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| Obama: Deal to avert fiscal cliff 'in sight' Monday, Dec 31, 2012 11:42 AM PST  But the agreement is not yet complete and work continues, the president said at a press conference today. Full Story | Top |
| Australia, Asian nations ringing in 2013 with fireworks Monday, Dec 31, 2012 11:30 AM PST  LONDON (AP) â€" Sydney's skyline erupted in fireworks as Australia ushered in 2013 on Tuesday, while extravagant displays soon followed in Hong Kong and Beijing, and even the once-isolated country of Myanmar joined the party for the first time in decades. Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Clinton hospitalized for blood clot in NYC Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 05:55 PM PST  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital for treatment of a blood clot, her spokesman said Sunday. State Department Spokesman Philippe Reines said Clinton had entered the hospital following a medical examination for a concussion she sustained earlier this month. "In the course of a follow-up exam today, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Worlds collide in Indian girl's rape and death Monday, Dec 31, 2012 09:32 AM PST  The December 16 attack on a private bus has come to symbolize an epidemic of crime against women. Full Story | Top |
| Report: State Dept. made 'grievous mistake' over Benghazi Monday, Dec 31, 2012 10:23 AM PST  A Senate report faulted the State Department for waiting for specific warnings instead of improving security at the U.S. mission. Full Story | Top |
| Desperate for weapons, Syrian rebels make their own Monday, Dec 31, 2012 07:35 AM PST  "No one's giving us any support. So we're working on our own to strike Bashar," says a rebel. Using the Internet, men work together to try and perfect crude weapons. Full Story | Top |
| NYC bomb suspects had 'terrorist encyclopedia' Monday, Dec 31, 2012 10:06 AM PST Police arrested a couple on Saturday after authorities investigating a credit card theft found a highly explosive compound, bomb-making manuals, a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition. Full Story | Top |
| 13 new space missions to watch in 2013 Monday, Dec 31, 2012 08:25 AM PST  This year has been a busy one for space missions, and it looks like next year will ramp things up even more. Full Story | Top |
| New, oddball state laws to take effect on Jan. 1 Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:19 AM PST Many new, unusual state laws will take effect when the ball drops at midnight and millions of Americans ring in the New Year, including one that will limit the number of cats in a household. Full Story | Top |
| Heads roll on Black Monday as NFL coaches fired Monday, Dec 31, 2012 11:24 AM PST  (Reuters) - Heads continued to roll for under-achieving head coaches across the National Football League as the Philadelphia Eagles' Andy Reid, Buffalo Bills' Chan Gailey and Cleveland Browns' Pat Shurmur were all fired on what has become known as Black Monday. The unemployment ranks swelled even further later on Monday with the Chicago Bears' Lovie Smith, Kansas City Chiefs' Romeo Crennel, San Diego Chargers' Norv Turner and Arizona Cardinals' Ken Whisenhunt also getting the axe to bring the total to seven teams with head coaching vacancies. ... Full Story | Top |
| Colleges helping students scrub online footprints Monday, Dec 31, 2012 07:08 AM PST BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) â€" Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name. Full Story | Top |
| Beer, liquor never sicker? Hangover cures, myths Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:26 AM PST After the Times Square ball drops on New Year's Eve and copious amounts of Champagne get toasted and drunk, many might find themselves forgetting more "auld acquaintances" than they intended and waking up to 2013 with a vicious hangover. Full Story | Top |
| Teen gets iPhone for Christmas ... with a catch Monday, Dec 31, 2012 08:52 AM PST Thirteen-year-old Greg Hoffman had been begging his parents for an iPhone all year. So on Christmas morning he was thrilled to find the object of his desire under the tree, but there was a catch. Full Story | Top |
| Remains of Connecticut gunman claimed for burial Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 08:10 PM PST  Over two weeks after he opened fire on a school full of children, killing 26 people as well as himself, Adam Lanza is heading to his final resting place. On Sunday, in a bulletin bereft of detail, the Connecticut chief medical examiner's office announced that the 20-year-old's body had been claimed for burial. They didn't say who claimed him, where he would be buried, if he would receive a funeral or really anything else about what will happen to the young mass murderer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pop quiz: What does 'Auld Lang Syne' mean? Monday, Dec 31, 2012 08:40 AM PST Here it is. The answer to a perennial question of what on earth does "Auld Lang Syne" mean? Full Story | Top |
| Chavez suffers new complications in cancer fight Monday, Dec 31, 2012 10:26 AM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) â€" President Hugo Chavez's new complications after cancer surgery prompted his closest allies to call for Venezuelans to pray for him on Monday, presenting an increasingly bleak outlook and prompting growing speculation about whether the ailing leader has much longer to live. Full Story | Top |
| Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse Monday, Dec 31, 2012 11:10 AM PST  A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows. Full Story | Top |
| Al-Qaida carving out own country in Mali Monday, Dec 31, 2012 09:44 AM PST  Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, Islamic fighters are burrowing into the earth, erecting a formidable set of defenses to protect what has essentially become al-Qaida's new country. Full Story | Top |
| Kim Kardashian pregnant: Her family reacts Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 11:21 PM PST  Get ready for yet another Kardashian to keep up with! On Sunday night, Kanye West “announced†that he and Kim Kardashian are expecting a child together when he told the crowd at his Atlantic City concert to “Stop the music … Continue reading â†' Full Story | Top |
| A portrait of the procrastivoters of 2012 election Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:45 AM PST New research has turned up a curious subspecies of the electorate: Those who felt it was worth deciding whom to vote for, but not until the last 24 of the 5,040 hours of the campaign. Full Story | Top |
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