Saturday, December 1, 2012

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Obama Accuses House GOP of Holding Middle Class Tax Cuts 'Hostage' 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 03:00 AM PST
 Obama Accuses House GOP of Holding Middle Class Tax Cuts 'Hostage'President Obama is urging Congress to extend tax breaks for the middle class, saying it’s “unacceptable for some Republicans in Congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage simply because they refuse to let tax rates go up on the wealthiest Americans.” With the clock...
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Mitt Romney's loss creates GOP leadership vacuum 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 07:44 AM PST
 FILE - This Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waving to supporters at an election night rally in Boston. Romney’s shadow looms over a GOP in disarray. Republican officials in Washington and elsewhere concede that Romney’s immediate withdrawal from politics _ while welcome by most _ has created a leadership void, leaving the GOP rudderless and fighting with itself during what may be the most important policy debate in a generation. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray.
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Man killed father in Wyoming bow-and-arrow attack 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 02:40 PM PST
 Police investigate the scene of a homicide in front of a house on Hawthorne Ave. in Casper on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, in Casper, Wyo. The body of the victim was visible by neighbors for several hours. A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in this 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. (AP Photo/Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune) MANDATORY CREDIT; TRIB.COMPolice released more details Saturday of a grisly murder-suicide at a Wyoming community college, saying a man shot his father in the head with a bow and arrow in front of a computer science class not long after fatally stabbing his father's live-in girlfriend at their home a couple of miles away.
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Pressure mounting on Obama over pipeline decision 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 01:04 AM PST
 FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2012 file photo, protestors against the Keystone XL pipeline dressed as referees throw red penalty flags during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. Embarking on a second term, President Barack Obama faces mounting pressure on a decision he had put off during his re-election campaign: whether to approve the $7 billion proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Embarking on a second term, President Barack Obama faces mounting pressure on a decision he had put off during his re-election campaign: whether to approve the $7 billion proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada.
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Protests flare in Bahrain for Kim Kardashian visit 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 12:14 PM PST
 A young Bahraini smiles after having his picture taken with TV star Kim Kardashian, in Riffa, Bahrain, Dec. 1, 2012. Just hours after reality TV star Kim Kardashian gushed about her impressions of Bahrain, riot police fired tear gas to disperse more than 50 hardline Islamic protesters denouncing her presence in the Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)Just hours after reality TV star Kim Kardashian gushed about her impressions of Bahrain, riot police fired tear gas to disperse more than 50 hardline Islamic protesters denouncing her presence in the Gulf kingdom.
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Kim Kardashian brings out fans, Islamists and police in Bahrain 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 12:41 PM PST
 Socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian waves to the media as she arrives to attend an event celebrating the 40th anniversary of Cosmopolitan magazine at a hotel in Mexico CityMANAMA (Reuters) - Television celebrity Kim Kardashian brought out screaming fans, angry Muslim hardliners and police throwing stun grenades on Saturday when she visited Bahrain to launch a milkshake franchise, witnesses said. About 100 Sunni Salafists demonstrated with banners outside The Walk Bahrain, an upmarket mall in the capital Manama, after some MPs tried to block the visit over what they called her "bad reputation", according to a local newspaper. ...
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West Point chapel hosts its first same-sex wedding 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 04:00 PM PST
 In this photo provided by Outserve-SLDN, Brenda Sue Fulton, center left, and Penelope Gnesin, proceed through an honor guard forming an arch of raised swords after exchanging wedding vows at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Their ceremony marks the first time a same sex couple had their wedding in the Cadet Chapel, the landmark gothic church that is a center for spiritual life at the Academy. The chaplain and woman at left are unidentified. (AP Photo/Outserve-SLDN, Jeff Sheng)Cadet Chapel, the landmark Gothic church that is a center for spiritual life at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, hosted its first same-sex wedding Saturday.
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Shark Attack Victim: 'It Released Me and I Started Swimming as Fast as I Could' 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 08:19 AM PST
 Shark Attack Victim: 'It Released Me and I Started Swimming as Fast as I Could'A 61-year-old man from Oregon is recovering from a shark bite he got while snorkeling in Hawaii on Friday. Tom Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Ore., was snorkeling near a shore in Kihei, Hawaii at about 9:35 a.m., when a 10 foot shark attacked him. The...
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USS Enterprise carrier taken out of active service 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 06:33 PM PST
 Senior Chief Nageer Rahim, originally from Guyane, photographs his wife, Aliya and their kids in front of the USS Enterprise after an inactivation ceremony for the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in Norfolk, VA. The ship served in the fleet for 51 years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was retired from active service on Saturday, temporarily reducing the number of carriers in the U.S. fleet to 10 until 2015.
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2 dead after bus crash at Fla. airport; 3 critical 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 03:58 PM PST
 Law enforcement officers watch as a bus which hit a concrete overpass at Miami International Airport is hauled away, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in Miami. The vehicle was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, and buses are supposed to go through the departures area which has a higher ceiling, according to an airport spokesperson. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)A charter bus carrying 32 members of a church group hit a concrete overpass at Miami International Airport after the driver got lost Saturday, killing two elderly people on board and leaving three others critically injured, officials said.
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Ex-President George H.W. Bush in stable condition 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 10:59 AM PST
 FILE - In a Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Former President Bush has been hospitalized for about a week in Houston for treatment of a lingering cough. Bush’s chief of staff, Jean Becker, says the 88-year-old former president is being treated for bronchitis at Houston’s Methodist Hospital and is expected to be released by the weekend. He was admitted Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, FileFormer U.S. President George H.W. Bush remains in stable condition at a Houston hospital, but a lingering cough related to bronchitis likely will keep him there through the weekend.
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U.S. judge refuses to order anti-Muslim film off YouTube 
Friday, Nov 30, 2012 10:12 PM PST
 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world lost on Friday her second legal bid to force the video off YouTube. Denying a request by actress Cindy Lee Garcia for a court order requiring the popular online video site to remove the crudely made 13-minute clip, a federal judge found she was unlikely to prevail on her claims of copyright infringement. U.S. ...
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House and Senate sit on tax bills the other passed 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 08:49 AM PST
 President Barack Obama waves after speaking at the Rodon Group, which manufactures over 95% of the parts for K'NEX Brands toys, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, in Hatfield, Pa. The visit comes as the White House continues a week of public outreach efforts, while also attempting to negotiate a deal with congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)It may not sound like it from the rhetoric, but both the House and Senate already have passed separate bills to delay big tax increases awaiting nearly every taxpayer next year if Congress and the White House can't agree on a plan to avert the "fiscal cliff."
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NKorea says it will launch long-range rocket soon 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 07:59 PM PST
 FILE - In this April 8, 2012 file photo, a North Korean soldier stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket, slated for liftoff between April 12-16, at Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. Rocket sections are apparently being trucked into North Korea's northwest launch site, but some analysts are asking whether it's just a calculated bluff meant to jangle the Obama administration and influence South Korean voters ahead of Dec. 19 presidential elections in three weeks. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs.
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Russia says West pushing democracy with "iron and blood" 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 05:36 AM PST
 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western states on Saturday of trying to advance democracy abroad through "iron and blood", defending Moscow's refusal to join nations seeking the exit of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Echoing comments made by Vladimir Putin, Lavrov made his sharply-worded address to a foreign and defense policy council meeting two days before the Russian president travels to Turkey where the war in Syria is expected to dominate talks. ...
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Third major storm moving into Northern California 
Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 02:52 PM PST
 Women walk under an umbrella in front of the Golden Gate Bridge at the Marin Headlands in Marin County, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The National Weather Service says that by late morning Thursday 1 inch of rain had fallen in several hours across the western side of the county. Much of Northern California is under a variety of warnings and advisories for rain, snow and high winds. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Another major storm moving into Northern California was expected to bring more pouring rain, flooding and additional problems to an area already soaked after two major storms, forecasters said Saturday.
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