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| Obama to appeal to public on fiscal cliff Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 10:58 AM PST  President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less. Full Story | Top |
| White House blasts Republican ‘obsession’ with Rice and Benghazi Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 11:54 AM PST The White House sharply escalated its attacks Tuesday on Republicans trying to stop Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice from succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Press secretary Jay Carney described GOP lawmakers as being gripped by a politically fueled "obsession" with a series of television appearances Rice made shortly after the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Infected and unaware: HIV hitting America's youth Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 11:44 AM PST  CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than half of young people in the United States who are infected with HIV are not aware of it, according to a new report by government health officials that zeroes in on one of the remaining hot spots of HIV infection in America. Young people ages 13 to 24 account for 26 percent of all new HIV infections, according to the report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which was released on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Beach Turns Blood Red, Swimmers Flee Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:49 AM PST  Blood red water has stained several Australian beaches, making the popular surf spots resemble something out of a horror movie. Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach and nearby Clovelly Beach have been closed so authorities can test the water. While red algae isn’t toxic, people are advised to avoid... Full Story | Top |
| Rice meeting with U.S. senators fails to dampen criticism Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 02:50 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice on Tuesday conceded that an early account she gave about the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, was partly inaccurate, but she failed to win over Republican senators who accused her of misleading the public. Rice met for about an hour behind closed doors at the U.S. Capitol with Republican Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte, who have threatened to block her nomination if President Barack Obama chooses her for Secretary of State or another top post in his second-term Cabinet. ... Full Story | Top |
| Naked Protesters Occupy John Boehner's House Office Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 12:06 PM PST  Some protesters dropped trou to launch a protest at House Speaker John Boehner’s office in the Longworth House Office building in Washington. U.S. Capitol Police public information officer Shennell Antrobus confirmed: “three females arrested for lewd and indecent acts in the Speaker’s Longworth office. Demonstrators... Full Story | Top |
| Global first: Brit visits all 201 states without flying Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:01 AM PST  A British adventurer has become the first person to travel to all 201 sovereign states in the world without flying, ending his four-year odyssey early Monday when he arrived in South Sudan, the world’s newest nation. Full Story | Top |
| Obama, House GOP plan rival public campaigns on ‘fiscal cliff’ Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 08:43 AM PST President Barack Obama is ramping up efforts to win over Americansâ€"and pressure Congressâ€"on the looming "fiscal cliff," with events at the White House and on the road to argue for the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts chiefly benefiting the rich. The response from his top Republican foes? On Tuesday morning, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch [...] Full Story | Top |
| Mitt Romney, Michelle Obama make GQ’s ‘Least Influential People of 2012′ Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 09:09 AM PST Congratulations, Mitt Romney. After a stunning election loss, millions of dollars spent and an exhaustive campaign, GQ Magazine has named you one of the Least Influential People of 2012. From the magazine: Was anyone inspired by Mitt Romney? Did anyone vote enthusiastically for Mitt Romney? Of course not. Voting for Romney is like hooking up [...] Full Story | Top |
| Chinese paper congratulates Kim Jong Un on being named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ by the Onion Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:47 AM PST In a hilarious if increasingly common example of a real newspaper taking a satirical newspaper seriously, the People's Dailyâ€"the website for the Communist Party of China's newspaperâ€"published a story on Tuesday congratulating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on being named 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive" by the Onion. "U.S. website The Onion has named North [...] Full Story | Top |
| $3.4B Indian lawsuit ends, disbursements to begin Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 07:51 AM PST After nearly 17 years of courtroom arguments, congressional negotiations and Indian Country bickering, hundreds of thousands of Native Americans could see the first payments of a $3.4 billion U.S. government settlement by the end of the year, plaintiffs' attorneys said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Down But Not Out: ‘Looking for a job has been my full-time job’ Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:53 AM PST Derek Ciapala and his wife, Jenn. "It wasn't supposed to be this way," Derek Ciapala says. In October 2009, he had just married. He recently moved to Cincinnati as a part of a job transfer within his financial services company. He and his wife, Jenn, were enthusiastic about their new life together. But soon "something [...] Full Story | Top |
| Elevator Prank Sparks Terror Among Unsuspecting Passengers Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 10:53 AM PST Many pranks are just light-hearted attempts to poke fun at someone and maybe elicit a few laughs. But some of them are meant to be terrifying. One recent gag performed on the Brazilian hidden-camera show "Programa Silvio Santos" definitely falls into the scary category. The clip, called "Ghost in the Elevator," shows unsuspecting people boarding [...] Full Story | Top |
| Scientist claims to have sequenced ‘Bigfoot’ DNA Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 11:09 AM PST A Texas scientist claims to have sequenced the DNA of Sasquatch, a creature whose very existence is mysterious to many and purely mythological to most. "Our study has sequenced 20 whole mitochondrial genomes and utilized next generation sequencing to obtain 3 whole nuclear genomes from purported Sasquatch samples," Dr. Melba S. Ketchum of Nacogdoches, Texas, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Samples taken from Arafat corpse for poison tests Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 11:21 AM PST  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat's corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered with the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, polonium. Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their hero and longtime leader eight years ago, but conspiracy theories surrounding his death have never been laid to rest. Many are convinced their icon was the victim of assassination by Israeli agents, and may have been poisoned wittingly or unwittingly by a Palestinian. They may remain convinced of that, whatever the outcome of this autopsy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egyptians challenge Mursi in nationwide protests Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:09 PM PST  CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied on Tuesday against President Mohamed Mursi in one of the biggest outpourings of protest since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, accusing the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in streets near the main protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, heart of the uprising that toppled Mubarak last year. Clashes between Mursi's opponents and supporters erupted in a city north of Cairo. ... Full Story | Top |
| Why Abe Lincoln was lucky Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 08:59 AM PST It’s no wonder audiences are flocking to “Lincoln,†the new film about the 16th president. It’s a clear-eyed, dramatic, and ultimately inspiring tale that portrays Lincoln not as a saint, but as a hard-nosed, determined political leader who uses all the tools of politics, high and low, to push a Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery through a reluctant House of Representatives. From uplifting rhetoric to political threats to temporizing on the issue of equality to patronage to bribery, Lincoln and his allies deploy every weapon at their command to win the battle. Full Story | Top |
| Rice to meet senators whose support she covets Monday, Nov 26, 2012 11:53 PM PST  U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is meeting with key lawmakers in what could be her final pitch for their support if she is nominated to be the next secretary of state. Full Story | Top |
| Female military members sue to serve in combat Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:47 PM PST  Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as officials are gauging the effect that lifting the prohibition will have on morale. Full Story | Top |
| 'Two and a Half Men' actor not expected on set Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 01:38 PM PST  The teenage actor who stars in "Two and a Half Men" and called the CBS comedy "filth" may have some time before he faces the show's producers. Full Story | Top |
| Romney Merchandise Priced to Sell Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:29 AM PST  What’s a retailer to do with merchandise branded to support a failed presidential candidate? Put it on clearance. ABC News’ Jake Tapper snapped this photo of Romney gifts next to the Christmas decorations at Reagan National Airport Monday. On the Internet, business owners are dropping... Full Story | Top |
| Fox interview ends after author criticizes network Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 07:44 AM PST A Fox News Channel interview ended abruptly Monday after an author accused the network of hyping the killing of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, and "operating as a wing of the Republican Party." Full Story | Top |
| Sex tape used to bribe Chinese official goes viral Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 08:17 AM PST A 5-year-old sex tape of an 18-year-old woman allegedly hired by developers to sleep with a city official is causing yet another scandal for China's ruling Communists in the city formerly led by fallen politician Bo Xilai. Full Story | Top |
| GOP Senators 'Significantly Troubled' After Susan Rice Meeting Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 09:06 AM PST  Trio of Senators 'More Concerned' After Meeting With U.N. Ambassador Full Story | Top |
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