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Barack Obama is a master at grabbing and keeping his audience's attention, which is the number one goal of any public speaker. How does he do it? Here are five key lessons from Obama's rhetorical playbook.

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Even smart people make financial moves that are downright illogical. Emotions and superstitions have a sneaky way of keeping you from rational financial decisions. But dumb choices can have serious, real-world consequences. Here are some of the biggest blunders we all make, plus tips from the experts on how to keep cool.

The Seattle Times: Nation & World

NYC police: Officer kills Times Square scammer
A plainclothes cop chased a scam artist through sidewalks crowded with holiday shoppers and tourists Thursday in the heart of Times Square, killing the suspect near a landmark Broadway hotel after a gunfight that shattered box office and gift shop windows, police said.
Train derails west of Denver, car falls 25 feet
A freight train derailed near the foothills west of Denver Thursday, sending an empty grain car plunging about 25 feet to the roadway below.
Promotion day arrives for white Conn. firefighters
Amid blaring bagpipes, the crowd erupted with even louder cheers, whistles and shouts when firefighters entered a high school auditorium to receive their promotional badges after a 5-year legal battle that ended with a U.S. Supreme Court victory.
Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace
Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace."
Pakistani police: 5 detained US men sought jihad
Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan wanted to join militants in the country's Taliban-ruled tribal region, battle U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan and die as martyrs, police officials said Thursday.
SC Gov. Sanford wants to reconcile with first lady
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Thursday he still wants to reconcile with the first lady even though Jenny Sanford has made clear she won't be standing by his side in the wake of his affair.
Documentary peeks at Fidel Castro's human side
The Rev. Jesse Jackson took him to church for the first time in 27 years. Home run legend Hank Aaron asked him for autographed baseballs. Literary great Gabriel Garcia Marquez gave him a copy of "Dracula" that kept him up all night reading and smuggled ingredients into the country so he could make baklava.
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 857
As of Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at least 857 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EST.
T. Rex going to Ore. for stay at Portland museum
A skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex will spend much of 2010 along the banks of the Willamette River at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,368
As of Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at least 4,368 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Officials seek release of 57 Philippine hostages
Officials negotiated for a second day Friday with government-armed former militiamen who took 57 villagers hostage in the southern Philippines to press their demands that murder and banditry charges against them be dropped.
Mexican journalists create group against attacks
Mexican journalists have formed an advocacy group in response to attacks on reporters.
LA County tallies $19.8 million in wildfire damage
Estimated damage to Los Angeles County infrastructure and other costs resulting from three summer wildfires now total $19.8 million.
LA investigators say prominent lawyer was slain
Investigators said Thursday that a prominent trial lawyer who was found fatally shot outside his home was the victim of a homicide.
NM teen pleads not guilty in Navajo nun's murder
A New Mexico prosecutor's spokesman says an 18-year-old man accused of killing a nun on the Navajo reservation pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree murder and burglary charges.
Ecuador: US helped Colombia attack on FARC chief
Intelligence obtained by U.S. forces based in Ecuador helped Colombia's military locate the senior rebel commander killed in a cross-border raid by Colombian troops last year, a government commission said Thursday.
Witness: Suspect in Smart case not faking illness
A court-appointed forensic psychologist testified Thursday that the man charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart isn't faking mental illness to avoid prosecution.
Argentine ex-spy on trial in deaths of French nuns
A former navy spy goes on trial Friday in the torture deaths of two French nuns, a journalist and three founders of a human rights group that he infiltrated during Argentina's military dictatorship.
EU seeks to preserve united front on climate
The EU's self-proclaimed position as global leader in the fight against climate change was rocked Thursday by the bloc's failure to agree on how much they are willing to pay as a continent to help poor countries cope with and fight global warming.
Bahamas man charged with robbing Segway tours
A 21-year-old man has been charged with robbing two groups of cruise ship passengers with a shotgun as they toured the capital of Nassau on Segways.
Haleakala in Hawaii picked as solar telescope site
The National Science Foundation has picked Maui's Haleakala mountaintop as the site for the world's largest solar optical telescope.
Swedish company controls Nobel ceremony footage
When President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, a single Swedish company controlled the dissemination of his words.
NYer cleared after woman says rape claim was lie
A construction worker behind bars for nearly four years for a gang rape that never happened was cleared Thursday after his accuser admitted she lied to make her friends feel sorry for her.
Junta says talks on Guinea crisis to continue
Top western ambassadors prepared to attend negotiations on Guinea's political crisis as a junta official said the talks in neighboring Burkina Faso would continue over the weekend.
3rd convict in Tenn. slayings gets life in prison
The third man to be convicted in the brutal carjacking and torture murders of a young Tennessee couple has been sentenced to life without parole.

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