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December 31, 2009 –
>> Canadian, Australian, UK Retailers Prepare for Boxing Day Sales — Bargain Hunters Seeking Deals On Street and Online
The Independent (UK)
>> Estate Agent to Renew Legal Battle Over Renewal Commissions, Other Fees Charged Landlords, Buy-to-Let Investors
Rebecca O’Connor, The Times (UK)
>> Theft of Auschwitz Sign Part of Plan to Fund Violent, Political Attacks in Sweden
Marcus Oscarsson, Jenny Booth, The Times (UK)
>> Sale of Cut-Price Alcohol in English Supermarkets May Be Subjected to Restrictions
Matthew Moore, The Daily Telegraph (UK)
>> Green Movement Builders Strive to Construct Zero Net Energy Use Houses
Jim Carlton, The Wall Street Journal
>> Ford to Sell Sweden-Based Volvo to Auto Manufacturer in China
Andrew Clark, The Guardian (UK)
>> A Single Man — Living with Unspoken Grief
Bob Mondello, Naitonal Public Radio, NPR
>> Brooke Astor’s Son to Serve Prison Sentence for Defrauding Mother’s Estate
Reid Pillifant, The New York Observer
>> Political Power Grows for Sunshine States
John Fritze, USA Today
>> SEC, Congress and FIRA Investigating Whether Wall Street Firms Put Self-Interest Ahead of Clients’ Interests
Gretchen Morgenson, Louise Story, The New York Times
>> Shaping Up Snowflakes
Jon Hamilton, National Public Radio, NPR
>> Study of How a Memory Is Made Could Aid in Treating Alzheimer’s
BBC News
>> Senate Approves Landmark Health Care Bill — Still Unresolved Issues With House Version of Bill
Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post
>> AIG Execs Kept Bonuses They Offered to Return — Now Another Round of “Retention Payments” Is Due
Brady Dennis, The Washington Post
>> Testing Heart Health Over the Holidays
Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times
>> Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger Approved in the UK
Graeme Wearden, Andrew Clark, The Guardian (UK)
>> A Wake-Up Call for the Masters of the Banking Universe
William Rees-Mogg, The Times (UK)
>> UK Raises Postage to Save Postal Service
Christopher Hope, The Daily Telegraph (UK)
>> Universal Health Insurance: Depending on the Kindness of Strangers
Uwe E. Reinhardt, The New York Times
>> Do States Raise Taxes or Cut Aid as Unemployment Funds Melt to Nothing
Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post
>> Having Second Thoughts: The Inner Life of the Mind
Jascha Hoffman, The New York Times
>> Auctioning Assets Other Than Loans — Ferraris, Artwork and the Occasional Cow — Keeps FDIC in Pocket Money
Jerry Sterngold, Bloomberg News
>> Archaeological Finding in Nazareth of Biblical Proportions
Diaa Hadid, The Associated Press, The Independent (UK)
>> New Rule Issued on U.S. Domestic Air Travel Passengers Rights
Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times
>> Did Collector Commission Theft of Auschwitz “Arbeit Macht Frei” Sign
Roger Boyes, The Times (UK)
>> UK Party Leaders to Participate in Live TV Debates in Run-Up to Election
Chris Tryhorn, The Guardian (UK)
>> How Healthy Will Congress Be Come Midterm Elections
Dan Balz, The Washington Post
>> Senate Democrats Pull In 60th Vote Needed for Proposed Health Care Insurance Legislation
David M. Herszenhorn, Carl Hulse, The New York Times
>> It’s Complicated — For Middle-Aged Women
Daphne Merkin, The New York Times Magazine
>> Climate Accord Said to Be Reached at UN Summit in Copenhagen — Falls Short of Combatting Global Warming
Philippe Naughton, The Times (UK)
>> England May Propose Law Banning Those Under 18 from Tanning Salons and Other Sun Bed Use
BBC News
>> GM to Close Down Saab
Swedish Radio International
>> Sizing Up the Perfect Face
BBC News
>> Renewed Embrace of Glass-Steagall Act
David Reilly, Bloomberg News
>> Project Runway Returns to New York for Coming Season
Gabriel Bell, New York magazine
>> Tech Support for Keeping Fit in the Coming
New Year
David Pogue, The New York Times
>> Fannie, Freddie Wishing All Happy Holidays
The Associated Press, Google News
>> Donors Giving to Charities That Use Their
Dollars Wisely
Alan Suderman, Washington Examiner
>> End of “Death Tax” Could See Unexpected
Capital Gains on Inheritances in 2010
Ryan J. Donmoyer, Bloomberg News
>> “Glitz-Lit” Novels Making a Comeback
Laura Marcus, The Independent (UK)
>> Dr. Watson — Victorian Everyman and
Wounded Veteran of an Afghan War
Ben Macintyre, The Times (UK)
>> Genetic Code of Lung and Skin Cancers Broken
— Dawn of New Era in Preventing and
Treating Disease
Richard Alleyne, The Daily Telegraph (UK)
>> UN Analysis Reveals Proposed Emissions Cuts
Still Put Climate, Crops and Countries at Great Risk
Suzanne Goldenberg, John Vidal, Jonathan Watts,
The Guardian (UK)
>> Senate Panel Endorses Ben Bernanke’s Nomination for Another 4-Year Term as
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman
Neil Irwin, The Washington Post
>> Taking Osteoporosis Drugs May Aid in Preventing Breast Cancer
Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times
>> Neopolitan Pizza Now Protected by EU’s Traditional Specialty Guarantee
Nick Squires, The Daily Telegraph (UK)
>> Seeking God Through a Blending of Beliefs
Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today
>> The Ecological Quandary of Having a
Christmas Tree
Leo Hickman, The Guardian (UK)
>> Wells Fargo Forgives Nearly $50,000 in Principal on Option-ARM Home Loans in Wachovia-Initiated Portfolio
Dakin Campbell, Bloomberg News
>> Why Hollywood-Style Party Crashing Doesn’t Work in Protocol-Conscious Washington
David Segal, The New York Times
>> Viewer Complaints Grow Sharp Over BBC’s Fuzzy TV Broadcasts
Martin Hickman, The Independent (UK)
>> UK Scientists to Defend “Professional Integrity” of Global Warming Research
Ben Webster, The Times (UK)
>> Is Our Culture Killing Serendipity
Eric Adler, The Kansas City Star
>> White House Awards Community Health Centers
$500 Million for Improvements,
$88 Million to Digitize Health Records
Office of the Press Secretary, The White House
>> Adding Another Dimension to Football
Susan Schrock, Fort Worth, Texas Star-Telegram
>> Breast Milk, French Fries Are Finding Their Way Onto Health Care Legislation Menu
John Fritze, USA Today
>> Drinking Coffee to Sober Up May Further Impair Judgement
Richard Alleyne, The Daily Telegraph (UK)
>> TARP Bank Bailout Program To Be Extended Until October 2010 — Just in Case
Robert Schmidt, Rebecca Christie, Bloomberg News
>> UK Chancellor Darling Seeks to Shore Up British Economy With Caps, Cuts and Banker Bonus Tax
Katie Allen, Kathryn Hopkins, The Guardian (UK)
>> Ron Paul Again Demands More Federal Reserve Transparency — This Time Congress Is Listening
Catherine Dodge, Bloomberg News
>> Six Holiday Health Myths Debunked
British Medical Journal, BBC News
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