Do Packers chase 16-0 or rest key players? (AP)

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• Do Packers chase 16-0 or rest key players? (AP)
• AP Sources: Dem lawmakers may drop millionaire tax (AP)
• Obama marks Iraq war's end with a salute to troops (AP)
• Poll: Republicans shrug at Romney's business past (AP)
• Investigators: possible fraud uncovered at FAMU (AP)
• Survey: 1 in 4 US women victims of severe violence (AP)
• Panetta: US at turning point in Afghanistan war (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Satellite gets pic of Chinese carrier (AP)
• Syrian activists say more than 25 killed (AP)
• Judge says Lindsay Lohan doing well on probation (AP)
• Germans rebuff calls for ECB action after summit (Reuters)
• Tax fight gets nastier as government shutdown looms (Reuters)
• China says will hit U.S. auto imports with duties (Reuters)
• Fed won't bail Europe out, Bernanke tells lawmakers (Reuters)
• Obama: Troops leaving Iraq with heads held high (Reuters)
• Analysis: Supreme Court immigration case a federal-state test (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Regulators know where MF Global funds went (Reuters)
• Ron Paul gains ground, further stirring Republicans (Reuters)
• Federal board wants cellphone ban for drivers. What happens next? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• As Syria death toll soars, so does US frustration with Russia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Do Packers chase 16-0 or rest key players? (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:57 PM PST AP - 16-0. It could happen.

AP Sources: Dem lawmakers may drop millionaire tax (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:18 PM PST AP - Democratic lawmakers are considering whether to jettison their demand for a millionaires' surtax, which they had hoped to use to cover the cost of a Social Security payroll tax cut extension for millions of wage-earners, officials said Wednesday.

Obama marks Iraq war's end with a salute to troops (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:53 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday saluted troops returning from Iraq, asserting that the nearly nine-year conflict was ending honorably, "not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home."

Poll: Republicans shrug at Romney's business past (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 03:37 AM PST AP - Mitt Romney says his business background makes him a better presidential candidate than Newt Gingrich, who has spent decades in Washington. But the argument is not moving Republicans his way, underscoring Romney's challenge in finding a way to stem Gingrich's rise three weeks before the Iowa caucus, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.

Investigators: possible fraud uncovered at FAMU (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:39 PM PST AP - Authorities looking into the death of a Florida A&M University drum major opened a new investigation after they uncovered possible employee fraud and misconduct at the school, according to documents released Wednesday.

Survey: 1 in 4 US women victims of severe violence (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST AP - It's a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends.

Panetta: US at turning point in Afghanistan war (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:01 PM PST AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday the U.S. will continue to conduct intelligence operations from Afghanistan like the recent mission that led to the loss of a drone over Iran, and he gave an upbeat assessment of the unpopular war.

APNewsBreak: Satellite gets pic of Chinese carrier (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:51 AM PST AP - A commercial U.S. satellite company said it has captured a photo of China's first aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea off the Chinese coast.

Syrian activists say more than 25 killed (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:58 AM PST AP - Violence across Syria killed at least 25 people Wednesday, including eight soldiers who were gunned down by army defectors in a retaliatory ambush after government troops destroyed a civilian car, activists said.

Judge says Lindsay Lohan doing well on probation (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 11:18 AM PST AP - A judge offered Lindsay Lohan something Wednesday that she hadn't heard from a court in nearly two years: Praise.

Germans rebuff calls for ECB action after summit (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 07:01 AM PST Reuters - Germany's chancellor and central banker urged Europe to stick to stricter budget discipline and forget about one-shot solutions after financial markets judged that another EU summit had failed to resolve the euro zone's debt crisis.

Tax fight gets nastier as government shutdown looms (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 11:10 AM PST Reuters - The United States on Wednesday faced the prospect of an imminent government shutdown for the third time this year as a year-end fight between Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress over taxes and spending turned nastier.

China says will hit U.S. auto imports with duties (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST Reuters - China will impose punitive duties of up to 22 percent on large cars and SUVs exported from the United States, China's Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two largest economies.

Fed won't bail Europe out, Bernanke tells lawmakers (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:42 PM PST Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Republican senators on Wednesday the Fed can't and won't provide bailout funds to support European banks or nations, lawmakers said.

Obama: Troops leaving Iraq with heads held high (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:53 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama welcomed home some of the last U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday, marking a symbolic end to the nearly nine-year war that strained America's armed forces and damaged its standing worldwide.

Analysis: Supreme Court immigration case a federal-state test (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:28 PM PST Reuters - The Supreme Court's promised ruling next year on Arizona's immigration crackdown could turn on how much a state can intrude on federal government enforcement powers.

Exclusive: Regulators know where MF Global funds went (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:39 PM PST Reuters - Regulators now have a full picture of money transfers in the final days of bankrupt brokerage MF Global, and are working to sort out which transactions were legitimate, a top official told Reuters on Wednesday.

Ron Paul gains ground, further stirring Republicans (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul declared on Wednesday his campaign was "peaking at the right time" as polls show him closing in on the two perceived front-runners.

Federal board wants cellphone ban for drivers. What happens next? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:51 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The federal agency charged with overseeing transportation safety recommended Tuesday that US states should forbid the use of all cellphones and other portable electronic devices by drivers.

As Syria death toll soars, so does US frustration with Russia (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 04:23 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Citing a death toll in Syria’s government-backed violence that has now topped 5,000, the top UN human rights official is imploring the Security Council to get tough with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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