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• Former President George H.W. Bush in intensive care
• Powerful winter storm throttles Midwest travelers
• Supreme Court justice refuses to block morning-after pill rule
• Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers
• Hawaii lieutenant governor picked to fill Inouye's Senate seat
• Police investigate whether NBC's Gregory violated gun law
• Group offers weapons training for Utah teachers
• Massive settlement reached in Toyota acceleration cases
• N.Y. firefighters' killer had detailed plan for attack
• Overwhelmed Newtown officials seek temporary halt to gifts
• Congress awaits Obama's return for late push on "fiscal cliff"
• Oklahoma City house fire kills mother, 4 children
• New computer bridges classical and quantum computing
• South Africa's Mandela discharged from hospital
• Cowboys' Brent indicted in crash killing teammate
• Retailers face ho-hum holiday sales
• Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American
• Former Braves star accused of dragging wife, saying he wanted to kill her
• Russian parliament endorses anti-U.S. adoption bill
• How a Taliban suicide bomber wiped out a growing Afghan business
• Top Syrian general joins opposition forces against Assad
• Starbucks urges lawmakers to 'come together' in a retail campaign
• GOP willing to bend on issues after election
• 3 Afghans dead in new blast at U.S. base in Afghan east
• Egypt's contentious Islamist constitution becomes law

Former President George H.W. Bush in intensive care Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:28 PM PST A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital. A bronchitis-like cough initially brought Bush to the hospital on Nov. 23.

Powerful winter storm throttles Midwest travelers Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:04 AM PST At least six deaths have been been attributed to the storm, and post-holiday travelers struggle to return to their homes.

Supreme Court justice refuses to block morning-after pill rule Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:24 PM PST Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after ...

Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST The union that represents police officers in Newtown, Conn., is pushing to make more help available for those who responded to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Hawaii lieutenant governor picked to fill Inouye's Senate seat Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:38 PM PST Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz could be sworn in as early as this week, which would make him Hawaii's senior senator heading into the new Congress, which begins Jan. 3.

Police investigate whether NBC's Gregory violated gun law Posted: 26 Dec 2012 09:04 AM PST Washington police are investigating whether NBC's David Gregory broke the law by holding up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on Sunday's Meet the Press despite being denied permission by police to bring the weaponry on the show. It is illegal in the...

Group offers weapons training for Utah teachers Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:46 PM PST More than 200 Utah teachers are expected to pack a convention hall on Thursday for six hours of concealed-weapons training.

Massive settlement reached in Toyota acceleration cases Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:30 PM PST Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a settlement worth more than $1 billion in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles.The company said the deal will resolve hundreds ...

N.Y. firefighters' killer had detailed plan for attack Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:25 AM PST The ex-con turned sniper who killed two firefighters wanted to make sure his goodbye note was legible before setting his own home on fire.

Overwhelmed Newtown officials seek temporary halt to gifts Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:30 PM PST Officials in Newtown, Conn., are asking people to stop sending gifts to the grief-stricken community following the deadly school shooting, saying they're deeply grateful but can't handle the donation deluge.

Congress awaits Obama's return for late push on "fiscal cliff" Posted: 26 Dec 2012 01:38 PM PST Aides and members of Congress have said that a modest, last-minute measure to avoid the spending cuts and most of the tax hikes could pass.

Oklahoma City house fire kills mother, 4 children Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:43 PM PST OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A fire that ripped through a home in Oklahoma City before dawn Wednesday killed a woman and her four children and left one man in critical condition with serious burns, authorities said.

New computer bridges classical and quantum computing Posted: 26 Dec 2012 09:57 AM PST The new machines rely on "boson" particles, and resemble quantum computers, which differ from traditional computers in important ways.

South Africa's Mandela discharged from hospital Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST The former president and anti-apartheid leader now will undergo treatment in his suburban Johannesburg home, the government says.

Cowboys' Brent indicted in crash killing teammate Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:28 PM PST A grand jury in Texas has formally indicted Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter.

Retailers face ho-hum holiday sales Posted: 26 Dec 2012 02:08 PM PST Store owners are hoping that a big post-Christmas sales rush might help them salvage their worst performance since 2008.

Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:35 AM PST The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children told Reuters on Wednesday. The woman was identified by authorities as Narges Rezaeimomenabad, a 40-year-old grandmother and mother of three who moved here from Iran 10 years ago and married an Afghan man. ...

Former Braves star accused of dragging wife, saying he wanted to kill her Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:22 AM PST Police say the wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to kill her.

Russian parliament endorses anti-U.S. adoption bill Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:29 AM PST The upper chamber of Russia's parliament unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children.

How a Taliban suicide bomber wiped out a growing Afghan business Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:09 AM PST The global fruit juice business optimistically called "Spring Wish" provided work for thousands of farmers across the country and growing steadily before the attack.

Top Syrian general joins opposition forces against Assad Posted: 26 Dec 2012 05:21 AM PST Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal appears in a video and says he is joining "the people's revolution."

Starbucks urges lawmakers to 'come together' in a retail campaign Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:51 AM PST CEO Howard Schultz is urging his workers in Washington-area shops write a not-so subtle message to the nation's leaders.

GOP willing to bend on issues after election Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:29 AM PST Republicans for years have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform, and gun control.

3 Afghans dead in new blast at U.S. base in Afghan east Posted: 25 Dec 2012 09:48 PM PST KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the same base that is believed to be used by the CIA and which a suicide bomber attacked three years ago killing seven CIA employees. The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the eastern town of Khost, saying they had sent a suicide bomber driving a van packed with explosives to the base. "The target was those who serve Americans at that base," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. ...

Egypt's contentious Islamist constitution becomes law Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:48 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi admitted on Wednesday that Egypt's economy faces serious problems after he enacted a new, bitterly contested constitution that is supposed to help end political unrest and allow him to focus on the financial crisis. The president said the economy also had great opportunities to grow, but earlier the Egyptian pound tumbled to its weakest level in almost eight years as ever more people rushed to buy dollars and withdraw their savings from banks. ...

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