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| 911 calls show anguish and tension in Conn. school Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 01:59 PM PST  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As gunfire boomed over and over in the background, a janitor begged a 911 dispatcher to send help, saying, "There's still shooting going on! Please!" A woman breathlessly reported seeing a gunman run down a hall. And a teacher said she was holed up in her classroom with her children but hadn't yet locked the door. Full Story | Top |
| Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Beirut Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 12:27 PM PST  BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — The attackers waited in an olive grove around midnight. As the Hezbollah commander pulled into the garage of his nearby apartment building, they went in after him. Five bullets were pumped into his head and neck from a silencer-equipped pistol — an assassination that reverberated across the Middle East. Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Income inequality a defining challenge Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 04:09 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress to raise wages and secure the social safety net as he issued an overarching appeal Wednesday to correct economic inequalities that he said make it harder for a child to escape poverty. "That should offend all of us," he declared. "We are a better country than this." Full Story | Top |
| Report: NSA tracks billions of cellphones daily Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 04:55 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| 10 whales dead, dozens stranded in Everglades Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 06:32 PM PST  EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife workers in boats struggled unsuccessfully Wednesday to coax nearly four dozen pilot whales out of dangerous shallow waters in Florida's Everglades National Park, hoping to spare them the fate of 10 others that already had died. Full Story | Top |
| Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights up Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 07:50 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — With a flick of the switch, a 76-foot Norway Spruce officially became the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree Wednesday night after it was illuminated for the first time this holiday season in a ceremony that's been held since 1933. Full Story | Top |
| NBA game in Mexico City postponed Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 07:28 PM PST  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The game between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves was postponed Wednesday night because of smoky conditions inside the Mexico City arena. Full Story | Top |
| Mexico City arena evacuated before NBA tipoff Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 06:48 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — The start of the game between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves has been delayed because of smoky conditions inside the Mexico City arena. Full Story | Top |
| Biden: China air zone creates apprehension in Asia Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 06:43 PM PST  BEIJING (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says China's recent, sudden announcement of a new air defense zone has caused significant apprehension in the region. Full Story | Top |
| Boxing champ turns opposition leader in Ukraine Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 01:41 PM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Towering over his fellow protest leaders, Vitali Klitschko, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, has emerged as Ukraine's most popular opposition figure and has ambitions to become its next president. Full Story | Top |
| Derailment highlights risk of 'highway hypnosis' Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 05:10 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — It's sometimes called "highway hypnosis" or "white-line fever," and it's familiar to anyone who has ever driven long distances along a monotonous route. Full Story | Top |
| Martin Bashir leaves MSNBC over remarks on Palin Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 05:58 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC host Martin Bashir resigned from the network Wednesday, nearly three weeks after making graphic remarks on his show about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Full Story | Top |
| NFL fines Steelers coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 04:00 PM PST  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Here's another adjective Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin can call his ill-timed two-step onto the field last Thursday night against Baltimore. Full Story | Top |
| Mexico: Stolen radioactive box found empty Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 03:37 PM PST  Radioactivity was detected nearby, the country's nuclear safety director said. Full Story | Top |
| Newtown 911 audio: calm and chaos Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 11:08 AM PST  Newtown 911 recordings: Chaos in an impossible situation. Full Story | Top |
| Could your ancestors be Denisovans? Compelling DNA findings Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 10:11 AM PST  The oldest known human DNA found yet reveals human evolution was even more confusing than thought, researchers say. These new findings could shed light on a mysterious extinct branch of humanity known as Denisovans, who were close relatives of Neanderthals, scientists added. Although modern humans are the only surviving human lineage, others once strode the Earth. These included Neanderthals, the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, and the relatively newfound Denisovans, who are thought to have lived in a vast expanse from Siberia to Southeast Asia. Full Story | Top |
| Mexico: Stolen nuclear container empty Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 03:13 PM PST The country's safety director says a stolen box of radioactive material has been found. Full Story | Top |
| Land of Fire and Ice Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 08:00 AM PST  Iceland is known as the Land of Fire and Ice and these images capture the essence of that perfectly. (IURIE BELEGURSCHI/CATERS NEWS) Full Story | Top |
| Bitter-cold storm leaves six dead Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 09:59 AM PST  Storm pushes through Rockies, Midwest; bitter cold's effects reach Calif. crops. Full Story | Top |
| Better pay for U.S. teachers might help improve student scores Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 09:24 AM PST  America's lackluster performance on international math, reading and science tests released Tuesday has rekindled the debate over the status and pay of U.S. teachers. Full Story | Top |
| Walker died of trauma, thermal injury, says coroner; movie shoot shut down Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 02:26 PM PST  By Eric Kelsey and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Fast & Furious" actor Paul Walker died from multiple injuries in a weekend car crash, the Los Angeles County coroner said on Wednesday, as Universal Pictures suspended production of the seventh instalment in its lucrative car racing film franchise. Walker, 40, was a passenger in a fiery one-car crash on Saturday in Santa Clarita, California, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Los Angeles, that also killed 38-year-old driver Roger Rodas. The coroner said Walker's death resulted from "traumatic and thermal injuries." While the coroner did not elaborate, thermal injuries are heat-related and are commonly burns. Full Story | Top |
| Newtown 911 calls show calm response Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 09:26 AM PST  Tapes released today in response to legal challenge. Full Story | Top |
| Dozens of whales beached in Florida's Everglades, 10 die Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 01:36 PM PST  By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Ten whales have died and rescuers were trying to save dozens more that beached in Everglades National Park in southwest Florida, park and wildlife officials said on Wednesday. Wildlife officers euthanized four whales because they could not be saved, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, said. NOAA said via Twitter that survival rates were typically low in such instances. The whales were first sighted on Tuesday afternoon in a remote part of the park near the Gulf of Mexico, park spokeswoman Linda Friar said. Full Story | Top |
| Woman drives 'Liberty Van' 5,000 miles to fight ticket, wins Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 06:42 AM PST  A 56-year-old grandmother drove from Kentucky to New Jersey several times in order to fight a $56 traffic ticket over her so-called "Liberty Van." Good news for the woman: She won. Full Story | Top |
| Mexico finds stolen radioactive material Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 07:28 PM PST  The vehicle was transporting a "teletherapy source" containing cobalt-60 from a hospital. Full Story | Top |
| A drop in the bucket? Christie's appraises Detroit's art Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 02:33 PM PST  By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) - The auction house Christie's put a price tag on one of Detroit's highest-profile city assets, its share of the Detroit Institute of Arts collection, stating that nearly 3,000 works controlled by the city are worth between $452 million and $866 million. The finding by Christie's, hired to place a value on art treasures that could become a contested element of the Detroit bankruptcy, puts a range of value on 2,781 works owned or partially owned by the city. The holdings represent only about 5 percent of the DIA's full collection, but with the finding Tuesday that Detroit is bankrupt under Chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy code, it is possible the city may seek to monetize some of the artwork. Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr retained Christie's in August to appraise city-owned works as part of Detroit's bankruptcy case. Full Story | Top |
| 'Dangerous' radioactive material stolen in Mexico truck: IAEA Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 03:30 AM PST  Thieves have made off with a truck in Mexico carrying a dangerous radioactive material used in medical treatments, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear body, did not give details on how much of the radioactive source, cobalt-60, was in the truck at the time. Cobalt-60 can potentially also be used to make a so-called "dirty bomb", where conventional explosives are used to disperse radiation from a radioactive source. But the IAEA made no mention of this in its statement. Full Story | Top |
| Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson admits cocaine use Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 12:00 PM PST  LONDON (AP) — Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson admitted in court Wednesday that she had taken cocaine, but denied being a habitual user. She accused her ex-husband of trying to "destroy" her, during a lacerating day of testimony that laid bare a materially affluent but deeply troubled marriage. Full Story | Top |
| Afghanistan won't sign U.S. pact unless Karzai's demands met - spokesman Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 06:32 AM PST  Karazi is demanding the United States end U.S. raids on Afghan homes. Full Story | Top |
| 'The Car Poolers' documents Mexican workers doing what it takes to get by Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 06:31 AM PST  Photographer Alejandro Cartagena offers a new perspective on how some workers commute to their jobs in Monterrey, Mexico Full Story | Top |
| Feds blast NY railroad in wake of fatal derailment Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 06:05 AM PST  YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — The head of the Federal Railroad Administration is blasting a New York railroad following a derailment that killed four people and injured more than 60. Full Story | Top |
| Cold snap felt across western half of nation Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 02:34 AM PST  Frigid temps prompt safety warnings in the Rockies and threaten crops in California. Full Story | Top |
| News from North Korea, but is it true? Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 03:24 AM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It's intriguing news: the claim by South Korea's spy agency that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un probably sacked the country's second-most-powerful official — his uncle. But the first question is, is it true? Full Story | Top |
| Mandela putting up 'courageous fight' Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 06:21 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is not "doing well" but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his "deathbed," members of his family have told the South African Broadcasting Corporation in an interview. Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer: Engineer had 'daze' before deadly crash Tuesday, Dec 03, 2013 11:37 PM PST  The engineer nodded at the controls before realizing something was wrong and hitting the brakes, a lawyer said. Full Story | Top |
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