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U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledges White House guests after arriving from Greensboro, North Carolina at the White House in Washington on December 2, 2008. President Bush participated in a Roundtable on "Mentoring Children of Prisoners Initiative" conducted by Youth Focus, Inc. (UPI Photo/Ron Sachs/POOL) | Slideshow
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    Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount continues
    Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount continues
    ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 2 (UPI) --
    The recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race took a twist Tuesday when 171 ballots were found in a voting machine, narrowing Norm Coleman's lead over Al Franken.
  • Obama, Biden, Palin meet at conference
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  • Chambliss wins Georgia's U.S. Senate seat
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  • NORAD gears up for Santa Claus tracking
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    Britney, WWE beat Obama as superstars on Yahoo!
    Britney, WWE beat Obama as superstars on Yahoo!
    Forget the worst global economic crisis in 75 years, the terrorist atrocities in Mumbai, the continuing genocide in Darfur or the Russian invasion of Georgia. As far as the users of the Yahoo! search engine were concerned, 2008 was still Britney Spears' year.
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  • NHL: San Jose 5, Toronto 2
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  • NBA: Utah 99, Sacramento 94
  • Doctor sleep, supervision affect patients
  • Thai airport protests end
  • NHL: Dallas 3, Calgary 1
  • Russia reports major gold find
  • Govt. considers 'right of conscience' rule
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  • Since 1970, 4,108 terror attacks in India
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    Balfour charged in Hudson family slayings
    Balfour charged in Hudson family slayings
    CHICAGO, Dec. 2 (UPI) --
    William Balfour has been charged with first-degree murder in the slayings of actress-singer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew in Chicago.
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  • Borders planning 'Beedle' parties
  • Ivana Trump splits with hubby No. 4
  • Langella reprises 'Nixon' role in film
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    Oil prices fall Tuesday
    Oil prices fall Tuesday
    NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (UPI) --
    Crude oil prices fell Tuesday to $46.96 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, plunging to a low unseen in more than three and a half years.
  • Boeing engineers ratify contract
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  • Russia reports major gold find
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    Britney, WWE beat Obama as superstars on Yahoo!
    Britney, WWE beat Obama as superstars on Yahoo!
  • Obama picks heavy hitters for U.S. defense team
  • Mumbai terror aimed at India-Pakistan peace moves
  • Obama makes good call in retaining Gates as defense secretary
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