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| Chicago reaches 500 homicides with fatal shooting Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:59 AM PST CHICAGO (AP) â€" Chicago has logged its 500th homicide of 2012. Full Story | Top |
| National Rifle Association vows to fight arms trade treaty at U.N. Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:12 PM PST  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The leading U.S. pro-gun group, the National Rifle Association, has vowed to fight a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global arms trade and dismissed suggestions that a recent U.S. school shooting bolstered the case for such a pact. The U.N. General Assembly voted on Monday to restart negotiations in mid-March on the first international treaty to regulate conventional arms trade after a drafting conference in July collapsed because the U.S. and other nations wanted more time. Washington supported Monday's U.N. vote. U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| White House meeting a last stab at a fiscal deal Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:49 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama was presenting a limited fiscal proposal to congressional leaders at a White House meeting Friday, a make-or-break moment for negotiations to avoid across-the-board tax increases and deep spending cuts at the first of the year. Full Story | Top |
| College Student Wins Stalking Order Against Parents Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:46 AM PST 21-year-old Successfully Filed a Civil Stalking Order Against her Parents Full Story | Top |
| Three New Jersey police officers shot; gunman reported dead Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:34 PM PST GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (Reuters) - A shootout broke out in a suburban New Jersey police station on Friday when a 39-year-old man who had been taken into custody attacked a police officer, stealing her gun and shooting her and two other officers before he was killed. One of the officers, Sergeant James Garber, underwent surgery for a gunshot wound to his stomach and was in stable condition, while the other two, Officer Ruth Burns and Sergeant Kevin Thyne, were treated at Cooper University Hospital and released, police said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Claim seeks $100 million for child survivor of Connecticut school shooting Friday, Dec 28, 2012 04:36 PM PST  MERIDEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A $100 million claim on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor is the first legal action to come out of the Connecticut school shooting that left 26 children and adults dead two weeks ago. The unidentified client, referred to as Jill Doe, heard "cursing, screaming, and shooting" over the school intercom when the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, opened fire, according to the claim filed by New Haven-based attorney Irv Pinsky. "As a consequence, the ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Man Killed in Subway Push Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:13 PM PST  Police Search for Woman Who Fled Subway Scene in Queens County, N.Y. Full Story | Top |
| Indian rape victim's condition deteriorates Friday, Dec 28, 2012 07:42 AM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) â€" The victim of a gang-rape in New Delhi fought for her life at a Singapore hospital Friday as officials in the Indian state of Punjab fired and suspended police officers accused of ignoring the rape of another woman, who then committed suicide. Full Story | Top |
| Video released of NYC suspect in fatal subway push Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:15 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) â€" Police searched for a woman who killed a man by pushing him in front of a subway train and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station. Full Story | Top |
| Praying Hitler in ex-Warsaw ghetto sparks emotion Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:20 AM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) â€" A statue of Adolf Hitler praying on his knees is on display in the former Warsaw Ghetto, the place where so many Jews were killed or sent to their deaths by Hitler's regime, and it is provoking mixed reactions. Full Story | Top |
| Obama, top lawmakers meet over fiscal cliff Friday, Dec 28, 2012 02:05 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The end game at hand, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday to prevent a toxic blend of middle-class tax increases and spending cuts from taking effect at the turn of the new year. Full Story | Top |
| 'Mom' Loses Russian Girl Weeks From Adoption Friday, Dec 28, 2012 07:07 AM PST  Kendra Skaggs Fears What Will Happen to Her Little Girl in Russia Full Story | Top |
| Obama ‘modestly optimistic’ Senate leaders will reach ‘fiscal cliff’ deal this weekend Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:56 PM PST Following talks with congressional leaders that yielded no news of  a "fiscal cliff" agreement, President Barack Obama on Friday evening pressured lawmakers to reach a deal this weekend as the public's patience wears thin. "America wonders why it is that in this town for some reason they can't get stuff done in an organized timetable, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Putin signs anti-US adoptions bill Friday, Dec 28, 2012 09:20 AM PST  MOSCOW (AP) â€" President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, abruptly terminating the prospects for more than 50 youngsters preparing to join new families and sparking critics to liken him to King Herod. Full Story | Top |
| Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012 Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:59 AM PST Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades. Full Story | Top |
| FBI removes many redactions in Marilyn Monroe file Friday, Dec 28, 2012 01:42 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" FBI files on Marilyn Monroe that could not be located earlier this year have been found and re-issued, revealing the names of some of the movie star's communist-leaning friends who drew concern from government officials and her own entourage. Full Story | Top |
| 3 Cops Shot in NJ Police Station Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:35 AM PST  The Shooting Suspect Was Shot and Killed Inside the Gloucester Township Station Full Story | Top |
| India gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:42 PM PST  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Indian gang-rape victim whose assault in New Delhi triggered nationwide protests died in hospital on Saturday of injuries suffered in the attack, a Singapore hospital treating her said. The death of the 23-year-old medical student could spawn new protests and possibly fresh confrontations with the police, especially in the Indian capital, which has been the focus of the demonstrations. "We are very sad to report that the patient passed away peacefully at 4:45 a.m. on Dec 29, 2012 (15:45 a.m. ET Friday). ... Full Story | Top |
| NY woman arrested in connection with slaying of 2 Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:11 PM PST WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) â€" A 24-year-old woman was arrested Friday and charged in connection with the Christmas Eve ambush slaying of two volunteer firefighters responding to a house fire in upstate New York. Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Clinton to return to work following illness Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:20 AM PST Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will return to work next week, her spokesman said, following a stomach virus that caused her to faint and suffer a concussion, which kept her from her official duties for three weeks. "The Secretary continues to recuperate at home," spokesman Philippe Reines emailed reporters. "She had long planned to take this [...] Full Story | Top |
| Dad Creates Time-Lapse Video Showing Mom What Really Happens While She's Away Friday, Dec 28, 2012 05:24 AM PST When Mommy is away, Dad and son will play. And if your dad works in the video production business, that playtime gets filmed, turned into a time-lapse video and instantly goes viral. Emio Tomeoni, 30, of Kansas City, Mo., works odd hours and often finds... Full Story | Top |
| AP Exclusive: Photos show NKorea nuclear readiness Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 09:14 PM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â€" North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a quick atomic explosion if it chose, though water streaming out of a test tunnel may cause problems, analysis of recent satellite photos indicates. Full Story | Top |
| Man pushed to death in front of NYC subway train Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 09:39 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) â€" A mumbling woman pushed a man to his death in front of a subway train on Thursday night, the second time this month someone has been killed in such nightmarish fashion, police said. Full Story | Top |
| AP source: Obama not making new 'cliff' offer Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:59 PM PST  A person familiar with the details says President Barack Obama is not making a new 'fiscal cliff' offer at his high-stakes meeting with congressional leaders at the White House.Obama instead is spelling ... Full Story | Top |
| Storm rakes half of nation; Arkansas still dark Friday, Dec 28, 2012 05:00 AM PST  As a the muted ends of a powerful winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people plodded through the Northeast, many in Arkansas were seeking warmth and shelter against the cold prospect of life ... Full Story | Top |
| Thatcher papers show fascination with Reagan visit Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:04 PM PST  LONDON (AP) â€" Few people keep Queen Elizabeth II waiting, especially when she has issued a personal invitation, but President Ronald Reagan managed to do so in 1982 without causing any lasting damage. Full Story | Top |
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