Newsgeist: 12/3/10
The spirit of the news
By Eric Pickhartz, 8:29AM, Fri. Dec. 3, 2010

Friday's Newsgeist shares stories of tax cuts, the World Cup, and The Three Stooges. Click "read more" for the whole scoop.
-Round Rock's population growth is triggering a crime increase.
-The Senate will vote on two tax cut adjustments tomorrow.
-NASA has reinvented its search for alien life forms via an influential discovery.
-FOX and the Farrelly brothers will begin production on The Three Stooges movie in March.
-Violence and upheaval over the recent elections in the Ivory Coast have caused the borders to be closed.
-Soccer's governing body chose Russia and Qatar for future World Cup sites, and not everyone thinks it's a good idea.
-And finally, Congress is approving bills on the really important issues.
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