Tom Foreman | BIO
AC360° Correspondent

A group of friends and I went golfing once, and this guy Craig said, “Hey, let’s put some money on the game to make it interesting.” Not being a regular or particularly skilled golfer, my immediate response was, “My tee shot just sliced over two fairways and knocked out the beer cart girl. Don’t you think that’s interesting enough?”

Mexico City, Mexico
CNN

Three members of the family of a Mexican marine who died in a shootout last week were killed Tuesday in the southern state of Tabasco, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said.

Matt Latimer
Author, Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor
Former White House Speechwriter

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Congress,
Every creature was frantic,
from lnsurers to lobbyists.

Chris Guillebeau
AC360° Contributor

When I venture out in to the world by myself, as I am prone to do from time to time, people sometimes ask, “Don’t you get lonely?” There are two answers to this question, both of which are true.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta | BIO
AC360° Contributor
CNN Chief Medical Correspondent

As we continue this discussion, there are a few emerging themes. So, to keep the direction focused, I will try and take on one at a time. The topic I would like to explore today is “personal responsibility.”

Maureen Miller
AC360° Writer
 

Mark your calendar. The vote for final passage of the Senate health care reform plan is now set for Christmas Eve morning.

Andrew Downie
Time

There are few winners in the case of Sean Goldman, the 9-year old boy at the center of a custody battle between his American father and Brazilian stepfather. But the losers are easy to spot, starting with common sense. More worryingly for Brazil, a growing nation desperate to be taken seriously on the world stage, is the damage being done to its image.

Michael Schulder
CNN Senior Executive Producer

The Tiger Woods story has triggered a memory that led me to two old photos. One photo is real. One is doctored.

Medill News Service and the Center for Responsive Politics
For the Chicago Tribune

Behind Congress' overhaul of the $2 trillion health care system is an army of lobbyists with a heavy complement of insiders, former staffers who had either worked for Congressional leaders or for congressmen who worked on committees that had a hand in shaping the legislation. This database details more than 200 of these former staffers who lobbied health care issues in 2008 and 2009.

Ismael Estrada
AC360° Producer

It was 6 a.m. on September 1, 1991. I was 20 and in a deep sleep in my childhood bedroom. I had come home for a few months and found that there was no comfort like the familiar bed where you've slept your entire life. My sister tapped me on the shoulder gently to wake me up. She whispered in my ear and I jumped out of bed. It was the worst day of my life.

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