Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:46 PM PST
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Obama pushes Congress on immigration 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:46 PM PST
Mayor Swearengin attends President Obama's immigration speechPresident Obama took his fight for immigration reform to the West on Tuesday and pushed Congress to quickly find a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented residents.
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Brazil police blame penny-pinching band for club fire 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:53 PM PST
Girls cry in front of a makeshift memorial outside the Kiss nightclub where a fire killed over 230 people in Santa Maria, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The repercussions of a tragic nightclub fire in southern Brazil widened Tuesday as mayors around the country cracked down on such venues in their own cities and investigators searched two other nightspots owned by a partner in the club that caught ablaze. Most of the dead were college students 18 to 21 years old, but they also included some minors. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)"The flare lit was for outdoor use only, and the people who lit them know that," police said Tuesday.
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Newly confirmed Kerry will face full plate as secretary of state 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:45 PM PST
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., emerges after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat, replacing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Kerry, who has served on the Foreign Relations panel for 28 years and led the committee for the past four, is expected to be swiftly confirmed by the whole Senate later Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Hillary Rodham Clinton has been one of the US’s most popular and peripatetic secretaries of state â€" logging nearly 1 million miles in four years and becoming a household name from Panama to Pakistan.
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Clinton says she doesn't see 'getting back into politics' 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:52 PM PST
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton holds Townterview in WashingtonOutgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cast doubt on speculation she might run for the White House in 2016.
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Armed guards at Ariz. schools: Vigilantes or vigilance? 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:55 PM PST
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Desert Foothills Posse Commander Captain David Bennett patrols a playground area of elementary school in Cave CreekIt's a glimpse of how schools might look if the NRA had its way.
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NTSB turns to microscopes to inspect Dreamliner battery 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:31 PM PST
Handout photo shows NTSB investigator Panagiotou examining battery cell from the JAL B-787 at the NTSB labs in WashingtonAll Boeing 787s are grounded after a fire and a separate battery-related incident.
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Harry Belafonte: Blacks should take part in gun debate 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:26 PM PST
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, U.S singer Harry Belafonte speaks at a press conference at Viennale, the Vienna international film festival, in Vienna, Austria. Belafonte told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 that the current discussion arising out of the Connecticut school massacre in December often ignores decades of urban gun violence. He said it's important that African-American leaders participate in the debate over gun control. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)We need African-American voices in the discussion, says the singer, actor and activist.
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Satellite photos show Britain blanketed in snow 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:42 PM PST
Britain Blanketed by Snow in New Satellite ImageSnow is a relatively uncommon sight, particularly in the southern parts of the U.K.
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Weight Watchers CEO: Forget willpower 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:39 PM PST
Every morning David Kirchhoff springs out of bed, grabs the exercise clothes he’s laid out the night before, works out, and has breakfast. Every single morning, the same routine, the same breakfast: oatmeal with blueberries and banana, a non-fat Greek yogurt, some grapes, and coffee. “I’ve learned to make myself a creature of habit,” he told Off the Cuff.
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Mexico breaks up bizarre sex-slavery cult 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:49 PM PST
MEXICO CITY (AP) â€" Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration authorities said Tuesday.
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High school offers go-kart racing classes 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:48 PM PST
We’ve all heard stories about colleges offering questionable courses for class credit: Frisbee golf, a sociological study of Lady Gaga and even a lecture series on surviving the zombie apocalypse. But the Manatee School of the Arts high school is giving them a run for their money, offering a course on “the Physics of Motorsports.” [...]
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PETA uses Te’o hoax to peddle fake chicken 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:22 PM PST
Ever since the world found out that Manti Te’o’s deceased girlfriend never actually existed, the former Notre Dame linebacker has become a national joke.
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Daredevil crosses the road ... 200 feet above it 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:31 PM PST
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) â€" Famed daredevil Nik Wallenda glided 500 feet across a wire suspended 200 feet above the ground on Tuesday, wowing several thousand people below in his hometown of Sarasota.
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Ashley Judd, race-car driver husband splitting up 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:52 PM PST
Ashley Judd and her husband Dario Franchitti attend The Paley Center for Media's screening of "Missing" on April 10, 2012 -- Getty ImagesActress Ashley Judd and racecar driver Dario Franchitti have split.
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Girl comes out to parents with help from a cake 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 02:51 PM PST
Coming out to your parents isn't usually easy, but Tumblr user ellende-generes (real name: Laurel) did her best to make the conversation a piece of cake. Actually, make that a whole cake. [Related: High school senior comes out as 'LGBT' while accepting award] Fifteen-year-old Laurel posted a photo of a cake she made for her [...]
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Virginia is for lovers -- just not cohabitating ones 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 02:59 PM PST
Like its travel slogan says, Virginia is for lovers. But if said lovers are cohabitating outside marriage, they are currently breaking the law. But there’s good news for those lawless lovebirds: State officials in the commonwealth are considering a bill that would legalize cohabitation. Florida, Michigan and Mississippi have similar laws banning cohabitation. In 2011, [...]
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Massive sinkhole in China swallows building 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:55 PM PST
Sinkhole swallows buildingThe gaping hole engulfed buildings and knocked out power to thousands.
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McCain thinks your questions are dumb, reporters 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:29 PM PST
U.S. senators attend news conference at Capitol on immigration reform in WashingtonTurns out there is such a thing as a "dumb question."
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Syrian activists say 65 bodies found in Aleppo 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 12:59 PM PST
A view of deserted shops in old AleppoTheir identities are unknown, and it's not clear who was behind the killings.
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