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• Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea
• New Ray Rice video shows couple kissing after elevator punch
• Barbara Scrivner’s long journey to clemency
• Australian woman arrested in deaths of 8 children
• Obama says U.S. blacks better off overall than when he began presidency
• Friend of accused Boston bomber pleads guilty to gun, drug charges
• U.S. Supreme Court allows gay marriage to proceed in Florida next month
• Lawmaker wants investigation of St. Louis prosecutor
• 'A human being gripped by a severe mental illness'
• Painting sells for staggering sum
• Hackers' latest message to Sony

Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea Posted: 19 Dec 2014 03:52 PM PST President Barack Obama vowed that the United States will respond to the devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures blamed on the North Korean government. Obama said the cyber attack "caused a lot of damage" to Sony but that he believed the company made a mistake in canceling the release of "The Interview," a comedy portraying the assassination of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. "We will respond," Obama told an end-of-year news conference. ...

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Barbara Scrivner’s long journey to clemency Posted: 19 Dec 2014 12:24 PM PST Twenty years into her three-decade sentence for selling small amounts of meth, President Barack Obama had decided to let Scrivner out of prison, her lawyer told her in a brief and emotional phone call. She started to cry.

Australian woman arrested in deaths of 8 children Posted: 19 Dec 2014 02:11 PM PST SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian woman was arrested for murder in the killings of eight children, seven of whom are believed to be her own, police said Saturday. The children were found dead inside the woman's home.

Obama says U.S. blacks better off overall than when he began presidency Posted: 19 Dec 2014 12:19 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that U.S. blacks are better off now than they were when he began his presidency in 2009, but that the gap between blacks and whites remains. "Like the rest of America, Black America, in the aggregate, is better off now than it was when I came into office," he told reporters in an end-of-year news conference. "The gap between income and wealth of white and black America persists, and we've got more work to do on that front. ...

Friend of accused Boston bomber pleads guilty to gun, drug charges Posted: 19 Dec 2014 01:39 PM PST By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A high school friend of the accused Boston Marathon bombers pleaded guilty on Friday to charges including having possessed a gun that prosecutors contend the suspects used to shoot dead a university police officer as they tried to flee the city. Stephen Silva, 21, changed his plea from not guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston after reaching a deal with federal prosecutors that was filed under seal. ...

U.S. Supreme Court allows gay marriage to proceed in Florida next month Posted: 19 Dec 2014 04:56 PM PST By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to extend a stay sought by Florida officials defending the state's ban on same-sex marriages, allowing gay marriages to proceed in Florida next month. Some weddings would be allowed to start when a stay expires after Jan. 5 following an order by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta earlier this month. "The Supreme Court once again has spoken, opening the door for marriage equality here," said Nadine Smith, chief executive officer of Equality Florida, an advocacy group. ...

Lawmaker wants investigation of St. Louis prosecutor Posted: 19 Dec 2014 03:44 PM PST ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County prosecutor who convened the grand jury that investigated the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown says some witnesses before the panel obviously lied under oath.

'A human being gripped by a severe mental illness' Posted: 19 Dec 2014 09:00 AM PST James Holmes's parents are pleading for him to be spared the death penalty.

Painting sells for staggering sum Posted: 19 Dec 2014 07:51 AM PST GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. (AP) — The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House kept secret its 2013 sale of an oil painting by French post-impressionist Paul Cezanne to a private buyer for $100 million to help protect Detroit-owned artworks under threat due to the city's bankruptcy.

Hackers' latest message to Sony Posted: 19 Dec 2014 08:58 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The hackers who launched a cyberattack on Sony Pictures praised the company's decision to cancel the release of "The Interview" and said its data will be secure if they continue to comply, CNN reported on Friday, quoting the message.

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