Jumbo mortgage loan rates put damper on refinancing

http://snipurl.com/9hofk  [www_boston_com]

Let’s not mince words: This looks an awful lot like the beginning of a second Great Depression.

http://snipurl.com/9ht08  [www_nytimes_com]

Citgo to suspend heating oil aid for U.S. poor 

http://snipurl.com/9hvtn  [www_alertnet_org]

What would've happened if we listened to President Bush and privatized Social Security? Italy is finding out the hard way

http://snipurl.com/9hp1q  [www_bloomberg_com]

Conservatives Label Fitzgerald A Failure, Ignoring His Record Of Successful Terrorism Prosecutions

http://snipurl.com/9husn  [thinkprogress_org]

Turkish jets bomb northern Iraq 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L5266787.htm

US opens new Iraq embassy, moves to normalise ties 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L588652.htm

Security developments in Iraq, Jan 5 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM529680.htm

U.S. Forces Shoot And Wound Iraqi Female TV Journalist

http://snipurl.com/9hxej  [www_mediachannel_org]

651 Afghan Schools Close This Year Due To Terrorist Activity

http://snipurl.com/9hu56  [quqnoos_com]

As it reasserts control over large swathes of countryside, the Taliban has been installing a shadow government to answer civilian needs.

http://snipurl.com/9hxaz  [www_sundayherald_com]

A U.S. Office In Iran? Not Yet.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/177728

"Treacherous" U.S. breaks pacts, Iran tells Iraq

http://snipurl.com/9hx1y  [thestar_com_my]

"Keeping the foreign journalists in Israel [and banned from Gaza], sources say, is good for Israel's image because the media is experiencing the war from the Israeli side."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052604.html

Senior Israeli officials said that the fighting could go on for days, if not weeks

http://snipurl.com/9hv53  [www_nytimes_com]

Developments in Gaza fighting, Jan 5 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L533.htm

With Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen battling in the Gaza Strip for a third day, following is an overview of the tactics and weapons deployed by both sides.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3554968.htm

Fallujah by the Sea: Aping America, Israel Unleashes Chemical Weapons in Gaza

http://uruknet.info/?p=m50412&hd=&size=1&l=e

10th day under attack: death toll in Gaza reaches 534

http://uruknet.info/?p=m50410&hd=&size=1&l=e

Gaza: Hundreds leave their homes and take refuge in UN schools

http://uruknet.info/?p=m50405&hd=&size=1&l=e

US Again Stops UN Call for Gaza Truce

http://uruknet.info/?p=m50394&hd=&size=1&l=e

A Palestinian demonstrator was shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern West Bank on Sunday during a protest against the Gaza Strip offensive, medics and security officials said.

http://snipurl.com/9hwuh  [rawstory_com]

For a second day running, Israeli authorities have barred a Red Cross medical team from entering Gaza to help treat residents injured in bombings.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=80394&sectionid=351020202

Depleted uranium found in Gaza victims

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=80443&sectionid=351020202

"You entered like rats," Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan told IDF soldiers in a statement on Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV. "Gaza will be a graveyard for you, God willing," he said.

http://snipurl.com/9hwxe  [www_jpost_com]

It's always nice to invoke God when you are talking about killing people.

Canada blames Hamas

http://snipurl.com/9hwzi  [news_yahoo_com]

World leaders condemn Israel

http://snipurl.com/9hwzz  [english_aljazeera_net]

Security developments in Pakistan, Jan 5 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL326155.htm

Author of Anti-Gay Defense of Marriage Act Now Says It Should Be Repealed

http://snipurl.com/9hmwk  [www_pensitoreview_com]

Organizations from the Center for Constitutional Rights to the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic to the American Civil Liberties Union found out before Christmas that they will have their budgets slashed by up to one-third, due to the fallout from the Madoff case.

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202427167534

Using data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders. The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone.

http://snipurl.com/9hsrp  [www_aclu_org]

Oakland Police shoot unarmed man in the head on video, **GRAPHIC VIDEO**

http://www.ktvu.com/video/18409133/index.html

Remember all that "NONTOXIC" coal ash sludge?

http://snipurl.com/9hso1  [www_cnn_com]

Will the Networks help sell Coulter's new book? You bet they will.

http://crooksandliars.com/node/25003

According to a report by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, “the Internet overtook print newspapers as a news source this year.”

http://snipurl.com/9hvqz  [www_nytimes_com]

Media Commentary Muted As Israel Invades

http://snipurl.com/9hxct  [www_mediachannel_org]

Coulter's latest book filled with falsehoods

http://mediamatters.org/items/200901040002?f=h_top

CNN global warming misinformation makes its way to The Radio Factor

http://mediamatters.org/items/200812230010?f=h_latest

Obama preparing to militarize NASA

http://snipurl.com/9hph8  [arstechnica_com]

There are 22 secret atheists in Congress, afraid to disclose their religion for fear of being voted out

http://snipurl.com/9hoow  [www_latimes_com]

Wired Science's 13 Most Popular Stories of 2008

http://snipurl.com/9hulo  [blog_wired_com]