A new legal database involving the music industry, The Discography: Legal Encyclopedia of Popular Music, is accessible through thediscography.org. The site was created by Loren Wells, JD, musician and recent graduate of the School of Law, and is supported by the Center for Empirical Research. The database covers 2,400 court opinions spanning nearly 200 years. FULL STORY

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A single dose of inactivated 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in people with asthma is safe, according to results from a national clinical trial with a site at the School of Medicine. FULL STORY

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The student group Stand United for Veterans at the Brown School hosted the annual Toys for Tots campaign on campus this year. The group held a final drive for toys and a cookie reception Dec. 15 to thank the U.S. Marine Corps reservists who work tirelessly every holiday season to help underprivileged youth have toys during the holidays. FULL STORY

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Chicago has many iconic buildings, but perhaps none as instantly recognizable as Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City. Now, in Marina City: Bertrand Goldberg’s Urban Vision, Igor Marjanovi?, assistant professor of architecture, and Katerina Rüedi Ray of Bowling Green University, present the first in-depth history of this architectural landmark. FULL STORY

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• 7:30 p.m. Missouri Ballet Theatre performs “The Nutcracker.” Edison Theatre, Mallinckrodt Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. edison@wustl.edu or (314) 935-6543.

• Record’s holiday hiatus. After this issue, the Record daily e-mail takes a break for the holidays and resumes publication on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, followed by another weekly check-in Wednesday, Jan. 12. The Record resumes regular daily e-mails Tuesday, Jan. 17, when classes begin for the spring semester. Check out record.wustl.edu or news.wustl.edu for all the latest university news and information. The Record staff wishes everyone happy holidays.

• Check bearsports.wustl.edu for winter break updates. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams continue to compete this weekend and over winter break. The women play at Webster University at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, and then travel to Delaware, Ohio, for two games Dec. 29 and 30. The men host Illinois Wesleyan at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, and then resume play Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, hosting Benedictine University. Follow each team's performance by visiting bearsports.wustl.edu.