Week 14 NFL Matchups

New York TimesChargers (9-3) at Cowboys (8-4)The Cowboys don’t want to hear about their 15-27 record in December over the past decade. They’ve been interrogated in news conferences and on talk radio. They’ve been criticized by everyone from their own stars of yesteryear — some of whom raised off-field distractions to an art form — to citizen bloggers who equate December toughness with… Read more

Mugabe opens Zanu-PF congress

Al Jazeera EnglishRobert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s president, has condemned splits within Zanu-PF, saying internal fighting is tearing the party apart and emboldening its rivals.Mugabe opened the party’s congress in the capital, Harare, on Friday, and addressed the party for the first time since it lost absolute grip of power and entered a unity government.”The reason why we lost last year was because… Read more

SABCS: More Evidence that Bisphosphonates Prevent Breast Cancer

MedPage TodayAction Points Explain to patients that two studies have shown that drugs used to treat osteoporosis may help reduce the risk of breast cancer.Note that the findings came from retrospective reviews of databases and cannot prove that bisphosphonates prevent breast cancer.Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should… Read more

Rule 5 Draft

According to David Lennon of Newsday, a scout said teams had been trying to move up to select RHP Carlos Monasterios, who the Mets drafted then immediatly traded to the Dodgers. …by the way, the Mets just announced the trade in a press release… Updated at 10:32 am: The major-league phase of the Rule 5 Draft is over. …i will do a recap of the minor-league phase later in the day…… Read more

Mexico Is Seeking Zelaya’s Safe Passage From Honduras

BloombergDec. 10 (Bloomberg) — Mexico’s government is trying to negotiate the safe passage to its country of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who said he is waiting permission from the acting government in Tegucigalpa to leave the Brazilian embassy where he’s been holed up since September.Mexico’s foreign ministry, in an e-mailed statement, said it was acting upon a request from… Read more

Ed Miliband: climate change deniers are ‘profoundly irresponsible’

guardian.co.ukEd Miliband, the climate change secretary, today said critics who argue that climate change is not the result of human actions are “profoundly irresponsible”.As negotiating teams from 192 countries gather in Copenhagen for the climate change summit, Miliband admitted there was “further to go” on persuading climate change sceptics here and abroad. But he defended Gordon Brown’s… Read more

Copenhagen climate summit: ‘long way to go’ to convince sceptics, says Ed Miliband

TelegraphMr Miliband said politicians face a “huge challenge” to convince people that action on global warming should be a priority since much of the evidence is invisible.He conceded that the row over leaked emails from scientists in East Anglia which appeared to suggest data making the case for man-made climate change was manipulated had been “damaging”.But he insisted that there was “as close… Read more