Global gas row stalls as EU monitors deployed
Russia blocks restart of gas flows citing Ukraine's declaration as void while EU monitors deploy to Ukraine corridor. Medvedev calls declaration invalid. In Indonesia a ferry capsizes in a storm with about 250 feared dead and 18 survivors rescued. Freedom House reports a third straight decline in global freedom with 89 countries free and 42 not free.
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Indonesia
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Washington
Freedom
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China
Obama seeks bailout changes to improve oversight
President-elect Obama calls for tighter oversight of the remaining 350 billion bailout funds and targeted help for homeowners and small businesses. He backs measures to curb executive pay and end private aircraft use for recipient institutions while ensuring credit flows to families and firms.
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Reid
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ABC
Stand-ins rehearse Obama inauguration at Capitol
A dress rehearsal at the U S Capitol used stand-ins for Barack Obama and family. Army Sgt Derrick Brooks stood in for Obama, Navy Yeoman Class LaSean McCray for Michelle, and Gianna Justice Samira Nixon and Dominique Sewell for the Obama children. Brooks said Obama noted his ears were not as big as his.
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Lottery sales rise as economic worries push play
Nationwide lottery sales grow across states with scratch offs and daily games as residents seek quick gains. Tennessee reports an $8 million rise in instant games in the first quarter. Massachusetts hits a record $4.7 billion in a fiscal year.
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Rockefeller Institute of Government
FDA screening system flawed, IG finds weak oversight
Health and Human Services inspector general reports unreliability in FDA screening of clinical investigators for drug trials. Of 118 new drug applications from 2007, 42 percent lacked complete financial data and under 1 percent disclosed potential conflicts, risking undisclosed financial interests biasing results.
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