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Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine (AP)

A Bosnian worker cuts wood by the roadside at  the northern entrance to Sarajevo on Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009. Small entrepreneurs have started selling wood and coal after deliveries of Russian natural gas to Bosnia were stopped on Tuesday evening. Bosnian officials say over 72,000 Sarajevo households have been left without heating. With temperature hitting minus 10 and Bosnia having no reserves, the city's gas operator Sarajevogas warns that the situation could become a humanitarian disaster. Bosnia imports all of its gas from Russia through Ukraine, Hungary and Serbia.(AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)AP - Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday — leaving more than a dozen countries scrambling to cope during a winter cold snap. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin endorsed the move and urged that international observers be brought in to monitor the energy dispute.


Israel orders brief halt, then Gaza fight resumes (AP)

Palestinians read leaflets dropped by an Israeli aircraft over their houses in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Residents on the Gaza-Egypt border say Israel dropped leaflets in the area, urging them to leave, presumably because of planned air strikes. Israel TV's Channel 10 said residents were given until 8 p.m. Wednesday to get out. Hamas' weapons smuggling tunnels are located in the area, and Israel has already destroyed dozens of them in repeated airstrikes. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed on Wednesday after a brief lull to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging residents to flee because of imminent attacks.


2 men, teen charged in gang rape of Calif. lesbian (AP)

This undated image provided by the Richmond (Calif.) Police Department shows Humberto Hernandez Salvador. Officers arrested Salvador at his Richmond, Calif., home Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2009. The 31-year-old is being held without bail on gang rape, kidnapping and carjacking charges. (AP Photo/Richmond Police Department)AP - Two men and a teenager were charged Tuesday in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian in the San Francisco Bay area.


Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says (AP)
AP - Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report released Wednesday.

Burris says he expects to be seated in Senate soon (AP)

Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris smiles as he meets with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Roland Burris says he expects "very shortly" to represent the state of Illinois in the U.S. Senate. The man appointed to the vacant seat by Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he expects resolution soon of the remaining issues standing in the way of his taking President-elect Barack Obama's former spot.


Patrick Swayze: "I'm Going Through Hell" (E! Online)

Patrick Swayze: E! Online - Patrick Swayze has always been a fighter on the big screen. Now's he's proving his warrior worth in real life.


CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post (AP)

In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2007 file photo, Dr. Sanjay Gupta attends a screening of the environmental documentary 'Planet in Peril,' in New York.  President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country's next surgeon general, the cable news network said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of star power to a job that hasn't had that much clout in decades.


Lou the mule alerts Tenn. woman to house on fire (AP)

In this image from video from WTVF - NewsChannel 5, Lou the mule is shown in McMinnville, Tenn.  Lou is credited with saving the life of his owner Jolene Solomon on Jan. 1, 2009, after a fire destroyed her home. (AP Photo/WTVF - NewsChannel 5)AP - Lou the mule brayed his way into his owner's heart with a New Year's warning that her rural Tennessee home was on fire.


Death of Travolta's son raises medical questions (AP)

In this image released by Rogers & Cowan public relations, actor John Travolta, second left, poses with his daughter Ella Bleu, left, wife Kelly Preston, right, and son Jett in an undated family photo.  (AP Photo/Rogers & Cowan)AP - Millions of children and adults have seizures in the United States, but dying from one is rare. That only adds to the confusion and mystery surrounding the life and death of Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston.


Aruba prosecutor: End is near in Holloway case (AP)
AP - Aruban prosecutors said Tuesday their investigation into the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway is nearing the end and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

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