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Police Seize Vehicle of Missing Maine Girl's Father

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 TOP STORIES 1 Police Seize Vehicle of Missing Maine Girl's Father Authorities searching for a missing Maine girl have seized a sport utility vehicle belonging to the child's father 2 First Ever 'Earth-Sized' Alien Planets Discovered 3 Facebook Image of Girl Bound With Duct Tape Leads to Joint Investigation in Chicago 4 High Prices for Low Quality Films Keeping Families Away From Theaters, Experts Say 5 After House Vote on Payroll Tax Cut, Obama Demands GOP Give In TOP VIDEOS 1 Obama to House GOP: 'This Is Not a Game' Obama angry about payroll tax debate 2 Gingrich 'Losing Altitude' in GOP Race? 3 Is Atty Gen Victim of Racism? 4 The Big Picture: Should Hillary Run? 5 Wacky Videos of 2011 FOX News Newsletters Just one click to sign up. FoxNews Breaking News Alerts Get alerted the moment major business or economic news breaks! View All Newsletters » This e-mail is never sent unsolicited; you received it because you subscribed to receive updates from foxnews.com Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Unsubscribe from all Newsletters Advertise with foxnews.com | Download the Fox News Community Toolbar Copyright ©2010. All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy Fox News Network, LLC 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY.

Reuters Health Report

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Good evening LATEST NEWS Insight: Pharma asks the money question earlier for new drugs NEW YORK (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc executive German Pasteris is in charge of an Alzheimer's treatment that is years from reaching the market, if it ever does. But he already wants to make sure the global healthcare system will pay for it. | Full Article Experimental malaria vaccine shows early promise December 20, 2011 11:02 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have developed an experimental malaria vaccine that may have the potential to neutralize all strains of the most deadly species of malaria parasite. | Full Article Sleep disorders common in cops: study December 20, 2011 04:14 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A survey from the United States and Canada found 40 percent of police officers had symptoms of a sleep disorder, including sleep apnea and insomnia. | Full Article California sperm donor at odds with federal regulators December 20, 2011 04:17 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his semen that he advertises over the Internet. | Full Article Moms' pesticide exposure tied to infection in kids December 20, 2011 04:12 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report links remnants of a once-common pesticide to lung infections and wheezing in kids exposed to the chemical before birth. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Obama says time running out for payroll tax cut deal December 20, 2011 05:28 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded that Republicans in the House of Representatives quickly pass a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, showing an unwillingness to back down in a fight that could result in higher taxes for 160 million American workers. | Full Article Jump in housing starts points to recovery December 20, 2011 03:16 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts and building permits jumped to a 1-1/2 year high in November as demand for rental apartments rose, suggesting the housing market was entering a tentative recovery. | Full Article In mourning, hermit kingdom North Korea seals itself off December 20, 2011 02:57 PM ET DANDONG, China/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the deeply secretive nation that is trying to build a nuclear arsenal. | Full Article Spain borrowing costs dive December 20, 2011 02:14 PM ET MADRID (Reuters) - Short-term financing costs for euro zone struggler Spain more than halved on Tuesday as banks lapped up debt at an auction, with much of the purchasing power said to come from cut-rate money to be lent by the European Central Bank. | Full Article U.S. general returns from Iraq with Baghdad flag December 20, 2011 05:35 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The last commander of U.S. forces in Iraq returns to the United States on Tuesday carrying the command flag that flew over Baghdad. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street rallies 3 percent in broad advance Exclusive: An inside look at David Einhorn's "big short" Fed bank capital, liquidity proposal follows Basel Oracle sales miss forecasts, shares plunge Exclusive: Main Italian banks to tap ECB 3-year loans RELATED VIDEO Treating the wounded and the needy in Syria. Morning Briefing: Japan plays it safe; clashes rock Egypt Chinese president visits North Korean embassy in Beijing A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS ODDLY ENOUGH Disgraced duke's figure moved in Madrid wax museum Full Article - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend

Politics: What If He Wins?

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Politics What If He Wins? Imagining a Ron Paul victory in Iowa. By David Weigel Posted Monday, Dec 19, 2011, at 11:34 PM ET Jan. 3, 2012. The ballroom of the Des Moines hotel fills faster than anyone expected. Iowa Republicans are still caucusing, but fans of Ron Paul have driven in from Omaha, Rockford, Minneapolis, Topeka, and Pittsburgh, their cars festooned with "Legalize the Constitution" stickers. They hit the cash bars early. At 8 p.m., the networks release the first scraps from "entrance polls." Lots of first-time caucusers. Lots and lots of anti-Washington sentiment. Lots and lots of Tea Partiers. The ballroom crowd boos when some cable-news Muppet explains that "some people are saying that a Ron Paul win would mark the end of the Iowa caucuses." Suddenly they realize why the anchor is saying that: He's trying to explain why Paul is leading. At 9 p.m., they call it: "Ron Paul is the winner of the 2012 Iowa caucuses." The ballroom fills up with confetti and boozy cheers. The 76-year-old candidate takes the stage, joined by the junior senator from Kentucky and the rest of his brood. Those hair-gelled media nabobs will have to report on a new Republican front-runner now. This could happen. Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican wheel of random candidate surges has finally click-clack-clicked over to Ron Paul. A Fox News columnist says it. A CNN columnist says it. The heartless RealClearPolitics polling average says it, even if it's goosed by an odd, one-day Insider Advantage survey. The gamblers of InTrade, who don't often move unless they've got a preponderance ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Lithwick: Newt Gingrich's Insanely Stupid Attack on the Judicial Branch How To Negotiate for a Better Salary True Fact: Greeks and Italians Work Way Harder Than Germans Do	Advertisement
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Arts: The Anti-Hero of Young Adult Isn?t Unlikable, She?s Mentally Ill

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Brow Beat The Anti-Hero of Young Adult Isn't "Unlikable," She's Mentally Ill By David Haglund Posted Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011, at 06:21 PM ET There's an odd line in Roger Ebert's otherwise mostly astute review of Young Adult, the new movie written by Diablo Cody, directed by Jason Reitman, and starring Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary, a YA-fiction writer who goes back to her hometown to seduce her high school boyfriend away from his wife and new baby. Ebert points out, rightly, that Mavis is an alcoholic, then claims that "civilians (and some of the critics writing about this film) are slow to recognize alcoholism." That's not the odd line. I suspect he's right—and Ebert, who has written candidly and at length about his own alcoholism, knows the subject better than most. He goes on to say that Mavis's alcoholism "explains a lot of things: her single status, her disheveled apartment, her current writer's block, her lack of self-knowledge, her denial, her inappropriate behavior. Diablo Cody," Ebert says, "was wise to include it; without such a context, Mavis would simply be insane." That's the odd line. What does Ebert mean by "simply insane," exactly? I suspect he means that if we didn't have alcoholism to explain Mavis's bad behavior, her actions would make no sense—she would be "insane" in a manner similar to, say, the Joker as played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, a character beyond human understanding, whose wild actions are essentially divorced from human psychology. He is using the term very differently, in other words, from the way Maureen ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Lithwick: Newt Gingrich's Insanely Stupid Attack on the Judicial Branch How To Negotiate for a Better Salary True Fact: Greeks and Italians Work Way Harder Than Germans Do	Advertisement
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