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France, UK issue clashing advice on breast implants
PARIS (Reuters) - France and Britain issued conflicting advice on Friday to tens of thousands of women with breast implants made of cheap industrial silicone that some fear pose health risks. | Full Article
EU OKs Roche's Avastin for ovarian cancer
December 23, 2011 12:13 PM ET
ZURICH (Reuters) - The European Commission has approved Roche's drug Avastin for treating women with newly diagnosed, advanced ovarian cancer, offering new options to sufferers previously limited to surgery and chemotherapy. | Full Article
Enfamil questions linger over Mead Johnson
December 23, 2011 03:50 PM ET
(Reuters) - The crisis surrounding the manufacturer of the No. 1 baby formula in the United States mounted on Friday as a top investment bank warned that Enfamil sales could be hurt even if health regulators find no link between it and the death of an infant. | Full Article
Preventable drug reactions land vets in hospitals
December 23, 2011 03:24 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Unexpected drug reactions land thousands of older veterans in hospitals every year, but a new study suggests many of those hospital stays could be prevented. | Full Article
Leukemia patients at greatest risk of listeriosis
December 23, 2011 03:24 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with certain conditions, including leukemia, other cancers and pregnancy, are at the greatest risk of getting sick from the food-borne bacterium Listeria, French researchers report in a new study. | Full Article
US TOP NEWS
Congress punts hard payroll tax work to 2012
December 23, 2011 04:28 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law a two-month payroll tax cut extension on Friday, capping a year of fierce partisan combat over taxes and spending that will resume in January and play heavily in the 2012 elections. | Full Article
Double car bombing kills 44 in Damascus
December 23, 2011 04:54 PM ET
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Suicide car bombers struck Damascus on Friday, officials said, sending human limbs flying in the bloodiest violence in Syria's capital since a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began nine months ago. | Full Article
In ad for newsletter, Ron Paul forecast "race war"
December 23, 2011 08:56 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A direct-mail solicitation for Ron Paul's political and investment newsletters two decades ago warned of a "coming race war in our big cities" and of a "federal-homosexual cover-up" to play down the impact of AIDS. | Full Article
Consumer, business spending point to slower growth
December 23, 2011 04:08 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer spending was tepid in November and a gauge of business investment fell for a second straight month, suggesting the economy lost some of its recent momentum. | Full Article
Analysis: What's the plan if North Korea collapses?
December 23, 2011 03:24 PM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appears to be making an orderly transition after the death of leader Kim Jong-il last week, but the risk of collapse is higher than before and regional powers need to start discussing that contingency with China, diplomats and analysts say. | Full Article
BUSINESS NEWS
Santa rally puts S&P 500 up for the year
World economy to trudge on in 2012 despite Europe: poll
Banks downgrade threat remains despite ECB funds: S&P
Wall St Week Ahead: Santa rally may face test next week
BofA mulls more asset sales to boost capital
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Cheat Sheet - Exclusive: Taliban Welcome Biden’s ‘Not our Enemy’ Remark

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Today: Obama Signs Payroll-Tax Cut , Prince Philip Taken to Hospital , Thousands of Egyptians Demand Reform
The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

December 23, 2011
EXCLUSIVE

Vice President Joe Biden has been taking heat this week for a controversial Newsweek interview, in which he said “The Taliban per se is not our enemy.” But one group welcoming the Veep’s comments? The Taliban themselves. Reached by The Daily Beast in Afghanistan, several senior Taliban leaders say they saw the comment as a positive sign. “Biden’s statement shows that the U.S. is finally seeing us after 10 years of war with a cool head, not with emotion and cries for revenge that drove the U.S. after 9/11,” says Khazi Habibullah Fauzi, who served as the Taliban’s charge d’affaires in Saudi Arabia before the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

AGREEMENT

President Obama signed the payroll-tax cut deal Friday after both Houses of Congress apprved it in the morning. The two-month extension will keep the $20 a week savings for the average worker making $50,000 a month while Congress negoitates a longer-term solution. Apparently there was no Braveheart rallying speech for "This is good news just in the nick of time," President Obama said before departing Washington for Hawaii. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday night when he told fellow Republicans that the game was up and they'd have to pass the two-month payroll-tax cut extension. In a conference call, he demanded his members pass the extension and permitted no comments. “Speaker’s decision,” said Rep. Jeb Hensarling when introducing Boehner on the call.

HEALTH

Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip, has checked into a hospital for “precautionary tests” after suffering from chest pains, British officials said Wednesday. Buckingham Palace said the 90-year-old Duke of Edinburgh was taken from Sandringham, the queen’s estate in Norfolk, where the royal family spends the holidays, to Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

REVOLUTION

Thousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo and other cities Friday to demand the military rulers hand over power. Seventeen people have been killed during Egypt’s riots in suspected incidents of police brutality, and the image of one woman being beaten and dragged through the streets has caused fury throughout the country—as well as worldwide outrage. “Anyone who saw her and saw her pain would come to Tahrir,” said Omar Adele, 27, a protester in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Some protesters are demanding the Army bring forward a presidential vote as early as Jan. 25—the one-year anniversary of the uprisings that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak. Others have said Egypt has remained in chaos 10 months after Mubarak’s ouster, and even the Muslim Brotherhood did not join in Friday’s protest. The Army has said it regrets the violence and offered an apology over the woman who was beaten.

SCARY

Police used pepper spray on Friday to gain control of a crowd who were waiting in line to buy the new Air Jordan Concord XI sneakers in a suburb of Seattle. One person was also arrested. Police at Tukwila, Washington’s Westfield Southcenter mall were so overwhelmed by the crowd that they called for backup. One police officer said, “We used pepper spray on some of the fights to disrupt the crowds. This was not a pro-police crowd. The crowd was less than cooperative with instructions from police to quit fighting and to quit cutting.” Police were also called to other locations around the country to control crowds waiting to buy the same shoe.


UNREST
50,000 to Attend Protest in Moscow
Against parliamentary elections.
2012
Huntsman Snags NH Endorsement
While fails to make Virginia primary ballot.
TOUGH LOVE
VW to Shut Off BlackBerries
Outside of work hours.
SPONSORSHIP
Colbert Offers $500K for GOP Primary
Plus other jokes that turned into causes.
RECOVERING
George Michael: Hospital Saved My Life
Says it was ‘touch-and-go’ while he had pneumonia.
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