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	12/27/2011
Good afternoon LATEST NEWS Crime scene cleanup ad lifts Handel's Messiah BOSTON (Reuters) - Who says beautiful music and blood spatter cleanup can't go together. | Full Article Stressed Chinese fight back -- with pillows December 25, 2011 10:43 PM ET SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A whirlwind of pillows bearing the names of bosses and teachers filled the air as hundreds of Chinese gathered to blow off stress in Shanghai, staging a massive pillow battle. | Full Article NORAD's Santa tracking set to launch on Christmas Eve December 23, 2011 02:10 PM ET (Reuters) - With Santa's departure from the North Pole imminent, preparations to track his global trek were underway on Friday at an aerospace command center in Colorado. | Full Article Boston student re-united with $170,000 violin December 25, 2011 11:53 AM ET (Reuters) - Christmas came early for a Boston music student who was reunited with the $170,000 violin she forgot in the overhead compartment of a regional commuter bus she rode last week, police said. | Full Article Waiting for Congress, Obama takes dog Bo shopping December 21, 2011 04:50 PM ET ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday as he waited for congressional leaders to mop up a payroll tax mess that has kept him in Washington. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Consumer confidence perks up, house prices sag December 27, 2011 11:58 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence hit an eight month high in December on improving job prospects, lending the economy further support, even though weak home prices could delay a recovery in the housing market. | Full Article Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump December 27, 2011 09:42 AM ET (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp sales kept falling at the peak of the holiday season, and the retailer said it will close up to 120 stores in its Kmart and namesake chains to focus on stronger stores, sending its shares down more than 19 percent. | Full Article 6.9 magnitude quake hits southeastern Russia: USGS December 27, 2011 10:41 AM ET (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hit southeastern Russia near the border with Mongolia on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. | Full Article Obama to ask for debt limit hike: Treasury official December 27, 2011 11:33 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to ask Congress by the end of the week for an increase in the government's debt ceiling to allow the United States to pay its bills on time, according to a senior Treasury Department official on Tuesday. | Full Article Insight: FDA warned PIP on breast implant safety December 27, 2011 10:59 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost ten years before the company came under scrutiny from European regulators. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street flat as Santa rally falters Consumer confidence hits 8-month high in December MetLife to sell bank unit to GE Capital LCD makers in $553 million U.S. price-fixing accord Mead Johnson shares up RELATED VIDEO UK Christmas tree shines light on pedi-power Number 2 lands for New Year's eve bash Creature comforts at Sydney zoo 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 TECHNOLOGY NEWS GSM phones vulnerable to hijack scams: researcher Full Article Italy anti-trust fines Apple for misleading customers NTT Docomo to develop smartphone chips with Samsung, others China begins using new global positioning satellite Samsung eyes 15 percent rise in handset sales next year: report Fujifilm: too early to say if it will invest in Olympus - 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