3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city (AP)

AP - Three people with ties to the American consulate were killed in a drug-plagued Mexican city, including a U.S. couple shot to death within sight of the border with their baby in their back seat, officials said Sunday.

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Israeli apology gets cool reception in Washington (AP)

AP - Israel’s prime minister expressed regret Sunday for a crisis with the United States over plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem, even as American officials played down the apology and called for bold Israeli action to get peace efforts back on track.

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Dodd seeking middle ground on new financial rules (AP)

AP - The senator trying to rewrite the nation’s financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and give a single regulator the power to oversee all banks, according to people familiar with the evolving proposal.

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Dutch government collapses over Afghan mission (AP)

AP - The Dutch coalition government collapsed Saturday over whether to extend the country’s military mission in Afghanistan, leaving uncertain the future of its 1,600 soldiers fighting there.

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Gunmen kill 7 at Egypt church after Christmas Mass (AP)

AP - Three men in a car sprayed automatic gunfire into a crowd of churchgoers in southern Egypt as they left a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas, killing at least seven people in a drive-by shooting, the church bishop and security officials said.

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NRC: Three Mile Island radiation not significant (AP)

AP - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.

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Romney: Obama economic stimulus plan is a failure (AP)

AP - Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney says the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration planned.

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Handful of elections shed light on US politics (AP)

AP - Most Americans won’t vote Tuesday.

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Handful of elections shed light on US politics (AP)

AP - Most Americans won’t vote Tuesday.

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3 militants killed in Kabul on eve of election (AP)

AP - Gunfire and explosions reverberated through the heart of the Afghan capital Wednesday on the eve of the presidential election after three militants with AK-47s rifles and hand grenades overran a bank.

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