AP 2010-12-03

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1. The White House says the government isn't ruling out the possibility of legal action against online whistleblower WikiLeaks. The release of thousands of classified documents, which included some unflattering assessments¹ of several world leaders, has caused embarrassment² for the Obama Administration.

2. A federal grand jury has indicted³ a Somali-American teenager in an alleged⁴ plot to set off a car bomb at a tree lighting⁵ ceremony in Portland, Oregon Friday. In the meantime, the AP has learned that Mohamed Mohamud was the focus of a date rape⁶ investigation⁷ last year, but was never charged.

3. The state of New Jersey⁸ has been given 30 days to pay a $271 million bill. Federal Transportation officials have sent a letter, demanding the money after Governor Chris Christie pulled the plug on a rail project connecting his state with New York.

4. And in Paris, an electrician who once installed burglar alarms for Pablo Picasso has come forward with more than 250 never-before-seen works by the artist. The pieces are said to be worth at least $79 million.