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Year-end letters: Some people love receiving them. Others find them boring, overdone or annoying. (News Source: Orlando Sentinel - 04:18:34)

South Korean President Calls For Solidarity In Wake Of North’s Aggression

(RTTNews) - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on Monday called for national unity in wake of the recent military hostilities from the North, warning that any political and ideological divisions in the South could be exploited by Pyongyang for launching further attacks. (News Source: INO News - 04:18:05)

Eastday-No pressure in climbers’ rescue

SHANGHAI police denied over the weekend that any “powerful relatives” had influenced a decision to send rescuers to find city students lost in Anhui Province’s Yellow Mountain this month. While the climbers were led to safety, a young policeman fell to his death. (News Source: Eastday.com - 00:34:56)

Phone banking norm New Delhi, Dec. 26:

Banks will ask for an additional password from their credit card customers from the new year for any transactions conducted over phone following a Reserve Bank direction for making phone banking more secure. (News Source: The Telegraph - 00:03:51)

How much risk in cargo overflights?

Those planes that look like specks in the stratosphere are flying so high because they are merely passing by the United States - flying bananas to Germany, Canadians to Mexico and Europeans to Jamaica. But should that exempt such flights from the full security screening they would get if their… (News Source: Washington Post - 03:44:14)

Washington area is largely spared as snowstorm slams into East Coast

A massive snowstorm that swept up the East Coast on Sunday largely slipped by the Washington region but caused major disruptions along the Northeast corridor on one of the year’s busiest travel weekends. (News Source: Washington Post - 02:02:00)

Late surge helps Magic halt Celtics’ winning streak at 14

ORLANDO, Fla. — The remolded Magic are the NBA’s new streak-busters. (News Source: Washington Post - 23:59:09)

Is idea of PLL hung out to dry?

Of all the environmental groups that have sprung up in New Hampshire over the past decade, the catchiest name and most intriguing angle definitely belongs to Concord-based Project Laundry List, which urges people to take a single step: Dry your washing on an airy clothesline rather than in a hot, power-sucking tub. Dryers are inefficient devices, so bad that the government won’t give any of them … (News Source: The Nashua Telegraph - 02:56:58)

Orleans Parish assessors manage to stay employed

Erroll Williams would almost certainly have been elected New Orleans’ first citywide property tax assessor without cutting any political deals, but evidently didn’t want to take any chances. Besides, playing it straight just ain’t natural. Without plots and stratagems, it… (News Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune - 01:49:14)

NCAAs ‘Pryor’ities: BCS Move To Mothership Keeps Ohio State QB Eligible

First of all, this writer despises Ohio State with a passion. His hatred for the Buckeyes burns very deep, equally as much as it does for Oklahoma, Texas, Notre Dame, and USC … basically any program worth its salt in college football. (News Source: CBS Sports - 13:30:48)

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