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| Black voters look to leverage their loyalty Friday, Nov 23, 2012 12:19 AM PST  When black voters gave President Barack Obama 93 percent support on Election Day in defiance of predictions that they might sit it out this year, black leaders breathed a collective sigh of relief. Full Story | Top |
| Obama Thanksgiving address: Calls to unite behind WH, doesn’t thank God Friday, Nov 23, 2012 12:01 AM PST During his fourth Thanksgiving presidential address, President Barack Obama referenced the recent, long and bruising campaign season, urged the country to unite behind his administration and, for the fourth year running, neglected to offer verbal thanks to God. Full Story | Top |
| Norway mass killer criticizes prison conditions Friday, Nov 23, 2012 09:41 AM PST  Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik accused prison officers of trying to drive him to suicide in conditions he describes as "a mini Abu Ghraib." Full Story | Top |
| The 'Lost' Island That Maps Made Up Friday, Nov 23, 2012 02:32 AM PST  South Pacific Island Has Mistakenly Appeared in Publications for Past Century Full Story | Top |
| Protests greet shoppers at Wal-Marts nationwide Friday, Nov 23, 2012 06:34 PM PST  Wal-Mart workers and supporters marched in protest at stores nationwide Thursday and Friday, blasting the wages, benefits and treatment of employees at the world's largest retailer. Full Story | Top |
| Home amid Chinese highway a symbol of resistance Friday, Nov 23, 2012 02:50 AM PST  In the middle of an eastern Chinese city's new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home of the duck farmer who said "no." Full Story | Top |
| Grand Canyon Photo Prank Goes Viral Friday, Nov 23, 2012 07:40 AM PST While camping in the Grand Canyon with her boyfriend earlier this month, Samantha Busch, 22, decided to pull a prank on her overprotective mom, Rebecca. Busch texted a photo of herself looking like she was falling off a cliff, when in reality, she was perfectly... Full Story | Top |
| Chambliss latest Republican to break with anti-tax lobbyist Friday, Nov 23, 2012 01:12 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Saxby Chambliss this week became the latest Republican lawmaker to loosen his ties to Grover Norquist, the anti-tax lobbyist famous for getting elected officials to sign a "taxpayer protection pledge." The rebellion, albeit a modest one, comes as Republicans prepare to negotiate with Democrats and President Barack Obama on a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff - some $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts set to start jolting the economy at the beginning of 2013. ... Full Story | Top |
| Black Friday politics: Do some stores lean Democratic or Republican? Friday, Nov 23, 2012 09:37 AM PST Black Friday: It’s a day in which most American citizens put aside politics in pursuit of shopping bargains. But in Washington we can sort almost anything in the US in terms of partisan proclivity, and temples of commerce are no exception. Want to know whether the big box store where you’re waiting in line leans Democratic or Republican? The folks at the invaluable Center for Responsive Politics have compiled a handy guide based on campaign contributions. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. has concerns about Egyptian president Mursi's moves Friday, Nov 23, 2012 01:25 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is concerned about Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decision to assume sweeping powers, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. Mursi on Thursday issued a decree that puts his decisions above legal challenge until a new parliament is elected, causing angry protests by his opponents and violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Calif.-Vegas party train could hit tracks in 2013 Friday, Nov 23, 2012 07:15 AM PST  As if a weekend in Las Vegas isn't wild enough for Southern Californians, a Nevada entrepreneur is about to add five more hours of party to either end. Full Story | Top |
| Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence, 1 dead Friday, Nov 23, 2012 03:42 PM PST  Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fragile two-day-old cease-fire between Hamas and the Jewish state. Full Story | Top |
| Shoppers welcome early start to "Black Friday" Friday, Nov 23, 2012 03:45 PM PST  NEW YORK/BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota (Reuters) - Retailers declared their experiment with earlier store openings to kick off the holiday shopping season a success on Friday, with those new hours expected to be a Thanksgiving night staple for more retailers next year. Stores such as Target Corp opened hours before midnight on Thursday to try to capture a bigger piece of the retail pie. The move seemed to bring out a different type of shopper than the usual one who grabs the "Black Friday" deals, analysts said. That meant by Friday morning, some shoppers, like Christian Alcantara, 18, at a J.C. ... Full Story | Top |
| Secret message found with carrier pigeon may never be deciphered Friday, Nov 23, 2012 10:29 AM PST Before military forces had secure cell phones and satellite communications, they used carrier pigeons. The highly trained birds delivered sensitive information from one location to another during World War II. Often, the birds found the intended recipient. But not always. A dead pigeon was recently discovered inside a chimney in Surrey, England. There for roughly [...] Full Story | Top |
| Clashes erupt across Egypt over Morsi's new powers Friday, Nov 23, 2012 12:41 PM PST  Thousands of opponents of Egypt's Islamist president clashed with his supporters in cities across the country Friday, burning several offices of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the most violent and widespread protests since Mohammed Morsi came to power, sparked by his move to grant himself sweeping powers. Full Story | Top |
| Cash-strapped post office tests same-day delivery Friday, Nov 23, 2012 12:18 AM PST  Emboldened by rapid growth in e-commerce shipping, the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is moving aggressively this holiday season to start a premium service for the Internet shopper seeking the instant gratification of a store purchase: same-day package delivery. Full Story | Top |
| Boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho remains on life support Friday, Nov 23, 2012 01:49 PM PST  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Relatives of Hector "Macho" Camacho, who has been declared brain dead after being shot in the face, are still hoping for a miracle and said they would not remove the three-time world boxing champion from life support. Doctors at the Rio Piedras Medical Center in San Juan declared Camacho, 50, brain dead on Thursday, two days after he was struck in a drive-by shooting. "Macho is a fighter, and he's going to keep fighting until the last bell," his son Hector "Machito" Camacho told reporters on Friday after visiting his father. "He's still alive. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's Mursi called "pharaoh", violent protests erupt Friday, Nov 23, 2012 06:07 AM PST  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decree exempting all his decisions from legal challenge until a new parliament was elected caused fury amongst his opponents on Friday who accused him of being the new Hosni Mubarak and hijacking the revolution. Thousands of chanting protesters packed Tahrir Square, the heart of the 2011 anti-Mubarak uprising, demanding Mursi quit and accusing him of launching a "coup". There were violent protests in Alexandria, Port Said and Suez. ... Full Story | Top |
| Police: Mass. man left tot in car to shop on Black Friday, went home with new TV but no boy Friday, Nov 23, 2012 08:57 AM PST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Police say a Massachusetts man left his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in a car while he went shopping for Black Friday bargains, then went home with his new 51-inch flat screen television and left the toddler behind. Full Story | Top |
| New Mexico woman dies when Fla. dive boat capsizes Friday, Nov 23, 2012 01:53 PM PST A diver from New Mexico who died in a Thanksgiving Day boating accident was a manager at one of the nation's leading research laboratories who was in Florida for a holiday dive trip with her nephew, authorities said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| German lab: Qatar man suffered from new virus Friday, Nov 23, 2012 09:07 AM PST A patient from Qatar has been confirmed with a new virus related to SARS, while health officials are investigating whether it may have spread between humans after close contact in Saudi Arabia. Full Story | Top |
| 2 killed, dozens injured in massive Texas pileup Thursday, Nov 22, 2012 09:27 PM PST  Two people died and more than 80 people were hurt Thursday when at least 140 vehicles collided in Southeast Texas in a pileup that left trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from the wreckage. Full Story | Top |
| Postcard sent in 1943 finally arrives Friday, Nov 23, 2012 11:57 AM PST After 70 years in limbo, a postcard found its way to the correct address (although not the intended recipients). The postcard was sent on July 4, 1943 to Pauline and Theresa Leisenring of Elmira, New York. It was mailed by their parents, who were visiting their brother at Camp Grant in Illinois. The card read: [...] Full Story | Top |
| 1 killed, 19 wounded in Israeli gunfire near Gaza Friday, Nov 23, 2012 04:26 AM PST  Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 19 people as crowds surged toward Gaza's border fence with Israel on Friday, a health official said, the first violence since a truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers took hold a day before. Full Story | Top |
| Ranbaxy recalls generic Lipitor doses Friday, Nov 23, 2012 09:47 AM PST Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled dozens of lots of its generic version of cholesterol drug Lipitor because some may contain tiny glass particles, the latest in a string of manufacturing deficiencies that once led U.S. regulators to bar imports of the Indian company's medicines. Full Story | Top |
| Two powers, Qatar and Iran, try to sway Hamas Friday, Nov 23, 2012 10:00 AM PST  The courtship of Hamas between rivals Iran and Qatar has been one of the Middle East's intriguing subplots of the Arab Spring. The bloodshed in Gaza has now sharpened their competition for influence with the Palestinian militant group and the direction it takes in the future. Full Story | Top |
| Polar Bears Get Chilly Birthday Surprise Friday, Nov 23, 2012 11:47 AM PST  Despite being in sunny California, two polar bears at the San Francisco Zoo celebrated their birthdays this month in true, really chilly style. Pike, 30, and Ulu, 32, got a very special sub-zero treatment Nov. 15 when the zoo had 10 tons of fresh snow... Full Story | Top |
| Gas explosion levels Mass. buildings; several hurt Friday, Nov 23, 2012 05:21 PM PST  A natural gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities on Friday destroyed two buildings and damaged others beyond repair but didn't kill anyone, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Gas blast levels Mass. buildings; at least 18 hurt Friday, Nov 23, 2012 06:20 PM PST A natural gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities on Friday destroyed two buildings, including one housing a strip club, and damaged others beyond repair but didn't kill anyone, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
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