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The incident when the plane was about to land in Detroit has resulted in new security measures for all US-bound flights. Passengers must remain seated during the final hour of the flight, cannot get to their carry-on baggage, and cannot have personal belongings or any other item on their laps. They also added pat-down searches in at least some countries. No in-flight entertainment for the final hour of the flight is pretty sad. Having just 1 check-on bag allowed means that the airlines will make more money on checked baggage:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BQ05720091227

This blog entry gives a roundup of the rumors about the Apple Tablet or iSlate, which is expected to be announced on January 26 and should be available for purchase in March:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/12/apple-tablet-or-islate-rumor-roundup.html

China revised its 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) to be 4.5% larger than it had previously estimated. China's economy is growing so fast that it could hit $5.5 trillion next year, passing Japan (estimated GDP of $5.19 trillion next year):
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-revises-2008-gdp-higher-by-45-2009-12-25?reflink=MW_news_stmp

I didn't realize that companies with 50 or less employees accounted for 45% of the jobs lost during the recession:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/225319

Cute story about how a reporter served as an "elf" to help a Texas woman who decorates houses for Christmas:
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/104334/The_last_word_Elves_for_hire

Study in Japan found that teens who skip breakfast as middle school students tend to have sex for the first time two years earlier than those who have breakfast. People who disliked their mother had sex for the first time at the average age of 16 and those who appreciated their mother waited until an average age of 19:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4BP18P20081226