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• Trial nears for white Chicago police officer who killed black woman

National

American Alan Gross completes fifth year in Cuban prison

Jailed U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor Alan Gross, (R), poses for a picture during a visit with Cuban Jewish Community leader Adela Dworin, (C), and David Prinstein, Vice President, at Havana's Carlos J Finlay Military Hospital September 28, 2012. REUTERS/Handout

• Despite Obama promises, Ferguson protesters say more change needed

• Former Cake drummer gets prison for child molestation

• Texas set to execute murderer afflicted with severe mental illness

• Massachusetts hospital says treating possible Ebola patient

• Texas university loses 100 human brains

Politics, Government & Elections

Obama urges Congress to approve $6 billion for Ebola fight

President Barack Obama (R) tours the Vaccine Research Center with Dr. Nancy Sullivan (L), U.S. Secretary of HHS Sylvia Burwell (2nd L), and Dr. Anthony Fauci (2nd R) to talk about Ebola, during a visit to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing

• Obama settles on Ashton Carter as Pentagon chief, sources say

• U.S.-led coalition has weakened Islamic State, Kerry says

• Republican Boehner tries to avoid spending fight on immigration

• Iowa firebrand is face of Republican fight on U.S. immigration order

• Top Senate Republican sees possible major healthcare legislation

• Tea Party more subdued, pragmatic as budget deadline looms

• Bill would cap Russian engines on U.S. satellite launches

International

U.S. believes Iran launched air raids on Islamic State in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (L) speaks to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prior to a round table meeting of the global coalition to counter the Islamic State militant group at NATO headquarters in Brussels December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

• Hong Kong 'Occupy' leaders surrender as pro-democracy protests appear to wither

• Iraq says woman detained in Lebanon is not Baghdadi wife

• In Egypt, Mubarak verdict signals return of old order

• Ukraine energy minister says accident at nuclear plant poses 'no threat'

• IAEA says needs $5.7 million to monitor extended Iran atom deal

• Israel's Netanyahu asks for 'clear mandate' in early election

Science, Technology and the Environment

Japanese asteroid probe sets off on six-year journey

A H-IIA rocket carrying Hayabusa 2 space probe blasts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, in this photo taken by Kyodo December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Kyodo

• Europe recovers wayward Galileo satellite

• Gene studies suggest King Richard III was a blond, blue-eyed boy