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Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News: Obama invites congressional leaders to 11th-hour ‘cliff’ talks ‘Frustrated’ McConnell says he’s still waiting for Democrats to deliver a bipartisan plan Fiscal cliff-hanger: House back Sunday night 2,750-year-old temple discovered in Israel Christiane Amanpour’s Journey in the Footsteps of Moses Reid says fiscal cliff dive likely; blasts Boehner for lacking leadership A Lantern Powered by Gravity

Obama invites congressional leaders to 11th-hour ‘cliff’ talks  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 06:32 PM PST President Barack Obama will meet Friday at the White House with Republican House Speaker John Boehner and other congressional leaders in what could be a last-ditch effort to avoid the “fiscal cliff” that will see Americans' take-home pay plummet come Jan. 1. The meeting, confirmed by the White House in a statement late Thursday, will [...] Full Story	Top
‘Frustrated’ McConnell says he’s still waiting for Democrats to deliver a bipartisan plan  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 02:06 PM PST Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he would review any last-minute proposal President Barack Obama submits to avert the so-called fiscal cliff on Jan. 1. But the Kentucky Republican said he was "frustrated" with the lack of action to prevent steep tax hikes and spending cuts from going into effect, blaming Democrats for refusing [...] Full Story	Top
Fiscal cliff-hanger: House back Sunday night  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 12:32 PM PST Will parachutes be provided? Republican House leaders informed their rank-and-file on a conference call Thursday that they have to be back at work at 6:30 p.m. Sunday â€" giving them, oh, 29.5 hours to forestall the “fiscal cliff.” Absent a last-minute compromise, Americans will see across-the-board income-tax hikes and painful federal spending cuts come into [...] Full Story	Top
2,750-year-old temple discovered in Israel  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:20 AM PST Israeli archeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient temple that is nearly 3,000 years old and was once home to a ritual cult. "The ritual building at Tel Motza is an unusual and striking find, in light of the fact that there are hardly any remains of ritual buildings of the period in Judaea [...] Full Story	Top
Christiane Amanpour’s Journey in the Footsteps of Moses  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:58 AM PST This week on “Around the World,” we have another exclusive sneak preview of Christiane Amanpour’s very personal journey for her two-part ABC News special, “Back to the Beginning.” It’s a journey in the footsteps of Moses, who received the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, in one of the most well-known stories from the Bible. [...] Full Story	Top
Reid says fiscal cliff dive likely; blasts Boehner for lacking leadership  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 09:16 AM PST With a deal to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" nowhere in sight, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday predicted a compromise would not be reached in time to avert the tax increases and automatic spending cuts set to be triggered on January 1. Reid also criticized Republican House Speaker John Boehner in unusually personal [...] Full Story	Top
A Lantern Powered by Gravity  Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 11:10 PM PST A design team in London has created a lamp powered by gravity called the GravityLight that could free poor, off the grid communities, from using costly and dangerous kerosene fueled lamps. Attached to the lamp, which is expected to retail for around $10 when it comes to market, is a bag that can hold about [...] Full Story	Top

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