Friday, December 28, 2012

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Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:56 PM PST
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Obama ‘optimistic’ Senate leaders will reach fiscal cliff deal this weekend 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:56 PM PST
President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the fiscal cliff negotiations with congressional leaders in the briefing room of the White House on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in Washington. The negotiations are a last ditch effort to avoid across-the-board first of the year tax increases and deep spending cuts. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)Following talks with congressional leaders that yielded no news of  a "fiscal cliff" agreement, President Barack Obama on Friday evening pressured lawmakers to reach a deal this weekend as the public's patience wears thin.
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Claim seeks $100 million for Sandy Hook school shooting survivor 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 04:36 PM PST
A U.S. flag hangs over stockings left as a memorial for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, along a fence surrounding the Sandy Hook Cemetery in NewtownA $100 million claim on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor is the first legal action to come out of the Connecticut school shooting that left 26 children and adults dead two weeks ago.
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Senate approves $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy aid bill 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:19 PM PST
Clouds roll over destroyed homes, almost two months after superstorm Sandy caused damage in the region of Breezy Point of Queens boroughThe U.S. Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion aid package to pay for reconstruction costs from Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged mid-Atlantic and northeastern states, after defeating Republican efforts to trim the bill's cost. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to quickly take up the bill, which includes $12 billion to repair and strengthen the region's transportation system against future storms. "There is no time to waste," Reid said. ...
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India gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:42 PM PST
A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest rally in New DelhiThe Indian gang-rape victim whose assault in New Delhi triggered nationwide protests died in hospital on Saturday of injuries suffered in the attack, a Singapore hospital treating her said. The death of the 23-year-old medical student could spawn new protests and possibly fresh confrontations with the police, especially in the Indian capital, which has been the focus of the demonstrations. "We are very sad to report that the patient passed away peacefully at 4:45 a.m. on Dec 29, 2012 (15:45 a.m. ET Friday). ...
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N.Y. woman charged in firefighter slaying 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:11 PM PST
A house burns after a man set fire and then shot and killed a responding police officer and a firefighter while injuring two other firefighters in Webster New YorkA 24-year-old woman was arrested Friday and charged in connection with the Christmas Eve ambush slaying of two volunteer firefighters responding to a house fire in upstate New York.
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Wall Street ends sour week with fifth straight decline 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 07:14 PM PST
Traders work the floor at New York Stock Exchange in New YorkStocks fell for a fifth straight day on Friday, dropping 1 percent and marking the S&P 500's longest losing streak in three months as the federal government edged closer to the "fiscal cliff" with no solution in sight. President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders met at the White House to work on a solution for the draconian debt-reduction measures set to take effect beginning next week. ...
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Coroner IDs body as girl seen with slash suspect 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:31 PM PST
This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Police Department shows Jade Moris, 10, who police are searching for after she failed to return home Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, from a shopping trip with a woman arrested that night and accused of slashing the face of a female co-worker at the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The woman, Brenda Stokes, 50, made her first appearance in Las Vegas Justice Court on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Police Department)Authorities say a body found in an undeveloped North Las Vegas housing tract belongs to a missing 10-year-old girl last seen with a suspect in a casino slashing case.
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Obama to discuss fiscal cliff on NBC's 'Meet the Press' 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:31 PM PST
President Barack Obama will discuss the last-minute negotiations to avert the "fiscal cliff" during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, the network said in a statement. (Reporting By Karey Wutkowski; editing by Todd Eastham)
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'Tragic number': Chicago reaches 500 homicides 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:05 PM PST
Drastically diverging homicide rates in New York, ChicagoChicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says the city has logged its 500th homicide of the year.
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Police ID man pushed to death at NYC subway station 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 04:57 PM PST
Commuters watch as a train enters the 40th St-Lowry St Station, where a man was killed after being pushed onto the subway tracks, in the Queens section of New York, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Police are searching for a woman suspected of pushing the man and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)New York City police have identified a man they say was shoved to his death in front of a subway train by a woman.
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Republican Sen. Crapo won't fight DUI charge 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:25 PM PST
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, gives his victory speech at the Republican Party election headquarters held at the Doubletree Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho. Crapo, who was arrested Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 on suspicion of drunken driving, doesn’t plan to fight the charges when he appears in court in January, a spokesman said Friday. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley, File)U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo, the Idaho Republican arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, doesn't plan to fight the charges when he appears in court in January, a spokesman said Friday.
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Deep snow at Utah resorts is change from last year 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:51 PM PST
Deep snow at Utah resorts is change from last yearA weeklong storm clearing northern Utah on Friday left ski resorts with more than 3 feet of fresh snow, marking a big change from the dry holidays of last year.The Wasatch resorts between Salt Lake City ...
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Governor signs new law for abortion clinics in Michigan 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 04:39 PM PST
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder holds a news conference to talk about why he signed into law, earlier in the day, right-to-work laws in Lansing, Michigan(Reuters) - Michigan's Republican governor on Friday signed into law new rules for abortion providers that supporters say will protect the health of pregnant women but critics say will shutter clinics and restrict access. The law signed by Governor Rick Snyder increases state oversight of abortion clinics and establishes a screening protocol to make sure women are not being forced to get an abortion. The measure requires health facilities or clinics that perform more than 120 abortions a year to become licensed freestanding surgical outpatient facilities. ...
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Fans to introduce Beyonce at Super Bowl halftime 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:40 PM PST
FILE - In this July 1, 2011 file photo, Beyonce performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York. Through a photo contest, 100 fans will join Beyonce onstage during the singer’s halftime show performance at the 2013 Super Bowl on Feb. 3, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)NEW YORK (AP) â€" All the single ladies â€" and fellas â€" will have a chance to join Beyonce on the field at the Super Bowl.
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Jean Harris, 'Scarsdale Diet' doctor killer, dies 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 01:05 PM PST
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 1981 file photo, Jean Harris, left, arrives at court in White Plains, New York Monday, Feb. 9, 1981. Harris, the patrician girls' school headmistress who spent 12 years in prison for the 1980 killing of her longtime lover, "Scarsdale Diet" doctor Herman Tarnower, in a case that rallied feminists and inspired television movies, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in New Haven, Conn. She was 89. (AP Photo/David Handschuh, File)Jean Harris, the patrician girls' school headmistress who spent 12 years in prison for the 1980 killing of her longtime lover, "Scarsdale Diet" doctor Herman Tarnower, in a case that rallied feminists and inspired television movies, has died. She was 89.
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Maine set to ring wedding bells for same-sex couples 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:19 PM PST
FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2012 file photo, Sarah Dowling, left, speaks at a gay marriage rally, accompanied by her partner of 18 years, Linda Wolfe, and their daughter, Maya Dowling-Wolfe, in Portland, Maine. Dowling and Wolfe plan to marry after Maine passed a law allowing same-sex marriage, which takes effect at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)The state approved same-sex unions on November 6, Election Day, becoming the only states to pass such a measure by popular vote.
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Experts: Schools need trained police, not just guard with a gun 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:10 AM PST
Cori Sorensen, a fourth grade teacher from Highland Elementary School in Highland, Utah, receives firearms training with a .357 magnum from personal defense instructor Jim McCarthy during concealed weapons training for 200 Utah teachers Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, in West Valley City, Utah. The Utah Shooting Sports Council offered six hours of training in handling concealed weapons in the latest effort to arm teachers to confront school assailants. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)The National Rifle Association's response to a Connecticut school massacre envisions, in part, having trained, armed volunteers in every school in America.
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In rare move, retailers recall baby recliner after deaths 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:55 PM PST
The company that makes the Nap Nanny - a device marketed as a portable recliner for infants to sleep on - has refused to recall the product, even after the Consumer Product Safety Commission reported 70 complaints, including 5 deaths. So now, in an unusual move, four major retailers have announced they will recall the Nap Nanny themselves.
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Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:59 AM PST
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades.
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Hillary Clinton to return to work following illness 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:20 AM PST
File of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivering remarks at the State Department in WashingtonSecretary of State Hillary Clinton will return to work next week, her spokesman said, following a stomach virus that caused her to faint and suffer a concussion, which kept her from her official duties for three weeks.
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