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Headlines Newsletter December 30th, 2008 All stories, blogs, and video »

Israel's Onslaught: One of Its Bloodiest Attacks on Palestinians in 60 Years By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Reports indicate that 350 people have been killed and 1,400 injured in the aerial strikes across the Gaza Strip since Saturday morning. Read more »   Gaza: Leaders Lie, Civilians Die and the Lessons of History Are Ignored By Robert Fisk, Independent UK Quite a lot of the dead this weekend appear to have been Hamas members, but what is it supposed to solve? Read more »   Announcing the 2008 P.U.-litzer Prizes By Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon, AlterNet The year's stinkiest media performances. Read more »   8 Things That Must Happen Now to Salvage the Economy -- and the Country By Jeff Madrick, The Nation The U.S. is no longer merely in crisis; it is in a state of emergency. And it will take more than re-regulating Wall Street to fix it. Read more »   Getting Past the 'Protein Myth' That Keeps People from Quitting Meat and Dairy By Kathy Freston, Huffington Post The way Americans obsess about protein, you'd think protein deficiency was the number one health problem in America. Of course it's not. Read more »   Are Older People Happier? By Lee Drutman, Miller-McCune.com New research shows that happiness may have little to do with youth, mental sharpness or even physical health. Read more »   Guess Which Corporate Suits Did the Most to Wreck the Economy? Men. By Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group America doesn't have enough women business executives for them to be visible, let alone destroy the economy. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     MSNBC Host: It Wouldn't Be 'Funny' If Someone Called Me 'Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady' By Ben Armbruster, Think Progress Tamron Hall slams Kate Obenshain for defending Chip Saltman's controversial Christmas greeting. Read more »   Gaza Update: 'Closed Military Zone' By Siun, Firedoglake Defense officials said that Israel would not hesitate to target the homes of civilians who protected Hamas terrorists throughout the operation. Read more »   Bye-Bye 2008: Things I Want to Forget By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post Sarah Palin shows up a few times on this list. Read more »   Cheney: 'I Don't Have Any Idea' Why People Don't Like Me By Faiz Shakir, Think Progress Only 29 percent of Americans approve of the job Dick Cheney is doing as Vice President. Read more »

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