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1. Los Angeles area officials say they found more bodies at the "Santa shooting" crime scene. Investigators¹ are still trying to identify the badly burned bodies. Officials want to know if they died in the shooting or the subsequent house fire.

2. The search continues for dozens of people trapped under the rubble² of an apartment building in Ukraine. Officials say leaky oxygen containers probably cause the building's nighttime explosion. At least 18 people are dead.

3. In this year's Christmas message, Pope Benedict XVI urged listeners not to lose hope as they confront financial crisis, violence and increasing poverty. He asked them to join in "authentic³ solidarity⁴" to prevent global ruin.

4. In Baghdad, soldiers are sending Christmas and New Year's messages to their families back home. Violence is down from 180 attacks a day last year to about ten a day this year, giving soldiers a reason to be hopeful for the coming year.