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| Wounded former congresswoman Giffords meets with Newtown victims Friday, Jan 04, 2013 06:11 PM PST  Nearly two years after being critically wounded in a mass shooting, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Friday met with families of victims in last month's shooting that left 26 people dead inside a Connecticut elementary school. Full Story | Top |
| Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong weighs doping admission Friday, Jan 04, 2013 09:11 PM PST  Throughout Lance Armstrong's career he hasn't just denied he doped, he's tried to destroy anyone who suggested otherwise. So now it's all forgiven? Only his sizeable ego could think that's enough. Full Story | Top |
| Photos: Winners of the 2012 NatGeo contest Friday, Jan 04, 2013 09:00 AM PST  Full Story | Top |
| Detroit police: U.S. has a gun problem and the epicenter seems to be here Friday, Jan 04, 2013 03:38 PM PST  The city had 386 criminal homicides in 2012, more than any time in the past two decades. Full Story | Top |
| Obama may round out natl. security team next week Friday, Jan 04, 2013 09:08 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team next week, with a nomination for defense secretary expected and a pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency possible. Full Story | Top |
| AT&T, Microsoft among donors to Obama's second inauguration Friday, Jan 04, 2013 06:36 PM PST  More than 400 donors, including AT&T Inc and Microsoft, have contributed money to help pay for the festivities to mark President Barack Obama's inauguration to a second term, organizers said on Friday. The committee of Obama supporters organizing the parade and other gala events did not say how much money has been raised so far, disclosing only the list of "benefactors," most of whom are individuals. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rules Friday, Jan 04, 2013 03:34 PM PST  The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens. Full Story | Top |
| NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars Friday, Jan 04, 2013 02:06 PM PST  NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that appear to show a “flower†on the surface of Mars. NBCNews.com’s photo blog reports that the photos were taken as part of an effort to capture 360-degree images during Curiosity’s trek through Mars’ Yellowknife Bay. New Jersey-based journalist and photographer Ken [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sgt. in Saudi military accused of Vegas child rape Friday, Jan 04, 2013 06:19 PM PST  A sergeant in Saudi Arabia's air force was jailed in Las Vegas on charges that he pulled a boy into a hotel room and sexually assaulted him. Full Story | Top |
| N.J. man arrested in N.Y. police cannibalism case Friday, Jan 04, 2013 09:00 PM PST A lawyer claims that the arrest of a man accused of trying to pay a police officer to kidnap a Manhattan woman was done to prevent him from testifying about Internet sexual fantasies at the officer's cannibalism-tinged trial. Full Story | Top |
| American Eagle pilot fails alcohol test, suspended Friday, Jan 04, 2013 10:03 PM PST  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â€" An American Eagle pilot was suspended after failing a blood-alcohol test as he prepared to fly on Friday from Minneapolis to New York City, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| 3 killed after plane hits home in Fla. Friday, Jan 04, 2013 06:55 PM PST  PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) â€" Three people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house Friday afternoon while trying to land at a central Florida airport, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Full Story | Top |
| India rape victim's friend recounts attack Friday, Jan 04, 2013 10:37 PM PST NEW DELHI - The suffering of a university student and her male friend who were brutally attacked aboard a bus in India's capital did not end after the woman was gang-raped and both were savagely beaten for 2 1/2 hours. Dumped naked on a roadside, the pair encountered shocking apathy as passersby offered only cursory looks and police debated jurisdiction for 30 minutes before taking them to a hospital, where the man received no treatment as he sat without clothes on the floor, the friend recounted in a television interview. Full Story | Top |
| FBI: Man uses fake explosives to rob Ariz. banks Friday, Jan 04, 2013 06:12 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) â€" Federal authorities said Friday that they're searching for a man who robbed one bank in the Phoenix metropolitan area and tried to rob two others using fake bombs. Full Story | Top |
| Venezuela VP: Chavez can be sworn in by Court Friday, Jan 04, 2013 10:54 PM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) â€" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez can take the oath of office for his next term before the Supreme Court at a later date if the ailing leader isn't fit to be sworn in next week, his vice president said. Full Story | Top |
| Grand jury indicts New York couple as bomb suspects Friday, Jan 04, 2013 04:51 PM PST  A grand jury indicted a New York man and his girlfriend following their arrest on Saturday after police found an explosive compound, bomb-making manuals and weapons in their Greenwich Village apartment. Full Story | Top |
| Feds: Second inmate who escaped Chicago jail captured Friday, Jan 04, 2013 06:22 PM PST  The second of two bank robbers who escaped last month from a high-rise federal jail in downtown Chicago was captured Friday at an apartment complex across the street from a suburban police department, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Your tweets are being stored at the Library of Congress Friday, Jan 04, 2013 01:23 PM PST  The Library of Congress says it's amassed about 170 billion tweets since it began collecting an archive of all Twitter messages in 2010. Full Story | Top |
| Body of missing Calif. woman found at Lake Tahoe Friday, Jan 04, 2013 05:52 PM PST  RENO, Nev. (AP) â€" The search for a missing 19-year-old California woman who disappeared on New Year's Eve at Lake Tahoe ended Friday when her body was found behind a snow bank about a mile from the site of a music festival she attended that night, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Leukemia patient turns to Facebook to find donor Friday, Jan 04, 2013 03:37 PM PST It was literally a one in ten million chance when Paul Zamecnik was matched up with a stem cell donor who could finally help the 53-year-old Virginia man get a sustainable treatment for his leukemia. But after the potential donor failed to show up for his scheduled appointment, Zamecnik has been forced to turn to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Do war-weary troops have drinking problems? Friday, Jan 04, 2013 04:13 PM PST Responding to recent internal reports that, after a decade of war, a growing number of troops consider themselves heavy drinkers, the Marine Corps has announced a new get-tough policy: Personnel who tally a blood alcohol content of .01 or more while on duty will be sent straight to counseling. Full Story | Top |
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