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| 4 U.S. military personnel held in Libya Friday, Dec 27, 2013 07:58 PM PST  U.S. officials are in touch with the Libyan government, but offer few details. Full Story | Top |
| Police file on Newtown yields chilling portrait Friday, Dec 27, 2013 07:50 PM PST  The report provides the most disturbing picture yet of the shooting rampage. Full Story | Top |
| Relatives seek extended care for brain-dead Calif. girl Friday, Dec 27, 2013 06:12 PM PST  By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Relatives of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy want her moved to a long-term care facility, but face resistance from the hospital where she is due to be disconnected from a breathing machine on Monday. The family of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who has been without brain function and on a ventilator for two weeks at Children's Hospital in Oakland, California, said they had found an extended-care center willing to take the girl on an indefinite basis, hospital officials said on Friday. But the center will not accept Jahi unless she has surgically implanted ports for breathing and feeding tubes placed in her body before the transfer, family attorney Christopher Dolan said on Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Federal judge rules NSA phone surveillance legal Friday, Dec 27, 2013 02:35 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The heated debate over the National Security Agency's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telephone records fell squarely into the courts Friday, when a federal judge in Manhattan upheld the legality of the program and cited its need in the fight against terrorism just days after another federal judge concluded it was likely not constitutional. Full Story | Top |
| 1.3 million losing unemployment benefits Saturday Friday, Dec 27, 2013 02:07 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million Americans are bracing for a harrowing, post-Christmas jolt as extended federal unemployment benefits come to a sudden halt this weekend, with potentially significant implications for the recovering U.S. economy. A tense political battle likely looms when Congress reconvenes in the new, midterm election year. Full Story | Top |
| 1 protester killed in new Thai political violence Friday, Dec 27, 2013 07:39 PM PST  BANGKOK (AP) — Gunmen killed an anti-government protester and wounded two others in the Thai capital on Saturday, raising fears that the country's deepening political crisis was headed toward sustained violence on the streets of Bangkok. Full Story | Top |
| Car bombing kills pro-Western Lebanese politician Friday, Dec 27, 2013 12:17 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful car bomb killed a prominent Lebanese politician critical of Syria and its ally Hezbollah, hitting his SUV Friday as it drove through a ritzy business district near Beirut's waterfront, shredding trees and scattering glass and twisted scraps of metal across the pavement. Full Story | Top |
| That health care law, by the numbers Friday, Dec 27, 2013 01:46 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The government churns out tons of numbers, but here's one you won't see: 0.0002. That's the percentage of estimated online visitors to healthcare.gov who actually signed up for coverage the first day. Full Story | Top |
| Police: 4 dead after La. shootings, 3 injured Friday, Dec 27, 2013 08:21 PM PST  LOCKPORT, La. (AP) — A nurse embroiled in a custody fight with his ex-wife killed his current wife before shooting his former in-laws and his onetime boss in a rampage that spanned two parishes in Louisiana, leaving three people dead and three wounded. He then fatally shot himself in the head, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| South Sudan government agrees to end hostilities Friday, Dec 27, 2013 03:25 PM PST JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's government agreed Friday at a meeting of East African leaders to end hostilities against rebels accused of trying to overthrow the young country, but the cease-fire was quickly thrown into doubt because the head of the rebellion was not invited. Full Story | Top |
| A&E reverses decision on 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch Friday, Dec 27, 2013 08:14 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson will return to work on A&E's reality show despite his comments about gay immorality, the channel said Friday, reversing its decision to suspend him after facing a boycott backlash. Full Story | Top |
| Gambler rewards man who returned $300K left in cab Friday, Dec 27, 2013 02:37 PM PST LAS VEGAS (AP) — A poker player who left $300,000 in the back seat of a Las Vegas taxi made good on his promise this week, handing over a $10,000 reward to the honest cabbie who returned the stash. Full Story | Top |
| La. police: Killer's wife suffocated, drowned Friday, Dec 27, 2013 02:58 PM PST  LOCKPORT, La. (AP) — Authorities say evidence shows a man first killed his wife before fatally shooting two others and wounding three people. Full Story | Top |
| Opponents to fight new US military base on Okinawa Friday, Dec 27, 2013 05:50 PM PST  TOKYO (AP) — Threatening lawsuits and protests, opponents are gearing up to fight a decision by Okinawa's governor that could pave the way for a new U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island. Full Story | Top |
| Residents still without power growing frustrated Friday, Dec 27, 2013 02:32 PM PST  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Staring at a sixth day without power in a house as cold as a refrigerator, a frustrated John Johnson finally was able to borrow a generator from a neighbor Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Police release documents on Newtown massacre Friday, Dec 27, 2013 01:40 PM PST NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut have released thousands of pages of documents from the investigation into the school massacre in Newtown. They provide the most detailed picture yet of the rampage and of the 20-year-old gunman's fascination with guns and violence. Full Story | Top |
| Boy, 9, takes Christmas climb into the clouds Friday, Dec 27, 2013 03:47 PM PST  After climbing a 22,841-foot mountain, Tyler Armstrong now eyes the world's highest peak. Full Story | Top |
| Target thieves got PIN data, too Friday, Dec 27, 2013 10:05 AM PST  The retailer confirms that "strongly encrypted" data was taken in Black Friday breach. Full Story | Top |
| First recreational retail pot licenses up for grabs in Colorado Friday, Dec 27, 2013 04:37 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — The first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana got their licenses Friday, the owners mugging for pictures and saying they never thought they'd see the day when they'd get a permit to sell pot. Full Story | Top |
| Newtown shooting report expected to shed light on gunman Friday, Dec 27, 2013 06:03 AM PST  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The planned release Friday of thousands of pages of police documents from the investigation into last year's school massacre in Newtown could shed additional light on the world of the 20-year-old gunman. Full Story | Top |
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