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  • Obama tax plan runs into opposition 

    Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., right, accompanied by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep John Spratt, D-S.C., left, takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs.
  • Fast action urged on stimulus plan

    Jan. 8: Saying "no doubt that the cost of this plan will be considerable," President-elect Barack Obama pushes for quick passage of a stimulus bill to prevent further damage to the U.S. economy.  (MSNBC)President-elect Barack Obama warned Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump huge sums from Washington into the U.S. economy.
  • Diplomats seek Gaza cease-fire

    Palestinians gather around the remains of a Gaza City mosque Thursday after it was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.The U.N. halted deliveries of much-needed food and fuel to the Gaza Strip on Thursday after gunfire from an Israeli tank killed an aid truck driver. World powers met to work on a  cease-fire plan. ,
  • Dismal December sales add to retailer woes

    Pedestrians walk past Generations Menswear on 8th Ave. in New York. Retailers are reporting dismal sales for December, confirming fears that the holiday season was the weakest in four decades.Major retailers Thursday reported dismal sales for December, confirming fears that the holiday season was the weakest in four decades.
  • Protests over Calif. train shooting turn violent

    Police tackle demonstrators during a protest that turned into a riot on the streets of Oakland, California, on Wednesday. Demonstrators were protesting the shooting of a 22-year-old unarmed black man, Oscar Grant, by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer. Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a transit police officer turned violent in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday night.
  • Attack on U.S. patrol in Afghanistan kills 5
    A suicide bomber struck U.S. troops patrolling on foot in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least two soldiers and three civilians.
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At a zoo in Japan, a giant panda gave birth to the country's first baby Panda in two decades.

The zoo provided this video of the birth. Tan Tan, the new mother, delivered the nine inch baby on Tuesday. The first moments of motherhood appeared to be a little awkward, but Tan Tan quickly figured out how to help her baby feed.

Zoo officials expect the baby panda to make its public debut after about three months.

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  • Protests over Calif. train shooting turn violent

    Police tackle demonstrators during a protest that turned into a riot on the streets of Oakland, California, on Wednesday. Demonstrators were protesting the shooting of a 22-year-old unarmed black man, Oscar Grant, by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer. Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a transit police officer turned violent in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday night.
  • Obama warns that major stimulus needed

    Jan. 8: Saying "no doubt that the cost of this plan will be considerable," President-elect Barack Obama pushes for quick passage of a stimulus bill to prevent further damage to the U.S. economy.  (MSNBC)President-elect Barack Obama warned Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump huge sums from Washington into the U.S. economy.
  • Thousands head home after Colo. fire

    Bobra Goldsmith, left, and Lynley Nichol look into the charred wreckage of Goldsmith's home on Thursday in rural Boulder County, Colo. Thousands of evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes Thursday after firefighters took advantage of slowing winds overnight to partially contain a wildfire near Denver.
  • Gotti neighbor allegedly dissolved in acid

    John Gotti, shown in this 1990 file photo, allegedly ordered his neighbor killed for running over his son.It's been one of the last mysteries from John Gotti's gangland career: What happened to the neighbor who accidentally ran over and killed the mobster's 12-year-old son — and then vanished?
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    The Pentagon on Thursday sought to assure troops that it takes post-traumatic stress seriously despite the recent decision not to award the Purple Heart to those with the disorder.
  • Pioneering civil rights lawyer dies
    Charles Morgan Jr., a civil rights-era lawyer from Alabama who represented Julian Bond and Muhammad Ali and argued for the "one man, one vote" principle, died Thursday. He was 78.
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