World — U.S. Intelligence says Iran’s nuclear program stopped in 2003
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the threat of international sanctions has worked in compelling the Islamic republic to back away from its pursuit of the bomb. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran4dec04,0,2695315.story?coll=la-home-center
Politics — Race heats up as poll indicates new frontrunners in Iowa
While the temperature in Iowa may have dipped into the teens over the weekend, things are getting pretty hot between the Democratic rivals and in fact, between the Republican rivals, too. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/the-early-word-iowa-heat/
World — Countries meet in Indonesia for global climate conference
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Thousands of government officials, industry lobbyists, environmental campaigners and observers are arriving on the Indonesian island of Bali for two weeks of talks starting Monday that are aimed at breathing new life into the troubled 15-year-old global climate treaty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html?em&ex=1196830800&en=dc210f1b5c56f7d4&ei=5087%0A
Tech — Facebook’s beacon more intrusive than originally thought
Facebook’s controversial Beacon ad system tracks users’ off-Facebook activities even if those users are logged off from the social-networking site and have previously declined having their activities on specific external sites broadcast to their Facebook friends. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140225-c,webservices/article.html
Entertainment — Don Imus returns to the airwaves
NEW YORK — Just eight months after he was spectacularly fired from both CBS Radio and MSNBC for making racially and sexually disparaging remarks about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, radio railer Don Imus was back on the airwaves Monday, assuring listeners and advertisers that he was a changed man. http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=debe8d91-eda6-4dc6-9847-5859a888d82a