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    • Rangel censured by the House

      Rangel censured by the House

      The House, for only the 23rd time, censured a member, Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, for financial and fundraising misconduct.

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    • Israel wildfire

      Israel wildfire

      A massive forest fire has scorched part of northern Israel and killed scores of people.

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      Storm pounds Europe

      Precipitation and high winds have blanketed northern Europe in snow and caused travel headaches, while there is flooding in Italy.

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      Ivory Coast election

      Opposition leader Alassane Ouattara is declared the winner, but Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo calls the results "an attempted coup."

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      Hundreds of vehicles are stranded on the New York State Thruway by a winter storm in Buffalo, N.Y.

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      Russia, Qatar to host World Cup

      FIFA President Joseph Blatter announces that Russia will be the host country for the soccer World Cup 2018 and Qatar the host in 2022.

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    • Gates, Mullen testify on 'don't ask, don't tell'

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      Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify at a Senate committee hearing on "don't ask, don't tell."

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      Deficit Reduction Commission report released

      President Obama's Deficit Reduction Commission rolled out a final plan of unpopular spending cuts and tax increases.

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    ** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Senate blocks Obama's tax plan

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    The Senate blocked President Obama's and Democratic leaders' tax cut plans Saturday in a foreordained symbolic vote that now sends both sides back to the negotiating table to work out a viable deal. Published 11:45 a.m. December 4, 2010

    updated 11 hours, 27 minutes ago

    In this Nov. 10, 2010, photo, job seeker Stephanie Taylor, second from right, fills out an application while attending a job fair in Livonia, Mich. The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

    Unemployment jumped to 9.8% in November; slow job growth blamed

    By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

    The nation's unemployment rate crept back up toward double-digit levels last month, rising to 9.8 percent after being stuck around 9.6 percent for much of the year, the Labor Department reported Friday morning. Published 9:36 a.m. December 3, 2010

    Michigan U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers R-Brighton, is interviewed in Detroit, Tuesday, oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

    'Obstructionists' hinder WikiLeaks probe

    By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

    The State Department and other U.S. agencies are not fully cooperating with lawmakers' efforts to probe the WikiLeaks security breach, according to the Republican likely to be the next chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Published 8:35 p.m. December 2, 2010

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    ASSOCIATED PRESS CHASTENED: Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, speaks to the media after being censured by the House for 11 ethics violations, mostly related to his efforts to raise funds for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Policy.

    Divided House votes to censure Rangel on ethics

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Acknowledging they were breaking new ground, deeply divided House lawmakers voted Thursday to censure Rep. Charles B. Rangel for breaking tax laws and House rules, saying Congress needed to live up to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pledge to be open, honest and ethical. Published 6:54 p.m. December 2, 2010

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    Republican Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., arrives for a rare Saturday lame duck session of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. The Senate agenda features a pair of votes: one on a proposal to extend all expiring tax cuts on individuals with incomes of less than $200,000 a year and married couples making less than $250,000; the other to renew them for all tax filers with incomes of less than $1 million. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

    Senate blocks Obama's tax plan

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    updated 11 hours, 27 minutes ago

    The Senate blocked President Obama's and Democratic leaders' tax cut plans Saturday in a foreordained symbolic vote that now sends both sides back to the negotiating table to work out a viable deal. Published 11:45 a.m. December 4, 2010

    National
    ** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Financial exec to plead guilty in Clinton fundraising scheme

    By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

    A prominent New York financial manager plans to plead guilty to making false statements to federal election regulators involving tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. Published 6:14 p.m. December 3, 2010

    World
    ** FILE ** Seif al-Islam Gadhafi talks to reporters at the ancient city of Cyrene near the city of al-Bayda, northeastern Libya, in this Sept. 10, 2007, file photo. Several leaked U.S. diplomatic memos speculate on the jockeying for succession to power among the sons of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi -- Seif al-Islam, Mutassim and Khamis. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

    WikiLeaks memos reveal U.S.-Libya standoff over uranium

    By Lee Keath - Associated Press

    As it dismantled its nuclear weapons program, Libya sparked a tense diplomatic standoff with the United States last year when it refused to hand over its last batch of highly enriched uranium to protest the slowness of improving ties with Washington, leaked U.S. diplomatic memos reveal. Published 12:09 p.m. December 4, 2010

    Security
    ** FILE ** In this Nov. 4, 2010, file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a news conference at the Geneva press club, in Geneva, Switzerland. Assange is a former computer hacker who has embarrassed the U.S. government and foreign leaders with his online release of a huge trove of secret American diplomatic cables. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)

    WikiLeaks loses major source of revenue

    By Juergen Baetz - Associated Press

    updated 8 hours, 47 minutes ago

    WikiLeaks has lost a major source of revenue after the online payment service provider PayPal cut off its account used to collect donations, saying the website is engaged in illegal activity. Published 10:18 a.m. December 4, 2010

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