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Today's Front Page News: Navy firing over videos raises questions of timing House GOP challenges Obama to join them Flooded Australia city faces long wait to dry out Pakistani governor who opposed blasphemy law slain Democrats seek ways to reduce filibuster threats Anti-Christian drumbeat loud before Egypt attack Archdiocese in Wis. to seek bankruptcy protection Texan declared innocent after 30 years in prison Mega Millions jackpot payoff reaches $355 million Big tuna fetches record $396,000 in Tokyo U.S. stresses need to reduce China trade imbalance From U.S. heartland to House speaker, Boehner eyes cuts Auto sales jump, upswing seen for 2011 Pentagon cuts to reflect Gates, White House tussle Seven insurers sue Toyota over acceleration claims U.S. looks to China as talks begin on North Korea Qantas hopes to resume A380 flights to LA from mid-January China official: yuan has little impact on trade with U.S. Pakistan to bury assassinated governor Australian flood-hit towns scramble to build levees Navy firing over videos raises questions of timing Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:46 pm PST AP - The Navy brusquely fired the captain of the USS Enterprise on Tuesday, more than three years after he made lewd videos to boost morale for his crew, timing that put the military under pressure to explain why it acted only after the videos became public. Full Story Top House GOP challenges Obama to join them Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:29 pm PST AP - On the brink of power, House Republicans challenged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to join them in a drive to cut federal spending, ban earmarks for favored projects and overhaul the nation's tax code. Full Story Top Flooded Australia city faces long wait to dry out Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:51 pm PST AP - Floodwaters in an inundated city on Australia's northeastern coast held steady below their predicted peak on Wednesday as exhausted residents were warned they would face a long wait before the churning, muddy mess dries up. Full Story Top Pakistani governor who opposed blasphemy law slain Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:29 pm PST AP - The governor of Pakistan's most dominant province was shot and killed Tuesday by a bodyguard who authorities said was angry about his opposition to blasphemy laws carrying the death sentence for insulting the Muslim faith. Full Story Top Democrats seek ways to reduce filibuster threats Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:29 pm PST AP - Senate Democrats have what they think may be a unique window of opportunity to tame the filibuster power that the Republican minority has used so effectively in recent years to foil the Democratic agenda. Full Story Top Anti-Christian drumbeat loud before Egypt attack Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:29 pm PST AP - In the weeks before the New Year's Day suicide bombing of an Egyptian church, al-Qaida-linked websites carried a how-to manual on "destroying the cross," complete with videos on how to build a bomb and the locations of churches to target — including the one that was attacked. Full Story Top Archdiocese in Wis. to seek bankruptcy protection Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:29 pm PST AP - The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said Tuesday it would file for bankruptcy protection because pending sexual-abuse lawsuits could leave it with debts it couldn't afford. A lawyer who filed many of those lawsuits, however, said he thought the archdiocese was using bankruptcy as a delay tactic to avoid opening its records to public scrutiny. Full Story Top Texan declared innocent after 30 years in prison Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:29 pm PST AP - A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free — if only he would admit he was a sex offender. But Cornelius Dupree Jr. refused to do so, doggedly maintaining his innocence in a 1979 rape and robbery, in the process serving more time for a crime he didn't commit than any other Texas inmate exonerated by DNA evidence. Full Story Top Mega Millions jackpot payoff reaches $355 million Tue, 4 Jan 2011 08:27 pm PST AP - Thousands of people lined up in 41 states and in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday in hopes of buying the winning ticket for the lottery game's $355 million jackpot. Full Story Top Big tuna fetches record $396,000 in Tokyo Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:03 pm PST AP - A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in Tokyo on Wednesday, in the first auction of the year at the world's largest wholesale fish market. Full Story Top U.S. stresses need to reduce China trade imbalance Tue, 4 Jan 2011 07:39 pm PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's national security adviser pressed for efforts to reduce U.S.-China trade imbalances and also discussed ways to rein in North Korea in talks on Tuesday with China's foreign minister. Full Story Top From U.S. heartland to House speaker, Boehner eyes cuts Tue, 4 Jan 2011 10:08 pm PST Reuters - John Boehner, the product of a tough upbringing in America's heartland, will bring a natural mistrust of big government when he takes over as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. Full Story Top Auto sales jump, upswing seen for 2011 Tue, 4 Jan 2011 07:39 pm PST Reuters - U.S. auto sales rose to the highest rate in 16 months in December, and major automakers forecast the recovery would gather momentum in 2011 as the industry distances itself from one of its deepest slumps ever. Full Story Top Pentagon cuts to reflect Gates, White House tussle Tue, 4 Jan 2011 03:03 pm PST Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been successfully pushing back against White House attempts to more severely cut into weapons program funding than what the Pentagon had been bracing for, an analyst and defense company source said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Seven insurers sue Toyota over acceleration claims Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:01 pm PST Reuters - Seven automobile insurance firms have followed Allstate Insurance Co in suing Toyota Motor Corp to recover money they paid in claims for car crashes blamed on unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles. Full Story Top U.S. looks to China as talks begin on North Korea Tue, 4 Jan 2011 10:51 pm PST Reuters - The U.S. has stepped up pressure on China to rein in its long-time ally North Korea, sending its envoy to Beijing on Wednesday as part of a campaign to push the North to end its nuclear programme. Full Story Top Qantas hopes to resume A380 flights to LA from mid-January Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:24 pm PST Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters)- Qantas Airways hopes to resume Airbus A380 flights between Australia and Los Angeles from mid-January as Rolls-Royce finalizes its investigation into the cause of a mid-flight engine explosion on one of the aircraft last year. Full Story Top China official: yuan has little impact on trade with U.S. Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:43 pm PST Reuters - Adjustments to the yuan's exchange rate will have limited impact on reducing China's trade surplus with the United States, vice commerce minister Jiang Yaoping said at a forum on Wednesday. Full Story Top Pakistan to bury assassinated governor Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:47 pm PST AFP - Pakistan was in mourning and on high alert Wednesday ahead of the funeral of Punjab provincial governor Salman Taseer, following the country's most high-profile assassination in three years. Full Story Top Australian flood-hit towns scramble to build levees Tue, 4 Jan 2011 08:30 pm PST AFP - Hundreds of Australians scrambled in the rain to build levee banks and evacuate hospital patients Wednesday as floods that have inundated or cut off 40 towns rolled downstream. Full Story Top

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