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| NRA chief LaPierre fires back at his critics Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 05:09 PM PST  National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre fired back at his critics today, defending his proposal to put armed guards in every school in the country as a way to prevent future tragedies like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that took the lives of 20 children and six adults. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Navy SEAL commander dies in Afghanistan Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 07:53 PM PST  A senior member of the U.S. Navy's elite SEAL unit has died in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said on Sunday, and media reports said the death was a possible suicide. Commander Job Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, died on Saturday of a non-combat related injury in central Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province, the Pentagon said in a statement. "This incident is currently under investigation," it said. Price was assigned to a Naval Special Warfare unit in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the statement said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fear, finger-pointing mount over 'fiscal cliff' Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 02:33 PM PST  Some lawmakers voiced concern on Sunday that the country would go over "the fiscal cliff" in nine days, triggering harsh spending cuts and tax hikes, and some Republicans charged that was President Barack Obama's goal. "It's the first time that I feel it's more likely that we will go over the cliff than not," Senator Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, said on CNN's "State of the Union." "If we allow that to happen it will be the most colossal consequential act of congressional irresponsibility in a long time, maybe ever in American history. ... Full Story | Top |
| As shock wears off, Newtown tries to move forward Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 01:33 PM PST  The grief will not end. Yet the healing must begin. So as the shock of Newtown's horrific school shooting starts to wear off, as the headlines fade and the therapists leave, residents are seeking a way forward through faith, community and a determination to seize their future. Full Story | Top |
| Police: Idaho senator arrested, charged with DUI Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 07:58 PM PST  Idaho U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with driving under the influence in a Washington, D.C., suburb, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Memorial service for Sen. Inouye held in Hawaii Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 03:43 PM PST  The late Sen. Daniel Inouye was remembered Sunday as an American hero whose legacy as a war veteran and longtime senator would be felt across Hawaii for years to come. Full Story | Top |
| Air strike kills dozens of Syrians waiting to buy bread Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 12:31 PM PST  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 |
| 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 |
| Disappearance of two friends baffles Maine police Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 04:01 PM PST  The disappearance of two friends has baffled authorities, who have searched by air, water and in wooded areas for the men, who seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Zachary Wells, 21, and Prescott Wright, 23, were last seen hanging out at home in Kennebunkport,... Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Florida governor candidate McBride dies at 67 Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 04:46 PM PST Bill McBride, the Florida Democrat who defeated Janet Reno for the party's gubernatorial nomination in 2002 but lost to Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, has died at the age of 67. Full Story | Top |
| Former President Bush still hospitalized Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 08:16 AM PST  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 |
| ‘Imposter’ pretends to be Ryan Lanza, gives Facebook interview 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 |
| Head-on crash amid holiday travel kills 4 in Ohio Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 02:48 PM PST Four people were killed early Sunday 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 |
| Putin eyes arms sales, trade in visit to India Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 04:20 PM PST  Arms sales will be on the agenda when Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India on Monday to court a country that has traditionally been a top client. Putin's trip, his first to India since he started a new Kremlin six-year term in May, is a chance to reaffirm Russia's interest in India, long a regional ally and now a partner in the BRICS group of emerging market nations. In an article for publication in the Indian newspaper The Hindu on Monday, Putin stressed that "deepening friendship and cooperation with India is among the top priorities of our foreign policy". ... Full Story | Top |
| Norquist: Obama, 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 |
| Santa tracker race: Google against NORAD Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 09:39 AM PST  Only on the Internet could you find two tech companies competing to track Santa. Last week NORAD, which has tracked Santa since 1955, announced its new Internet Santa service. While it still tracks Santa and his reindeer on Christmas, it replaced Google Maps with Microsoft's Bing Maps. Full Story | Top |
| Senators: Hagel would face tough confirmation Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 10:15 AM PST  Two senators predicted Sunday that former Sen. Chuck Hagel would face a difficult confirmation if nominated by President Barack Obama to be defense secretary. Full Story | Top |
| Telepresence robots let employees 'beam' into work Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 12:58 PM PST  PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) â€" Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Valley. Full Story | Top |
| Republicans aren't the only gun-control obstacle Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 01:34 AM PST  resident Obama’s call for Congress to show the “courage†to consider new gun-control laws was aimed at Republicans, but he faces challenges with members of his own party who have a history of cowering from the gun debate. Full Story | Top |
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