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HIGHLIGHTING
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TRUMP-BORDER WALL (developing)
TRUMP-FACT CHECK WEEK (sent)
PELOSI-LESSONS LEARNED (sent)
PAKISTAN-CHINA-UIGHUR WIVES (sent)
DEPORTATION FLIGHTS (upcoming)
GOOGLE-NEW YORK (sent)
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WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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BRITAIN-MARKLE'S FATHER — Meghan Markle's father has appealed to his daughter to call him, saying they hadn't been in touch since her wedding to Prince Harry in May. SENT: 140 words.
GOLDEN GLOBES-JEFF BRIDGES — Jeff Bridges will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes in January. SENT: 320 words, photos.
VAPING BOOM— Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use. SENT: 580 words, photo, video.
MOTHER'S ARREST-VIDEO — A mother who had her toddler yanked from her arms by New York police in a widely seen video says in an interview that she went into "defense mode" during the incident. SENT: 320 words, photo.
THAILAND-MISS UNIVERSE — The Philippines' Catriona Gray has delighted her home country by being named Miss Universe. SENT: 600 words, photos, video.
OCTOGENARIAN COLLEGE GRADUATE — An 84-year-old Texas woman who raised five kids and retired from her secretarial job at age 77 will accomplish a long-held goal this week when she graduates from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree. SENT: 600 words, photo.
OBIT-KROLL — Colin Kroll, a tech executive who co-founded the HQ Trivia app, dies at 35. SENT: 210 words.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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TRUMP-RUSSIA PROBE-SOCIAL MEDIA — A report compiled by private researchers and expected to be released Monday by the Senate intelligence committee says that "active and ongoing" Russian interference operations still exist on social media platforms, and that the Russian operation discovered after the 2016 presidential election was much broader than once thought. SENT: 960 words, photo.
TRUMP-BORDER WALL — Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border despite lawmaker resistance from both parties. SENT: 600 words, photo. UPCOMING: Developments possible, 650 words by 4 p.m., photos.
TRUMP-FACT CHECK WEEK — President Donald Trump keeps changing his story in the swirling investigations into Russia election interference and hush money payments to women who say they had affairs with him. SENT; 2800 words, photo.
PELOSI-LESSONS LEARNED — Nancy Pelosi's battle to become House speaker shows she's formidable but not immortal. The California Democrat seems to have sewn up the race to become House speaker next month, but she also has accepted a maximum four-year expiration date on her tenure. SENT: 830 words, photo.
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INTERNATIONAL
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SOMALIA-US AIRSTRIKES — The United States military Africa Command says that it has carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe area of Somalia which killed a total of 62 extremists from the al-Shabab rebel group. In a statement issued Monday, the U.S. military said it carried out four strikes on Dec. 15 in which 34 people were killed and two more on Dec. 16 which killed 28. SENT: 260 words, graphic map.
PAKISTAN-CHINA-UIGHUR WIVES— Scores of Pakistani men whose Muslim Uighur wives have disappeared into internment camps in China feel helpless, fighting a wall of silence as they struggle to reunite their families. SENT: 1,052 words, photos.
MALAYSIA-1MDB-GOLDMAN SACHS— Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two former executives on Monday for their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB. SENT: 670 words, photo.
CLIMATE — Almost 200 nations, including the world's top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris climate accord by setting out how countries should report their emissions and efforts to reduce them. SENT: 960 words, photos.
AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN TALKS — The Taliban say they are holding "another" meeting on Monday with U.S. officials, this time in the United Arab Emirates and also involving Saudi, Pakistani and Emirati representatives in the latest attempt to bring a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year war. SENT: 560 words.
UGANDA-COAXING THE PRESIDENT — Can one of Africa's longest-serving leaders be talked into giving up power? A new movement in Uganda wants to find out. SENT: 850 words, photos.
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NATIONAL
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DEPORTATION FLIGHTS — An obscure division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates hundreds of flights each year to remove immigrants. Deportation flights are big business: The U.S. government has spent $1 billion on these flights in the last decade, and the Trump administration is seeking to raise ICE's budget for charter flights by 30 percent. By Nomaan Merchant and Angeliki Kastanis. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos, video by noon. This story will move as the Tuesday Spotlight.
DEAD CHILD-BORDER PATROL — Only hours before his daughter died in U.S. custody, Nery Gilberto Caal Cuz signed Form I-779 stating that the 7-year-old was in good health. But it's unclear how much the Guatemalan man - whose native language is Mayan 'Q'eqchi' and second language is Spanish - understood on the form, which was written in English, and read to him in Spanish by Border Patrol agents. The case highlights communication challenges along the border. SENT: 800 words, photos, video.
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BUSINESS
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GOOGLE-NEW YORK — Google is rolling out a major expansion in New York City, spending more than $1 billion on a new campus along the Hudson River that will allow it to double the number of people it already employs here. SENT: 420 words, photo.
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SPORTS
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FBN-EAGLES-RAMS — Nick Foles took over for Carson Wentz and passed for 270 yards, and Wendell Smallwood rushed for two touchdowns in the Eagles' 30-23 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. By AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham. SENT: 990 words, photos.
FBN--PATRIOTS-STEELERS — Rookie running back Jaylen Samuels runs for a season-high 142 yards in his second NFL start and the Pittsburgh Steelers hold off the New England Patriots 17-10 to stop a three-game skid. By AP Sports Writer Will Graves. SENT: 870 words, photos.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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YE-TOP 10 FILMS — AP Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr offer their lists of the top 10 films of 2018. By AP Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr. UPCOMING: 1,200 words by 2 p.m., photos.
WORD OF THE YEAR-MERRIAM-WEBSTER — Merriam-Webster has chosen "justice" as its 2018 word of the year, driven by the churning news cycle over months and months. By Leanne Italie. SENT: 760 words, photo.
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