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President-elect Obama appoints national security team in Chicago
President-elect Barack Obama (L) leaves with with Secretary of State designee Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) after a news conference announcing his national security team on December 1, 2008 in Chicago. Obama also named Arizona Gov. Janet Nepolitano as homeland security secretary and ret. Marine Gen. James L. Jones as national security advisor, Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations, Eric Holder as attorney general and announced that Robert Gates, the current Secretary of Defense, will stay on in his post under the new administration. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey) | Slideshow
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    Georgia voters head to polls -- again
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    Britney, WWE beat Obama as superstars on Yahoo!
    Forget the worst global economic crisis in 75 years, the terrorist atrocities in Mumbai, the continuing genocide in Darfur or the Russian invasion of Georgia. As far as the users of the Yahoo! search engine were concerned, 2008 was still Britney Spears' year.
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    NASA: Phoenix Mars Lander is now silent
    NASA: Phoenix Mars Lander is now silent
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    The U.S. space agency says it has, most likely -- after a month of fruitless attempts -- reached the end of communications with its Phoenix Mars Lander.
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Reaction: Obama's national security team
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