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- What's the likelihood that Democrats could control Washington in 2012?
- Romney son jokes about Obama's birth certificate
- In a first, gas and other fuels are top US export
- Cops: Man tried to use $1M bill at NC Walmart
- Apocalypse Not Now: 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
- Maine man guilty of arson at topless coffee shop
- Mystery trust beats the clock for lottery jackpot
- APNewsBreak: Russell Brand, Katy Perry to divorce
- White House sets new obstacle to immigration enforcement
- Swedish woman finds wedding ring after 16 years, on a carrot
- Perry supports English as official language in US
- US seals $3.48B missiles, technology sale to UAE
- 'Synthetic' marijuana is problem for US military
- Obama signs defense bill despite 'reservations'
- Texas Teen Ben Breedlove: More than 1,500 Attend Memorial Service
- 2 abortion providers charged with murder in Md.
- In 2012, Obama to press ahead without Congress
- Bolivia to sell rice seized from US businessman
- Florida Marine Veteran Shot in Craigslist Robbery Used Fingers to Plug Bullet Wounds
- Man with explosives detained at Texas airport
- Boeing wins $3.48 billion U.S. missile contract
- Iran proposes new nuclear talks with world powers
- Verizon ditches $2 fee after customer uproar
- WHO "deeply concerned" by mutant bird flu
- Baby sitter murder charge in Indiana girl's death
- Man, 99, Divorcing Wife Over 60-Year-Old Affair
- Santorum, Up in Polls, Attracts Protesters, Glitter Bomb
- Canadian Couple Welcomes 100th Grandchild
- North Korea Restores Order to Kim Funeral With Photoshop
- The 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011
- Police: More cars set afire in LA, arson suspected
- World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year
- Court delays EPA rule on coal plants
- Afghan girl tortured after refusing prostitution
- North Korea's new leaders lash out at South Korea and allies
- Think before you "Like" on Facebook
- Washington to be first state to top $9 minimum wage
- White House delaying debt ceiling request
- Only Eight Pilots Are Qualified to Land on This 'Terrifying' Runway
- 4.0 earthquake strikes in northeast Ohio
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What's the likelihood that Democrats could control Washington in 2012?
Sat,31 Dec 2011 08:47 AM PST
The Signal - As of December 31, 2011 the likelihood of the Democrats retaining the Presidency is 53.7 percent, retaining the Senate is 20.7 percent, and taking the House is 32.7 percent. This is compiled from Betfair, Intrade, and Iowa Electronic Market prediction market data. The chart shows how these three main predictions have shifted during the course [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney son jokes about Obama's birth certificate
Fri,30 Dec 2011 02:53 PM PST
Associated Press - One of Mitt Romney's sons has an answer for those who say his father should release his tax returns. He jokes that President Barack Obama should go first and release his birth certificate and other records. Full Story | Top |
Apocalypse Not Now: 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
Fri,30 Dec 2011 10:18 PM PST
SPACE.com - On Dec. 21, 2012, many doomsday believers fear the apocalypse — anything from a rogue planet smashing into us to our world spinning end over end. However, the world should expect nothing more next year than the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, NASA says. Full Story | Top |
Mystery trust beats the clock for lottery jackpot
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:30 PM PST
Associated Press - Iowa Lottery officials had more questions than answers Friday as they tried to unravel the stunning mystery behind a year-old winning ticket turned in less than two hours before Thursday's deadline for a jackpot worth up to $14.3 million. Full Story | Top |
Perry supports English as official language in US
Fri,30 Dec 2011 06:26 PM PST
Associated Press -  Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said Friday he would like English to be made the national language of the United States, agreeing with a frustrated voter who railed over the presence of multiple languages in everyday American life.
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US seals $3.48B missiles, technology sale to UAE
Sat,31 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST
Associated Press - The United States has reached a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates, a close Mideast ally, as part of a massive buildup of defense technology among friendly Mideast nations near Iran. Full Story | Top |
Obama signs defense bill despite 'reservations'
Sat,31 Dec 2011 02:52 PM PST
Associated Press - President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having "serious reservations" about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. Full Story | Top |
2 abortion providers charged with murder in Md.
Fri,30 Dec 2011 04:58 PM PST
Associated Press -  Authorities say two out-of-state doctors who traveled to Maryland to perform late-term abortions have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder, an unusual use of a law that allows for murder charges in the death of a viable fetus.
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In 2012, Obama to press ahead without Congress
Sat,31 Dec 2011 06:09 AM PST
Associated Press -  Leaving behind a year of bruising legislative battles, President Barack Obama enters his fourth year in office having calculated that he no longer needs Congress to promote his agenda and may even benefit in his re-election campaign if lawmakers accomplish little in 2012.
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Boeing wins $3.48 billion U.S. missile contract
Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Boeing Co beat out Lockheed Martin to retain its position as the prime contractor for the U.S. long-range missile shield, the Pentagon said on Friday. The U.S. Defense Department said it was awarding Boeing a $3.48 billion, seven-year contract to develop, test, engineer and manufacture missile defense systems. A team led by Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co had vied with Boeing to expand and maintain the Ground-based Midcourse Defense, or GMD, hub of layered antimissile protection. Boeing partnered with Northrop Grumman Corp to retain the work. ...
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Iran proposes new nuclear talks with world powers
Sat,31 Dec 2011 09:28 AM PST
Associated Press -  Iran said Saturday it has proposed a new round of talks on its nuclear program with six world powers that have been trying for years to persuade Tehran to freeze aspects of its atomic work that could provide a possible pathway to weapons production.
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Verizon ditches $2 fee after customer uproar
Fri,30 Dec 2011 03:41 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless has reversed its decision to charge a $2 fee for telephone and online bill payments, bowing to a storm of criticism from consumers and the U.S. communications regulator. The biggest U.S. wireless operator retracted its decision on Friday, just a day after it announced the fee for one-time payments, which was to have begun January 15. The consumer victory comes after Bank of America recently decided against a new $5 monthly fee for debit card users after consumers and lawmakers protested the charge. ...
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WHO "deeply concerned" by mutant bird flu
Fri,30 Dec 2011 08:10 PM PST
AFP -  The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was "deeply concerned" about research into whether the H5N1 flu virus could be made more transmissible between humans after mutant strains were produced in labs.
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Baby sitter murder charge in Indiana girl's death
Fri,30 Dec 2011 05:02 PM PST
Associated Press -  A trusted family friend who confessed to police that he bludgeoned to death a 9-year-old Indiana girl in his care then dismembered her just days before Christmas was formally charged Friday in the killing.
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Man, 99, Divorcing Wife Over 60-Year-Old Affair
Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:48 PM PST
ABC News -  This year has been filled with its share of sudden and surprising divorces in the entertainment and political world, but this split may take the cake. A 99-year-old Italian man filed for divorce from his 96-year-old wife of 77 years after he found letters from...
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Santorum, Up in Polls, Attracts Protesters, Glitter Bomb
Sat,31 Dec 2011 05:12 AM PST
ABC News - JOHNSTON, Iowa–Rick Santorum found himself with more press attention and more supporters at events than at any other time on the trail this week, but he also had to face attacks. It's something he wasn't experiencing while he was only in single digits in the... Full Story | Top |
Canadian Couple Welcomes 100th Grandchild
Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:28 AM PST
ABC News - Just in time for Christmas, Viktor and Aneta Urich of Grande Prairie, Alberta, welcomed their 100th grandchild, the Daily Herald-Tribune reported. The Urichs, who are in their early 60s, have 16 children. Their eldest son, Heinrich – father of newborn Henry – has nine kids younger... Full Story | Top |
North Korea Restores Order to Kim Funeral With Photoshop
Thu,29 Dec 2011 06:01 PM PST
ABC News -  The funeral procession for Kim Jong-Il was carried out with military precision and when a handful of dawdlers messed up those regimented lines, they were eliminated. From the photo, that is. A photo released by the North Korea's state news agency and transmitted by the...
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Police: More cars set afire in LA, arson suspected
Sat,31 Dec 2011 11:58 AM PST
Associated Press -  Several more cars burned in suspected arson attacks in the Los Angeles area early Saturday morning, and authorities investigated if they were connected to nearly two dozen deliberately set blazes a day earlier, police said.
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World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year
Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:42 PM PST
Associated Press -  Fireworks glittered and boomed as revelers in Australia, Asia and the Middle East welcomed 2012 and others around the world looked forward to bidding adieu to a year marred by hurricanes, tsunamis and economic turmoil.
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Court delays EPA rule on coal plants
Fri,30 Dec 2011 05:22 PM PST
Reuters - HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday issued a last-minute order to delay the January 1 implementation of stricter federal limits on pollution from coal-fired plants, providing a temporary win for utilities worried about the cost of implementation. In a blow to environmental groups, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a request to stay the Environmental Protection Agency's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, pending further court review. ... Full Story | Top |
Afghan girl tortured after refusing prostitution
Sat,31 Dec 2011 05:08 AM PST
Reuters -  KABUL (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Afghan girl was brutally tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet by her husband's family for months after she refused to become a prostitute, officials said Saturday. Sahar Gul was in critical condition when she was rescued from a house in northern Baghlan province last week, after her neighbors reported hearing Gul crying and moaning in pain. According to police in Baghlan, her in-laws pulled out her nails and hair, and locked her in a dark basement bathroom for about five months, with barely enough food and water to survive. ...
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North Korea's new leaders lash out at South Korea and allies
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:42 PM PST
Reuters -  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sounded a bellicose note in its first communication with the outside world since the death of leader Kim Jong-il, saying its confrontational stance against South Korea would not change and labeling its opponents "foolish." Since Kim Jong-il died on December 17, the outside world has been watching to see whether his son Kim Jong-un, aged in his 20s, would stick to its hardline "military first" policies that have seen the isolated nation move closer to nuclear weapons capacity. ...
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Think before you "Like" on Facebook
Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:00 AM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Annie Scranton has a little problem. The founder and president of New York City's Pace Public Relations is a successful and sober-minded individual, but when it comes to this one thing, she has a definite compulsion. It's the "Like" button on Facebook -- she just can't stop clicking it. "I'm totally obsessed with it," says the 31 year old. "Just like a lot of people I know. My friends and I call it 'Like-Bombing', where you go online and like everything. ...
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Washington to be first state to top $9 minimum wage
Sat,31 Dec 2011 09:57 AM PST
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Washington will be the first state to require a minimum wage of more than $9 an hour when it joins seven other states on Sunday in automatically adjusting salaries to keep up with inflation. More than a million low-wage U.S. workers will see their hourly pay go up after the adjustment but many will remain mired in the ranks of the working poor in a country where nearly one-in-six live below the poverty line, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics. ... Full Story | Top |
White House delaying debt ceiling request
Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST
Reuters -  HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has agreed to delay submitting a debt ceiling increase request until next month to allow lawmakers time to consider it while they are in session, the White House said on Friday. Under an August deal between Obama's Democrats and the Republicans, Congress is unlikely to block the expected $1.2 trillion increase request, ensuring that the debt limit will not be reached again until after November's presidential election. ...
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Only Eight Pilots Are Qualified to Land on This 'Terrifying' Runway
Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:05 AM PST
The Blaze - There is a small airport in the Himalayan mountains with a 6,500-foot runway and picturesque surroundings. When flying into Paro Airport in Bhutan passengers may be staring in terrified awe of the 18,000-foot mountainous peaks or have their eyes squeezed tightly shut as the pilot weaves through the range. Full Story | Top |
4.0 earthquake strikes in northeast Ohio
Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:16 PM PST
Associated Press - Officials said Saturday they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity. Full Story | Top |
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