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| Winners and Losers from a Fiscal-Cliff Deal Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 12:50 AM PST  Middle and lower-income taxpayers are the main beneficiaries of the fiscal-cliff deal, but there are other winnersâ€"and losersâ€"of the last-minute scramble to avert scheduled tax increases and spending cuts. The gridlock leading up to the deal dimmed the country’s already dim view of Congress. Lawmakers aren’t going to get the grand deficit-reduction bargain they had hoped for. And although an economic crisis may have been averted, the final deal sets the stage for another debt-ceiling showdown. Full Story | Top |
| Obama begins second term facing pessimistic public: Poll Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 05:22 AM PST As President Barack Obama heads into his second term, he faces a pessimistic and weary public, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll released late Tuesday. The percentage of Americans satisfied with the direction of the country stands at a paltry 23 percent in a poll taken Dec. 14-17. By a margin of 50 to 47 [...] Full Story | Top |
| John Boehner Told Harry Reid 'Go F--- Yourself' Outside the Oval Office Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 02:33 AM PST  The fiscal austerity crisis has been temporarily averted, but given the apparent animosity between the current leaders of Congress its a miracle that any deal was made at all. Politico has a rather lengthy breakdown of the last week or so of negotiations that led to last night's budget bill and it leads off with an anecdote illustrating the current state of American politics. As they arrived for a much-hyped meeting with the President last Friday afternoon, Speaker of the House John Boehner spotted House Majority Leader Harry Reid approaching just steps from the Oval Office. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lost Bicycle Swallowed by Wash. Tree Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 07:45 AM PST  A young boy’s lost bicycle has led to a unique piece of natural roadside art on Washington state’s Vashon Island, over 50 years later. Traveling off of Vashon Highway, about 50 feet into the woods behind the local Sound Food Café, travelers will come across... Full Story | Top |
| Colo. theater shooting kin reject movie invitation Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 02:23 PM PST  DENVER (AP) â€" Relatives of those killed at a Colorado movie theater rejected an invitation Wednesday to attend its planned reopening, calling it a "disgusting offer" that came at a terrible time â€" right after the first Christmas without their loved ones. Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer behind Newtown claim says meant to prevent future attacks Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 07:18 AM PST  (Reuters) - The lawyer who filed and then quickly withdrew a $100 million legal claim against the state of Connecticut in the wake of the deadly Newtown elementary school shooting said on Wednesday his motive in the case is to prevent future school massacres and that he continues to investigate evidence for a future claim. New Haven, Connecticut-based attorney Irving Pinsky, appearing on CNN, said his job is "to stop this happening again." "It hurts me, but I know it's coming," Pinsky said, referring to the likelihood of a future attack on a school. ... Full Story | Top |
| Congress OKs cliff deal, signaling future fights Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 04:55 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Congress' excruciating, extraordinary New Year's Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack Obama most of the tax boosts on the rich that he campaigned on. It also prevents House Republicans from facing blame for blocking tax cuts for most American households, though most GOP lawmakers parted ways with Speaker John Boehner and opposed the measure. Full Story | Top |
| Backlash follows House delay on Sandy relief vote Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 02:01 PM PST After a late-night decision from House Republicans to delay a vote to provide billions of dollars in relief to states hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy, House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday attempted to tamp down a backlash, telling colleagues he would bring up one part of the aid package to a vote at the end [...] Full Story | Top |
| How Corn Syrup Might Be Making Us Hungry-and Fat Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 03:21 AM PST  How Corn Syrup Might Be Making Us Hungry-and Fat Full Story | Top |
| President vows not to negotiate on debt ceiling Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 06:35 AM PST After Congress' narrow dodge of the fiscal cliff, Washington isn't exactly breathing easy. Major fiscal fights remain for the coming session and President Barack Obama has signaled his unwillingness to put Americans through another drawn-out battle over the nation's debt limit, which Congress will vote on this term. "While I will negotiate over many things, [...] Full Story | Top |
| McConnell: Fiscal cliff deal not great, but it shields Americans from tax hike Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 09:07 PM PST  The first day of a new Congress always represents a fresh start. This year, it also presents a perfect opportunity to tackle the single-greatest challenge facing our nation: reining in the out-of-control federal spending that threatens to permanently alter our economy and dim the prospects and opportunities of future generations of Americans. Full Story | Top |
| Despite deal, taxes to rise for most Americans Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 12:11 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. Full Story | Top |
| Ariz. Woman Faces Death Over Boyfriend's Gruesome Murder Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 03:34 AM PST Cops say Jodi Arias Stabbed her Boyfriend 27 Times, Slit his Throat and Shot him Full Story | Top |
| Pilot Catches Thief During Fly-By Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 03:00 AM PST  Pilot David Zehntner was flying his personal plane from North Carolina to his Florida home when he decided to fly over his house and saw something unusual. “He observed a silver truck with white camper in his driveway and lowered his altitude to get a... Full Story | Top |
| Gun checks soar 39 percent, set new record: FBI Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 02:02 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of FBI background checks required for Americans buying guns set a record in December, indicating that more people may purchase one after the Connecticut school massacre stirred interest in self-defense and prompted renewed talk of limits on firearms, according to FBI data. The FBI said it recorded 2.78 million background checks during the month, surpassing the mark set in November of 2.01 million checks - about a 39 percent rise. The latest monthly figure was up 49 percent over December 2011, when the FBI performed a then-record 1.86 million checks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealed Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 10:07 AM PST  Astronomers studying a newborn star have caught a detailed glimpse of planets forming around it, revealing a never-before seen stage of planetary evolution. Full Story | Top |
| Navy Launches Disturbing Anti-Bath Salts PSA Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 10:39 AM PST  A new, disturbing dramatization of a sailor ingesting “bath salts†and then having violent hallucinations is the latest salvo in the Navy’s ongoing fight against synthetic drugs. The public service announcement, published online in December, puts the viewer in the shoes of a young sailor... Full Story | Top |
| UN estimates Syria death toll more than 60,000 Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 09:10 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) â€" The United Nations estimated Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria's 21-month-old uprising against authoritarian rule, a toll one-third higher than what anti-regime activists had counted. The U.N. human rights chief called the toll "truly shocking." Full Story | Top |
| Squash Holds Decapitated King Louis XVI's Blood Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 11:17 AM PST  More than 200 years ago, France's King Louis XVI was killed (along with his wife, Marie Antoinette) via guillotine, and legend has it someone used a handkerchief to soak up the king's blood, then stored the handkerchief in a gourd. Full Story | Top |
| Women Lose Half Their Weight: How They Did It Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 03:49 AM PST At 25 years old and 288 pounds, Ashley Donahoo was depressed. “I was unhappy with my job, I was unhappy with the direction my life was going, and I had a hard time enjoying the little things that my kids wanted to do,†the 27-year-old... Full Story | Top |
| LA photographer killed while shooting Bieber's car Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 02:25 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Police say a paparazzo was hit by a car and killed after taking photos of Justin Bieber's Ferrari sports car in Los Angeles. Full Story | Top |
| Earth Is Closest to the Sun for 2013 Today Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 05:12 AM PST  If the sun looks a little larger than usual today, you're not seeing things. Today (Jan. 2) marks the time when the Earth is at perihelion, the point in its orbit at which it is closest to the sun. Full Story | Top |
| Solider Surprises Wife, Son With Reunion During Rose Parade Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 04:52 AM PST While many families attended the 2013 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year’s Day, military wife Miriam Pazz wished her husband could join her and their 4-year-old son in the stands. What Pazz didn’t know was that her husband, Army Sgt. First Class Eric... Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Clinton released from the hospital Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 03:40 PM PST Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been released from a New York hospital after being treated for a blood clot, the State Department announced on Wednesday. "Her medical team advised her that she is making good progress on all fronts, and they are confident she will make a full recovery," State Department spokesman Philippe [...] Full Story | Top |
| Record Gun Sales in December Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 09:52 AM PST  Record gun sales were recorded in December 2012 with over 2.7 million background checks being conducted through the FBI’s National Instant Check System (NICS), the agency said today. For 2012, more background checks were conducted than any year since 1998. In December, 2,783,765 total background... Full Story | Top |
| Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 07:21 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Al-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, boosting its reach in the U.S. nearly ninefold to about 40 million homes. With a focus on U.S. news, it plans to rebrand the left-leaning news network that cofounder Al Gore couldn't make relevant. Full Story | Top |
| Newborns Know Their Native Tongue, Study Finds Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 09:47 AM PST  Just hours after they're born, babies seem to be able to tell the difference between sounds in their native tongue and a foreign one, according to a new study that suggests language learning begins in utero. Full Story | Top |
| Locked Away in Bolivia for 580 Days Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 12:51 PM PST  Jacob Ostreicher Was Arrested, Accused of Money Laundering in June 2011 Full Story | Top |
| Good gourd! Blood belonging to Louis XVI found in souvenir squash Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 09:10 AM PST It's been more than 200 years since King Louis XVI was beheaded by French revolutionaries, but a team of scientists believes a recently discovered gourd contains traces of his blood. According to the BBC, the scientists say a dried, hollowed-out squash that had been kept by an Italian family as a souvenir contains a handkerchief [...] Full Story | Top |
| UN: Analysis suggests 60,000-plus killed in Syria Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 07:08 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) â€" At least 60,000 people have been killed in Syria's civil war, with monthly casualty figures steadily increasing since the conflict began almost two years ago, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by the United Nations. Full Story | Top |
| Apple testing new iPhone, iOS 7: report Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 08:38 AM PST  (Reuters) - Apple Inc has started testing a new iPhone and the next version of its iOS software, news website The Next Web reported. The company's shares rose as much as 4.3 percent but eased a little to trade up 3 percent at $546.11 by mid-day on the Nasdaq. Application developers have found in their app usage logs references to a new iPhone identifier, iPhone 6.1, running iOS 7 operating system, the website reported. Apple's iPhone 5 bears the identifiers "iPhone 5.1" and "iPhone 5.2" and is powered by the iOS 6 operating system. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scientologists' Alleged 'Alien Space Cathedral' Found Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 07:50 AM PST A secret bunker hidden deep within the deserts of New Mexico is reported to be the "alien space cathedral" of the Church of Scientology, according to the author of a new book on Scientology. Full Story | Top |
| Israel orders Bedouins to leave West Bank area Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 08:21 AM PST  KHIRBET AL-MEITEH, West Bank (AP) â€" The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered dozens of Palestinian Bedouins to leave their communities so it could conduct military exercises in a remote area of the West Bank. Full Story | Top |
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