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| Police: Hero instructor fought son in arrow attack Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 01:19 AM PST  Gravely wounded by an arrow fired into his head, a Wyoming college instructor still managed to wrestle with his 25-year-old son who carried out the attack and give his students time to flee the classroom, say police who hailed the actions as heroic. Full Story | Top |
| $9K artwork bought for $12 at Milwaukee Goodwill Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 08:20 AM PST  "Red Nose" just meant a reindeer named Rudolph to Karen Mallet until she bought a print by that name for $12.34 at a Goodwill store in Milwaukee. It turned out to be a lithograph by American artist Alexander Calder worth $9,000. Full Story | Top |
| Dolphin Bites 8-Year-Old Girl at Sea World Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 09:12 AM PST Feeding the dolphins at Sea World was a dream come true for 8-year-old Jillian Thomas, until one of the marine mammals bit into her arm, nearly dragging her into the water. Jillian’s mother took video of her daughter, who says dolphins are her favorite animal,... Full Story | Top |
| Brinksmanship on Obama Medicaid Expansion for Poor Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 01:39 AM PST  States wary of trade-offs in accepting Medicaid expansion for millions of low-income uninsured Full Story | Top |
| Geithner hits Sunday talk show circuit: ‘We’re far apart, but I think we’re moving closer together’ Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 08:13 AM PST With the fiscal cliff looming--and Republicans, like House Speaker John Boehner, slamming the White House's latest proposal--U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hit the Sunday morning talk show circuit, saying the partisan posturing is a necessary part of "political theater" but that he's hopeful a deal will get done before the end of the year. "I [...] Full Story | Top |
| Fore: Obama, Bill Clinton enjoy round of golf Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 09:50 AM PST Fore â€" 42 and 44 are playing 18. Full Story | Top |
| Suicide bombers attack U.S. base in Afghanistan Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 12:17 AM PST JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Suicide attackers detonated bombs and fired rockets outside a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing five people in a brazen operation that highlighted the country's security challenges ahead of the 2014 NATO combat troop pullout. Local police officials said bodies in Afghan police and military uniforms were scattered around the entrance of the airfield in the eastern city of Jalalabad after a two-hour battle. A Taliban spokesman said the militant group had launched the 6 a.m. assault. The Taliban, who have been fighting U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dog adopts three tiger cubs abandoned by mother Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 11:19 AM PST A dog at a Russian zoo has adopted three tiger cubs after their birth mother deserted them. The tiger cubs--two male and one female--were born on Nov. 14 at Oktyabrsky Zoo in Sochi and soon abandoned by their tigress mother, Bagira, who had done the same thing with a different litter earlier this year. Zoo [...] Full Story | Top |
| Israel withholds Palestinian funds after U.N. vote Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 05:31 AM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was withholding this month's transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, after the United Nations' de facto recognition of a Palestinian state. Under interim peace deals, which Israel says the Palestinians violated by unilaterally seeking an upgrade of their status at the United Nations, it collects about $100 million a month in duties on behalf of the authority. But, Israeli officials said, the authority owes about $200 million to the Israel Electric Corporation, and that money will now be deducted from the tax transfers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Los Angeles port strike triggers fears, lobbying by businesses Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 01:02 PM PST  (Reuters) - A national coalition of U.S. business groups is urging an end to a strike at the twin California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach amid fears that a prolonged stand-off will cost the American economy many billions of dollars, and could even spread to the east coast. Trade groups led by the National Retail Federation have sent letters to U.S. President Barack Obama and leading members of Congress asking them to intervene and help end the strike at America's two busiest container harbor facilities. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama salutes entertainers at Kennedy Center Honors Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 09:46 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Music legend Led Zeppelin was recognized on Sunday alongside entertainers from stage and screen for their contributions to the arts and American culture at the Kennedy Center Honors, lifetime achievement awards for performing artists. The eclectic tribute in Washington, alternated between solemn veneration and lighthearted roasting of honorees Academy Award-winning actor Dustin Hoffman, wisecracking late-night talk show host David Letterman, blues guitar icon Buddy Guy, ballerina Natalia Makarova and Led Zeppelin. ... Full Story | Top |
| Toddler's death prompts review of 2 other deaths Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 12:53 PM PST  A toddler's death during a visit with his father last month in Virginia is prompting police to also more closely investigate the suicide of the man's mother and the shooting death of a onetime girlfriend in the past decade. Full Story | Top |
| Anguished Kansas City Chiefs snap losing streak Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 03:26 PM PST  KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Anguished Kansas City Chiefs responded to the murder-suicide involving linebacker Jovan Belcher with a rare victory on Sunday, defeating the Carolina Panthers 27-21. Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend in front of his mother at their Kansas City home on Saturday, then drove to the team's practice facility, where he committed suicide in the parking lot as head coach Romeo Crennel and General Manager Scott Pioli watched. ... Full Story | Top |
| At least three dead after Japan tunnel collapse: TV Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 04:43 AM PST  TOKYO (Reuters) - A tunnel on a major highway in central Japan collapsed on Sunday, killing at least three people and starting a blaze, Japanese media reported. Attempts to rescue those still trapped inside the smashed tunnel, which began spewing smoke after concrete ceiling panels fell onto the road, have been interrupted for fear they might trigger another collapse. Three bodies have been found so far, television networks Fuji and Asahi said. The fire service earlier said at least seven people were unaccounted for in the 4.7 km (2. ... Full Story | Top |
| Palestinian president returns to hero's welcome Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 04:52 AM PST  The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has returned home to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nations. Full Story | Top |
| Rep. Tom Cole: Republicans Don't Need to Present a Plan Yet Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 08:50 AM PST  Republicans don’t need to counter President Obama’s proposal to avert the fiscal cliff with a formal plan of their own, according to Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the deputy majority whip in the House of Representatives. “I don’t think we need to put a formal proposal out... Full Story | Top |
| Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 01:11 PM PST  The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it's now unlikely that global warming can be limited to a couple of degrees, which is an international goal. Full Story | Top |
| US-Afghan base attacked in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 05:54 AM PST  Taliban suicide bombers attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, detonating explosives at the gate and sparking a gunbattle that lasted at least two hours with American helicopters firing down on the militants. Full Story | Top |
| Timothy Geithner on the Fiscal Cliff: The Ball Is in the GOP's Court Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 06:00 AM PST  With the fiscal cliff looming and no deal to resolve it in sight, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner expressed confidence that a compromise could be reached during my interview with him on “This Week,†but said the burden is now on Republicans to help find a solution... Full Story | Top |
| Partisan split over UN Ambassador Rice widens Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 08:40 AM PST  The partisan political divide over the potential nomination of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to be secretary of state intensified Sunday with Republicans questioning her fitness for the job and Democrats defending her. Full Story | Top |
| Israel to withhold tax transfers to Palestinians Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 05:47 AM PST Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies. Full Story | Top |
| Strategy, timing key to states' pot legalization Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 09:44 AM PST  In the late-1980s heyday of the anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign, a man calling himself "Jerry" appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S. marijuana laws. Full Story | Top |
| Boehner tells Geithner, 'You can't be serious' Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 06:58 AM PST  House Speaker John Boehner says he was "flabbergasted" when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (GYT'-nur) pitched the White House plan to save the nation from the "fiscal cliff." Full Story | Top |
| 'Cliff' talks: White House waiting on GOP move Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 03:48 PM PST  Republicans have to stop using "political math" and say how much they are willing to raise tax rates on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans and then specify the spending cuts they want, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said in an interview that aired Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Highway tunnel ceiling collapses in Japan, kills 9 Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 07:13 PM PST  Concrete ceiling panels fell onto moving vehicles deep inside a long Japanese highway tunnel, and authorities confirmed nine deaths before suspending rescue work Monday while the roof was being reinforced to prevent more collapses. Full Story | Top |
| Hugh Hefner & Crystal Harris Wedding Back On (Report) Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 09:26 AM PST  Are Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris giving their once-ill-fated nuptial plans another shot? The on-again couple, who called off their June 2011 wedding just five days prior to the scheduled ceremony, are once again planning to tie the knot, according to a new report. Full Story | Top |
| Oysters Eyed as Help for New York Harbor Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 11:26 AM PST  They are soft to the touch, but surrounded by a hard rough shell. Known as filter feeders, many as small as your thumb, they use their tiny cilia to draw in plankton, sediment and other particles over their gills and spit out cleaner water. They... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's anti-Morsi rebellion of judges is complete Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 12:32 PM PST  Egypt's rebellion of the judges against President Mohammed Morsi became complete on Sunday with the country's highest court declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the legitimacy of two key assemblies controlled by allies of the Islamist leader. Full Story | Top |
| Netanyahu brushes off world condemnation of settlement plans Sunday, Dec 02, 2012 01:38 PM PST  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday brushed off world condemnation of Israel's plans to expand Jewish settlements after the Palestinians won de facto U.N. recognition of statehood. "We will carry on building in Jerusalem and in all the places that are on the map of Israel's strategic interests," a defiant Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet meeting. In another blow to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, Israel announced it was withholding Palestinian tax revenues this month worth about $100 million. ... Full Story | Top |
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