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| Tentative ‘fiscal cliff’ deal reached in Senate Monday, Dec 31, 2012 04:53 PM PST  Racing to beat a midnight deadline, Vice President Joe Biden arrived on Capitol Hill Monday night to sell wary Democratic senators on an 11th-hour deal to avert income tax hikes on all but a sliver of the richest Americans. Grinning broadly, Biden ignored reporters questions on whether he and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell [...] Full Story | Top |
| Suspect in NYC subway death arrested before Monday, Dec 31, 2012 04:42 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) â€" The family of a woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train called police several times in the past five years because she had not been taking prescribed medication and was difficult to deal with, authorities said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Clinton's blood clot located in her head; full recovery expected Monday, Dec 31, 2012 02:00 PM PST  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is "making excellent progress" recovering from a blood clot in her head that was discovered during a medical examination, her doctors said Monday. But Clinton remains hospitalized until a proper medication level is established, they said. A day after announcing that Clinton had been admitted to a New York [...] Full Story | Top |
| U.S., Europe hope the new year brings better times Monday, Dec 31, 2012 07:58 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) â€" From teeming Times Square to a once-isolated Asian country celebrating its first public New Year's Eve countdown in decades, the world looked to the start of 2013 with hope for renewal after a year of economic turmoil, searing violence and natural disasters. Full Story | Top |
| Worlds collide in Indian girl's rape and death Monday, Dec 31, 2012 09:32 AM PST  The December 16 attack on a private bus has come to symbolize an epidemic of crime against women. Full Story | Top |
| Sour end to 2012 masks positive trends in America Monday, Dec 31, 2012 05:53 PM PST  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many Americans seem to be in a sour mood as 2013 begins, after Hurricane Sandy ravaged parts of the East Coast, a gunman massacred 20 school children in Connecticut and a long, contentious election campaign was followed by failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff" issue by year-end. Americans have not been very optimistic since the Great Recession of 2008-2009, but the gloom had begun to lift this year until the blast of bad news as 2012 ended, IPSOS pollster Cliff Young said on Monday. IPSOS polling showed that some angst set in as the year ended. ... Full Story | Top |
| Report: State Dept. made 'grievous mistake' over Benghazi Monday, Dec 31, 2012 10:23 AM PST  A Senate report faulted the State Department for waiting for specific warnings instead of improving security at the U.S. mission. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. House aims to split Sandy aid bill into two parts Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:54 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to split a $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy disaster aid bill into two parts, staging votes on $27 billion to fund immediate recovery needs and $33 billion for long-term and other projects, Republican lawmakers and aides said on Monday. The plan for votes on Tuesday or Wednesday would meet the demands of many Republican lawmakers to vote on a smaller initial package of aid for victims of the October 29 storm that devastated New York and New Jersey coastlines. ... Full Story | Top |
| Venezuela's Chavez in stable condition, says son-in-law Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:34 PM PST  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in stable condition and spent Monday with his daughters, the cancer-stricken leader's son in law said in an appeal for supporters to ignore rumors about his condition. Chavez has not been seen in public nor heard from in more than three weeks. The vice president said on Sunday that the 58-year-old was suffering a third set of complications after surgery in Cuba on December 11, his fourth operation in 18 months. ... Full Story | Top |
| NYC bomb suspects had 'terrorist encyclopedia' Monday, Dec 31, 2012 10:06 AM PST Police arrested a couple on Saturday after authorities investigating a credit card theft found a highly explosive compound, bomb-making manuals, a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition. Full Story | Top |
| 13 new space missions to watch in 2013 Monday, Dec 31, 2012 08:25 AM PST  This year has been a busy one for space missions, and it looks like next year will ramp things up even more. Full Story | Top |
| New, oddball state laws to take effect on Jan. 1 Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:19 AM PST Many new, unusual state laws will take effect when the ball drops at midnight and millions of Americans ring in the New Year, including one that will limit the number of cats in a household. Full Story | Top |
| Members-only marijuana clubs open in Colorado Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:14 PM PST DENVER (AP) â€" Recreational marijuana clubs opened Monday in Colorado, less than a month after the state governor signed into law a constitutional amendment allowing recreational pot use. Full Story | Top |
| Heads roll on Black Monday as NFL coaches fired Monday, Dec 31, 2012 11:24 AM PST  (Reuters) - Heads continued to roll for under-achieving head coaches across the National Football League as the Philadelphia Eagles' Andy Reid, Buffalo Bills' Chan Gailey and Cleveland Browns' Pat Shurmur were all fired on what has become known as Black Monday. The unemployment ranks swelled even further later on Monday with the Chicago Bears' Lovie Smith, Kansas City Chiefs' Romeo Crennel, San Diego Chargers' Norv Turner and Arizona Cardinals' Ken Whisenhunt also getting the axe to bring the total to seven teams with head coaching vacancies. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA approves 1st new tuberculosis drug in 40 years Monday, Dec 31, 2012 08:05 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a Johnson & Johnson tuberculosis drug that is the first new medicine to fight the deadly infection in more than four decades. Full Story | Top |
| Top Afghan negotiator cautiously optimistic on peace prospects Monday, Dec 31, 2012 07:53 PM PST  KABUL (Reuters) - One of Afghanistan's top peace negotiators said he was cautiously optimistic about prospects for reconciliation with the Taliban and that all sides now realized a military solution to the war was not possible. Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai also told Reuters that the Kabul government hoped to transform the Afghan Taliban into a political movement. He predicted the highly lethal Haqqani militant network would join the peace process if the Afghan Taliban started formal talks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Colleges helping students scrub online footprints Monday, Dec 31, 2012 07:08 AM PST BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) â€" Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name. Full Story | Top |
| Beer, liquor never sicker? Hangover cures, myths Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:26 AM PST After the Times Square ball drops on New Year's Eve and copious amounts of Champagne get toasted and drunk, many might find themselves forgetting more "auld acquaintances" than they intended and waking up to 2013 with a vicious hangover. Full Story | Top |
| Teen gets iPhone for Christmas ... with a catch Monday, Dec 31, 2012 08:52 AM PST Thirteen-year-old Greg Hoffman had been begging his parents for an iPhone all year. So on Christmas morning he was thrilled to find the object of his desire under the tree, but there was a catch. Full Story | Top |
| Pop quiz: What does 'Auld Lang Syne' mean? Monday, Dec 31, 2012 08:40 AM PST Here it is. The answer to a perennial question of what on earth does "Auld Lang Syne" mean? Full Story | Top |
| A portrait of the procrastivoters of 2012 election Monday, Dec 31, 2012 06:45 AM PST New research has turned up a curious subspecies of the electorate: Those who felt it was worth deciding whom to vote for, but not until the last 24 of the 5,040 hours of the campaign. Full Story | Top |
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