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| Dental Assistant Fired For Being 'Irresistible' Is 'Devastated' Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 07:17 AM PST  After working as a dental assistant for ten years, Melissa Nelson was fired for being too “irresistible†and a “threat†to her employer’s marriage. “I think it is completely wrong,†Nelson said.  â€I think it is sending a message that men can do whatever they... Full Story | Top |
| Mitt Romney ‘had no desire to run,’ son says Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 11:12 AM PST Mitt Romney didn't want to be president, anyway. That's what Tagg Romney, Mitt's oldest son, told the Boston Globe for its big post-mortem on his father's failed presidential bid published on Sunday. “He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life," Tagg Romney told the paper. "He had no desire to [...] Full Story | Top |
| NRA’s LaPierre slams critics of school gun plan Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 08:50 AM PST Two days after suggesting a "good guy with a gun" be stationed at every school in the country in response to the deadly shootings in Newtown, Conn., National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre blasted critics of his plan. In an interview broadcast on Sunday's "Meet The Press," LaPierre reiterated the statements he made [...] Full Story | Top |
| Republicans Aren't the Only Gun-Control Obstacle Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 01:34 AM PST Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the state Sen. Mary Landrieu represents. It is Louisiana. Full Story | Top |
| 'Wheel of Fortune' Contestant Loses Thousands Over Dropped G Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 09:44 AM PST  Contestant Renee Durette was on a roll toward thousands of dollars on the game show “Wheel of Fortune.†She had the winning answer to the word puzzle â€" “Seven Swans a Swimming†â€" or so she thought. Durette, a Navy Intel Specialist from Merritt Island, Fla.,... Full Story | Top |
| Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase deal Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 06:04 AM PST  BOSTON (AP) â€" In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in Washington that embarrassed House Speaker John Boehner and pushed the country closer to a "fiscal cliff" that forces tax increases and massive spending cuts on virtually every American. Full Story | Top |
| Norquist: Obama and Dems Using Newtown for 'Political Purposes' Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 08:23 AM PST  National Rifle Association board member and president of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist said on Sunday that President Obama and Democrats are politicizing the Newtown tragedy by pushing for gun control. “We ought to calm down and not take tragedies like this, crimes like... Full Story | Top |
| North Korea could have U.S. within missile range, says South Saturday, Dec 22, 2012 10:05 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - This month's rocket launch by reclusive North Korea shows it has likely developed the technology, long suspected in the West, to fire a warhead more than 10,000 km (6,200 miles), South Korean officials said on Sunday, putting the U.S. West Coast in range. North Korea said the December 12 launch put a weather satellite in orbit but critics say it was aimed at nurturing the kind of technology needed to mount a nuclear warhead on a long-range missile. North Korea is banned from testing missile or nuclear technology under U.N. ... Full Story | Top |
| ‘Imposter’ pretending to be Ryan Lanza gives Facebook interview to the New York Post Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 10:19 AM PST A Facebook user claiming to be Adam Lanza's brother took to the social network to mourn the 27 people--including his mother and 20 schoolchildren--killed by Adam in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, before the younger Lanza turned the gun on himself. "I am a victim," Ryan Lanza told the New York Post via Facebook on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Mitt's Son Says He Never Wanted to be President Anyway Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 07:06 AM PST  If you thought the tale of how Mitt Romney lost the general election was already told, you would be wrong. Because there is so much left to tell, like how Mitt never wanted to be President anyway. Full Story | Top |
| Official: Navy SEAL died of apparent suicide Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 02:47 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" U.S. military officials are investigating the apparent suicide of a Navy SEAL commander in Afghanistan. Full Story | Top |
| NRA Chief LaPierre: 'Call Me Crazy' Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 08:50 AM PST  Wayne LaPierre Defends His Call for Armed Guards in Every School Full Story | Top |
| Former SC Gov. Sanford eyes US House bid Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 05:53 AM PST  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) â€" Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who left public life two years ago after mysteriously disappearing to visit his then-mistress in Argentina, is poised to re-enter the political arena. Full Story | Top |
| Former President Bush still hospitalized Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 08:16 AM PST  HOUSTON (AP) â€" President George H.W. Bush, who has been in a Houston hospital with a lingering cough since November, needs to "build up his energy" before he can be released, doctors said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Tiny, rocky island subject of dispute between Canada and United States Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 01:31 AM PST FREDERICTON - A tiny island between New Brunswick and Maine is the subject of renewed calls from both sides of the border to settle a territorial dispute once and for all. Full Story | Top |
| The world mourns with Connecticut; gifts pour in Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 09:08 AM PST  NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) â€" People around the world are grieving with the residents of Newtown over the murders of 26 school children and staff, offering their support by sending toys, money and other gifts. Full Story | Top |
| NRA: Public wants armed guards in every school Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 09:52 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The National Rifle Association on Sunday forcefully stuck to its call for placing armed police officers and security guards in every school as the best way to avoid shootings such as the recent massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Full Story | Top |
| Audits of businesses for illegal immigrants rising Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 11:29 AM PST  SEATTLE (AP) â€" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for illegal immigrants on their payrolls this past fiscal year. Full Story | Top |
| Air strike kills dozens of Syrians waiting to buy bread Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 12:31 PM PST  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed and many more wounded in a Syrian government air strike that hit a bakery where a crowd was queuing for bread on Sunday, activists said. If confirmed, the attack on Halfaya in central Syria, which was seized by rebels last week, would be one of the deadliest air strikes of Syria's civil war. Videos uploaded by activists showed dozens of bloodstained corpses lying amid rubble and shrapnel. An adolescent boy with both his feet blown off lay flailing in the middle of a road. "When I got there, I could see piles of bodies all over the ground. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lieberman fears country may go over 'fiscal cliff' Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 10:15 AM PST  Senators bickered Sunday over who's to blame for lurching the country toward a year-end "fiscal cliff," bemoaning the lack of a deal days before the deadline but bridging no differences in the debate. Full Story | Top |
| Unwavering NRA opposes any new gun restrictions Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 04:30 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" An unwavering National Rifle Association said Sunday that new gun regulations would not make children safer and that a White House task force on gun violence may try to undermine the Second Amendment. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio holiday travel collision kills 4 Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 12:29 PM PST CINCINNATI (AP) â€" Four people were killed when a minivan carrying a family leaving a Christmas party went the wrong way on a southwestern Ohio highway and hit another minivan whose driver and family were going to see grandparents for the holidays, police said. Full Story | Top |
| Ho Ho Holy Discount: Vatican tax-free store busy Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 11:39 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" Anyone left on your Christmas list just aching for a 65-inch Samsung 3D flat-screen television? Just your luck. The Vatican's duty-free department store has one on sale for €2,899 ($3,840) â€" a nifty savings over the €3,799 ($5,032) it costs at Italy's main electronics chain Euronics. Full Story | Top |
| Gang rape protesters clash with Indian police Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 05:40 AM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) â€" Police in India's capital used tear gas and water cannons for a second day Sunday in a high-security zone to break up protests by thousands of people demonstrating against the gang rape and beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus. Full Story | Top |
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