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By the CNN Wire Staff
POSTED: 11:04 PM Nov 18 2012   UPDATED: 10:26 PM Nov 19 2012
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Supervising News Editor Lateef Mungin -- 404-827-1401

UPCOMING

Gaza-Israel-Strike (will update)

For six days, Israel has carried out a large-scale air offensive on targets in Gaza -- aiming to halt destructive and sometimes deadly rocket launches from that Palestinian territory. Monday saw more carnage, more heated words, and more damage on both sides, as well as Israel's continued preparations to invade Gaza and an intense diplomatic effort to prevent further bloodshed.

POL-Benghazi-Talking-Points (Updating)

The intelligence community -- not the White House, State Department or Justice Department -- was responsible for the substantive changes made to the talking points distributed for government officials who spoke publicly about the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, the spokesman for the director of national intelligence said Monday.

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Gaza-Israel-Strike

For six days, Israel has carried out a large-scale air offensive in Gaza, aiming to halt destructive and sometimes deadly rocket launches emanating from the Palestinian territory. Monday saw more carnage, more heated words and more damage on both sides. And there was also more movement toward a possible intensification of the conflict as Michael Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, said Israel had completed its planning for a ground invasion of Gaza.

Gaza-Scene

On Monday, the team of grave diggers at Shaikh Radwan Cemetery prepared 15 graves, their busiest morning yet. And they're preparing for more. One of the slots was for 5-year-old Yusif Al-Dalou. He and eight members of his family were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on their home. Their bodies were carried through the street to the sound of gunfire under Hamas banners to the cemetery.

Israel-Scene

It's become a daily routine for Israelis living near Gaza: a casual conversation interrupted by an air-raid siren, then a furious rush to find cover, and finally -- if all goes well -- a flash in the sky indicating an incoming rocket has been intercepted. While Israelis are protected by the relatively new Iron Dome missile interceptor system, it hasn't abated the fear that one of the dozens of rockets fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza into Israel in recent days will strike nearby.

TECH-cyber-attack-israel-anonymous

In the digital age, war isn't contained to the ground. The Israeli government on Sunday said it has been hit with more than 44 million cyberattacks since it began aerial strikes on Gaza last week. Anonymous, the hacker collective, claimed responsibility for taking down some sites and leaking passwords because of what it calls Israel's "barbaric, brutal and despicable treatment" of Palestinians.

Israel-Hamas-explained

Israel and Hamas: How the conflict reignited

POL-Obama-Gaza-Diplomacy

The situation in Gaza is prompting telephone diplomacy in the Obama administration. From Southeast Asia, on his first international trip since his re-election, President Obama has talked several times by telephone with two of the central players: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, traveling with the president, has been even busier.

Smuggling-weapons-gaza

United States, Israeli and Egyptian officials have long suspected that Iran is using Sudan to smuggle weapons and equipment to Hamas, using a circuitous route by air into Khartoum or by ship into Port Sudan. Then the weapons start a long road trip through eastern Sudan, across the Egyptian border and up through the Sinai Peninsula to Gaza.

Israel-Hesitate

Thousands of Israeli troops with tanks and armored vehicles are poised on Gaza's borders ready to move in if Israel believes there is no chance for a cease-fire in its conflict with Hamas. But Israel, which continued to press its air offensive against Gaza militants for a sixth day on Monday, is said to be well aware that a ground invasion would carry broad risks.

Egypt-Violence

Violence flared in central Cairo on Monday as protesters threw Molotov cocktails at police, who responded in kind. The protesters are angry at the government and the Muslim Brotherhood, a popular Islamist movement. They rallied near Tahrir Square, near the parliament building, just a block from the Interior Ministry.

POL-Benghazi-Talking-Points

The intelligence community -- not the White House, State Department or Justice Department -- was responsible for the substantive changes made to the talking points distributed for government officials who spoke publicly about the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, the spokesman for the director of national intelligence said Monday.

POL-Obama-Asia-Trip

Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar on Monday, praising the courage of fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi while also providing a symbolic nod to initial reforms in a nation once notorious for political repression.

SPORT-Beckham-Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham will be leaving the team after its MLS Cup game December 1, team officials announced Monday.

U.S.A.

Idaho-Zoo-Monkey-Death

Police in Boise, Idaho, said late Monday that they have made an arrest in connection with a break-in at a local zoo and the death of a patas monkey there.

Indiana-Explosion-Probe

The explosion that killed two people and hurt seven in an Indianapolis subdivision is now the subject of a homicide probe, authorities announced Monday.

Texas-Parade-Accident-Probe

In an effort to understand why a truck serving as a parade float crossed in front of a fast-moving locomotive last week -- killing four war veterans on the float -- federal accident investigators on Tuesday will recreate the accident conditions.

Texas-Keystone-Pipeline-Protest

The fight to block construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through east Texas stepped up Monday as protesters locked themselves to machinery. Dozens of others formed a "human chain" to keep heavy machinery from moving around the proposed pipeline's path in Cherokee County, Tar Sands Blockade spokesman Ethan Nuss said.

US-Leonid-Meteor-Shower

Maybe the wish you made on a shooting star during the Leonid meteor shower last week didn't come true. You could get a second chance Tuesday as forecasts expect to see a secondary peak in this year's shower.

US-Dolphin-Deaths

They're friendly, intelligent and playful. So who'd want to shoot a dolphin? Conservation experts and federal agents say they're looking into the violent deaths of several bottlenose dolphins along the northern Gulf Coast this year, including one that was shot and another that was stabbed with a screwdriver.

US-Hasan-Appeal

The U.S. government has asked a military appeals court to deny accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan's request to keep a beard he has grown and to reject his bid to have the judge overseeing his court martial removed from the case.

MED-HIV-testing-recommendations

Teens and adults aged 15 to 65, as well as all pregnant women, should be tested for HIV according to new draft recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

TECH-facebook-https

Bad news: Your Facebook page is likely about to slow down. Good news: The change will help keep online thieves away. According to a recent blog post, Facebook is in the process of moving all of its users in North America -- and soon the rest of the world -- to a type of Internet connection that is more secure but also tends to slow down Web browsing a bit. Called HTTPS, it's the connection you see on online retail sites when you're about to enter credit card information or a password.

TECH-google-december-mistake

Is Google in a hurry to get 2012 over with? Probably not. But that didn't stop the snarky headlines after it was discovered that a buggy app in the new version of Google's mobile operating system omits the month of December. The People app lets users bookmark friends' birthdays and other important dates on a calendar. But some users of Android 4.2, the system's newest update, are complaining they can't note December dates in the app because its calendar skips from November to January. December simply does not exist.

POL-Poll-Interest-Level-Fiscal-Cliff

As the conflict between Israel and Gaza escalates and the investigations into the former CIA Director David Petraeus and attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi dominate the news cycle, a new poll shows Americans are following Washington's debate over the so-called fiscal cliff more closely than the other stories.

MONEY

MONEY-Stocks-Markets

U.S. stocks rallied Monday, logging their best gains in months, as investors started the holiday-shortened week optimistic that fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington are progressing.

MONEY-NYSE-security-chertoff

The New York Stock Exchange hired former homeland security chief Michael Chertoff to investigate a potential security breach by the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to an NYSE spokesperson.

MONEY-Hostess-Bankruptcy-Bonuses

Hostess Brands and a key union agreed Monday to try to mediate their dispute in coming days -- an unexpected development that could spare the company from permanently shutting down.

MONEY-ford-small-engine-fiesta

Some time next year, you'll be able to buy a Ford Fiesta subcompact car powered by the smallest engine the automaker has ever made. With that engine, the Fiesta will be more fuel efficient than any other non-hybrid car on the market, Ford announced on Monday, getting over 40 miles per gallon on the highway. Exact fuel economy figures for the 1.0-liter, three-cylinder engine, which will be small enough to fit inside a piece of carry-on luggage, are not available yet, however.

MONEY-JPMorgan-cfo

JPMorgan Chase named Marianne Lake as its new chief financial officer Monday. She will succeed Douglas Braunstein. Lake had served as the CFO of JPMorgan Chase's consumer and community banking business and will transition into her new role in early 2013. Braunstein, who had been widely expected to step down by year-end, will become the bank's vice chairman.

MONEY-france-credit-downgrade-moody's

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the credit rating of France, stripping a key eurozone economy of its prized AAA status.

FEATURES & COMMENTARY

ENT-Barbara-Walters-Most-Fascinating-2012-list

Barbara Walters announces who will appear in her 90-minute special "Most Fascinating People," which is in its 20th season.

ENT-ABC-Cancels-666-Park-Avenue-Last-Resort

CBS wasn't the only network cleaning house on Friday. As "Partners" was swiftly axed from that network's calendar, ABC has done the same with "666 Park Avenue" and "Last Resort."

TRAVEL-Thanksgiving-airline-maintenance

"Your flight has been delayed due to a mechanical problem" -- it is something a passenger never really wants to hear especially during Thanksgiving week. More than 24 million passengers are expected to fly in the U.S. during the Thanksgiving holiday which runs from November 16 through the 27. CNN went behind the scenes with maintenance crews at United Airlines at its base in Houston to find out how they work to keep planes flying safe and on time. More than 600 flights will go through Houston this Wednesday alone.

COMMENTARY-obeidallah-twinkie

On Friday, Hostess Brands announced it would be closing down, thus marking the end of its product line, which includes Twinkies. The response was swift. Facebook and Twitter were filled with comments bemoaning the loss of this creme-filled sponge cake. Eulogies appeared in publications across the country. But where were you when Hostess needed you? You weren't there for them then. Why? Because millions of us began to realize that junk food was not good for us.