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    • Steroid Report Implicates Top Players
      Dozens of baseball stars including seven M.V.P.’s were named in the former Senator George Mitchell’s report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
    • Bitter Divisions at Climate Talks
      Amid growing frustration with the U.S. in deadlocked talks at a global warming conference, the European Union threatened to boycott new talks proposed by the White House next month.
    • Senate Approves Energy Bill Without Tax Increase
      The vote came only after Senator Harry Reid of Nevada agreed to remove provisions that would have meant hefty tax increases for oil companies.
    • Final Iowa Debate Is Mostly Placid for Democrats
      In a sharp departure from past debates, not one of the six Democratic candidates attacked another one by name.
    • With Contract in Hand, Rodriguez Knocks Boras
      Alex Rodriguez signed with the Yankees on Thursday, and said negotiations turned into a “huge debacle” when his agent claimed the team had no interest in re-signing him.
    • House Votes to Ban Harsh C.I.A. Methods
      The House approved an intelligence bill that bans the C.I.A. from using waterboarding, mock executions and other harsh interrogation methods.
    • Clinton Aide Resigns Over Obama Drug Comment
      Hillary Clinton personally apologized to Barack Obama after Bill Shaheen’s comments about Mr. Obama’s past drug use set off a huge blowback in the blogosphere.
    • New Jersey Assembly Votes to End Death Penalty
      The General Assembly approved a bill eliminating capital punishment, a move that clears the way for Gov. Jon S. Corzine to sign the measure as early as Monday.
    • Jurors Deadlock on 6 of 7 in Sears Plot
      A jury in the trial of seven indigent men accused of plotting to wage an armed jihad against the government acquitted one of the defendants but said they could not reach verdicts for the other six.
    • The Lede Blog: The Lede: Some Puzzled by Word of the Year
      Readers of Merriam-Webster selected one with two numbers for letters: w00t.
    • City Room: Flaws at the M.T.A.’s Lost-and-Found
      Because of poor security, inefficient management and inadequate staff, only 18 percent of the roughly 8,000 items left each year on the city's subways and buses is recovered, according to a new report by the M.T.A. inspector general.