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| Did TV Anchor Violate Gun Law? Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 09:04 AM PST  Washington police are investigating whether NBC’s David Gregory broke the law by holding up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on Sunday’s Meet the Press despite being denied permission by police to bring the weaponry on the show. It is illegal in the... Full Story | Top |
| NY firemen's killer mapped out plan for slayings Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 04:25 AM PST  WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) â€" The ex-con turned sniper who killed two firefighters wanted to make sure his goodbye note was legible, typing out his desire to "do what I like doing best, killing people" before setting the house where he lived with his sister ablaze, police said. Full Story | Top |
| GOP willing to bend on issues after election Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:29 AM PST  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) â€" For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral drubbing, some party leaders and rank-and-file alike are signaling a willingness to bend on all three issues. Full Story | Top |
| Congress awaits Obama's return for late push on "fiscal cliff" Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 01:38 PM PST  WASHINGTON/HONOLULU (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday edged closer to the "fiscal cliff" as Congress waited for President Barack Obama to return from vacation in Hawaii and make one final attempt to avoid huge tax hikes and spending cuts in the New Year. In the absence of Obama, there was no sign of either side in Congress making an effort to strike a deal. The corridors of the Capitol building were empty except for an occasional police officer, and members' office doors stayed locked. ... Full Story | Top |
| Shoppers disappoint retailers this holiday season Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 11:15 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" U.S. holiday sales so far this year have been the weakest since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. That puts pressure on stores that now hope for a post-Christmas burst of spending. Full Story | Top |
| Police: Former Braves star Andruw Jones accused of dragging wife, saying he wanted to kill her Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 08:22 AM PST ATLANTA - Police say the wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to kill her. Full Story | Top |
| Bush spokesman says ex-president's fever rising Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:45 PM PST  HOUSTON (AP) â€" A "stubborn" fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a hospital over Christmas has gotten worse, and doctors have put him on a liquids-only diet, his spokesman said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| World's longest fast train line opens in China Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 04:18 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) â€" China on Wednesday opened the world's longest high-speed rail line that more than halves the time required to travel from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China. Full Story | Top |
| Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:16 PM PST  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) â€" Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven't been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck, a union official said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| World's longest high-speed rail line opens in China Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 08:46 PM PST BEIJING, China - China has opened the world's longest high-speed rail line, which runs 2,298 kilometres (1,428 miles) from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in the Pearl River delta in southern China. Full Story | Top |
| Justice refuses to block morning-after pill rule Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 03:24 PM PST Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after ... Full Story | Top |
| Group offers weapons training for Utah teachers Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:46 PM PST SALT LAKE CITY (AP) â€" More than 200 Utah teachers are expected to pack a convention hall on Thursday for six hours of concealed-weapons training as organizers seek to arm more educators in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting. Full Story | Top |
| Spring Wish denied as suicide bomber brings down Afghan juice empire Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 03:09 AM PST  KABUL (Reuters) - When a Taliban suicide bomber killed two people on the edge of the Afghan capital this month, there was another casualty - a global fruit juice business optimistically called "Spring Wish" which provided work for thousands of farmers across the country. Mustafa Sadiq's empire had been expanding healthily, bringing in badly needed foreign capital, before the attack inflicted the kind of financial loss cash-strapped Afghanistan can ill afford. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. retailers scramble after lackluster holiday sales Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 02:08 PM PST  (Reuters) - The 2012 holiday season may have been the worst for retailers since the 2008 financial crisis, with sales growth far below expectations, forcing many to offer massive post-Christmas discounts in hopes of shedding excess inventory. While chains like Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Gap Inc are thought to have done well, analysts expect much less from the likes of book seller Barnes & Noble Inc and department store chain J. C. Penney Co Inc. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 07:35 AM PST  KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children told Reuters on Wednesday. The woman was identified by authorities as Narges Rezaeimomenabad, a 40-year-old grandmother and mother of three who moved here from Iran 10 years ago and married an Afghan man. ... Full Story | Top |
| Russia Passes US Adoption Ban Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 05:22 AM PST  MOSCOW â€" The upper house of the Russian parliament unanimously approved a ban on adoptions to the United States on Wednesday. All eyes are now on the Kremlin as the bill goes to President Putin for his signature. The ban was added last week to... Full Story | Top |
| Obama's 2nd inauguration to draw smaller crowds Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 07:39 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Visitors coming to the nation's capital for President Barack Obama's second inauguration can't stay in the one place President Ronald Reagan's family once called an eight-star hotel. That spot is the White House, and it's booked for the next four years. Full Story | Top |
| Spokesman: George H.W. Bush in intensive care Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 07:58 PM PST HOUSTON (AP) â€" Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| From a Manila slum emerges an unlikely ballerina Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 06:01 AM PST  MANILA, Philippines (AP) â€" The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt roads lined by crumbling shanties of tarpaulin walls, cracked tin roofs and communal toilets. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's contentious Islamist constitution becomes law Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 11:48 AM PST  CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi admitted on Wednesday that Egypt's economy faces serious problems after he enacted a new, bitterly contested constitution that is supposed to help end political unrest and allow him to focus on the financial crisis. The president said the economy also had great opportunities to grow, but earlier the Egyptian pound tumbled to its weakest level in almost eight years as ever more people rushed to buy dollars and withdraw their savings from banks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Over the fiscal cliff: What kind of landing? Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 08:59 AM PST Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner declared. Full Story | Top |
| New Computer Bridges Classical and Quantum Computing Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 09:57 AM PST  A new type of machine could rival quantum computers in exceeding the power of classical computers, researchers say. Full Story | Top |
| Russian parliament endorses anti-US adoption bill Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 08:08 PM PST  MOSCOW (AP) â€" Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament's upper house voted unanimously in favor of a measure that President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will sign into law. Full Story | Top |
| Stolen Dog Returned to Heartbroken Girl Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 06:56 AM PST  Cops Collar Dognapper, Reunite Pooch With Girl on Christmas Full Story | Top |
| Former Braves player arrested on battery charge Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 01:27 AM PST  DULUTH, Ga. (AP) â€" Former Atlanta Braves star center fielder Andruw Jones was free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta early Tuesday on a battery charge, according to jail records. Full Story | Top |
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