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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87873038&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A prominent televangelist appeared before a worldwide television audience Tuesday to admit that he had an affair with a woman years ago — and to allege that three people had tried to extort millions of dollars from him to stay quiet about his infidelity.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87873036&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A 15-year-old student who held about two dozen students and a teacher hostage for several hours in a classroom at a Wisconsin high school died Tuesday at a hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87873034&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Republicans reluctant to quickly ratify a nuclear weapons deal with Russia said Tuesday the Obama administration had addressed some of their concerns, raising the prospect for Senate approval of the landmark treaty.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87873033&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The father of three young brothers who have been missing since Thanksgiving was charged with their kidnapping on Tuesday, hours after police said it's unlikely the boys will be found alive.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87873032&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK All 197 airlines that fly to the U.S. are now collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers so the government can check them against terror watch lists before they fly, the Obama administration announced Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87873031&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Gay troops can serve openly in the armed forces without harming the military's ability to fight, the Pentagon's top leaders declared Tuesday, calling for the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" ban to be scrapped and pointing to a new survey to show most troops won't mind.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87873030&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Heralding a new era of divided government, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans pledged warily to seek common ground on tax cuts and reduced spending Tuesday in their first meeting since tumultuous midterm elections.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87873029&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The State Department severed its computer files from the government's classified network, officials said Tuesday, as U.S. and world leaders tried to clean up from the embarrassing leak that spilled America's sensitive documents onto screens around the globe.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87872992&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Cancun's eroding white sand beaches are providing a note of urgency to the climate talks being held just south of this seaside resort famed for its postcard-perfect vistas.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87872990&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congressional investigators say the government is losing tens of millions of dollars in potential royalties from energy companies that let immense volumes of natural gas escape into the atmosphere.