• President-elect Barack Obama attended a memorial service for his late grandmother in Hawaii yesterday. The woman who helped raised him died the day before the election. — AP [1]
• Christian pilgrims are filling up Bethlehem's Manger Square on Wednesday. Security forces loyal to Palestinian President Abbas are providing holiday security. — Reuters [2]



• Falling gas prices put more money in people's pockets and helped boost consumer spending last month. — New York Times [3]
• The US military will be tracking Santa's sleigh ride. NORAD, which monitors air and space threats against the US and Canada. It is charged each year with tracking Santa's sleigh on the web [4]. — AP [5]

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