Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who is a US special envoy on the Afghanistan war, was in critical condition after more than 20 hours of surgery to fix a tear in the large artery that moves blood from the heart. (Dec. 12)
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Prince William and Kate Middleton look relaxed, poised and very much in love in official photos released to mark their engagement. The pictures were taken by fashion photographer Mario Testino late last month. (Dec. 12)
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Oprah Winfrey and 302 audience members, who won a trip to Australia with the talk show host, climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge. It took them several hours to climb the 440 foot-high bridge. (Dec. 12)
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Two blasts that shook a busy shopping street in central Stockholm were an act of terrorism, officials said Sunday, in what appeared to be a suicide bombing. It would be the first such attack in the Nordic country. (Dec. 12)
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A divided US Supreme Court halts the presidential recount in Florida, effectively making Republican George W. Bush the winner. (Dec. 12)
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Family and friends of Elizabeth Edwards recalled her as an idealistic law student who challenged professors, a political sage who offered advice at every turn and a matriarch who comforted her family even as she was dying of breast cancer. (Dec. 11)
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Auburn quarterback Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy Saturday night in New York. Newton accounted for 49 touchdowns this season. He leads No. 1 Auburn into the BCS title game against No. 2 Oregon. Both teams are undefeated. (Dec. 12)
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A powerful snowstorm hit the upper Midwest on Saturday with as much as 20 inches of snow, forcing road closings in five states. It also postponed Sunday’s NFL game between the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings. It’s now set for Monday. (Dec. 11)
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Police said a search of woods about 30 miles north of Mobile, Alabama has uncovered human remains that likely belong to a young girl whose father is charged with killing her and her brother. (Dec. 11)
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Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s eldest son hanged himself by a dog leash in his apartment Saturday, exactly two years after his father’s arrest in a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. (Dec. 11)
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