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• Pelosi vows to force tax rate vote
• Murder-suicide with 'sharp-edged weapon' happened during class
• Could the fiscal cliff kill the economy?
• In the word world, coding is the new black
• Missouri couple wins half of $587 million Powerball lottery
• Deadly, destructive 2012 hurricane season ends
• Egypt draft constitution sparks mass protest
• Saving face: Ind. man removing Romney-Ryan tattoo
• Calif. storm brings intense rain, flood warnings
• Stung by U.N. defeat, Israel approves new settlements
• LIFE: The photo that changed the face of AIDS
• DNA directly photographed for first time
• Missouri couple claims half of record Powerball jackpot
• Syrian conflict reaching 'appalling heights of brutality'
• Afghan girl beheaded after refusing man’s marriage proposal
• Twitter typo calls for ’1-state solution’ to Mideast conflict
• Iranian Navy unveils unusually blue submarine
• Principal punishes boys with public hand-holding

Pelosi vows to force tax rate vote Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:28 PM PST The House minority leader plans to file a "discharge petition" that would force a vote if 218 House members sign it.

Murder-suicide with 'sharp-edged weapon' happened during class Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:46 PM PST A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in a Casper neighborhood Friday before killing a male teacher and himself in front of students in a community college classroom, causing a campus-wide lockdown as authorities tried to piece together what happened.

Could the fiscal cliff kill the economy? Posted: 30 Nov 2012 03:49 PM PST As the country continues to head toward the fiscal cliff, this Just Explain It helps to make sense of what it is.

In the word world, coding is the new black Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:18 PM PST Literary work—editorial work—is now computer work. We've known it, on some level, for years. But now it's right there in the job descriptions. And Thompson's might not have been such a striking tweet if it didn't come two weeks after Wired magazine announced a new editor in chief. An eloquent TED talker from MIT with three bestsellers about digital literacy and neuroplasticity?

Missouri couple wins half of $587 million Powerball lottery Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:30 PM PST A Missouri couple who won half of a record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot said on Friday they plan to stay put in their rural community, but know their lives will be changed. "I think we'll have a good Christmas," Cindy Hill said at a news conference where she and her husband, Mark Hill, were presented as winners of the jackpot by the Missouri Lottery. Cindy Hill, 51, is a former office manager who got laid off in 2010. Mark Hill, 52, was a mechanic for Hillshire Brands, a food company, but has now quit his job. ...

Deadly, destructive 2012 hurricane season ends Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:51 AM PST The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season that spawned the destruction of Sandy and Isaac has come to an end as one for the record books.

Egypt draft constitution sparks mass protest Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:27 PM PST Protesters flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the second giant rally this week, angrily vowing to bring down a draft constitution approved by allies of President Mohammed Morsi, as Egypt appeared headed toward a volatile confrontation between the opposition and ruling Islamists.

Saving face: Ind. man removing Romney-Ryan tattoo Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:46 PM PST A northern Indiana man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off.

Calif. storm brings intense rain, flood warnings Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:40 PM PST The second in a series of storms slammed Northern California on Friday as heavy rain and strong winds knocked out power, tied up traffic and caused flooding along some stretches.

Stung by U.N. defeat, Israel approves new settlements Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:32 AM PST Hours after the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to grant de-facto statehood to Palestine, Israel responded on Friday by announcing it was authorizing 3,000 new settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

LIFE: The photo that changed the face of AIDS Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PST

DNA directly photographed for first time Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:31 AM PST Fifty-nine years after Watson and Crick deduced the double-helix structure, a scientist has captured the first direct photograph of the ladder that props up life.

Missouri couple claims half of record Powerball jackpot Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST The lucky winners of half of the $587.5 million jackpot have been identified as Mark and Cindy Hill of Dearborn, Mo., their working-class lives suddenly taking a turn to the financial stratosphere.

Syrian conflict reaching 'appalling heights of brutality' Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:53 AM PST The fighting has killed about 40,000 people, making it the bloodiest of Arab uprisings that have ousted entrenched leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen since early last year.

Afghan girl beheaded after refusing man’s marriage proposal Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:52 AM PST A 14-year-old Afghan girl was beheaded and killed in an attack by two men, one of whom apparently asked her to marry him. The attack happened Tuesday, a day before new legislation was introduced in Congress calling on the U.S. government to take steps to help protect Afghan women and girls as the U.S. military [...]

Twitter typo calls for ’1-state solution’ to Mideast conflict Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:37 AM PST Social media's greatest asset is also its greatest liability: the ability to reach millions of people around the world with the click of a button. Such was the case on Thursday, when the United Nations accidentally published a tweet calling for a "1-state solution" to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. At 2 [...]

Iranian Navy unveils unusually blue submarine Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PST It looks like the Iranian Navy really wanted people to see its new submarine. In a live broadcast on state TV on Wednesday, the Islamic Republic showed off a new Sina 7 submarine that is painted in an unusually bright turquoise blue hue. So, why exactly would any military want to design its ship in [...]

Principal punishes boys with public hand-holding Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PST An Arizona school district has condemned the in-school discipline at one of its high schools after two boys were forced to hold hands in front of their classmates as a punishment for fighting.

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