• Donald Trump Accuses Federal Reserve of Keeping Rates Low to Help Obama

  Republican White House contender Donald Trump accused the U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday of keeping interest rates low at the bidding of Democratic President Barack Obama.

  

• Taliban Claim Killing of Pakistani Journalist: 'We Killed Him Because He Was Writing Against Us'

  A gunman on a motorbike shot dead a Pakistani journalist in the country's restive northwest on Tuesday and hours later the Taliban claimed the killing, bringing to 71 the number of journalists and media workers killed in Pakistan since 2002.

  

• British Archive Pulls 'Lost' Disney Rabbit Film 'Sleigh Bells' Out Of Hat

  Just in time for the Christmas season, film archivists in London say they have rediscovered a long-lost Walt Disney animated film "Sleigh Bells" from 1928 featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, said to be a prototype for Mickey Mouse.

  

• Israel Keeps Its Own Counsel On Assad As Big Powers Wade Into Syria

  Israel is no longer taking a public position on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's prospects of staying in power, its defense minister said on Tuesday, citing the opposing goals of the United States and Russia as they intervene in the civil war.

  

• Many Patients OK Linking Social Media to Medical Records, Giving Doctors Insight Into What Makes People Tick

  Many people may be willing to link their social media accounts to their medical records, a U.S. study suggests, a shift with the potential to improve care by giving doctors more insight into what makes patients tick.