COMING SOON: THE INVESTIGATIONS

House Republicans plan assault on Obamacare...
Piece by Piece...
BOEHNER PLANS REPEAL VOTE -- IN WEEKS...
Issa: Obama administration 'one of most corrupt in modern times'...
...vows to take on White House over spending...
New Congress sets its eyes on oversight...
Goolsbee: Failure to Raise Debt Ceiling Would Be 'Catastrophic'...
...don't 'play chicken'


COMING SOON: THE INVESTIGATIONS

THE TRIPS, THE BILLS, THE SPEECHES: Obama's 2010, By the Numbers... Obama to Meet with NATIONAL REVIEW's Rich Lowry... Clinton, Chavez have 'friendly' chat... Evictions of ambassadors... Venezuelans fret over prices after devaluation... Netanyahu wants 'nonstop' talks with Palestinians... Israel preparing for 'large scale war'... Iran 'shoots down Western spy drones' in Gulf... Beijing Residents Rush to Register New Cars to Meet China's Quota System... Schwarzenegger leaves public office with 22% approval... Governments Help Markets Score Big in 2010... Oil's surge paves way for $4 gasoline... Big Health-Care Changes Arrive in 2011... ABCNEWS Staffer Warns GOP Against ObamaCare Repeal... BEAT THE PRESS: Newspaper photog assaulted at senator's news conference... VIDEO... NKorea warns war would bring 'nuclear holocaust'... World's heaviest man -- gets out...

Navy opens probe into raunchy videos... HOT WATER... Details... IRS says 50 million taxpayers must delay filing... Extension of Bush cuts came too late... HAPPY NEW YEAR! CALIFORNIA ENACTS 725 NEW LAWS... Kiss your 100-watt lightbulb goodbye... COPS: Woman Set Boyfriend on Fire on New Year's Eve... 17 hurt at LA Arena rave... 10 crushed to death in SAfrica bar stampede... THE BIG STINK: Trash Piles Up Across NYC After Blizzard... Man tries suicide leap; saved by massive pile... PAPER: NYC Sanitation workers boozed amid snow chaos... Prominent Kremlin opponent gets 15 days in jail... Obama given a 20-MAN motorcade to visit childhood friend... TV Crew Covering President Claims Mistreatment... Rioting prisoners set fire to British jail... Sparked by 'breath tests'... As frustration grows, airports consider ditching T&A... Man strips at airport checkpoint in protest... Terrorist watch list: One tip now enough to put name in database... Website aims to be FACEBOOK for gays in military... TWITTER BREAKING NEWS FEED... ABCNEWS NOTE MIKE ALLEN PLAYBOOK MSNBC FIRST READ WASH POST RUNDOWN...

PAPER: With Air Force's new drone, 'we can see everything'... FREAK: 1,000 birds fall from sky in Arkansas... Suicide bomber kills 21 at Christian church in Egypt... Christians, Muslims clash in streets... Vatican fears exodus from Middle East... Top psychic predicts Michelle Obama to get pregnant... Dem Sen writes to family of fallen soldier -- gets name wrong... Overall Movie Attendance Down Sharply in 2010... Ex-Treasury chief Paulson loses $1 million on DC home... IPhone Users Experience Third Failure of Alarm Clock Function Over Weekend... WEB WAR: EXPEDIA Drops AMERICAN AIRLINES in Price Dispute... 5-hour wait in ER ends with amputations for 2-year-old girl... Rare miniature 'panda cow' born in CO... REFRESH DRUDGE REPORT FOR LATEST...

NYC SNOW JOB: SLOW CLEAN-UP WAS UNION 'PROTEST

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NYC SNOW JOB: SLOW CLEAN-UP WAS UNION 'PROTEST'

3.8 MAG QUAKE JOLTS INDIANA... MAP... Felt In Chicago... Florida holding 'no refusal' DUI checkpoints; Blood demand... Texas, too... Internet groups fear UN could threaten web... China preparing for armed conflict 'in every direction'... ...shuts down 60,000 'pornographic websites'; arrests 5,000 people... Former Israeli president convicted of rape... VIDEO: Oil Could Push to $110... Home foreclosures jump... Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max'... Anorexic model who appeared in shock fashion campaign dies at 28... Playboy mansion a 'squalid prison,' former Playmates say... NINTENDO issues health warning on its 3D games... Advertisement

Obama bypasses Senate, appoints envoy to Syria... WASH POST STAFFER: Constitution Impossible to Understand Because It's Over 100 Years Old... CLAIM: Obama's Million Dollar Hawaiian Vacation: Costs to Taxpayers Detailed... EXTENDED STAY... ELDER: $5 Gas Predicted Under Obama -- What, No Pitchforks? TIME'S JOE KLEIN: 'NOTHING MUCH HAPPENED IN 2010'... PUTIN PAYBACK: Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky gets 14-year sentence... Criticism of verdict mounts... Swiss franc hits record high vs dollar, euro, pound... UK union leaders predict surge in strike action next year... Woman Saves Dog With Mouth-To-Mouth Resuscitation... TWITTER BREAKING NEWS FEED...

Hurricane winds hit L.A. -- 94 mph gusts! Storm Chaos Shows Flip Side of Airlines' Efficiency Push... Flights at JFK Sit on Tarmac for Hours... Have we become nation of whiners and wimps? 'Artificial intelligence to transform web'... Cuba slashes state-subsidised soap... Yemeni Detainees at Gitmo Get Video Call Service... Tinsel Town egos stripped bare: Film critic exposes unvarnished truth of Hollywood stars... 900-pound bull escapes on way to slaughter... New Year's resolutions 'barely last longer than week'... Sisters serving life released; one ordered to give other a kidney... 6-foot-7 man forced to stand during flight on Spirit Airlines... REFRESH DRUDGE REPORT FOR LATEST...

RECORD NUMBERS FLOCK TO BETHLEHEM

RECORD NUMBERS FLOCK TO BETHLEHEM

STOCKS SOAR: Pre-Christmas rally pushes shares to biggest gains in decade... ...momentum in 2011? Obama Reading List: Book on Reagan... Midwest Snow Disrupting Christmas Travel... SNOWBALL EXPRESS MOVES EAST... Paris Charles de Gaulle Cuts Flights 50% on Antifreeze Shortage... Partly evacuated over roof fears... Medvedev Hails Obama After Treaty Is Ratified... OPEC Members 'Target $100'... China bars political dissident access to lawyers... Indefinite detention possible for suspects at Guantanamo Bay... CHRISTMAS MIRACLE UPDATE: Santa didn't rob bar; bartender charged... 51-year-old recipient of 16-year-old's heart... Person leaves nugget of gold in SALVATION ARMY kettle... Mother Gives Daughter One Of Her Kidneys... Anonymous retiree hands out $20,000 to homeless on Skid Row... Online Holiday Sales Climb 15%... Advertisement

Pope talks of God's 'surprises'... Swiss men with CIA links face nuclear secrets trial... CIA SECRETS COULD SURFACE IN SWISS CASE... NYC ART HEIST: ANDY WARHOL PRINTS VANISH... Thief tunnels through apartment wall... COAL IN STOCKING FOR AMANPOUR: ABCNEWS 'THIS WEEK' RATINGS -49%... Assange fears death in a US jail... Hitler's Christmas party: Rare photos capture leading Nazis celebrating... BYPASS CONGRESS: EPA moves unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases... Jury pool in marijuana case stages 'mutiny'... Pat Robertson questions harsh pot laws... TWITTER BREAKING NEWS FEED...

CHINA READY TO 'BAIL OUT' EU

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SNAPSHOTS: Putin shows off judo moves; Obama dons a lei in Hawaiian getaway...


CHINA READY TO 'BAIL OUT' EU

SHOCK VIDEO: 4-Foot High Mud 'n Flood Encases Cars in California... Snowstorm Threat Shifts South... Dangerous... Atlanta first snowy Christmas Day since 1882? Syracuse smashes snow records for December... Forecasters: Colorado faces most dangerous avalanche conditions in state history... Freak diversion of jet stream paralyzing globe with freezing conditions... Oil prices trade near two-year highs... 'SPIDER-MAN' will resume with 'new' safety measures... Stuntman Condition Still Serious... Anti-Israel ads fuel controversy in Seattle... CHRISTMAS MIRACLE Firefighters save one of their own... 51-year-old recipient of 16-year-old's heart... Person leaves nugget of gold in SALVATION ARMY kettle... Mother Gives Daughter One Of Her Kidneys...

IBM Predicts Holographic Calls, Air-Breathing Batteries by 2015... UPDATE: Package Bombs Hit Embassies in Rome... Romanian man hurls himself from Parliament balcony in protest at austerity measures... HORROR: 45 people lynched amid Haiti cholera terror... Armageddon-Fearing Pilgrims Flock To French Village... School sends home permission slips for Pledge of Allegiance... Oprah Attacks: President Palin 'does not scare me because I believe in intelligence of American public'... RADIO WAR: Michael Savage Sues Talk Syndicator... Scientists Defend $700k 'Cow Burp' Greenhouse Gas Study... Travel warnings issued for Mexico as holidays begin... Jury pool in marijuana case stages 'mutiny'... Alabama Town's Failed Pension Is Warning... TWITTER BREAKING NEWS FEED... ABCNEWS NOTE MIKE ALLEN PLAYBOOK MSNBC FIRST READ WASH POST RUNDOWN...

NKorea makes 'Holy War' nuclear threat... SKorea holds massive new drills... War games... China speeds plans to launch aircraft carrier... More people fall out of Obama mortgage-aid program... ...Bureaucratic mess Obama toasts 'season of progress'... SPIEGEL: 'Obama Was Biggest Loser of 2010'... Vice Admiral: Obama was outmaneuvered by Russians on START... 'Gay suicide' parents to sue Rutgers... Jurors in Murder Trial Held for Hours so Judge can Vacation... DRAHMA: Chicago Panel to Decide on Emanuel... REFRESH DRUDGE REPORT FOR LATEST...

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL

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DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL

Freak diversion of jet stream paralyzing globe with freezing conditions... Airport shut down -- by stuffed chicken... Producers Cancel Wednesday Night's 'SPIDER-MAN' Show... Stuntman Condition Still Serious... REPORT: Michelle's separate departure to Hawaii cost extra $63,000... CHRISTMAS CRIMES Thief Returns Stolen Baby Jesus... Students punished for distributing candy canes... SALVATION ARMY kettle stolen, again... Stores put security tags on turkeys to stop shoplifters... School janitor steals bag of presents from principal's office... SONY SOFT: Michael Jackson's New Album Finishes at Number 3... Hospital demands job applicants take nicotine tests... Boy Dies After Playing Pass Out Game... Advertisement

Feds move to gain direct access to health data... CITY SCHOOLS TO BE 'SWEET FREE' ZONES... RADIO WAR: Michael Savage Sues Talk Syndicator... BLOOMBERG News sues European Central Bank! Greeks strike before austerity budget vote... ...tension as Italian students protest education law Cops: Mother abandons disabled son at SEAWORLD... Dead woman found in suitcase in Harlem... Mounting opposition to DC Metro searches; Civil liberties groups organize petition... 'Travel-trained' masses... China bars English words in all publications... TWITTER BREAKING NEWS FEED... ABCNEWS NOTE MIKE ALLEN PLAYBOOK MSNBC FIRST READ WASH POST RUNDOWN...

Teacher has boy arrested -- for using permanent marker in classroom... Obama pledges 'singular focus' on economy during next 2 years... ONE YEAR AGO: 'Obama to focus hard on economy'... TWO YEARS AGO: Obama to put renewed focus on job creation... Congress Makes Most Laws Since 1960s... One-sixth of House skips final lame-duck votes... Slow growth highlights fragility; Warning of 'vicious circle' in housing sales... CIA creates WIKILEAKS task force, dubs it WTF... Norwegian newspaper claims to have all 251,287 leaked cables... THE MAN WHO DECLARED WAR ON MURDOCH... AND LOST UK business secretary stripped of media role... BUGS: Listening devices found in Vermont Town Hall offices... Water Works employees indicted for stealing -- water... Lindsay Lohan Snuck Out of Rehab for Alcohol, Worker Says... Obama orders breastfeeding policy for federal workplace... REFRESH DRUDGE REPORT FOR LATEST.

Obamacare Death Panel's First Murder

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked its regulatory approval of the drug Avastin to treat late stage, metastatic breast cancer. Each year, the practicing oncologists chosen by 17,500 American women to save them from their life-threatening, heavily progressed cancer prescribe Avastin to treat them.
The FDA explained that it was revoking approval of the drug for that use because it decided that the drug does not provide "a sufficient benefit in slowing disease progression to outweigh the significant risk to patients." Risk? The drug is prescribed for women who are otherwise going to die from cancer unless the drug saves them at least for a time. The far greater risk to these women is from the FDA, not the drug.
As The Wall Street Journal said last Friday in response to the FDA's explanation:

Ponder that [word] "sufficient." The agency is substituting its own judgment about clinical meaningfulness for those of practicing oncologists and terminally ill cancer patients.

That FDA judgment was determined last summer by an internal agency panel of 13 experts, only two of whom were breast cancer oncologists, and none of whom were breast cancer patients.

Government liabilities rose $2 trillion for year...

BLOWOUT: Government liabilities rose $2 trillion for year...


PEOPLE: 308,745,538
DEBT: $13,868,461,000,000

STATE OF THE NATION: Census shows slowing US growth... GOP-leaning states pick up seats in Congress... NY, OH, IL, MA, NJ and PA lose seats... White House downplays political impact... City threat to shut street lights in budget crunch... Funding Deal Snarls Obama Agenda... Unemployed get another jobless benefit -- free yoga... Latest Terror Threat Aimed to 'Poison Food'... CHRISTMAS CRIMES 'Baby Jesus' stolen from manger... Christmas Sweater Club Punished At Local High School... Cop shoots and kills family Golden Retriever... SALVATION ARMY kettle stolen, again... Stores put security tags on turkeys to stop shoplifters... Singing Santa Driving Residents Nuts... Police: Man kills bride, best man, self at wedding... AZ hospital loses Catholic status over surgery...

FCC Gives Government Power to Regulate Web... Agency splits along party lines... DeMint vows to reverse 'Internet takeover'... Arms treaty with Russia nears Senate approval... AP: TOP 10 STORIES OF 2010... SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING: Flier wrongly accuses Philly man in deaths... DC Metro randomly inspects bags... REPORT: Millions enter US without passports, secure IDs... Judge sets limits on time residents may gather in building lobby... Woman With Gun Enters TV Station... SHOCK: China online stores offer skin products made from cat and dogs... TWITTER BREAKING NEWS FEED...

Obama's Top Intelligence Official Unfamiliar with London Terror Arrests... SHOCK VIDEO... THE MAN WHO DECLARED WAR ON MURDOCH... AND LOST UK business secretary stripped of media role... DRAMA: Rahm's residency hearing officer to give recommendation today... Life Ingredients Found in Superhot Meteorites... Deputies wrangle monkeys at meth lab raid! 'Epic proportions' of snow could fall in Colo. mountains... 'Mini ice age coming'... Record rain in West... Dramatic satellite image shows huge storms heading toward L.A... An 'atmospheric river' of rain... UPDATE: Winter disruptions turn travel bitter, chaotic in Europe... Misery at Heathrow Continues... China moves in to 'rescue' EU... Prisons get education funds; Corrections biggest recipient of federal stimulus... AGAIN: Actor Plunges To Stage During SPIDER-MAN Performance... VIDEO... The show will go on... 'Flash mob' forces evacuation at California mall...