AP sources: Suicide bomber invited on base (AP)

AP – The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees and wounded six more at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials have told The Associated Press.

Former Gitmo detainees help al-Qaida grow in Yemen (AP)

AP – As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family’s furniture store.

Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting (AP)

AP – A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007.

US scanners went unused at Nigeria airport (AP)

AP – The U.S. gave Nigeria four full-body scanners for its international airports in 2008 to detect explosives and drugs, but none were used on the man suspected trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight, Nigerian officials say.

At decade’s end, revelers wonder what future holds (AP)

AP – Out with the old and in with the — what?

Gunman kills 5, then self, in Finland (AP)

AP – A lone gunman dressed in black killed five people, four in a crowded shopping mall, before returning home and taking his own life on Thursday. It was the third such massacre in Finland in about two years, and once again raised questions about gun control in a Nordic country where hunting is popular.

Arabic study may have been cover for bomb suspect (AP)

AP – The Nigerian suspected of trying to bring down a U.S. airliner with explosives might have used Arabic studies as a pretext for entering Yemen before disappearing for months, perhaps into one of the lawless country’s al-Qaida strongholds, fellow students and teachers said.

FCC urges Fox, Time Warner Cable to settle (AP)

AP – The nation’s top broadcast regulator is urging Time Warner Cable and Fox to agree to a temporary deal to keep football games on cable TV through the New Year’s long weekend.

Rush Limbaugh felt pains similar to heart attack (AP)

AP – Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his nationally syndicated radio show.

AT&T is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship (AP)

AP – AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world’s top golfer, who’s taking a break from the sport to focus on his marriage after his admitted infidelity.

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