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| Reid says fiscal cliff dive likely; blasts Boehner for lacking leadership Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 09:16 AM PST With a deal to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" nowhere in sight, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday predicted a compromise would not be reached in time to avert the tax increases and automatic spending cuts set to be triggered on January 1. Reid also criticized Republican House Speaker John Boehner in unusually personal [...] Full Story | Top |
| College student's turtle project takes dark twist Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 12:04 PM PST  CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) â€" Clemson University student Nathan Weaver set out to determine how to help turtles cross the road. He ended up getting a glimpse into the dark souls of some humans. Full Story | Top |
| AP source: Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 05:18 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78. Full Story | Top |
| No deal in sight as deadline for fiscal deal nears Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 12:32 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" A last-gasp effort Thursday to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts got off on the same convulsive, partisan tone that marked congressional attempts to resolve the impasse before lawmakers headed home for Christmas. Full Story | Top |
| Mathematician's Century-Old Secrets Unlocked Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 09:15 AM PST  While on his death bed, the brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan cryptically wrote down functions he said came to him in dreams, with a hunch about how they behaved. Now 100 years later, researchers say they've proved he was right. Full Story | Top |
| More meth labs showing up in cities, suburbs Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 05:32 AM PST  Methamphetamine lab seizures are on the rise in the nation's cities and suburbs, raising new concerns about a lethal drug that has long been the scourge of rural America.Data and interviews from an investigation ... Full Story | Top |
| Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Dies at 78 Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 04:48 PM PST Led US-Allied Forces to Victory, Driving Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein's Forces From Kuwait in 1991 Full Story | Top |
| School Shooter's DNA to Be Studied Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:45 AM PST  Study of Killer's DNA May Be the First of Its Kind Full Story | Top |
| Newspaper That Published Gun-Owner Addresses Gets Its Staff's Info Outed Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 06:46 AM PST  Yesterday we told you about the interactive map of local gun owners published by the Journal-News, a newspaper serving the Westchester and Rockland counties of New York, and the outcry it immediately drew. Turns out the stunt was so unpopular â€" with gun owners and privacy advocates alike â€" that a blogger named Christopher Fountain took it upon himself to dig up and organize the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the Journal-News staff, starting with editor Cyndee Royle. ... Full Story | Top |
| Petition urges White House to classify Westboro church as hate group Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:29 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 475,000 people have signed petitions asking the White House to crack down on Westboro Baptist Church after the group, known for holding anti-gay demonstrations at funerals, threatened to picket in Newtown, Connecticut. Newtown was the site of a school massacre on December 14 in which 20 young children and six adults were killed. Five petitions posted on the White House website since the shootings have asked the government to name the church, based in Topeka, Kansas, as a hate group or end its tax-exempt status. ... Full Story | Top |
| 2,750-year-old temple discovered in Israel Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:20 AM PST Israeli archeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient temple that is nearly 3,000 years old and was once home to a ritual cult. "The ritual building at Tel Motza is an unusual and striking find, in light of the fact that there are hardly any remains of ritual buildings of the period in Judaea [...] Full Story | Top |
| Shark Tank Bursts at Mall Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 07:09 AM PST When a 33-ton shark tank suddenly exploded last week in along busy Shanghai pedestrian shopping mall, it happened so quickly that not even one camera-happy bystander was able to film it. The moment, however, was all captured on closed circuit security camera. The dramatic just-released... Full Story | Top |
| AP IMPACT: Ordinary folks losing faith in stocks Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 02:19 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) â€" Andrew Neitlich is the last person you'd expect to be rattled by the stock market. Full Story | Top |
| First 'Alien Earth' Will Be Found in 2013, Experts Say Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 09:08 AM PST  The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, an epic discovery that would cause humanity to reassess its place in the universe. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. poised to go off "fiscal cliff": Senator Reid Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 08:00 AM PST  WASHINGTON, Dec 27 - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday warned that the United States looks to be headed over the "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts that will start next week if squabbling politicians do not reach a deal. Reid, the top Democrat in Congress, criticized Republicans for refusing to go along with any tax increases as part of a budget remedy as he sketched out a pessimistic outlook. "It looks like that is where we're headed," Reid said of the likelihood of the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| EPA Administrator Jackson announces resignation Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:50 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, is stepping down after nearly four years marked by high-profile brawls over global warming pollution, the Keystone XL oil pipeline, new controls on coal-fired plants and several other hot-button issues that affect the nation's economy and people's health. Full Story | Top |
| Husband of slain Wis. cop arrested in her death Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 07:06 AM PST  MILWAUKEE (AP) â€" The husband of a police officer who was fatally shot on Christmas Eve while patrolling in suburban Milwaukee has been arrested in connection with her death, authorities said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Consumer sentiment weakens as fiscal crisis looms Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 09:59 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence fell more than expected in December, hitting a four-month low as a looming fiscal crisis sapped what had been a growing sense of optimism about the economy. The report heightened concerns that a failure by Washington to avert planned tax hikes and spending cuts could lead households to close their wallets, threatening an economic recovery that has been steady albeit lackluster. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fiscal cliff-hanger: House back Sunday night Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 12:32 PM PST Will parachutes be provided? Republican House leaders informed their rank-and-file on a conference call Thursday that they have to be back at work at 6:30 p.m. Sunday â€" giving them, oh, 29.5 hours to forestall the “fiscal cliff.†Absent a last-minute compromise, Americans will see across-the-board income-tax hikes and painful federal spending cuts come into [...] Full Story | Top |
| Americans blame Republicans more than Democrats for "fiscal cliff": Reuters/Ipsos poll Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 12:17 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans blame Republicans in Congress more than congressional Democrats or President Barack Obama for the current "fiscal cliff" crisis, as the deadline approaches for action to avert big tax increases and spending cuts, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Thursday. When asked who they believed to be more responsible for the "fiscal cliff" situation, 27 percent blamed Republicans in Congress, 16 percent blamed Obama and 6 percent pointed to Democrats in Congress. The largest percentage - 31 percent - blamed "all of the above. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chicago sued for alleged discrimination against black teachers Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 03:56 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union has sued the nation's third largest school district, saying Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign to reform or close underperforming public schools discriminates against African-American teachers and staff. The federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday and announced on Thursday is the latest battle with the city since teachers staged a week-long strike in September. It alleges that more than half of the tenured teachers fired in the most recent round of school closings and turnarounds were African American. ... Full Story | Top |
| Putin says he will sign anti-US adoptions bill Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 08:42 AM PST  MOSCOW (AP) â€" Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign a controversial bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, while the Kremlin's children's rights advocate recommended extending the ban to the rest of the world. Full Story | Top |
| Woman set on fire in LA as she sleeps on bench Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 07:28 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" For more than 10 years, the homeless woman slept on the same plastic bus stop bench at a busy intersection in the San Fernando Valley, no matter how cold it was or if it was raining. Full Story | Top |
| US jobless aid applications fall to 5-year low Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 06:40 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing. Full Story | Top |
| LA offers groceries for guns in annual buyback Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 12:02 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Long lines of cars and people formed Wednesday to take advantage of a guns-for-groceries exchange program that was moved up in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting. Full Story | Top |
| Storm whips into Northeast bringing snow, rain Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:23 AM PST  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) â€" A powerful winter storm blamed for 15 deaths in other parts of the country is bringing rain to southern New England and snow farther north, but the region has been largely spared the pounding that other states took. Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton to Return to Work Next Week Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 03:47 PM PST Secretary of State Clinton to return to work next week after fainting, suffering concussion Full Story | Top |
| Obama invites congressional leaders to 11th-hour ‘cliff’ talks Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 06:32 PM PST President Barack Obama will meet Friday at the White House with Republican House Speaker John Boehner and other congressional leaders in what could be a last-ditch effort to avoid the “fiscal cliff†that will see Americans' take-home pay plummet come Jan. 1. The meeting, confirmed by the White House in a statement late Thursday, will [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man pushed to death in front of NYC subway train Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 09:39 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) â€" A mumbling woman pushed a man to his death in front of a subway train on Thursday night, the second time this month someone has been killed in such nightmarish fashion, police said. Full Story | Top |
| ‘Frustrated’ McConnell says he’s still waiting for Democrats to deliver a bipartisan plan Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 02:06 PM PST Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he would review any last-minute proposal President Barack Obama submits to avert the so-called fiscal cliff on Jan. 1. But the Kentucky Republican said he was "frustrated" with the lack of action to prevent steep tax hikes and spending cuts from going into effect, blaming Democrats for refusing [...] Full Story | Top |
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