Negotiators work on tax deal as House passes bill (AP)

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• Negotiators work on tax deal as House passes bill (AP)
• McCain flays military gays study, wants ban upheld (AP)
• The noose tightens around WikiLeaks' Assange (AP)
• Rangel faces censure, vote on reprimand possible (AP)
• Palestinians angry over new Israeli building plans (AP)
• Pope in 1988 sought to remove abusers faster (AP)
• Conn. home invasion defendant: Death a 'relief' (AP)
• Microbe found that can use arsenic as nutrient (AP)
• Man sought in LA publicist's death kills himself (AP)
• Qatar selected as 2022 World Cup host (AP)
• Deficit-cutting plan advances in uphill climb (Reuters)
• China says North Korea ties survived "tempests" (Reuters)
• Lawyer for WikiLeaks' Assange denies warrant valid (Reuters)
• Data shows fresh signs of improving economy (Reuters)
• House passes symbolic tax-cut renewal (Reuters)
• No end in sight for American imprisoned in Cuba (Reuters)
• Senator McCain says too soon to end military ban on gays (Reuters)
• ECB reported buying bonds in euro zone debt crisis (Reuters)
• Russia, Qatar triumph at World Cup vote (AFP)
• Forty dead as forest fire rips through northern Israel (AFP)

Negotiators work on tax deal as House passes bill (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:59 PM PST AP - The House has passed a bill to extend middle-class tax cuts while letting those for the wealthy expire, even as talks continue on extending the cuts for everyone.

McCain flays military gays study, wants ban upheld (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:55 PM PST AP - Senate Republicans led by a doubting John McCain dug in their heels Thursday against allowing gays to serve openly in the military, clashing with the Pentagon's top leaders and dimming Democrats' hopes to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" this year.

The noose tightens around WikiLeaks' Assange (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:06 PM PST AP - The law is closing in on Julian Assange. Swedish authorities won a court ruling Thursday in their bid to arrest the WikiLeaks founder for questioning in a rape case, British intelligence is said to know where he's hiding, and U.S. pundits and politicians are demanding he be hunted down or worse.

Rangel faces censure, vote on reprimand possible (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:46 PM PST AP - Rep. Charles Rangel lobbied colleagues against long odds Thursday in an effort to receive punishment milder than censure by the House for ethical misconduct.

Palestinians angry over new Israeli building plans (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:56 PM PST AP - The Palestinians criticized an Israeli decision to push forward plans for 625 new homes in east Jerusalem, saying Thursday the project shows Israel has chosen "settlements and not peace."

Pope in 1988 sought to remove abusers faster (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:39 PM PST AP - The Vatican on Thursday released documentation showing Pope Benedict XVI sought as early as 1988 to find quicker ways to permanently remove priests who raped and molested children but was rebuffed.

Conn. home invasion defendant: Death a 'relief' (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:59 PM PST AP - A Connecticut man sentenced to death Thursday in the killings of a woman and her two daughters said his execution will be "a welcome relief," while the only survivor of the gruesome home invasion told a judge he had struggled with suicidal thoughts, nightmares and flashbacks.

Microbe found that can use arsenic as nutrient (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:25 PM PST AP - The discovery of a strange bacteria that can use arsenic as one of its nutrients widens the scope for finding new forms of life on Earth and possibly beyond. While researchers discovered the unusual bacteria here on Earth, they say it shows that life has possibilities beyond the major elements that have been considered essential.

Man sought in LA publicist's death kills himself (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:28 PM PST AP - A man wanted for questioning in the slaying of a Hollywood publicist killed himself in the lobby of a dreary Los Angeles hotel as police closed in with a search warrant — the latest mysterious turn in a case that began on a posh stretch of Beverly Hills.

Qatar selected as 2022 World Cup host (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:16 PM PST AP - The tiny desert nation of Qatar beat out the United States as the 2022 World Cup host, with FIFA brushing aside doubts about blistering heat to bring soccer's showcase event for the first time to the Middle East.

Deficit-cutting plan advances in uphill climb (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:13 AM PST Reuters - Two more lawmakers pledged on Thursday to support a plan to slash the U.S. budget deficit drawn up by the co-chairmen of a presidential commission, but the plan still faced long odds of moving to Congress.

China says North Korea ties survived "tempests" (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:01 AM PST Reuters - China, pushed again by Washington to bring North Korea to heel after last week's artillery attack on the South, told Pyongyang their relationship had withstood international "tempests."

Lawyer for WikiLeaks' Assange denies warrant valid (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:32 PM PST Reuters - The lawyer acting for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied on Thursday that Sweden had issued a valid European arrest warrant for alleged sex crimes, despite Stockholm's insistence that legal difficulties with the warrant were resolved.

Data shows fresh signs of improving economy (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:25 AM PST Reuters - Fresh signs the U.S. economy has broken out of its summer soft patch emerged on Thursday as data showed a gauge of jobless benefits hit a new two-year low last week and pending home sales unexpectedly rose in October.

House passes symbolic tax-cut renewal (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:01 PM PST Reuters - The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to extend Bush-era tax cuts on individual income up to $200,000 a year and $250,000 for families, letting extra cuts for the wealthiest to expire.

No end in sight for American imprisoned in Cuba (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:43 AM PST Reuters - A year after security agents took him into custody at the Havana airport, U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross remains behind bars in Cuba, with no resolution in sight for a case that halted a brief thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations.

Senator McCain says too soon to end military ban on gays (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST Reuters - A top Republican warned on Thursday it might be too soon to end the U.S. military's ban on gays, as the party geared up to block President Barack Obama's bid to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy this year.

ECB reported buying bonds in euro zone debt crisis (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST Reuters - The European Central Bank resisted pressure on Thursday to commit to a major bond-buying program to contain the euro zone debt crisis, but traders said the ECB had been quietly buying bonds anyway.

Russia, Qatar triumph at World Cup vote (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:37 AM PST AFP - Russia and the tiny Gulf state of Qatar scored stunning victories in the battle for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups here Thursday after an acrimonious bidding war tainted by allegations of corruption.

Forty dead as forest fire rips through northern Israel (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:17 PM PST AFP - A devastating fire killed at least 40 people on Thursday when it ripped through a forest near Israel's northern city of Haifa, prompting urgent calls for international help to put out the blaze.

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