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Your Health

Moms and Pros Tackle Lice

Head lice are one of the top reasons that kids miss school, yet there's no single, foolproof remedy. Many parents, and now professional salons, find themselves searching for louse eggs and removing them by hand. These nits are a nuisance, but no reason for kids to stay home, say leading medical experts.

Moms and Pros Tackle Lice

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Opinion

Bipartisan Study Group Releases Its Plan for Iraq

Strategizing a Pullback: Challenge in Iraq

Robert Siegel talks with American Enterprise Institute resident fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht and Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at Brookings Institution. Gerecht and O'Hanlon talk about the leak to The New York Times of recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, scheduled to be released next week.

Strategizing a Pullback: Challenge in Iraq

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Movies

Down Year for Oscars Widens Field of Contenders

The 2006 awards year has been disappointing, with only one or two films becoming blockbusters. In Hollywood, advertising reps for both major trade publications bemoan the drop in studios' Oscar campaigns. But as in nature, Hollywood hates a vacuum: Movies that would normally not be considered Oscar-caliber are filling the awards gap with campaigns of their own.

Down Year for Oscars Widens Field of Contenders

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World

Maliki Assures Bush on Iraqi Force's Readiness

Iraq's prime minister says he thinks his country's forces will be ready to take full control of Iraq's security by next June. Nouri al-Maliki and President Bush discussed the issue at their meeting earlier today in Jordan.

Maliki Assures Bush on Iraqi Force's Readiness

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The Immigration Debate

Citizenship Test Revamped, in Search for Meaning

The immigration service today releases more than 140 draft questions for a new citizenship test. The questions will be given to new citizenship applicants in the the exam's civics portion, beginning in January. The government, which hopes to make the test more meaningful, has been working for several years to redesign the test.

Citizenship Test Revamped, in Search for Meaning

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World

Iraq Group to Call for Pulling Back Troops

A bipartisan commission on U.S. policy in Iraq will urge a pullback of some U.S. troops in Iraq, but will not recommend a specific timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces, according to an official familiar with the panel's deliberations.

Iraq Group to Call for Pulling Back Troops

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Technology

Microsoft's Vista System Makes Debut

Microsoft releases the business version of Vista, its new operating system the system. The system, years in the making, is years behind schedule. Retailers expect demand for Vista to be slow. In addition to new system requirements, some businesses fear the high cost of rolling it out. Technology webcaster/broadcaster Leo Laporte reports.

Microsoft's Vista System Makes Debut

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Analysis

Analysis

Polonium: Harmless Unless Ingested

Following the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, British authorities are following a trail of radioactive contamination. Litvinenko died from the effects of absorbing a rare radioactive element, Polonium 210.

Polonium: Harmless Unless Ingested

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World

Litvinenko Inquiry Centers on 12 Sites, 5 Airplanes

British police investigating former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko's death in London say they have found traces of radioactivity at 12 sites in the city -- and in five aircraft, as well. Litvinenko's apparent murder has become a story with very broad implications. Now doctors believe a former Russian prime minister may have been poisoned, as well.

Litvinenko Inquiry Centers on 12 Sites, 5 Airplanes

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Art & Design

Auschwitz Prisoner Fights to Recover Her Paintings

In 1944, the notorious Nazi Josef Mengele ordered Dina Babbitt to paint portraits of Gypsy prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp. Babbitt, 83, is trying to recover the works, which are in the museum at the site of the camp.

Auschwitz Prisoner Fights to Recover Her Paintings

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Business

Ford Buyout Drains Auto Workers Union

Almost half of the hourly workers at Ford Motor Company have accepted buyout or early retirement offers. This means the United Auto Workers union is losing close to 40,000 members, which could significantly weaken the union.

Ford Buyout Drains Auto Workers Union

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Sports

Chicago's Windy City Gym Is on the Ropes

One of the nation's oldest boxing gyms is closing because of building violations. The Windy City Boxing Gym is in a poor part of Chicago, and can't afford renovations. It will have to find another location by the end of the year or its run is over.

Chicago's Windy City Gym Is on the Ropes

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World

Iraq Study Group Expected to Suggest Drawdown

The bipartisan Iraq Study Group allegedly plans to recommend a gradual troop withdrawal from Iraq when it presents its report to President Bush next week. Washington Post military correspondent Thomas Ricks talks with Mike Pesca about the recommendations that could come from the panel.

Iraq Study Group Expected to Suggest Drawdown

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World

Investigation Widens in Death of Former Spy

The mystery surrounding the murder of a former Russian spy is growing more complicated. Investigators have found radiation at a dozen sites in Britain and aboard five planes. Daniel McGrory, reporter with the Times of London, talks with Madeleine Brand about the latest developments.

Investigation Widens in Death of Former Spy

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World

Bush Maintains Support of Iraqi Prime Minister

President Bush met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Jordan this morning. Later at a press conference, the president maintained his support for the Iraqi leader, and insisted that there would be no immediate troop withdrawal.

Bush Maintains Support of Iraqi Prime Minister

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