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| Former President George H.W. Bush in intensive care Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 07:58 PM PST  A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital. A bronchitis-like cough initially brought Bush to the hospital on Nov. 23. Full Story | Top |
| Powerful winter storm throttles Midwest travelers Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 11:04 AM PST  At least six deaths have been been attributed to the storm, and post-holiday travelers struggle to return to their homes. Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court justice refuses to block morning-after pill rule Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 03:24 PM PST  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after ... Full Story | Top |
| Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:16 PM PST  The union that represents police officers in Newtown, Conn., is pushing to make more help available for those who responded to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Full Story | Top |
| Hawaii lieutenant governor picked to fill Inouye's Senate seat Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 06:30 PM PST  Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz could be sworn in as early as this week, which would make him Hawaii's senior senator heading into the new Congress, which begins Jan. 3. Full Story | Top |
| Police investigate whether NBC's Gregory violated gun law Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 09:04 AM PST  Washington police are investigating whether NBC’s David Gregory broke the law by holding up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on Sunday’s Meet the Press despite being denied permission by police to bring the weaponry on the show. It is illegal in the... Full Story | Top |
| Group offers weapons training for Utah teachers Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:46 PM PST  More than 200 Utah teachers are expected to pack a convention hall on Thursday for six hours of concealed-weapons training. Full Story | Top |
| Massive settlement reached in Toyota acceleration cases Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 04:30 PM PST  Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles.The company said the deal will resolve hundreds ... Full Story | Top |
| N.Y. firefighters' killer had detailed plan for attack Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 04:25 AM PST  The ex-con turned sniper who killed two firefighters wanted to make sure his goodbye note was legible before setting his own home on fire. Full Story | Top |
| Overwhelmed Newtown officials seek temporary halt to gifts Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 04:30 PM PST Officials in Newtown, Conn., are asking people to stop sending gifts to the grief-stricken community following the deadly school shooting, saying they're deeply grateful but can't handle the donation deluge. Full Story | Top |
| Congress awaits Obama's return for late push on "fiscal cliff" Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 01:38 PM PST  Aides and members of Congress have said that a modest, last-minute measure to avoid the spending cuts and most of the tax hikes could pass. Full Story | Top |
| Oklahoma City house fire kills mother, 4 children Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 03:43 PM PST OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) â€" A fire that ripped through a home in Oklahoma City before dawn Wednesday killed a woman and her four children and left one man in critical condition with serious burns, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| New computer bridges classical and quantum computing Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 09:57 AM PST  The new machines rely on "boson" particles, and resemble quantum computers, which differ from traditional computers in important ways. Full Story | Top |
| South Africa's Mandela discharged from hospital Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:16 PM PST  The former president and anti-apartheid leader now will undergo treatment in his suburban Johannesburg home, the government says. Full Story | Top |
| Cowboys' Brent indicted in crash killing teammate Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:28 PM PST A grand jury in Texas has formally indicted Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter. Full Story | Top |
| Retailers face ho-hum holiday sales Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 02:08 PM PST  Store owners are hoping that a big post-Christmas sales rush might help them salvage their worst performance since 2008. Full Story | Top |
| Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 07:35 AM PST  The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children told Reuters on Wednesday. The woman was identified by authorities as Narges Rezaeimomenabad, a 40-year-old grandmother and mother of three who moved here from Iran 10 years ago and married an Afghan man. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former Braves star accused of dragging wife, saying he wanted to kill her Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 08:22 AM PST Police say the wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to kill her. Full Story | Top |
| Russian parliament endorses anti-U.S. adoption bill Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 08:08 PM PST  The upper chamber of Russia's parliament unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Full Story | Top |
| How a Taliban suicide bomber wiped out a growing Afghan business Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 03:09 AM PST  The global fruit juice business optimistically called "Spring Wish" provided work for thousands of farmers across the country and growing steadily before the attack. Full Story | Top |
| Top Syrian general joins opposition forces against Assad Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 05:21 AM PST  Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal appears in a video and says he is joining "the people's revolution." Full Story | Top |
| Starbucks urges lawmakers to 'come together' in a retail campaign Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 08:51 AM PST  CEO Howard Schultz is urging his workers in Washington-area shops write a not-so subtle message to the nation's leaders. Full Story | Top |
| GOP willing to bend on issues after election Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 12:29 AM PST  Republicans for years have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform, and gun control. Full Story | Top |
| 3 Afghans dead in new blast at U.S. base in Afghan east Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 09:48 PM PST  KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the same base that is believed to be used by the CIA and which a suicide bomber attacked three years ago killing seven CIA employees. The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the eastern town of Khost, saying they had sent a suicide bomber driving a van packed with explosives to the base. "The target was those who serve Americans at that base," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's contentious Islamist constitution becomes law Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 11:48 AM PST  CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi admitted on Wednesday that Egypt's economy faces serious problems after he enacted a new, bitterly contested constitution that is supposed to help end political unrest and allow him to focus on the financial crisis. The president said the economy also had great opportunities to grow, but earlier the Egyptian pound tumbled to its weakest level in almost eight years as ever more people rushed to buy dollars and withdraw their savings from banks. ... Full Story | Top |
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