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| New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 04:05 AM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suburban New York newspaper that sparked an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents holding pistol permits is now planning to publish even more identities of permit-toting locals. Further names and addresses will be added as they become available to a map originally published on December 24 in the White Plains, New York-based Journal News, the newspaper said. The original map listed thousands of pistol permit holders in suburban Westchester and Rockland counties just north of New York City. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: For Senate leaders, a mission impossible from Obama Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 09:22 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Following a Friday meeting with congressional leaders, an impatient and annoyed President Barack Obama said it was "mind boggling" that Congress has been unable to fix a "fiscal cliff" mess that everyone has known about for more than a year. He then dispatched Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, on a mind-boggling mission: coming up with a bipartisan bill to break the "fiscal cliff" stalemate in the most partisan and gridlocked U.S. Congress of modern times - in about 48 hours. ... Full Story | Top |
| All eyes on them, Senate leaders seek fiscal deal Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 03:21 AM PST  Senate leaders rushed to assemble a last-ditch agreement to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts in an urgent attempt to find common ground after weeks of postelection gridlock. Full Story | Top |
| Budget struggle raising anxiety for health care Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 02:33 AM PST  Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid.Rarely has the government ... Full Story | Top |
| Death of India rape victim stirs anger, promises of action Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 02:07 PM PST  NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India died from her injuries on Saturday, prompting promises of action from a government that has struggled to respond to public outrage. The unidentified 23-year-old medical student suffered a brain injury and massive internal damage in the attack on December 16 and died in hospital in Singapore where she had been taken for treatment. ... Full Story | Top |
| Conn. attorney asks to sue state after shooting Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:52 PM PST NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) â€" A New Haven attorney is asking permission to sue the state for $100 million on behalf of a student who survived the mass shooting at a Newtown school. Full Story | Top |
| Woman in custody in NYC subway shoving death Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 02:12 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) â€" A woman sought in the death of a man who was shoved in front of a subway train was picked up by police on Saturday after a passer-by noticed her on the street and called authorities. Full Story | Top |
| Last-minute fiscal cliff talks in Senate Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 03:04 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year as President Barack Obama warned that failure could mean a "self-inflicted wound to the economy." Full Story | Top |
| Maine greets gay marriage with midnight weddings Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:28 PM PST  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) â€" After waiting years and seeing marriage rights nearly awarded and then retracted, gay couples in Maine's largest city didn't have to wait a moment longer than necessary to wed, with licenses issued at the stroke of midnight as the law went into effect. Full Story | Top |
| LV police suspect casino worker killed young girl Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 01:31 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) â€" Police suspect that a casino worker killed a 10-year-girl before going to a Las Vegas resort and allegedly slashing the face of a co-worker with razor blades. Full Story | Top |
| Former President Bush moved out of intensive care Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 01:22 PM PST  Former President George H.W. Bush's condition continued to improve Saturday, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care, a spokesman said. Full Story | Top |
| Woman charged in New York firefighter slayings Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 09:13 AM PST  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) â€" William Spengler raised no alarms in prison for 17 years and for more than a decade afterward. Well-spoken, well-behaved and intelligent, his demeanor was praised by four straight parole boards that nevertheless denied him parole, worried that bludgeoning his 92-year-old grandmother with a hammer showed a violent streak that could explode again. Full Story | Top |
| Chicago registers its 500th homicide of 2012 – the highest number since 2008 Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 05:57 AM PST Rahm Emanuel’s first full year as Chicago mayor ends on a tragic note: The city marked its 500th homicide Thursday evening, making 2012 the deadliest year in the city since 2008. Full Story | Top |
| 21 missing Pakistani policemen found shot dead Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 02:28 PM PST  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) â€" Twenty-one tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region early Sunday, government officials said. Full Story | Top |
| Body of missing girl found in empty Las Vegas lot Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:44 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) â€" Authorities said Friday they believe a casino worker killed a 10-year-girl several days before Christmas, then went to the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip and slashed the face of a co-worker with a pair of razor blades. Full Story | Top |
| NH Airport Offers $12 Flights Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 03:00 AM PST  Just in time for the end of the busy holiday season, Cape Air and a regional airport in New Hampshire are promoting flights to Boston and New York for $12. In attempt to qualify for federal grant money by flying out at least 10,000 passengers this year,... Full Story | Top |
| Woman charged in Newtown fraud sought Sandy cash Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 09:08 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) â€" A woman charged with trying to swindle donors by posing as a relative of a child killed in the Connecticut school massacre had also been soliciting money for Hurricane Sandy relief. Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 11:05 AM PST A lawyer who's asking to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old Newtown school shooting survivor who heard violence over the school's intercom system says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money. Full Story | Top |
| Dramatic Ice Rescue Caught on Tape Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 07:16 AM PST  A sledding excursion turned into a rescue operation after a man fell into a frozen lake in Wrightwood, Calif. The incident was caught on tape as one person after another tried to save the man only to slip on the ice themselves. A crowd gathered... Full Story | Top |
| French panel overturns 75 percent tax on ultrarich Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 01:56 PM PST PARIS (AP) â€" Embattled French President Francois Hollande suffered a fresh setback Saturday when France's highest court threw out a plan to tax the ultrawealthy at a 75 percent rate, saying it was unfair. Full Story | Top |
| Russian police free child hostage, kill seven militants in Dagestan Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:31 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian security forces killed seven militants and freed a 6-year-old girl taken hostage in the restive Dagestan region of Russia's volatile North Caucasus on Saturday, a national anti-terrorism committee official told Interfax news agency. The incident took place in an apartment building in the provincial capital of Makhachkala, according to the Interfax report. The militants broke through a wall, entered an apartment and took the girl hostage, according to the report. ... Full Story | Top |
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