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| Boehner: ‘No substantive progress’ on fiscal cliff talks Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:16 AM PST  The House Speaker signals that little has changed since Republicans presented their framework for a deal earlier this month. Full Story | Top |
| Romney early for lunch, comes bearing no gifts Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 10:38 AM PST  White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama didn’t have an agenda for the meeting, but he wanted to discuss with Romney ideas about making government more efficient. Full Story | Top |
| Judge slams 'outrageous' behavior by UK press Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:15 AM PST  Britain needs an independent media regulator to eliminate a subculture of unethical behavior that infected segments of the country's press, a top judge said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Palestinians certain to win recognition as a state UN vote Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:36 AM PST  But Israel and the U.S. warn the vote could delay hopes of achieving an independent Palestinian homeland. Full Story | Top |
| George H. W. Bush hospitalized with bronchitis Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:20 AM PST  A spokesman says the 88-year-old former president has not developed pneumonia or any life-threatening condition and is expected to be released soon. Full Story | Top |
| Syria using landmines, cluster bombs on civilians, activists claim Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 07:19 AM PST  Nearly two dozen Syrians, many children, have been killed or maimed by Soviet-made mines in border crossing areas so far this year. Full Story | Top |
| Biden hits up Costco: 'I’m looking for pies' Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:11 AM PST  Best office "Secret Santa" ever? The VP made a surprise shopping blitz through the brand-new D.C. store, emerging with a flat-screen TV, kids books, an apple pie, and Duraflame logs. Full Story | Top |
| Dear Mr. President: My White House petition requires your magical powers Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 10:13 AM PST The internet activism crowd has never had a realistic sense for what happens when you to plug government directly into the Ethernet port. This is what happens: In addition to petitions for secession, you get ones calling for Bigfoot to be recognized as an endangered species, naturopathic medicine to be covered by Obamacare, and funding for a Death Star beginning in 2016. Full Story | Top |
| Hackers didn't steal info on Iran's nuclear program, agency says Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 07:29 AM PST  The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said the hacking - first reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday - happened several months ago and that the server concerned had been closed down. Full Story | Top |
| Emirates cancels Damascus flights, Internet goes dark Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:53 AM PST  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels battled forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad just outside Damascus on Thursday, restricting access to its international airport, and the Dubai-based Emirates airline and EgyptAir stopped flights to the Syrian capital. A rebel fighter who identified himself as Abu Omar, a member of the Jund Allah brigade, told Reuters that insurgents fired mortars at the airport's runways and were blocking the road linking it with the capital. He said insurgents were not inside the airport but were able to block access to and from it. ... Full Story | Top |
| 400-year-old playing cards reveal royal secret Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 07:55 AM PST  Call it a card player's dream. A complete set of 52 silver playing cards gilded in gold and dating back 400 years has been discovered. Full Story | Top |
| Man with Romney face tattoo prepares for laser removal Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:56 AM PST Eric Hartsburg, the 30-year-old Michigan City, Ind., man who had Mitt Romney's campaign logo tattooed on his face, has had enough. Even though in the wake of Romney's defeat, Hartsburg said he planned to keep the 5-by-2-inch image, he told Politico on Wednesday that he's now preparing to get the image removed by laser after Romney's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Photos: A roundup of the day's most stunning images Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:00 AM PST  Acrobats swing on a chandelier during the Corteo production at the Cirque Du Soleil circus dress rehearsal on November 28, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Cirque Du Soleil will perform Corteo in Berlin through December 31. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Full Story | Top |
| NYPD officer hailed for buying boots for homeless man Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 06:52 AM PST  A photo of a police officer giving a barefoot homeless man a pair of boots on a cold November night is melting even the iciest New Yorkers' hearts online. Full Story | Top |
| Is it you? Winning Powerball tickets sold in Ariz., Mo. Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:09 AM PST  The winning numbers were 5, 23, 16, 22 and 29. The Powerball was 6. The jackpot swelled to $587.5 million and the two winners will each get $293.75 million. The cash payout is $192.5 million each. Full Story | Top |
| Obama staffers reveal odd campaign email strategy Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:19 AM PST Has Barack Obama ever invited you to dinner? If you were one of the tens of millions of people on the president's campaign email list this cycle, your inbox was full of odd dinner invitations, personal questions and leading statements such as "So," "It doesn't have to be this way" and "Meet me for dinner." [...] Full Story | Top |
| Photos: Monster storm raging on Saturn Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 02:49 PM PST  Roiling storm clouds and a swirling vortex at the center of Saturn's famed north polar hexagon is seen in an image from NASA's Cassini mission taken November 27, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Saturn from approximately 224,618 miles (361,488 kilometers) away. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS Full Story | Top |
| CNN names Jeff Zucker as new chief Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 11:34 AM PST  Incoming CNN President Jeff Zucker said Thursday that he intends to make the network more "vibrant and exciting" while broadening the programming on television's original but struggling cable news outlet. Full Story | Top |
| Animated breaking news alert scares Fox News host Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:19 AM PST When a television news network needs to interrupt programming with breaking news, the alert animation is not supposed to scare the host more than the actual news. But that's what happened, and now video of Fox News host Megyn Kelly's reaction is getting attention. The segment on the "fiscal cliff" began with a brand-new breaking [...] Full Story | Top |
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