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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military could have captured or killed Osama bin Laden in 2001 if it had launched a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s government announced plans on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants and said work would start within two months, state broadcaster IRIB reported.

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DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ central bank set up an emergency facility on Sunday to support bank liquidity in the first policy response to Dubai’s debt woes that threatened to paralyze lending and derail economic recovery.

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a worrisome sign for retailers, data released on Saturday showed that sales rose a scant 0.5 percent on the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season despite early signs of a strong showing.

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PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Commonwealth nations representing one-third of the world’s population threw their weight on Saturday behind accelerating efforts to clinch an “operationally binding” U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month.

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PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Britain will host talks on Afghanistan on January 28, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, just days before U.S. President Barack Obama spells out his expansion of the war effort next week.

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UGLOVKA, Russia (Reuters) – A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said on Saturday, stoking fears of an upsurge in attacks in Russia’s heartland.

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Hondurans choose a new president on Sunday in an election that could ease a crisis triggered by a coup but the vote has pitted Washington against some of the biggest countries in Latin America.

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WINDERMERE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida troopers who sought to interview golf great Tiger Woods and his wife on Saturday about how his SUV struck a fire hydrant and a neighbor’s tree were told by his agent to come back the following day.

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai World has refused to offload assets at fire-sale prices to repay obligations, forcing it to seek a debt standstill, a newspaper report on Sunday quoted an unnamed source at the government-controlled firm as saying.

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Joe CWS has added a photo to the pool:

Rolling around all the digital equipment.

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NigelDurrant has added a photo to the pool:

Sunday boaters and swimmers at Carlisle Bay, Barbados, West Indies

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian government approved a plan Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion in defiance of U.N. demands it halt the program….
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ central bank said Sunday it would offer additional liquidity to banks, signaling a push by the federal government to reassure investors worried about the country’s banking sector and its exposure to Dubai’s crushing debt….
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The 60 votes aren’t there any more….
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Kimberly Hamilton arrives and leaves work in the dark so often, custodians at Winchester Elementary School are on alert not to lock her in or out.
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Everybody knows the status of the typical public school teacher today: certainly overworked and burdened with excessive paperwork, probably struggling to control the classroom, and no doubt underpaid.
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Sometimes we forget simple gifts. Dark headlines obscure them. Looming challenges make them hard to see. But for the sake of our hearts and spirit we must still look.
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Ray Romano’s new series, the bittersweet “Men of a Certain Age” on TNT, follows three middle-aged buddies as they begin to face their mortality.





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On Tuesday, ABC is bringing back the hospital comedy “Scrubs” but relocating it to a medical school, with some original cast members returning as professors.





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