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Does Obama still smoke? 
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Has Obama kicked the habit?On Thursday, as thousands of Americans, theoretically, gave up cigarettes for at least a day as part of the American Cancer Society's annual Great American Smokeout, some surely wondered if President-elect Barack Obama did the same.Like other not-so-pressing Obama... Read more

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Contractors in Iraq could face charges in earlier incidents
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON _ Private security contractors operating in Iraq could face Iraqi prosecution for acts committed when they supposedly had immunity from Iraqi law, U.S. officials said Thursday.A new U.S.-Iraq security agreement doesn't specifically prevent Iraqi officials from bringing criminal charges... Read more

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Entomologist sets Hollywood straight about insects
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

CHICAGO _ University of Illinois entomologist May Berenbaum is used to seeing Hollywood take creative license with insects. After 25 years of screening films about giant bugs and killer swarms at an annual film festival she organizes, Berenbaum can only laugh when she sees yet more improbable... Read more

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Pritzker withdraws from consideration for Commerce Secretary
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

WASHINGTON _ Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, who led the prolific fundraising that helped power Barack Obama's presidential campaign, said Thursday that she had taken herself out of the running for an appointment as Commerce Secretary."Speculation has grown that I am a candidate for Secretary... Read more

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Paulson defends handling of U.S. financial crisis 
REUTERS

SIMI VALLEY, California (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Thursday defended his handling of the financial crisis but refused to say whether any further help will be offered to struggling bank Citigroup. Read more

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Four injured in Tyler, Texas, refinery fire
REUTERS

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Four people were injured in an explosion and fire at Delek US Holdings Inc's 58,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, according to a company spokesman. Read more

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U.S. contractors to lose immunity from Iraqi law
REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Private contractors working for the U.S. government in Iraq will lose their immunity from Iraqi law under a new pact with Baghdad, senior American officials said on Thursday. Read more

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Boxer, Waxman will lead climate debate in Congress
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON _ In a move that marks a sea change in the nation's environmental politics, California Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman on Thursday dethroned a champion of the auto industry from a top job in the House of Representatives.Rebuking their most senior member, House Democrats voted 137-122 to... Read more

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Walgreen makes Times Square return as it revamps 
REUTERS

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Walgreen Co has more than 6,500 drugstores across the United States, but only one of them can help the chain reach billions of people, even if they never step inside. Read more

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Intelligence study sees risks in rapid global power shift
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON _ The risks of nuclear weapons being used and wars being fought over dwindling resources will grow during the next 20 years as diminishing U.S. power, a shift of wealth from West to East, the rise of India and China, and climate change reshape the world, a new U.S. intelligence study... Read more

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Boxer, Waxman will lead climate debate in Congress
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON _ In a move that marks a sea change in the nation's environmental politics, California Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman on Thursday dethroned a champion of the auto industry from a top job in the House of Representatives.Rebuking their most senior member, House Democrats voted 137-122 to... Read more

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Dems Are Postponing Crucial Vote on Auto Bailout 
AFA

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable.||Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money,' Speaker Nancy Pelosi,... Read more

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Government warns of "catastrophic" U.S. quake
REUTERS

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government report said on Thursday. Read more

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Uproar in Maine over Obama assassination sign
REUTERS

BOSTON (Reuters) - Passions flared in a Maine town on Thursday over a sign in a store asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama. Read more

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