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Red Sox give AL MVP Pedroia a 6-year, $40.5M deal

BOSTON (AP) -- AL Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox agreed Wednesday to a $40.5 million, six-year contract. The deal includes a club option for 2015. He would not have been eligible for free agency until after the 2012 season....

Grammy nominations hit prime-time with TV special

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In an era where awards shows are as commonplace as reality shows, even the top-tier events are finding it hard to stand out. So the Recording Academy is trying something different when it announces its nominees for its upcoming Grammys. Instead of its traditional morning roll call of nominee names at a staid press conference, top nominees will be revealed during a prime-time concert special to air live Wednesday on CBS....

Agents Use High- And Low-Tech Tracking At Border

Night vision scopes, motion detectors and cameras, combined with an increase in Border Patrol agents on foot, aim to stop people from illegally crossing into the United States. Despite the increases in monitoring, border crossers who have been caught say they will continue to try to re-enter the states.

Christiane Amanpour: Reporting On Genocide

CNN's chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour has covered every major international and humanitarian crisis since the Gulf War. Her new documentary, Scream Bloody Murder, is about genocide — and the people who are working to end mass killing worldwide.
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A wave of (Christmas) green ideas is rolling through.
WWF (the World Wildlife Fund) is out with One Planet Lifestyle, a new book about how to better live an earth-friendly lifestyle.
And BP is touting Helios House, an environmentally friendly gas station it operates in Los Angeles...
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Meredith Whitney, one of the first analysts to criticize Citigroup, expects consumer credit card liquidity to decline by 45%
Bank of America, Citigroup and JP Morgan hold over half of US credit card outstandings. Each company has discussed reducing credit card exposure
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Monthly sales dropped 37% to their lowest level since 1982. Sales also declined in Europe and Asia
Adjusting for population changes, the results are the worst in nearly 50 years for the US auto industry
The three largest US based carmakers are busy preparing restructuring plans for Congress as part of their emergency funding request
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As of October, Clinton's campaign had $7.5 million in outstanding debt
Clinton forgave $13 million in personal loans made to her campaign
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Global Green USA has released its long anticipated 2008 Global Solar Report Card.
With present solar technology, the world’s solar resources can provide at least 4 times the world’s yearly energy demand.
Germany scored highest for a combination of installed capacity and policies that will promote future growth. California finished 2nd for its big rebate program.
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Analysts attribute the decline to the global economic decline and an OPEC delay in talks to cut output
A report Wednesday is expected to show a continued rise in US crude oil inventories due to weak demand
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The findings demonstrate how a diet with high levels of fat, sugar and cholesterol can increase the risk of dementia
Researchers suspect that high intake of fat and cholesterol combined with genetic factors can be a contributor factor in the development of Alzheimer's
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The disorders include anti-social behavior that can sometimes lead to violence as well as obsessive or compulsive tendencies
Including substance abuse, the study found that almost half of young people surveyed have some type of psychiatric condition
The study gathered data from more than 5,000 young people aged 19 to 25 via face to face interviews
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At a news conference, Obama lauded Clinton as a "colleague, a source of counsel, and as a campaign opponent. She possesses an extraordinary intelligence and toughness."
Advocates claim Clinton is the most qualified for the position
Obama said he would retain Robert Gates as secretary of defense with a new mission to responsibly end the Iraq war through a transition to Iraqi control
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The bodies, found in a vacant lot, are only the latest example of Mexico's out of control drug violence
Among typical murders, Mexican authorities have reported bodies cut up, strung over highways, set on fire and dumped in acid
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