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| Israel moves to build 3,000 new homes Friday, Nov 30, 2012 04:03 PM PST  The plans include future construction in a strategic area where critics warn would kill hopes for a viable Palestinian state. Full Story | Top |
| Murder-suicide with 'sharp-edged weapon' happened during class Friday, Nov 30, 2012 06:57 PM PST  A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in a Casper neighborhood Friday before killing a male teacher and himself in front of students in a community college classroom, causing a campus-wide lockdown as authorities tried to piece together what happened. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. government releases once-secret Watergate files Friday, Nov 30, 2012 04:07 PM PST  Watergate Judge John J. Sirica aided the prosecution in pursuing the White House connection to the Democratic headquarters break-in by providing the special prosecutor information from a probation report in which one of the burglars said he was acting under orders from top Nixon administration officials, according to once-secret documents released Friday by the National Archives. Full Story | Top |
| Could the fiscal cliff kill the economy? Friday, Nov 30, 2012 03:49 PM PST  As the country continues to head toward the fiscal cliff, this Just Explain It helps to make sense of what it is. Full Story | Top |
| Wikileaks suspect chokes up at hearing Friday, Nov 30, 2012 05:25 PM PST  PFC Bradley Manning choked back tears during a second day of testimony at a hearing before his military trial as he claimed he didn’t tell his family about the conditions of his confinement at the Marine brig at Quantico, Va., because he did not want... Full Story | Top |
| N.J. train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens Friday, Nov 30, 2012 06:11 PM PST  A freight train derailed Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Deadly, destructive 2012 hurricane season ends Friday, Nov 30, 2012 10:51 AM PST  The season that spawned the destruction of Sandy and Isaac has come to an end as one for the record books. Full Story | Top |
| Missouri couple wins half of $587 million Powerball lottery Friday, Nov 30, 2012 04:54 PM PST  A Missouri couple who won half of a record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot said on Friday they plan to stay put in their rural community, but know their lives will be changed. "I think we'll have a good Christmas," Cindy Hill said at a news conference where she and her husband, Mark Hill, were presented as winners of the jackpot by the Missouri Lottery. Cindy Hill, 51, is a former office manager who got laid off in 2010. Mark Hill, 52, was a mechanic for Hillshire Brands, a food company, but has now quit his job. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suspect in custody in firebombing of Arizona federal building Friday, Nov 30, 2012 05:19 PM PST PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police have arrested a man after a firebomb exploded outside a federal building in southern Arizona on Friday, causing minor damage and prompting an evacuation of the complex, although no injuries were reported, authorities said. The firebomb detonated at about 8:30 a.m. near a rear doorway to the Social Security Administration building in downtown Casa Grande, a small city about 50 miles south of Phoenix. A male suspect was later arrested by Casa Grande police officers and is in custody facing an array of state and federal charges, a source close to the investigation said. ... Full Story | Top |
| In the word world, coding is the new black Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:18 PM PST  Literary workâ€"editorial workâ€"is now computer work. We’ve known it, on some level, for years. But now it’s right there in the job descriptions. And Thompson’s might not have been such a striking tweet if it didn’t come two weeks after Wired magazine announced a new editor in chief. An eloquent TED talker from MIT with three bestsellers about digital literacy and neuroplasticity? Full Story | Top |
| Former aide to Egypt leader joins opposition front Friday, Nov 30, 2012 04:55 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - A top aide to Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi, who quit when the leader issued a decree expanding his powers, has joined the country's biggest opposition movement, a senior opposition figure said on Friday. Samir Morkos was Mursi's adviser on the transition to democracy and the only Christian in the Islamist leader's team. He is one of at least two presidential advisers to have stepped down since Mursi issued the decree on November 22 that made his decisions immune to legal challenge. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt draft constitution sparks mass protest Friday, Nov 30, 2012 02:27 PM PST  Protesters flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the second giant rally this week, angrily vowing to bring down a draft constitution approved by allies of President Mohammed Morsi, as Egypt appeared headed toward a volatile confrontation between the opposition and ruling Islamists. Full Story | Top |
| Pelosi vows to force tax rate vote Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:28 PM PST  The House minority leader plans to file a "discharge petition" that would force a vote if 218 House members sign it. Full Story | Top |
| Shark attacks Oregon man in Hawaii Friday, Nov 30, 2012 06:20 PM PST  A 61-year-old man from Oregon was attacked and injured by a 10-foot shark while snorkeling in Hawaii, authorities said. The attack occurred at about 9:35 a.m., when the man from Lake Oswego, Ore., was snorkeling near a shore in Kihei, Hawaii, Maui Police officials said... Full Story | Top |
| Saving face: Ind. man removing Romney-Ryan tattoo Friday, Nov 30, 2012 04:46 PM PST  A northern Indiana man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off. Full Story | Top |
| Calif. storm brings intense rain, flood warnings Friday, Nov 30, 2012 08:20 PM PST  The second in a series of storms slammed Northern California on Friday as heavy rain and strong winds knocked out power, tied up traffic and caused flooding along some stretches. Full Story | Top |
| More than 100 rifles stolen from Atlanta train car Friday, Nov 30, 2012 04:08 PM PST Federal authorities were hunting Friday for more than 100 rifles stolen from a boxcar parked in an Atlanta train yard. Full Story | Top |
| Portions of Texas move back into severe drought Friday, Nov 30, 2012 04:54 PM PST A dry fall that is on track to making the record books has sent portions of Texas, including Houston and Fort Worth, back into severe drought, raising concerns about wildfires and the health of wheat crops and tree farms, climatologists said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Iranian Navy unveils unusually blue submarine Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:17 PM PST It looks like the Iranian Navy really wanted people to see its new submarine. In a live broadcast on state TV on Wednesday, the Islamic Republic showed off a new Sina 7 submarine that is painted in an unusually bright turquoise blue hue. So, why exactly would any military want to design its ship in [...] Full Story | Top |
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