AP 2010-12-24

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1. The Senate's second-ranking Democratic leader thinks there are enough votes to ratify¹ a nuclear arms treaty with Russia before year's end. But the No.2 Senate GOP leader says this treaty needs to be fixed² and there's not enough time to do it. Senators debate on the New START treaty in a rare Sunday session.

2. Israeli police found the body of a female American tourist with multiple stab wounds and her hands bound behind her back. Authorities believe it was a politically-motivated attack by two Arab men. They identified the victim as 40-year-old Christine Logan, but didn't say where she was from.

3. Stranded³ travelers slept on makeshift beds at European airports Sunday as wintry weather caused travel havoc⁴. Storm dashed the hopes of those attempting to head away for the holidays.

4. Kate Middleton made her first public appearance Saturday night since announcing her engagement to Prince William. The pair attended a cancer charity fundraising event.