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Just 48 hours after the Republican midterm victory, conservatives were debating whether it's better to try to change the law in the next Congress or lay the groundwork for 2012 when they could pursue a takeover of the Senate and White House.

With Israel's military poised to stage a land, sea and air invasion of Gaza, we hear from a Palestinian journalist who has already fled northern Gaza with her family.

BBC staff are on the first of two 48-hour strikes to protest pension changes. The walkout has disrupted many of the state-funded organization's broadcasts.

Oklahoma lawmakers met this week to discuss groundwater levels, which are declining in many parts of the state, and explore possible solutions.

Election campaigns are a great way for reporters to see the U.S. NPR's Don Gonyea checked off visiting state number 50 on a visit to Wyoming, and says it was a great way to mark the milestone.

Have you got "rizz"? Oxford University Press has selected this shortened form of "charisma" as its word of the year.

The chairman of one of India's largest technology outsourcing companies has resigned after admitting the company's profits had been inflated for several years. The scandal at Satyam Computer Services Ltd. threatens future foreign investments in India and tarnishes the once-booming outsourcing sector.

Brazil's popular former president has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva denies wrongdoing. He remains free pending appeal.

New research may be changing the debate over how we think about screen time for young children.

Hamas' reaction was generally "positive" but it still insists on a permanent cease-fire and full Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza, which Israel has rejected. The U.S. will discuss it with Israel.