Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger (AP)

AP – Partial vote results in Iraq’s historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation’s prime minister and a secular challenger during a chaotic count that was marred by accusations of fraud.

More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over (AP)

AP – A series of strong aftershocks from last month’s devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.

Americans’ net worth up for 3rd straight quarter (AP)

AP – Americans regained more of their shrunken wealth last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was less than in the previous two quarters.

Democrats, White House close in on health bill (AP)

AP – A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president’s signature health care overhaul.

Biden: Talks can meet Israeli, Palestinian goals (AP)

AP – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says “good faith negotiations” can recognize Israeli security needs and the Palestinian goal for a viable state.

Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy (AP)

AP – On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing.

Safety agency under spotlight in House hearing (AP)

AP – Toyota’s massive recalls are bringing new scrutiny to the government’s auto safety agency, prompting Congress to look at how federal safety officials have lived up to their mission of protecting motorists.

NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters (AP)

AP – A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators.

Mexico’s Slim becomes ‘world’s richest’ person (AP)

AP – Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the first man from a developing nation to become the world’s richest person — a shift that underlines the loosening of America and Europe’s stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires’ club.

Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees (AP)

AP – The Pashtun tribal leaders picked at the chocolate cake and fruit laid out for them at the conference table. Politely, they listened to speeches touting a new program to release detainees from Afghanistan’s largest U.S.-run military prison if community leaders vouch for them.

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