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| Republicans scoff at White House’s first offer Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:21 PM PST Bolstered by his reelection, President Barack Obama on Thursday made a detailed opening bid to Congressional Republicans for averting the so-called fiscal cliff -- the mix of tax hikes and deep spending cuts that risk plunging the economy into a new recession come 2013. Republicans flatly rejected the offer, which mostly repackaged Obama's previous budget [...] Full Story | Top |
| Afghan girl beheaded after refusing man’s marriage proposal Friday, Nov 30, 2012 10:52 AM PST A 14-year-old Afghan girl was beheaded and killed in an attack by two men, one of whom apparently asked her to marry him. The attack happened Tuesday, a day before new legislation was introduced in Congress calling on the U.S. government to take steps to help protect Afghan women and girls as the U.S. military [...] Full Story | Top |
| Congress looks at doing away with the $1 bill Friday, Nov 30, 2012 09:15 AM PST  American consumers have shown about as much appetite for the $1 coin as kids do their spinach. They may not know what's best for them either. Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them with dollar coins could save taxpayers some $4.4 billion over the next 30 years. Full Story | Top |
| Lost military jacket found on post-Sandy NJ beach Friday, Nov 30, 2012 12:11 PM PST  Donna Gugger's heart was heavy as she sifted through the scattered debris and devastation left by Superstorm Sandy along the Jersey Shore. Pieces of broken furniture. Shards of metal. Chairs ripped off patios. Blue jeans tossed out of bureaus. Full Story | Top |
| Boehner joins filibuster fight against Democrats Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:11 PM PST  House Speaker John Boehner joined fellow Republicans in the Senate on Thursday in their battle to stop Democrats controlling that chamber from curbing filibusters, threatening to ignore bills the Senate sends him if Democrats have abused GOP senators' rights to slow consideration of legislation. Full Story | Top |
| Boehner on ‘fiscal cliff’ talks: ‘There’s a stalemate’ Friday, Nov 30, 2012 10:39 AM PST WASHINGTONâ€"House Speaker John Boehner on Friday said that despite receiving a counterproposal from the White House as part of a deal to avoid a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts, no progress had been made between Republicans and Democrats. "There's a stalemate, let's not kid ourselves," Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, told reporters [...] Full Story | Top |
| Pelosi will try to force House vote to extend middle-class tax rates Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:28 PM PST WASHINGTONâ€"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will try to force a vote on the House floor to extend current tax rates for the middle class next week if Republicans do not act, the California Democrat announced on Friday. During a press conference on Capitol Hill, Pelosi called on House Republicans, who control the chamber, to hold [...] Full Story | Top |
| Iran unveils unusually colored blue submarine Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:17 PM PST It looks like the Iranian Navy really wanted people to see its new submarine. In a live broadcast on state TV on Wednesday, the Islamic Republic showed off a new Sina 7 submarine that is painted in an unusually bright turquoise blue hue. So, why exactly would any military want to design its ship in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Bankrupt Hostess to Give Execs Bonuses Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:47 AM PST  The Bonuses Do Not Include Pay for CEO Gregory Rayburn Full Story | Top |
| Romney internal polls mystery deepens after New Republic report Friday, Nov 30, 2012 11:36 AM PST It may take election experts years to unravel the mystery of why Mitt Romney was convinced he had won the 2012 presidential election, as a new report shows some skewed internal poll numbers, and explains Romney's two trips to Pennsylvania. Full Story | Top |
| GI charged in WikiLeaks case admits making noose Friday, Nov 30, 2012 03:24 PM PST  As a military prosecutor held up a knotted bedsheet in court, Pfc. Bradley Manning acknowledged on Friday that he fashioned a noose and contemplated suicide shortly after his arrest on charges of engineering the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history. Full Story | Top |
| Palestinians win de facto U.N. recognition of sovereign state Friday, Nov 30, 2012 02:59 AM PST  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate." The U.N. victory for the Palestinians was a diplomatic setback for the United States and Israel, which were joined by only a handful of countries in voting against the move to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United Nations to "non-member state" from "entity," like the Vatican. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spain shipwreck treasure shown for the first time Friday, Nov 30, 2012 03:59 PM PST Spanish cultural officials allowed a first peek Friday at some of the 16 tons (14.5 metric tons) of shipwreck treasure worth an estimated $500 million that a U.S. salvage company gave up this year after a five-year ownership dispute. Full Story | Top |
| Internal polling reveals why Romney believed he would win Friday, Nov 30, 2012 08:03 AM PST Internal polling showing leads over Barack Obama in New Hampshire and Colorado helped instill confidence in the Mitt Romney campaign on Election Day, according to final polling data revealed by Noam Scheiber of the New Republic. It had previously been revealed that the campaign believed its candidate would carry North Carolina, Florida and Virginia. But data [...] Full Story | Top |
| Couple Wins Half of Powerball Jackpot Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 11:53 PM PST  Factory Worker and his Wife, who live in Dearborn, Mo., win Half of $587 Jackpot Full Story | Top |
| Couple's Friends Raise Thousands for Life-Saving Surgery Friday, Nov 30, 2012 07:43 AM PST In the past year, Drew Lewis has proposed to his now-wife, celebrated his wedding day and received a life-changing diagnosis of stage 4 colon cancer. He’s also realized the power of social media, the power of friends lending a helping hand and, in this holiday... Full Story | Top |
| Fiscal Cliff Creeps Closer With No Signs of Optimism Friday, Nov 30, 2012 06:34 AM PST  "Absurd" -- that's the word one top Republican Hill aide used to describe the plan that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner presented to GOP leaders yesterday to avoid the fiscal cliff.And an aide to House Speaker Boehner described the White House's offer as "completely unrealistic" and "a break with reality."Meanwhile, a top Democratic insider complained to ABC's Jonathan Karl that "the Republicans have taken to screaming at us. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mo. mechanic, his wife named Powerball winners Friday, Nov 30, 2012 09:10 AM PST  A 52-year-old Missouri mechanic and his wife claimed their share Friday of the record $588 million Powerball jackpot. Full Story | Top |
| NJ mayor to live on food stamps starting Tuesday Friday, Nov 30, 2012 05:50 AM PST  Mayor Cory Booker said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Derailment sends chemical tank cars into NJ creek Friday, Nov 30, 2012 08:02 AM PST People in three southern New Jersey towns were told Friday to stay inside after a freight train derailed and several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials toppled from a bridge and into a creek. Full Story | Top |
| Stung by U.N. defeat, Israel pushes settlement plans Friday, Nov 30, 2012 11:32 AM PST  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hours after the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to grant de-facto statehood to Palestine, Israel responded on Friday by announcing it was authorizing 3,000 new settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. An official, who declined to be named, said the government had also decided to expedite planning work for thousands more homes in a geographically sensitive area close to Jerusalem that critics say would kill off Palestinian hopes of a viable state. The decision was made on Thursday when it became clear that the U.N. ... Full Story | Top |
| 2 Towns Hint at Powerball Winners Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 11:53 PM PST  Surveillance Cameras Captured an Apparent Winner Celebrating in the Store Full Story | Top |
| Twinkies maker Hostess ready for its big bake sale Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:28 PM PST  The future of Twinkies is virtually assured. Full Story | Top |
| Principal Punishes High School Boys With Public Hand-Holding Friday, Nov 30, 2012 11:47 AM PST  An Arizona school district has condemned the in-school discipline at one of its high schools after two boys were forced to hold hands in front of their classmates as a punishment for fighting. Earlier this week, the two students at Westwood High School in Mesa,... Full Story | Top |
| DNA Directly Photographed for First Time Friday, Nov 30, 2012 11:31 AM PST  Fifty-nine years after James Watson and Francis Crick deduced the double-helix structure of DNA, a scientist has captured the first direct photograph of the twisted ladder that props up life. Full Story | Top |
| Police: Wyo. murder-suicide happened during class Friday, Nov 30, 2012 06:57 PM PST  A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in a Casper neighborhood Friday before killing a male teacher and himself in front of students in a community college classroom, causing a campus-wide lockdown as authorities tried to piece together what happened. Full Story | Top |
| One Republican makes waves Friday, Nov 30, 2012 03:05 AM PST  Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) made headlines this week when suggested that his Republican colleagues should join with President Obama on a quick “fiscal cliff†fix by voting to extend the Bush tax-rates for everyone but the highest income earners, and leaving the rest of the... Full Story | Top |
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