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Merry Christmas
-- with Titian's "THE HOLY FAMILY WITH A SHEPHERD" (c. 1510)
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from The Spokesman-Review
Pope: Remember poor, young in sped-up world
Associated Press
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Note: The following includes commentary disguised as news. The U.N. recognition was not of a state but was the granting of observer status to a political organization; actual statehood remains future. Whether this is cause for joy is a matter of perspective and politics. - C. S.
Bethlehem sees extra measure of joy
U.N. recognition of state of Palestine adds cheer
Dalia Nammari Associated Press
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Replacing dollars could save dollars
Anna M. Tinsley McClatchy-Tribune
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views.
Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his “Piers Morgan Tonight” show an “unbelievably stupid man.”
Now, gun rights activists are fighting back. A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user in Texas accuses Morgan of engaging in a “hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution” by targeting the Second Amendment. It demands he be deported immediately for “exploiting his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the rights of American citizens.”
Morgan seemed unfazed – and even amused – by the movement.
“If I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?” he wrote in a Twitter message.
Whether or not I agree with Mr. Morgan is irrelevant. It is blatant hypocrisy to trample on the first amendment while claiming support of the second. - C. S.
FDA warns doctors of Botox wrinkle
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators have warned more than 350 medical practices that Botox they may have received from a Canadian supplier is unapproved and could be counterfeit or unsafe.
The Food and Drug Administration said in a letter sent last month, a letter released publicly last week, that batches of the wrinkle treatment shipped by suppliers owned by pharmacy Canada Drugs have not been approved by the FDA and that the agency cannot assure their effectiveness or their safety.
The FDA said Canada Drugs was previously tied to shipping unapproved and counterfeit cancer drugs.
The agency warned doctors about buying drugs from sources other than licensed U.S. pharmacies. It is the fifth warning the agency has made this year about foreign suppliers providing unapproved drugs.
Fever will keep Bush hospitalized
HOUSTON – Former President George H.W. Bush is spending Christmas in a Houston hospital after developing a fever and weakness following a monthlong, bronchitis-like cough, his spokesman said Monday.
A hospital spokesman had said the 88-year-old ex-president would be released in time to spend the holiday at home, but that changed after Bush developed a fever.
“He’s had a few setbacks. Late last week, he had a few low-energy days followed by a low-grade fever,” Jim McGrath, Bush’s spokesman in Houston, told the Associated Press.
He said the cough that initially brought Bush to the hospital on Nov. 23 is now evident only about once a day, and the fever appears to be under control, although doctors are still working to get the right balance in Bush’s medications. No discharge date has been set.
Israel upgrades settlement college
JERUSALEM – Israel granted a West Bank college coveted university status on Monday, in a move that could trigger international condemnation and enrage the Palestinians.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that following a legal review, he instructed the military to upgrade the college’s status, the final approval for the designation.
The announcement marks a victory for nationalist settlers who hope university recognition will give them further legitimacy and a stronger sense of permanence in the West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government backed the upgrade, called the institute’s president to congratulate him following the decision.
Proponents of the upgrade say the new status marks a crowning jewel of the government’s commitment to holding the West Bank, the heartland of biblical Judaism, captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war.
Palestinians consider the West Bank to be part of their future state. Most of the international community agrees and considers Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal and an obstacle to peace.
Oil boom fueling N. Dakota growth
Population jumped 2.2 percent in year
David Shaffer McClatchy-Tribune
Firefighters gunned down
Police say ex-con set ‘trap,’ killing two, self
John Kekis Associated Press
U.N. envoy meets with Syria’s Assad
Diplomat calls situation ‘worrying’
Ben Hubbard Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators have warned more than 350 medical practices that Botox they may have received from a Canadian supplier is unapproved and could be counterfeit or unsafe.
The Food and Drug Administration said in a letter sent last month, a letter released publicly last week, that batches of the wrinkle treatment shipped by suppliers owned by pharmacy Canada Drugs have not been approved by the FDA and that the agency cannot assure their effectiveness or their safety.
The FDA said Canada Drugs was previously tied to shipping unapproved and counterfeit cancer drugs.
The agency warned doctors about buying drugs from sources other than licensed U.S. pharmacies. It is the fifth warning the agency has made this year about foreign suppliers providing unapproved drugs.
Fever will keep Bush hospitalized
HOUSTON – Former President George H.W. Bush is spending Christmas in a Houston hospital after developing a fever and weakness following a monthlong, bronchitis-like cough, his spokesman said Monday.
A hospital spokesman had said the 88-year-old ex-president would be released in time to spend the holiday at home, but that changed after Bush developed a fever.
“He’s had a few setbacks. Late last week, he had a few low-energy days followed by a low-grade fever,” Jim McGrath, Bush’s spokesman in Houston, told the Associated Press.
He said the cough that initially brought Bush to the hospital on Nov. 23 is now evident only about once a day, and the fever appears to be under control, although doctors are still working to get the right balance in Bush’s medications. No discharge date has been set.
Israel upgrades settlement college
JERUSALEM – Israel granted a West Bank college coveted university status on Monday, in a move that could trigger international condemnation and enrage the Palestinians.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that following a legal review, he instructed the military to upgrade the college’s status, the final approval for the designation.
The announcement marks a victory for nationalist settlers who hope university recognition will give them further legitimacy and a stronger sense of permanence in the West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government backed the upgrade, called the institute’s president to congratulate him following the decision.
Proponents of the upgrade say the new status marks a crowning jewel of the government’s commitment to holding the West Bank, the heartland of biblical Judaism, captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war.
Palestinians consider the West Bank to be part of their future state. Most of the international community agrees and considers Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal and an obstacle to peace.
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Oil boom fueling N. Dakota growth
Population jumped 2.2 percent in year
David Shaffer McClatchy-Tribune
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Firefighters gunned down
Police say ex-con set ‘trap,’ killing two, self
John Kekis Associated Press
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U.N. envoy meets with Syria’s Assad
Diplomat calls situation ‘worrying’
Ben Hubbard Associated Press
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Key Egyptian flays constitution, insists majority aren’t Islamist
Dan Perry, Aya Batrawy Associated Press
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Electric car owners face fee
State law adds annual $100 in lieu of gas taxes
Phuong Le Associated Press
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Marine pursuing fresh look at war
Burn pits in Iraq, Afghanistan trigger interest in environment
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
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Oregon longshoremen reject contract offer
Steven Dubois Associated Press
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Late shoppers find great deals
Retailers’ bottom lines may suffer from deep discounts
Candice Choi, Mae Anderson Associated Press
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Ethiopian kids learn ABCs
Rapid progress amazes ‘One Laptop’ officials
Jason Straziuso Associated Press
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Sandia lab building solar test centers across U.S.
Associated Press
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opinion:
Mona Charen Creators Syndicate
Special instructions from ‘Man in the Moon’
A note author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), posing as Santa Claus, wrote to his daughter in 1875
A note author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), posing as Santa Claus, wrote to his daughter in 1875
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Five free and healthy gifts for you, from you
Adrian Rogers The Spokesman-Review
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
Compiled By Nancy Churnin Mcclatchy-Tribune
Mary Macvean Los Angeles Times
Dr. Alisa Hideg
Joe Graedon M.S. PeoplesPharmacy.com
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