GE, Vivendi deal paves way for NBC sale to Comcast (AP)

AP - General Electric Co.’s agreement to buy out the rest of NBC Universal paves the way for it to sell control of the TV and movie company to Comcast Corp. in a deal that promises to reshape the entertainment industry.

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Michael Jackson tops Yahoo’s search charts in 2009 (AP)

AP - Michael Jackson’s stunning death made him Yahoo’s biggest star this year.

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Emotions high, Senate opens partisan health debate (AP)

AP - Riven by partisanship, the Senate plunged into a widely anticipated debate Monday over sweeping health care legislation that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have vowed to approve and Republicans have sworn to block.

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Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan (AP)

AP - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S.

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Defense official communicated with WH crashers (AP)

AP - The couple who crashed the Obama administration’s first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in.

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Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle (AP)

AP - Using search dogs and going door to door, hundreds of police intensified the hunt Monday for the man wanted in the coffeehouse killings of four officers after a SWAT team came up empty-handed in a raid on a house where he was thought to be holed up.

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Demjanjuk trial on Nazi death camp charges opens (AP)

AP - A German court put John Demjanjuk on trial Monday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, and his lawyer immediately accused the court of bias.

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Gov’t increases pressure on mortgage industry (AP)

AP - The Obama administration will crack down on mortgage companies that are failing to do enough to help borrowers at risk of foreclosure, as part of a broad effort to boost participation in its mortgage assistance program.

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Divided Senate poised to start health care debate (AP)

AP - Senate Democrats face deep divisions within their ranks as they begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, with the recent all-hands-on-deck coalition frayed over abortion and the option of government-run insurance.

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Iran says UN criticism prompted new nuclear plans (AP)

AP - Iran’s nuclear chief on Monday said U.N. criticism pushed his country to retaliate by announcing ambitious plans for more uranium enrichment

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