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| Sandy cost New York $32 billion Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:20 PM PST  Top political leaders in New York put their heads together on big requests for federal disaster aid. Full Story | Top |
| Man who performed first successful kidney transplant dies at 93 Monday, Nov 26, 2012 07:30 PM PST  Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at age 93. Full Story | Top |
| Just Explain It: What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Monday, Nov 26, 2012 02:26 PM PST  Eliminating America's dependency on foreign oil has been a policy goal for at least the last two U.S. Presidents. Full Story | Top |
| Privacy groups ask Facebook to withdraw proposed policy changes Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:25 PM PST  Two privacy advocacy groups urged Facebook Inc to withdraw proposed changes to its terms of service that would allow user info to be shared with Instagram. Full Story | Top |
| Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:39 PM PST  A 20-year-old state beauty queen died in a gun battle between soldiers and the alleged gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with. Full Story | Top |
| FDA flexes new muscles, shuts down plant Monday, Nov 26, 2012 05:59 PM PST  The agency halts operations at a peanut butter processor as it cracks down on salmonella poisoning. Full Story | Top |
| Eurozone, IMF reach deal to reduce Greek debt Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:19 PM PST  The 17 European Union nations that use the euro have struck an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a program to reduce Greek debt and put Athens on the way to get the next installment of its much-needed bailout loans. Full Story | Top |
| GOP blocks bill to give hunters more land access Monday, Nov 26, 2012 05:50 PM PST A wide-ranging bill to give hunters and fishermen more access to public lands stalled in the Senate Monday after Republicans said it spends too much money. Full Story | Top |
| Drone pilots may need distractions during mind-numbing work Monday, Nov 26, 2012 02:17 PM PST  Distractions can be lethal while driving, but they may help when flying drones, researchers say. Full Story | Top |
| Satellite photo shows increased activity at North Korean launch site Monday, Nov 26, 2012 07:35 PM PST  A new satellite image shows a marked increase in activity at a North Korean missile launch site, pointing to a possible long-range ballistic missile test by Pyongyang in the next three weeks, according to satellite operator DigitalGlobe Inc. Full Story | Top |
| Bankrupt San Bernardino to halt payments to Calpers, bondholders Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:22 PM PST  SAN BERNARDINO, California (Reuters) - Bankrupt San Bernardino, California, voted on Monday to present a plan to a bankruptcy judge that seeks to balance its budget through deferring payments to the state's public employee pension fund and to the city's bondholders. San Bernardino's council passed the plan after the judge overseeing its request for bankruptcy protection demanded an orderly budget be filed in court by Friday, November 30. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mass. gas firm president: We'll make things right Monday, Nov 26, 2012 07:06 PM PST A company whose worker breached a gas line that led to a massive explosion in one of New England's biggest cities said Monday it'll do whatever it takes to return things to normal. Full Story | Top |
| Man charged after dynamite joke at Miami airport Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:20 PM PST A concourse at Miami International Airport was partially evacuated after a man allegedly joked that he had dynamite in his luggage. Full Story | Top |
| Obama undecided on post-2014 Afghan presence Monday, Nov 26, 2012 02:40 PM PST  President Barack Obama has not yet settled on how many U.S. troops he would like to see stay in Afghanistan past 2014, a number that must be negotiated with the the Afghan government in Kabul, the White House said Monday. Press secretary Jay Carney also suggested that no troops at all might stay in the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Chris Christie to run for re-election in 2013 Monday, Nov 26, 2012 12:57 PM PST  The New Jersey governor filed for re-election, which will enable the Republican to officially begin his 2013 campaign. Full Story | Top |
| Groucho Marx voted America’s favorite facial hair icon Monday, Nov 26, 2012 11:46 AM PST  A new survey confirms that America is a country full of "Marxists." But in this case, we're talking about facial hair, not political preferences. According to results from the findmypast.com survey, Americans chose the late comedian Groucho Marx as having the best facial hair. Of course, the results were particularly noteworthy since Marx's mustache was [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rick Santorum ‘open’ to running for president again Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:57 PM PST  Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who ran for president this year, says he is considering a second campaign for the White House in 2016. During a visit to Capitol Hill Monday, Santorum told The Weekly Standard magazine that he is "open" to running again. "I'm open to it, yeah," Santorum told reporter Michael Warren. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama will push for immigration reform, White House says Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:57 PM PST  On the eve of a visit by Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto, the White House promised Monday that President Barack Obama "will be pressing for action" in Congress on comprehensive immigration reform and regards that goal as "achievable." "There is a real opportunity here to move forward and the president is committed to that," press [...] Full Story | Top |
| Unmanned 'Snoopy Sloop' seeks to cross Atlantic Ocean, break record Monday, Nov 26, 2012 12:06 PM PST It's no longer unusual to hear of ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean. It almost seems routine, but it's still not easy. A British man, seeking to prove it can be done by an unmanned ship, hopes to break a record with his unmanned vessel, Snoopy Sloop. Robin Lovelock, a former scientist for NATO, wants to [...] Full Story | Top |
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