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?Very good chance? of Qatar hosting World Cup: official (Gulf Times)By Matthias Krug ANY confusion surrounding Qatar?s World Cup bid was cleared last night by a senior official who told Gulf Times that ?Qatar has a very good chance of hosting? the event.

Bills? Lynch Returns to Practice and Could Face the Patriots (New York Times)Running back Marshawn Lynch returned to practice Thursday as the Buffalo Bills prepared to close their season hosting New England on Sunday.

School hosting blood drive to help one of its families (Cypress Sun)With just a swab from inside the cheek, a person could be the perfect match for someone who needs a bone marrow transplant.

Go to the circus, buy some socks and jewelry (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)When Cirque du Soleil sets up its "grand chapiteau" for the Jan. 2 opening of its show "Kooza," Atlantic Station will be hosting three experiential events all at once: "Dialog in the Dark," "Bodies" and the circus. At a time when retail leasing is all but frozen, Atlantic Station is getting creative to fill its empty space. For decades, malls have relied on events to get more people to come by ...

Marshawn Lynch and Kawika Mitchell return to Buffalo Bills practice (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Running back Marshawn Lynch and linebacker Kawika Mitchell returned to practice Thursday as the Bills prepared to close their season hosting New England this weekend.

PV campus schedules open house (The Arizona Republic)To introduce its spring 2009 Continuing Education and Community Enrichment programming, Paradise Valley Community College is hosting an open house from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 9 in the Student Union, located in the Kranitz Student Center.

14 injured as car crashes into Hanukkah party in New York (AFP via Yahoo! News) An elderly man lost control of his car Thursday and slammed into a building hosting a Hanukkah party for families in a New York suburb, injuring 14 people, police said.