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| Obama pushes Congress on immigration Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:46 PM PST  President Obama took his fight for immigration reform to the West on Tuesday and pushed Congress to quickly find a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented residents. Full Story | Top |
| Brazil police: Outdoor flare started club fire Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:38 PM PST  Penny-pinching by a band known for its onstage pyrotechnic displays may have cost more than 230 people their lives at a nightclub in southern Brazil, according to a police inspector leading the investigation into this weekend's deadly blaze. Full Story | Top |
| Newly confirmed Kerry will face full plate as secretary of state Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:45 PM PST  Hillary Rodham Clinton has been one of the US’s most popular and peripatetic secretaries of state â€" logging nearly 1 million miles in four years and becoming a household name from Panama to Pakistan. Full Story | Top |
| Texas woman's execution halted; DA won't appeal Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:17 PM PST  The first woman scheduled to be executed in the U.S. since 2010 won a reprieve Tuesday, mere hours before she was scheduled to be taken to the Texas death chamber. Full Story | Top |
| Tremors, gases will be best proof of N. Korea nuke test Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 08:31 PM PST  With North Korea appearing set to detonate an atomic device, the U.N. agency that detected two previous tests says it is prepared to confirm an explosion when it takes place. But experts say it might be difficult to establish whether the blast is nuclear in nature. Full Story | Top |
| US regulator asks Boeing for full battery history Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 11:24 PM PST  U.S. regulators said Wednesday they asked Boeing Co. to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion batteries used in its grounded 787 Dreamliners after Japan's All Nippon Airways revealed it had repeatedly replaced the batteries even before overheating problems surfaced. Full Story | Top |
| Clinton says she doesn't see 'getting back into politics' Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:24 PM PST  Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday cast doubt on speculation she might run for the White House in 2016. In an interview taped for National Public Radio, Clinton was asked what questions she needs to answer for herself as she decides whether to run for president. "I'm not even posing those questions. I am really looking forward to stepping off the fast track that I've been on. I've been out of politics as Secretary of State. I don't see myself getting back into politics," she said, according to an excerpt of the interview. ... Full Story | Top |
| CIA nominee had knowledge of 'enhanced interrogation techniques' Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:13 PM PST  John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the CIA, had detailed, contemporaneous knowledge of the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on captured terrorism suspects during an earlier stint as a top spy agency official, according to multiple sources familiar with official records. Those records, the sources said, show that Brennan was a regular recipient of CIA message traffic about controversial aspects of the agency's counter-terrorism program after September 2001, including the use of "waterboarding. ... Full Story | Top |
| Armed Arizona posse guards schools: Vigilantes or vigilance? Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:22 PM PST  From a distance, the Maricopa County sheriff's patrol car parked near the entrance to a school parking lot suggests the presence of a uniformed deputy, sitting vigilant behind the wheel â€" a 9 millimeter Glock on his waist, a Remington shotgun nearby, and a bulletproof vest snug under his tan shirt. Full Story | Top |
| Harry Belafonte: Blacks should take part in gun debate Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:26 PM PST  We need African-American voices in the discussion, says the singer, actor and activist. Full Story | Top |
| In push for Hagel, no leading from behind from White House Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:09 PM PST  As Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Pentagon, prepared to meet with senior New York Senator Chuck Schumer in mid-January, the White House stepped in and ensured that the get-together would take place quickly - and in the West Wing. Some of the loudest objections to Obama's choice of Hagel for secretary of defense stemmed from lawmakers' concerns about his past comments on Israel and Iran. ... Full Story | Top |
| Satellite photos show Britain blanketed in snow Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:42 PM PST  Snow is a relatively uncommon sight, particularly in the southern parts of the U.K. Full Story | Top |
| Weight Watchers CEO: Forget willpower Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:39 PM PST Every morning David Kirchhoff springs out of bed, grabs the exercise clothes he’s laid out the night before, works out, and has breakfast. Every single morning, the same routine, the same breakfast: oatmeal with blueberries and banana, a non-fat Greek yogurt, some grapes, and coffee. “I’ve learned to make myself a creature of habit,†he told Off the Cuff. Full Story | Top |
| Mexico breaks up bizarre sex-slavery cult Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:49 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) â€" Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration authorities said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| High school offers go-kart racing classes Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:48 PM PST We’ve all heard stories about colleges offering questionable courses for class credit: Frisbee golf, a sociological study of Lady Gaga and even a lecture series on surviving the zombie apocalypse. But the Manatee School of the Arts high school is giving them a run for their money, offering a course on “the Physics of Motorsports.†[...] Full Story | Top |
| PETA uses Te’o hoax to peddle fake chicken Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:22 PM PST Ever since the world found out that Manti Te’o’s deceased girlfriend never actually existed, the former Notre Dame linebacker has become a national joke. Full Story | Top |
| Daredevil crosses the road ... 200 feet above it Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:31 PM PST SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) â€" Famed daredevil Nik Wallenda glided 500 feet across a wire suspended 200 feet above the ground on Tuesday, wowing several thousand people below in his hometown of Sarasota. Full Story | Top |
| Ashley Judd, race-car driver husband splitting up Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:52 PM PST  Actress Ashley Judd and racecar driver Dario Franchitti have split. Full Story | Top |
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