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On Wednesday, Dec. 2, after our ocean swim down the beach to the Hotel Del Coronado from G Avenue near the maintenance shed, James Murphy and I joined our local watermen friends Steve Ogles (surfer, swimmer, underwater camera pioneer and founder of Water Shot), Bill Bender (retired San Diego City Lifeguard Sergeant, international spearfisherman and all around waterman extraordinaire), Roger Odiorne (surfer and international spearfisherman) at the Coronado Main Lifeguard tower to meet with Dr. Chris Lowe’s graduate students from the Long Beach State Shark Lab and Coronado Beach Lifeguard ...

A Washington win coupled with an Eagles loss would officially eliminate Philly from playoff contention with two games left to play. A Washington loss however (plus a Giants loss), and the Eagles could find themselves just a half game off the division lead with a win over Arizona. And, with a Week 17 home matchup against Washington still left on the schedule, the Birds would technically be in the driver's seat in the NFC East. There are a lot of different ways Sunday could play out. But if the Eagles hope to make the postseason for the fourth straight year and become the first repeat NFC East ...

Depending on who you ask, the result of Sunday's game between the Eagles and Saints might not matter all that much. To the Saints and their fans, it matters a great deal, with them hoping to maintain their one-game lead over the Packers for first place in the NFC.

officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it raises taxes. republicans have refused to raise the nation's debt limit without deep spending cuts and no tax increases. the deadline now is just 12 days away. somalia's president is asking the world for immediate help to feed his country...

the crisis, by drought, poverty and violence. half of the camps are fled to ethiopia and kenya. a man who was accused of strangling a woman, has been sent to prison. her killer went to extraordinary lengths to avoid arrest for more than two years, altering his face through cosmetic surgery. the space shuttle "atlantis" is about two hours from landing at the kennedy space station. the crew will fire the engines to re-enter the atmosphere and end america's 30-year shuttle program. those are the headlines from cnn. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. >> a war...