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• Fiscal cliff tumble looms despite Senate efforts
• Suspect in NYC subway death arrested before
• Clinton's blood clot located in her head; full recovery expected
• World giving enthusiastic welcome to 2013
• Worlds collide in Indian girl's rape and death
• Report: State Dept. made 'grievous mistake' over Benghazi
• Desperate for weapons, Syrian rebels make their own
• NYC bomb suspects had 'terrorist encyclopedia'
• 13 new space missions to watch in 2013
• New, oddball state laws to take effect on Jan. 1
• Heads roll on Black Monday as NFL coaches fired
• Colleges helping students scrub online footprints
• Beer, liquor never sicker? Hangover cures, myths
• Teen gets iPhone for Christmas ... with a catch
• Remains of Connecticut gunman claimed for burial
• Pop quiz: What does 'Auld Lang Syne' mean?
• Chavez suffers new complications in cancer fight
• Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse
• Al-Qaida carving out own country in Mali
• Kim Kardashian pregnant: Her family reacts
• A portrait of the procrastivoters of 2012 election

Fiscal cliff tumble looms despite Senate efforts Posted: 31 Dec 2012 03:36 PM PST The United States was on track to tumble over the "fiscal cliff" at midnight on Monday, at least for a day, as lawmakers held back from supporting an eleventh-hour plan from Senate leaders to avert severe tax increases and spending cuts.

Suspect in NYC subway death arrested before Posted: 31 Dec 2012 04:42 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train called police several times in the past five years because she had not been taking prescribed medication and was difficult to deal with, authorities said Monday.

Clinton's blood clot located in her head; full recovery expected Posted: 31 Dec 2012 02:00 PM PST Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is "making excellent progress" recovering from a blood clot in her head that was discovered during a medical examination, her doctors said Monday. But Clinton remains hospitalized until a proper medication level is established, they said. A day after announcing that Clinton had been admitted to a New York [...]

World giving enthusiastic welcome to 2013 Posted: 31 Dec 2012 01:11 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Lavish fireworks displays ushered in 2013 across the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday, and Europe was holding scaled-back festivities and street parties in the hope of beginning a new year that will be kinder to its battered economies.

Worlds collide in Indian girl's rape and death Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:32 AM PST The December 16 attack on a private bus has come to symbolize an epidemic of crime against women.

Report: State Dept. made 'grievous mistake' over Benghazi Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:23 AM PST A Senate report faulted the State Department for waiting for specific warnings instead of improving security at the U.S. mission.

Desperate for weapons, Syrian rebels make their own Posted: 31 Dec 2012 07:35 AM PST "No one's giving us any support. So we're working on our own to strike Bashar," says a rebel. Using the Internet, men work together to try and perfect crude weapons.

NYC bomb suspects had 'terrorist encyclopedia' Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:06 AM PST Police arrested a couple on Saturday after authorities investigating a credit card theft found a highly explosive compound, bomb-making manuals, a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition.

13 new space missions to watch in 2013 Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:25 AM PST This year has been a busy one for space missions, and it looks like next year will ramp things up even more.

New, oddball state laws to take effect on Jan. 1 Posted: 31 Dec 2012 06:19 AM PST Many new, unusual state laws will take effect when the ball drops at midnight and millions of Americans ring in the New Year, including one that will limit the number of cats in a household.

Heads roll on Black Monday as NFL coaches fired Posted: 31 Dec 2012 11:24 AM PST (Reuters) - Heads continued to roll for under-achieving head coaches across the National Football League as the Philadelphia Eagles' Andy Reid, Buffalo Bills' Chan Gailey and Cleveland Browns' Pat Shurmur were all fired on what has become known as Black Monday. The unemployment ranks swelled even further later on Monday with the Chicago Bears' Lovie Smith, Kansas City Chiefs' Romeo Crennel, San Diego Chargers' Norv Turner and Arizona Cardinals' Ken Whisenhunt also getting the axe to bring the total to seven teams with head coaching vacancies. ...

Colleges helping students scrub online footprints Posted: 31 Dec 2012 07:08 AM PST BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name.

Beer, liquor never sicker? Hangover cures, myths Posted: 31 Dec 2012 06:26 AM PST After the Times Square ball drops on New Year's Eve and copious amounts of Champagne get toasted and drunk, many might find themselves forgetting more "auld acquaintances" than they intended and waking up to 2013 with a vicious hangover.

Teen gets iPhone for Christmas ... with a catch Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:52 AM PST Thirteen-year-old Greg Hoffman had been begging his parents for an iPhone all year. So on Christmas morning he was thrilled to find the object of his desire under the tree, but there was a catch.

Remains of Connecticut gunman claimed for burial Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:10 PM PST Over two weeks after he opened fire on a school full of children, killing 26 people as well as himself, Adam Lanza is heading to his final resting place. On Sunday, in a bulletin bereft of detail, the Connecticut chief medical examiner's office announced that the 20-year-old's body had been claimed for burial. They didn't say who claimed him, where he would be buried, if he would receive a funeral or really anything else about what will happen to the young mass murderer. ...

Pop quiz: What does 'Auld Lang Syne' mean? Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:40 AM PST Here it is. The answer to a perennial question of what on earth does "Auld Lang Syne" mean?

Chavez suffers new complications in cancer fight Posted: 31 Dec 2012 04:41 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez's new complications after cancer surgery prompted his closest allies to call for Venezuelans to pray for him on Monday, presenting an increasingly bleak outlook and prompting growing speculation about whether the ailing leader has much longer to live.

Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse Posted: 31 Dec 2012 03:20 PM PST A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Al-Qaida carving out own country in Mali Posted: 31 Dec 2012 12:59 PM PST Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, Islamic fighters are burrowing into the earth, erecting a formidable set of defenses to protect what has essentially become al-Qaida's new country.

Kim Kardashian pregnant: Her family reacts Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:21 PM PST Get ready for yet another Kardashian to keep up with! On Sunday night, Kanye West "announced" that he and Kim Kardashian are expecting a child together when he told the crowd at his Atlantic City concert to "Stop the music … Continue reading →

A portrait of the procrastivoters of 2012 election Posted: 31 Dec 2012 06:45 AM PST New research has turned up a curious subspecies of the electorate: Those who felt it was worth deciding whom to vote for, but not until the last 24 of the 5,040 hours of the campaign.

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