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• White House, Boehner quietly swap offers
• Gunman opens fire at Oregon mall, several people shot: officials
• Obama formally recognizes Syrian rebels
• How to make Christmas shopping not depressing, chumpy or impossible
• Court strikes down Illinois' concealed carry ban
• W.Va. natural gas line explosion melts road, burns homes
• GOP throws Obama's old deficit stands back at him
• Dollar Store, Inc.: The booming business of being cheap
• North Korea launch likely delayed 10 days
• Sen. Jenny Sanford? Why it might be a smart pick
• Hop-on, hop-off tour buses sued in New York for monopoly
• NYPD suspect man was lured into midtown ambush
• Boehner: 'Let's be honest. We're broke'
• Journalist's family struggles with silence on kidnapping
• Unaccounted graves found at former reform school in Fla.
• In Afghanistan, girl's killing stands out – for police response
• Extremists help Syrian rebels seize base in bloody battle
• Air Force sends mystery mini-shuttle back to space
• Chimp from '70s experiment died of ‘broken heart’
• Photos: Sikh soldier first to wear turban during palace guard
• 'IKEA monkey' owner vows to get primate back
• NYPD releases security photo in Midtown shooting
• Key ingredient in beer may help treat the common cold
• Photos: A roundup of the day's best images
• U.S. students far from first in math, science
• 'Doomsday' mountain braces for Mayan apocalypse
• Venezuela's Chavez undergoes cancer surgery in Cuba

White House, Boehner quietly swap offers Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:29 PM PST They have been negotiating a fiscal cliff compromise behind closed doors as the deadline draws near.

Gunman opens fire at Oregon mall, several people shot: officials Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:41 PM PST PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire at an Oregon shopping mall outside of Portland on Tuesday and multiple people were believed to have been shot and wounded, authorities said. The gunman remained at large at the Clackamas Town Center near the Portland suburb of Happy Valley, said Steve Campbell, spokesman for the city. "There is an active shooter at the Clackamas Town Center," Campbell said. The Oregonian newspaper reported on its website that two people had been killed by a man using a semiautomatic rifle who may have also been wearing body armor. ...

Obama formally recognizes Syrian rebels Posted: 11 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST Obama Moves to Undercut Assad But Warns of 'Extremist' Ties to Al Qaeda

How to make Christmas shopping not depressing, chumpy or impossible Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:19 AM PST It's Hannukah. This is the stretch of the calendar known as "the holidays," famous these days mostly for being a Source of Tremendous Anguish to all who encounter it.

Court strikes down Illinois' concealed carry ban Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:19 PM PST In a major victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois.

W.Va. natural gas line explosion melts road, burns homes Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:22 PM PST Homes went up in flames and part of I-77 is closed. "It actually cooked the interstate. It looks like a tar pit."

GOP throws Obama's old deficit stands back at him Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:18 AM PST Some of the best Republican arguments against President Barack Obama's proposals to avoid a "fiscal cliff" come from the president himself, in comments he made months or years before his re-election.

Dollar Store, Inc.: The booming business of being cheap Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:49 AM PST Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and Dollar General, have quietly become a $56 billion industry and they are opening new locations faster than Starbucks.

North Korea launch likely delayed 10 days Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:27 PM PST North Korea's planned launch of a long-range rocket could be delayed for 10 days or more after it reported technical delays, a U.S. academic institute said Tuesday.

Sen. Jenny Sanford? Why it might be a smart pick Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:14 PM PST Mrs. Sanford is best known as the former wife of former S.C. Governor Sanford, who captivated the nation in 2009, when he mysteriously disappeared for several days.

Hop-on, hop-off tour buses sued in New York for monopoly Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:22 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two companies are driving up prices for tourists in New York City by running an illegal monopoly in the $100 million market for hop-on, hop-off bus tours, state and federal antitrust authorities said in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Twin America LLC, a joint venture of former rivals Coach USA Inc and City Sights LLC, violates competition laws and should be dissolved, according to the suit filed in Manhattan federal court. Twin America vowed to contest the suit, saying the government ignored improved service to customers since the 2009 joint venture. ...

NYPD suspect man was lured into midtown ambush Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:49 PM PST Security video indicates the unidentified shooter had been waiting in a car parked on the same block at least a half hour before the gunfire erupted.

Boehner: 'Let's be honest. We're broke' Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:27 AM PST The House Speaker accused the president of slow-walking negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff and urged him to name specific cuts in government spending.

Journalist's family struggles with silence on kidnapping Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:52 AM PST The Tice family was in Beirut recently as part of their ongoing quest to find their son, Austin, who was kidnapped in Syria in August.

Unaccounted graves found at former reform school in Fla. Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST The Dozier School has been the target of numerous allegations of abuse and mysterious deaths of children during the more than 100 years of its existence.

In Afghanistan, girl's killing stands out – for police response Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:54 AM PST Geysina was only one among a dozen young women and girls recorded killed in the last nine months alone, compared to just one in the previous year.

Extremists help Syrian rebels seize base in bloody battle Posted: 11 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST It was the latest gain by opposition forces bolstered by an al-Qaida-linked group that has provided skilled fighters but raised concerns in the West.

Air Force sends mystery mini-shuttle back to space Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:07 PM PST These mystery machines are about one-quarter the size of NASA's old space shuttles and they can land automatically on a runway.

Chimp from '70s experiment died of ‘broken heart’ Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST True story: As part of a scientific project, a chimp born in captivity in 1973 was raised by a family in New York City and learned to communicate through sign language. But the chimp couldn't fit in with humans and, when returned to life with other chimps, couldn't fit in as a primate either. Ultimately, after [...]

Photos: Sikh soldier first to wear turban during palace guard Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:36 AM PST An officer, right, checks Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, 25, a Sikh soldier with the Scots Guards, performs guarding duties outside Buckingham Palace in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. becoming the first guardsman to parade wearing a turban instead of the famous bearskin. Other Sikhs have taken part in guarding the queen's palace in the past but they wore traditional bearskin hats, rather than turbans. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

'IKEA monkey' owner vows to get primate back Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:36 AM PST The Canadian woman whose shearling coat and diaper-wearing monkey made international headlines after it sprung loose in an Ikea parking lot says she will fight to get the monkey back from the primate sanctuary it is now calling home. "The plan is to try to...

NYPD releases security photo in Midtown shooting Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:11 AM PST A chilling security camera photo shows a gunman approaching a Los Angeles man from behind on a midtown Manhattan block and reaching into his pocket for a pistol moments before he shot the man in the back of the head, police said Tuesday.

Key ingredient in beer may help treat the common cold Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:19 AM PST Got a cold? Treat yourself to a cold one. A new study, reports Agence France-Presse, suggests that a chemical compound in beer can help the human body fight the virus behind the common cold. Of course, there are some important caveats. First, the study was conducted and published by Sapporo Breweries, a Japanese beer manufacturer, through its [...]

Photos: A roundup of the day's best images Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:00 AM PST Dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, a diver feeds to sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea, where over half of the population are Christians. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. students far from first in math, science Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:21 AM PST American fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in math and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, a global study released Tuesday revealed.

'Doomsday' mountain braces for Mayan apocalypse Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:02 AM PST What is it with mountains and the end of the world?

Venezuela's Chavez undergoes cancer surgery in Cuba Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:52 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba on Tuesday for a cancer recurrence that has thrown his presidency into jeopardy and upended politics in the South American OPEC nation. "My dear friend and colleague, Comandante Hugo Chavez, is going through the toughest times of his life," said Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, a fellow leftist. "He is being operated on right now. It's a very delicate operation." The 58-year-old's surgery in political ally Cuba was his fourth since mid-2011. ...

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