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Obama orders reviews of watchlist and air safety
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Talking publicly for the first time since a failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, President Barack Obama on Monday called it "a serious reminder" of the need to continually adapt to the terrorist threat.
Obama friend's child injured, golf interrupted
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President Barack Obama abruptly ended his golf outing and sped in his motorcade to his compound Monday after he learned a child of a friend was injured while playing on the beach.
Stocks edge higher as shoppers step up spending
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Better holiday sales and rising commodities prices pushed stocks to their sixth straight gain and new highs for 2009.
Iran holds bodies of slain protesters
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Iranian authorities said Monday that they were holding the bodies of five slain anti-government protesters, including the nephew of the opposition leader, in what appeared to be an attempt to prevent activists from using their funerals as a platform for more demonstrations.
AP: Ponzi collapses nearly quadrupled in '09
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It was a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as fell apart in 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming a buzzword again thanks to the collapse of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion plot.
Fewer law enforcement officers died on job in 2009
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Law enforcement deaths this year dropped to their lowest level since 1959, while the decade of the 2000s was among the safest for officers - despite the deadliest single day for police on Sept. 11, 2001.
Suicide attack on Pakistani Shiites kills 30
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A suicide bomber struck a procession marking a key Shiite Muslim holy day in Pakistan's biggest city Monday, killing 30 people in an attack blamed on extremists trying to hamper the country's fight against militancy by sparking a sectarian war.
In 911 call, woman says Sheen threatened her
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A woman who identified herself as the wife of Charlie Sheen said in a 911 call to Aspen police that the actor threatened her with a knife and that she feared for her life.
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