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

Live chat: Tony Grossi analyzes beating the Steelers at noon

clevelandChat live with Tony Grossi today at noon.How did the Browns beat the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers for the first time in 13 games last night? Does Eric Mangini deserve another year solely based on beating Pittsburgh? What does this win mean for the rest of the season?Tony Grossi will be online for a special live Friday chat at noon to provide the answers and field your questions… Read more

US Growing Impatient With Iran

Wall Street JournalGen. James Jones has the ramrod-straight demeanor and no-frills speaking style befitting someone who once was the commandant of the Marine Corps. And so it is with matter-of-fact precision that President Barack Obama’s national security adviser describes where things stand in the quest to walk back Iran’s nuclear program.”Iran still controls its destiny on this issue,” he says… Read more

Man Pleads Guilty To Stalking Erin Andrews

ClickOnDetroitLOS ANGELES — An insurance executive agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking after secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, according to court documents filed Thursday and first obtained by The Associated Press.Michael Barrett, 48, will plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Tuesday, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman with the U.S. attorney’s… Read more

Slowing Expansion, Harvard Suspends Work on Tower

New York TimesBOSTON – Harvard announced Thursday that it would indefinitely suspend construction on a high-tech science complex in the Allston neighborhood of Boston because of money problems.’The altered financial landscape of the university, and of the wider world, necessitates a shift away from rapid development in Allston,’ Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard’s president, wrote in a letter released… 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

Zelaya talks to leave Honduras for Mexico hit snag

Washington PostTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Talks on Wednesday between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government about leaving the country for Mexico after spending nearly three months holed up in the Brazilian Embassy hit a snag over the issue of asylum.If Zelaya leaves Honduras it will end his hopes of returning to office and seal a victory for the coup leaders who… 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