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A girl lifts weights during the 2010 Shapedown program for overweight adolescents and children in Colorado.

10 things you need to know today: December 11, 2012

Childhood obesity dips slightly, Cairo braces for dueling protests, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
Men dressed as zombies walk through the central business district during the Sydney Zombie Walk on Oct. 24.

WATCH: The Australian prime minister's tongue-in-cheek zombie apocalypse warning

Beware "flesh-eating zombies, demonic hell beasts"

 
Morsi delivers a televised statement in Cairo on Dec. 6.

10 things you need to know today: December 10, 2012

Obama pitches his fiscal plan to workers, Morsi gives the Egyptian army power to arrest, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
Egyptian riot police stand guard as protesters demonstrate in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on Dec. 7.

Mohamed Morsi's concessions: Crisis averted in Egypt?

Egypt's president gives up newly declared powers to pacify his liberal-secular opponents, but it may not be enough

 
Manny Pacquiao lays face down on the mat after being knocked out in the sixth round by Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. 8.

10 things you need to know today: December 9, 2012

Egypt's Morsi rolls back his power decree, Marquez knocks out Pacquiao, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
Same-sex marriage: Next stop, the Supreme Court.

10 things you need to know today: December 8, 2012

The Supreme Court agrees to examine gay marriage, Psy apologizes, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama: Talking once again.

10 things you need to know today: December 7, 2012

November jobs gains beat expectations, Egypt's opposition mulls a call for dialogue, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
Morsi delivers a televised statement in Cairo on Dec. 6.

Is Mohamed Morsi losing control of Egypt?

Egypt's president pours rhetorical gas on the fiery confrontations rocking his country, prompting worries that it's too late to save Egypt's fledgling democracy

 
D.B. Grady

D.B. Grady: Why the world is preparing for war in Mali

Regional volatility, imported weapons from Libya, and a poisonous religious ideology have turned the West African nation into a new Afghanistan

 
An Egyptian woman holds a national flag as she listens to speakers in Tahrir Square on Dec. 4.

Dispatch from Cairo: How Egypt's revolution turned on itself

An escalating conflict is threatening to turn a nasty parliamentary debate into something more akin to a civil war

 
Apple staff members cheer before the Oct. 20 opening of the new Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing.

10 things you need to know today: December 6, 2012

Egypt sends tanks to Morsi's palace, Apple shares sink, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: "To anyone who would want to attack Turkey, we say, 'Don't even think about it.'"

NATO missiles on the Turkey-Syria border: A big blow to Assad?

The western military alliance is moving to the front lines for the first time in Syria's 20-month civil war

 
This fantasy carriage crib may help William and Kate's new baby feel like, well, a princess.

For royal babies who have everything: 8 bizarrely elite products

Sure, you don't have to be the Duchess of Cambridge to buy these baby gifts. But you do need to be pretty flush with cash

 
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi claimed sweeping new powers on Nov. 23.

10 things you need to know today: December 5, 2012

The GOP is split over tax hikes, Egypt's Morsi returns to his palace after fleeing, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

 
Kate Middleton's emotional road to motherhood: A tabloid cover round up

Kate Middleton's emotional road to motherhood: A tabloid cover roundup

She can't have children! She's pregnant with twins! Celebrity magazines have taken quite a few liberties reporting Will and Kate's many supposed pregnancies

 
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