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Obama faults air security system
HONOLULU - President Barack Obama declared yesterday that there was a “systemic failure’’ of the nation’s security apparatus after being told about more missed signals and uncorrelated intelligence that should have prevented a would-be bomber from boarding a flight for the United States. (By Peter Baker and Carl Hulse, New York Times)
Generational divide shaping Alabama governor’s race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The man vying to become Alabama’s first black governor is battling some unlikely critics - black Democratic leaders who were on the front lines of the civil rights movement. (By Phillip Rawls, Associated Press)
N.Y. senators discuss colleague’s conviction
NEW YORK - A New York Senate committee held a hearing yesterday on whether state Senator Hiram Monserrate should remain in office after being convicted of assaulting his girlfriend. (Associated Press)
Scientists study mussels in Calif. for pollution clue
SAN FRANCISCO - California scientists hope studying 180 black mussels pried from algae-covered rocks in San Francisco Bay will provide clues into how many drugs and chemicals are polluting waters across the nation. (Associated Press)
Blue moon will shine on New Year’s Eve
LOS ANGELES - Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year’s Eve. (Associated Press)
San Francisco’s sea lion horde evacuates its Pier 39 home
SAN FRANCISCO - Last month, marine scientists counted more than 1,500 sea lions on fabled Pier 39, a record number that delighted tourists and baffled scientists. (Associated Press)
Girl, 11, accused in plot to kill mother
CLEARWATER, Fla. - An 11-year-old Florida girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend are accused of plotting to kill the girl’s mother by setting her bedroom on fire while the woman slept yesterday, police said. (Associated Press)
Help is aimed across harsh border
SAN DIEGO - A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their illegal trek through the harsh desert into the United States. (By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press)
Science center sued over anti-Darwin film
LOS ANGELES - The California Science Center will start the new year defending itself in court for canceling a documentary film attacking Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. (By Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times)
Senior sleuths help fight Medicare fraud
MIAMI - The first box that arrived at Shirley Shupp’s door was filled with braces to help with her arthritis. Then came a motorized scooter, just like the one the 69-year-old already owned. She had not asked for any of it - but Medicare was apparently footing the bill. (By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press)
Obama moves to open up Cold War secrets
WASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday ordered the federal government to rethink how it protects the nation’s secrets, in a move that was expected to declassify more than 400 million pages of Cold War-era documents and curb the number of government records hidden from the public. (By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press)
Florida AG challenges constitutionality of health care bill
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said yesterday he is reviewing whether the health care legislation under debate in Congress is constitutional because it requires that individuals buy health insurance or pay a penalty. (Boston Globe)
Beverly Hills considers closing schools to outsiders to cut costs
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Threats on Facebook, name-calling, security guard escorts - tempers are running high around schools these days in this normally sedate enclave of ostentatious wealth. (By Christina Hoag, Associated Press)
Interim chiefs to run talks on security
WASHINGTON - Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year. (Globe Wire Services)
Key events in Detroit terror plot
2008 ■ June 12: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab applies for a visa at the US Embassy in London. (Associated Press)