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Today's Top Stories: Spending showdowns will test new Congress leaders 7th person dies after New Year's Eve tornadoes Ivory Coast: Ouattara ally calls for force Deputy, suspect dead in Ohio trailer park standoff Christians, police clash after Egypt church bomb Russian passenger jet explodes; 3 dead, 43 injured Woman swept away drowns in Australian floodwaters Official: Chuck Berry felt ill before Chicago show Shania Twain weds exec Thiebaud in Puerto Rico Unbeaten TCU stops Wisconsin 21-19 in Rose Bowl Obama's New Year's resolution? Fix the economy Floods "of biblical proportions" hit Australia's northeast Don't count on foreign troops, Gbagbo tells rival Suspected suicide bomber kills 21 at Egypt church Son of Iranian woman sentenced to death urges clemency Cardinal says Cuba will free prisoners as promised Russia in milestone oil pipeline supply to China Palestinian woman dies after protest Brazil's new president spends first full day in office Catastrophic Australian floods claim first victim Spending showdowns will test new Congress leaders Sat, 1 Jan 2011 04:08 pm PST AP - Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the new Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation's economic health. Full Story Top 7th person dies after New Year's Eve tornadoes Sat, 1 Jan 2011 08:54 pm PST AP - Shaken residents spent New Year's Day sifting through the wreckage wrought by tornadoes that touched down in several states on the last day of 2010, killing seven people and injuring dozens of others. Full Story Top Ivory Coast: Ouattara ally calls for force Sat, 1 Jan 2011 04:09 pm PST AP - A top ally of the man widely recognized as Ivory Coast's president said incumbent Laurent Gbagbo is using stalling tactics to stay in power and urged the international community on Saturday to intervene with "legitimate force" to remove him. Full Story Top Deputy, suspect dead in Ohio trailer park standoff Sat, 1 Jan 2011 07:33 pm PST AP - A sheriff's deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park was shot dead Saturday, and the shooting suspect was killed after a gun battle with police, authorities said. A police officer was wounded. Full Story Top Christians, police clash after Egypt church bomb Sat, 1 Jan 2011 04:11 pm PST AP - Christians clashed with Egyptian police in the northern city of Alexandria on Saturday, furious over an apparent suicide bombing against worshippers leaving a New Year's Mass at a church that killed at least 21 people. It was the worst violence against the country's Christian minority in a decade. Full Story Top Russian passenger jet explodes; 3 dead, 43 injured Sat, 1 Jan 2011 04:21 pm PST AP - A Russian passenger jet carrying 124 people caught fire as it taxied down a snowy runway in Siberia and then exploded Saturday, killing three people and injuring 43, including six who were badly burned, officials said. Full Story Top Woman swept away drowns in Australian floodwaters Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:48 pm PST AP - A woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway in Australia, becoming the first victim of relentless flooding that one official has described as reaching "biblical proportions," police said Sunday. Full Story Top Official: Chuck Berry felt ill before Chicago show Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:52 pm PST AP - Rock-and-roll legend Chuck Berry felt ill and was checked out by ambulance medics before a show Saturday night, a Chicago fire official said. An audience member at the show, however, said Berry slumped over during the show and was offstage for at least 20 minutes. Full Story Top Shania Twain weds exec Thiebaud in Puerto Rico Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:13 pm PST AP - Country singer Shania Twain and businessman Frederic Thiebaud tied the knot Saturday in a New Year's Day wedding in Puerto Rico. Full Story Top Unbeaten TCU stops Wisconsin 21-19 in Rose Bowl Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:24 pm PST AP - When Tank Carder leaped with perfect timing and swatted Wisconsin's final pass to the turf, the TCU linebacker felt as if he got a boost from every player at every school that never even imagined playing in the Rose Bowl. Full Story Top Obama's New Year's resolution? Fix the economy Sat, 1 Jan 2011 12:17 pm PST Reuters - President Barack Obama has set his New Year's resolution high for 2011: repair the struggling economy. Full Story Top Floods "of biblical proportions" hit Australia's northeast Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:27 pm PST Reuters - Large parts of Australia's coastal northeast were flooded on Sunday in a spreading environmental disaster as thousands of residents fled their homes to avoid the runoff from a Christmas deluge. Full Story Top Don't count on foreign troops, Gbagbo tells rival Sat, 1 Jan 2011 02:15 pm PST Reuters - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo told his presidential rival on Saturday not to expect foreign troops to install him in power by force, and repeated his call for talks to end the country's violent political stand-off. Full Story Top Suspected suicide bomber kills 21 at Egypt church Sat, 1 Jan 2011 12:27 pm PST Reuters - A bomb killed at least 21 people outside a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early on New Year's Day and the Interior Ministry said a foreign-backed suicide bomber may have been responsible. Full Story Top Son of Iranian woman sentenced to death urges clemency Sat, 1 Jan 2011 12:51 pm PST Reuters - An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery was allowed out on prison leave to have dinner with her daughter and son on Saturday, hours after he had appealed to the judiciary to spare her life. Full Story Top Cardinal says Cuba will free prisoners as promised Sat, 1 Jan 2011 07:23 pm PST Reuters - Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega assured on Saturday that "in coming months" Cuban leaders would release 11 political prisoners as promised under a landmark deal with the government. Full Story Top Russia in milestone oil pipeline supply to China Sat, 1 Jan 2011 02:50 am PST Reuters - Russia, the world's top crude exporter, said it had begun scheduled oil shipments to China via an East Siberian link on Saturday as the Kremlin cements ties with its energy-hungry neighbor. Full Story Top Palestinian woman dies after protest Sat, 1 Jan 2011 12:34 pm PST Reuters - A senior Palestinian medical official said a woman died on Saturday after being treated for inhaling gas fired by Israeli forces quelling a protest a day earlier in the occupied West Bank. Full Story Top Brazil's new president spends first full day in office Sat, 1 Jan 2011 10:32 pm PST AFP - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff began her first full day in office Sunday after pledging to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Full Story Top Catastrophic Australian floods claim first victim Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:15 pm PST AFP - Devastating floods in northeastern Australia claimed their first victim Sunday, with the body of a missing woman recovered as the surging waters continued to rise and a fresh storm loomed. Full Story Top

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