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• Meet the man spearheading the effort to get armed guards in schools
• One week after shooting, new details emerge
• Adoption groups dismayed by proposed Russian ban
• Obama urges smaller ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
• Gunman kills woman at Pa. church, 2 men elsewhere
• Heffernan: I’m dreaming of a Spotify Christmas
• Margaret Thatcher in U.K. hospital after operation
• Obama picks John Kerry as secretary of state
• Bureaucratic rivalry may have hampered Benghazi security
• Fiscal cliff: Armageddon or just 'eh'?
• Syria rebels fire 'warning shots' at airliner
• Hugh Grant wins 'substantial' payout for phone-hacking
• Peacekeeper shoots dead three comrades, self in Sudan
• Ala. woman sleeps through tornado ripping off roof
• Maya 'end of days' dawns in Mexico, world lives on
• Study: Doctors screw up surprisingly often
• 'IKEA monkey' to spend Christmas at sanctuary
• Student’s plan to come to school as Santa goes awry
• N. Korea charges detained American tourist

Meet the man spearheading the effort to get armed guards in schools Posted: 21 Dec 2012 03:00 PM PST "School safety is a complex issue with no simple, single solution," says former congressman Asa Hutchinson.

One week after shooting, new details emerge Posted: 21 Dec 2012 03:12 PM PST As the nation paused for the one-week anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam Lanza, who acquaintances said was able to take apart and reassemble a computer in a matter of minutes but rarely spoke to anyone.

Adoption groups dismayed by proposed Russian ban Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:13 PM PST U.S.-based advocates of international adoption, who have grown accustomed to discouraging news in recent years, have a new cause for dismay.

Obama urges smaller ‘fiscal cliff’ deal Posted: 21 Dec 2012 03:24 PM PST Facing a stalemate in 'fiscal cliff' talks, Obama pressed the GOP to have some egg nog, sing some Christmas carols, and come back to work next week.

Gunman kills woman at Pa. church, 2 men elsewhere Posted: 21 Dec 2012 05:10 PM PST A man fatally shot a woman decorating for a children's Christmas party at a tiny church hall and killed two men elsewhere in rural central Pennsylvania.

Heffernan: I’m dreaming of a Spotify Christmas Posted: 21 Dec 2012 10:37 AM PST This Christmas, I'm not going to wreck the holiday like a petulant teenager. I'm not going to build up weird expectations and then explode in disappointment.

Margaret Thatcher in U.K. hospital after operation Posted: 21 Dec 2012 01:46 PM PST Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is recuperating at a hospital after an operation to remove a bladder growth, a friend said Friday.

Obama picks John Kerry as secretary of state Posted: 21 Dec 2012 07:45 AM PST Obama formally nominated John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.

Bureaucratic rivalry may have hampered Benghazi security Posted: 21 Dec 2012 01:15 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Infighting and bureaucratic jealousies between the State Department and the Pentagon may have played a role in lax security arrangements prior to the deadly attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, congressional sources said. Evidence of the bureaucratic rivalries, not previously reported, is contained in unpublished documents being studied by congressional investigators and is referred to in a classified version of a report on the attacks in Libya, which was turned over to Congress earlier this week, the sources said. ...

Fiscal cliff: Armageddon or just 'eh'? Posted: 21 Dec 2012 01:41 PM PST Doomsday predictions are overblown, some professional investors say. Even if Congress and the White House can't reach a deal, the higher taxes and lower gov't spending would kick in gradually.

Syria rebels fire 'warning shots' at airliner Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:31 PM PST "We wanted to send a message to the regime that all their planes - military and civilian - are within our reach," said a rebel leader.

Hugh Grant wins 'substantial' payout for phone-hacking Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST The actor, a strident critic of Britain's tabloid newspaper culture, will donate the money to 'Hacked Off', a pressure group that helped bring about a public inquiry into press practices.

Peacekeeper shoots dead three comrades, self in Sudan Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:06 PM PST KHARTOUM (Reuters) - An international peacekeeper killed three other peacekeepers before killing himself in the Darfur region of Sudan, the U.N.-led international peacekeeping force (UNAMID) said on Friday. The shooting happened at a UNAMID site in Mukjar in West Darfur on Thursday, UNAMID spokeswoman Aicha Elbasri said, adding that the gunman had shot himself and another comrade had been wounded. The African Union-United Nations force initially had said the peacekeeper killed four comrades. ...

Ala. woman sleeps through tornado ripping off roof Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:27 PM PST MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman said Friday she fell asleep on the couch and didn't realize a tornado had ripped off part of her roof and damaged most of the home until firefighters and neighbors came to check on her.

Maya 'end of days' dawns in Mexico, world lives on Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:34 PM PST CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico (Reuters) - Thousands of mystics, hippies and tourists celebrated in the shadow of ancient Maya pyramids in southeastern Mexico on Friday as the Earth survived a day billed by doomsday theorists as the end of the world. New Age dreamers, alternative lifestyle gurus and curious onlookers from around the world descended on the ruins of Maya cities to mark the close of the 13th bak'tun - a period of around 400 years - in the Maya Long Calendar. ...

Study: Doctors screw up surprisingly often Posted: 21 Dec 2012 11:54 AM PST Doctors make careless and dangerous errors, like leaving a scalpel in someone's body after surgery, surprisingly often, a new study finds.

'IKEA monkey' to spend Christmas at sanctuary Posted: 21 Dec 2012 11:30 AM PST OSHAWA (Reuters) - Canada's most famous monkey will not be donning his tiny Santa suit with his adoptive family this year, after a judge ruled on Friday that the primate should stay at an animal sanctuary until at least mid-January. The animal's owner, Yasmin Nakhuda, tearfully navigated through a throng of reporters and cameras after being told she would not be allowed to take the 7-month-old monkey home for the holidays. Another hearing is set for January. ...

Student’s plan to come to school as Santa goes awry Posted: 21 Dec 2012 09:47 AM PST A student's apparent innocent promise of a surprise at his high school left him surprised–when he was suspended. The Georgia Crawford County High School sophomore John George III had planned to come to school dressed as Santa. He posted on his Facebook page "Students of cchs ur in for a big surprise tomorrow ." But [...]

N. Korea charges detained American tourist Posted: 21 Dec 2012 11:39 AM PST Kenneth Bae, a Korean American tourist who travelled to visit North Korea last month, has been detained by police in the reclusive state, associates of his family and activists in Seoul said last week.

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