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AP - China promised Thursday to slow its carbon emissions, saying it would nearly halve the ratio of pollution to GDP over the next decade — a major move by the world's largest emitter, whose cooperation is crucial to any deal as a global climate summit approaches.

AP - Buffalo Bills starting cornerback Terrence McGee is practicing for the first time in more than three weeks since having surgery on his right knee, and could play against Miami this weekend.

Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, often criticized for dragging his heels on global warming, will attend U.N. talks in Copenhagen next month that are designed to find a successor to the Kyoto climate change protocol.

AP - A media watchdog is warning that government-influenced TV in Russia and many post-Soviet states is hampering democracy and could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool.

AP - While the U.S. Senate considers a climate bill aiming to dramatically slash air pollution linked to global warming, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and other Republican leaders in the state that leads the nation in greenhouse gas production are watching closely — and objecting loudly.

AP - Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from running in next year's legislative elections.

AFP - The London Stock Exchange plunged more than three percent on Thursday after Dubai's shock call to suspend the debt of a key state company fuelled anxiety over heavy public borrowing.

AP - Andy Murray wasted 12 of 13 break points before overcoming Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3) Thursday to close in on a semifinal spot at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Reuters - Canada's Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to give serial killer Robert Pickton more legal leeway in appealing his conviction in the brutal murder of six Vancouver sex trade workers.

AP - The money goes where the medals are — one of those Darwinian truths that often undercuts the oft-told Olympic fairy tale about the journey being as important as the result.

Happy turkey day, PopWatchers! This year’s parade had a few new balloons, a revamped Santa float, and more NBC promos and placements than I can wrap my head around. Highlights Broadway! I’m a sucker for a show tune, and it was kind of nuts to see Hair being performed outside Macy’s. My conflicting cultural institutions, let me

Reuters - Sony Ericsson said on Thursday that a second of its new smartphones, key to its strategy for returning to profit next year, had been hit by software problems in Britain.