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Day of protest against vote fraud begins in Russia (AP)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with head of the Strategic Initiatives Agency Andrei Nikitin, unseen, in Moscow, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool)AP – Russians angered by allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections protested Saturday in rallies across the country, a widespread wave of anger that tests the hold on power of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his ruling party.


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Blagojevich begins bleak countdown to prison (AP)

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich looks back at the crowd and waves as he returns home with his wife Patti in Chicago, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, after he was sentenced by Judge James Zagel to 14 years in prison for his convictions on 18 corruption counts, including trying to to auction off President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP – Rod Blagojevich starts his Thursday facing a bleak countdown — 71 days before the twice-elected Illinois governor must say goodbye to his family and begin serving a 14-year sentence for corruption.


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Gingrich meets with Trump, begins first ad in Iowa (AP)

Donald Trump listens at left as Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talks to media after their meeting in New York, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP – Surging in polls, Newt Gingrich declared confidently Monday that he plans to run a general election campaign in all 50 states should he win the Republican presidential nomination. But he also found himself defending comments he had made about poor children — hinting at the potential troubles and new scrutiny he faces in the race.


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Snow, wind, rain smack Northeast; cleanup begins (AP)

Bayron Zamora, right, 15, and Jarell Finley, 17, look at a down tree as heavy snow created issues with down lines and trees during a rare October snowstorm that hit the Northern New Jersey region, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in Lodi, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP – An unseasonably early snowstorm that blanketed parts of states from Maryland to Maine, knocking out power to millions and snarling air and highway travel, was forecast to slowly move north out of New England and officials warned it could be days before many see electricity restored.


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Snow, wind, rain smacks Northeast; cleanup begins (AP)

Bayron Zamora, right, 15, and Jarell Finley, 17, look at a down tree as heavy snow created issues with down lines and trees during a rare October snowstorm that hit the Northern New Jersey region, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in Lodi, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP – An unseasonably early snowstorm that blanketed parts of states from Maryland to Maine, knocking out power to millions and snarling air and highway travel, was forecast to slowly move north out of New England and officials warned it could be days before many see electricity restored.


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Rally fed by European debt deal begins to slow (AP)

A man walks in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo indicating the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose 121.81 points, to end morning session at 9048.35, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Asian stock markets rose Friday, continuing to be buoyed by a European deal aimed at slashing Greece's massive debt and preventing the crisis from engulfing too big to bailout countries such as Italy. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP – The euphoric rally in share prices fed by a European deal to cut Greece’s debt and prevent larger countries from falling down the same hole slowed on Friday, as investors began to recognize the significant challenges that still face the continent.


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‘Merchant of Death’ trial begins in federal court

The man known around the world as the “Merchant of Death” was prepared to sell 100 surface-to-air missiles, 20,000 AK-47s, 10 million rounds of ammunition and more to kill Americans, prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Wednesday.

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