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, who had the lead in two provinces in the mainly Shiite south, and a secular challenger who appeared to be drawing on Sunni support north of Baghdad.

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

AP - American households saw their wealth increase at the end of last year, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios.

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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.

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Greece hit by strikes, riots over austerity plan (AP)

AP - Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as some 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government’s austerity measures.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

AP - The naming of Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim as the world’s richest person — the first from a developing nation — underlines the loosening of America and Europe’s stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires’ club.

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Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years (AP)

AP - The foreclosure crisis isn’t over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.

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Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement (AP)

AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.

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