday to search for a key Japanese whaling ship and renew hostilities a day after one of their boats was wrecked in a collision that each side blamed on the other.

Gunmen kill 7 at Egypt church after Christmas Mass (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:18 PM PST AP - Three men in a car sprayed automatic gunfire into a crowd of churchgoers in southern Egypt as they left a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas, killing at least seven people in a drive-by shooting, the church bishop and security officials said.

CIA attack a blow but won't stop anti-terror hunt (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 12:15 AM PST AP - The use of pilotless drones was supposed to minimize U.S. casualties in the campaign to hunt and kill militants. But the deaths of seven CIA employees along the Pakistan-Afghan border has exposed an unfortunate truth: Drone strikes depend in part on good tips gathered through old-fashioned spycraft that sometimes goes terribly awry.

Vampires rule People's Choice Awards (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:23 PM PST AP - The people have chosen vampires.

LeFevour leads C. Michigan to 44-41 win over Troy (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:09 PM PST AP - Dan LeFevour put on one last show, Andrew Aguila kicked five field goals, including the 37-yard game-winner in double overtime, and No. 25 Central Michigan beat Troy 44-41 in the GMAC Bowl on Wednesday night.

Obama presses security overhaul, Nigerian indicted (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 06:49 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama is "not patient" and is demanding immediate changes in airline security, the top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday, as a grand jury indicted a Nigerian man for trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day.

Pelosi says Congress close to health deal (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:47 PM PST Reuters - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday congressional Democrats were close to agreement on merging their healthcare bills but still faced challenges in blending the two approaches.

Al Qaeda claims attack on CIA workers in Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 12:22 AM PST Reuters - Al Qaeda's Afghan wing has claimed last week's attack at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in which a double agent turned suicide bomber killed seven CIA officers, saying the attack was revenge for the deaths of their leaders.

U.S. contractor worked for "secret services": Cuba (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:02 PM PST Reuters - A U.S. contractor detained last month in Cuba for distributing satellite communications equipment to dissidents worked for American "secret services" and is being investigated, a top Cuban official said on Wednesday.

Banking chief Dodd to leave Senate (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:29 AM PST Reuters - Veteran Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd said on Wednesday he will not seek re-election in November in recognition that he faced an uphill battle and underscoring upheaval facing President Barack Obama's Democrats.

U.S. fighter jets scrambled due to unruly passenger (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:45 PM PST Reuters - An unruly passenger aboard a Hawaii-bound airliner on Wednesday prompted the pilot to return the plane to Portland, Oregon, escorted by two military fighter jets, in the latest of several U.S. aviation security scares this week.

U.S. believes 1 in 5 ex-detainees joining militants (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:44 PM PST Reuters - A classified Pentagon assessment shows about one in five detainees released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay has joined or is suspected of joining militant groups like al Qaeda, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

New York seeks $200 million yearly for September 11 trial (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:49 PM PST Reuters - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday said the costs of hosting the federal trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other suspected September 11 plotters would top $200 million annually and formally requested that Washington cover the costs.

Qaeda says CIA attack 'revenge' for drone killings: SITE (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:45 PM PST AFP - Al-Qaeda hailed the suicide bombing that killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan as "revenge" for the deaths of top militants in US drone strikes, the monitoring group SITE said Thursday.

Nigerian charged in plane plot, faces life term (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:38 PM PST AFP - A young Nigerian has been charged with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction aboard a US plane, as under-fire security chiefs vow to revamp intelligence services.

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